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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. 123. 


Vot. 123. 





oP ene a 


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JOURNALS 


ws hi ae a Si 








OF THE 


HOUSE OF COMMONS. 











From NoveEMBER the 19th, 1867, 


In the Tuirty-rirst Year of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 
To SEPTEMBER the 14th, 1868, 


In the Turrty-sEconpD YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


—&gt;—_ 


SESSION 1867—S. 


———a——— 








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











Vou. 123. 






















JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE OF COMMONS. 











VOL. 123. 





Message to 
attend the 
Lords Com- 
missioners. 


Writs issued 


in the Recess. 


Orders and 
Resolutions. 


Elections. 


J OUR 





NALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE OF 


COMMONS. 





Session 1867—8. 














. Kingdom do m 


Tuesday, 19th November, 1867. 


PRAYERS at half an hour after One of the clock. 
A SSAGE was delivered by Colonel Clif- 
ford, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 

Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 


jesty’s Commission, 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 having returned ; 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair at a quarter of 
an hour before Four of the clock ; and acquainted 


the House, That, in pursuance of the directions of 


the Acts passed in the 24th year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Third, c. 26, and in the 
21st and 22nd years of the reign of Her Majesty 
Queen Victoria, c. 110, and in the 26th year of 
the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, c. 20, 
he had issued Warrants to the Clerk of the Crown, 


‘to make out new Writs for the Election of Mem- 


bers to serve in this present Parliament, 

For the County of Galway, in the room of 
Ulich Canning De Burgh, commonly called 
Lord Dunkellin, deceased : 

For the Borough of Bradford, in the room of 
Henry Wickham Wickham, Esquire, de- 
ceased : 

For the County of Rutland, in the room of 
the Honourable Gilbert Henry Heathcote, 
now Lord Aveland, called up to the House 
of Peers : 

For the Southern Division of the County of 
Leicester, in the room of Charles William 
Pache, Esquire, deceased: And, 

For the City of Manchester, in the room of 
Edward James, Esquire, deceased. 


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 ¢ save in any part of the United 

e 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 Petitiuns, provided there be 
VoL. 123. 





no question upon the Return for that place; and if 
any thing shall come in question pore 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 corru 
tion, and who shall in their Petition apocihenlig 
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, if this House be not sitting at the 
expiration of the said Twenty-eight days, then 
within Fourteen days after the day when the 
House shall next meet. 

Resolved, That no Peer of the Realm, except 
such Peers of Ireland as shall for the time being 
be actually elected, and shall not have declined to 
serve, for any County, 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 Elections 
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 Commis- 
sion, to influence the Election of any Member to 
serve for the Commons in Parliament. 

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


Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person Witnesses. 


hath been tampering with any Witness, in respect 
of his evidence to be given to this House, or any 
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4 


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 person 
hath given false evidence in any case before this 
House, or any Committee thereof, this House will 
proceed with the utmost severity against such 
offender. 

Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Police 
of the Metropolis do take care that, during the 
Session of Parliament, the passages through the 
streets leading to this House Ss 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. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Votes and Ordered, That the Votes and Proceedings of 

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

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

Election Ordered, That all Petitions complaining of undue 

Petitions. © Elections and Returns be printed. 

Outlawries A Bill for the more effectual preventing Clan- 

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

A Member A Member, returned upon a new Writ, took 

talene the and subscribed the Oath required by the Act 


29 Vic. c. 19. 


Parliamentary The following Paper was laid upon the Table 

Papers. by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of August, in the last Session 
of Parliament, for a Return of the Accounts, 
Statements, Reports, and other Documents annu- 
ally or otherwise periodically presented to Parlia- 
ment in pursuance of Statutes; the Return to 
show, in Tabular Form, the Nature of each such 
Return, the Statute in pursuance of which it is 
presented to Parliament, and the Sessional Number 
or Numbers, 1867: Like Return, tabulated in 
like manner, of Accounts, Statements, Reports, 
and other Documents annually or otherwise periodi- 
cally presented to Parliament in accordance with 
Usage or Custom :-—~- And, like Return, tabulated 
in like manner, as to Accounts, Statements, Re. 
ports, and other Documents presented to Parlia- 
ment from time to time at irregular intervals: 
(1.) In pursuance of Statutes; (2.) In accordance 
with Usage or Custom. 





Mr. Hunt presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Treasury 
Minute, dated 21st August 1867, granting a Special 
Compassionate Allowance to Francis Byrne, late 
of the Irish Convict Service. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 23rd May 
1867, authorizing the Grant of a Special Superan- 
nuation Allowance to persons holding the Office 
of Principal Clerk of the Court of Session in 
Scotland. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 27th August 
1867, granting = Spenel Superannuation Allow- 
ance to the Right Honourable Horatio Waddington, 
Permanent Under Secretary of State. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


19th November. 





1867. 


An Account of all Moneys 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 1867. 

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


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 1867 :—Part 1. 

Copy of Commercial Reports received at the 
Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls, in 
1867 :—Part 2. 

Copy of Reports by Her Majesty’s Secretaries Manufactures, 
of Embassy and Legation, on the Manufactures, Commerce, 
Commerce, &amp;c. of the Countries in which they 
reside. 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Abyssinian 
jesty’s Command,—Papers connected with the ®*Pedition. 
Abyssinian Expedition. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had been Mr. Speaker 
at the a of Peers, at the desire of the Lords Teports Her : 


“oe : Majesty’ 
Commissioners appointed under the Great Seal for oman . 


holding this present Parliament, and that the Lord 
High Chancellor, being one of the said Commis- 
sioners, delivered Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament, in pursu- 
ance of Her Majesty’s Commands, and of which 
Mr. Speaker said he had, for greater accuracy, 
obtained a Copy; which he read to the House, 
as followeth: 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


In again applying to you for your advice and 
assistance, I regret that I have found it necessary 
to call for your attendance at an unusual, and, 
probably to many of you, an inconvenient season. 

The Sovereign of Abyssinia, in violation of all 
International Law, continues to hold in captivity 
several of My Subjects, some of whom have been 
especially accredited to him by Myself, and his 
persistent disregard of friendly representations has 
left Me no alternative but that of making a 
peremptory demand for the liberation of My Sub- 
jects, and supporting it by an adequate Force. 

I have accordingly directed an Expedition to be 
sent for that purpose alone, and I confidently rely 
upon the support and co-operation of My Parlia- 
ment in My endeavour at once to relieve their 
Countrymen from an unjust imprisonment, and to 
vindicate the honour of My Crown. 

I have directed that Papers on the subject shall 
be forthwith laid before you. 

I receive from all Foreign Powers assurances 
of their friendly feelings, and I see no reason to 
apprehend the disturbance of the general Peace 
of Europe. 

A band of Italian Volunteers, without authority 
from their own Sovereign, having invaded the 
Papal Territory, and threatened Rome itself, the 
Emperor of the French felt himself called upon to 
despatch an Expedition for the protection of the 
Sovereign Pontiff and his dominions; that object 
having been accomplished, and the defeat and dis- 
— of the Volunteer Force having relieved the 

apal Territory from the danger of external in- 
vasion, I trust that His Imperial Majesty will find 
himself enabled, by an early withdrawal of his , 
Troops, to remove any ible ground of mis- 
understanding between His Majesty's Government 


Resol 
for Ac 





and that of the King of Italy. 
The 





Resolution 
for Address. 


31 Victoria. 


The Treasonable Conspiracy commonly known 
as Fenianism, baffled and repressed in Ireland, has 
assumed in England the form of organised violence 
and assassination. These outrages require to be 
rigorously put down; and I rely for their effectual 
suppression upon the firm Administration of the 
Law, and the loyalty of the great mass of My 
Subjects. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Estimates for the ensuing year are in course 
of preparation, and will in due time be laid before 
you. They will be framed with a view to economy 
and to the necessary requirements of the Public 
Service, 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


Asa necessary sequel to the Legislation of the last 
Session, Bills will be laid before you for amending 
the Representation of the People in Scotland and 
Ireland. 

I have reason to believe that the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into and report upon the 
Boundaries of existing Boroughs, as well as of 
the proposed Divisions of Counties and newly- 
enfranchised Boroughs, have made considerable 
progress in their inquiries, and no time will be lost 
after the receipt of their Report in laying before 
you their recommendations for your consideration 
and decision. 

A Bill will also be presented to you for the 
more effectual Prevention of Bribery and Corrup- 
tion at Elections. 

The Public Schools Bill, which has already been 
more than once submitted to Parliament, will again 
be laid before you. 

The general question of the Education of the 
People requires your most serious attention, and I 
have no doubt you will approach the subject with 
a full appreciation both of its vital importance and 
of its acknowledged difficulty. 

Measures will be submitted to you during the 
present Session for amending and consolidating 
the various Acts relating to the Mercantile Ma- 
rine. 

The exemption which the Country has now for 
some time enjoyed from the Cattle Plague affords 
a favourable opportunity for considering such per- 
manent Enactments as may relieve the Home 
Trade from vexatious restrictions, and facilitate 
the introduction, under due regulation, of Foreign 
Cattle for Home Consumption. 

Measures for the Amendment of the Law, which 
have been deferred under the pressure of more 
urgent business, will be submitted for your con- 
sideration. 

Other questions apparently calling for Legisla- 
tive action have been referred to Commissioners, 
whose Reports, as they shall be received, shall, 
without delay, be laid before Parliament. 

It is my earnest prayer that all your delibera- 
tions may be so guided as to conduce to the general 
contentment and happiness of My People. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, to convey the Thanks of this 
House for Her Majesty’s Most Gracious Speech : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the gracious 
expression of Her Majesty’s regret that She has 
found it necessary to call for our attendance at an 
unusual, and, as Her Majesty is pleased to say, 
probably an inconvenient season : 

To express the regret with which we learn that 
the Sovereign of Abyssinia, in violation of all In- 
ternational Law, continues to hold in captivity 
several of Her Majesty’s Subjects, some of whom 
have been specially accredited to him by Her Ma- 
jesty, and that the persistent disregard by that 
Sovereign of friendly representations has left Her 

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Majesty no alternative but that of making a pe- 
remptory demand for the liberation of Her Subjects, 
and of supporting it by an adequate Force : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that She has directed an Expedition to be sent for 
that purpose alone, and that She confidently relies 
upon the support and co-operation of Her Parlia- 
ment in Her Majesty’s endeavours at once to re- 
lieve our Countrymen from an unjust imprisonment, 
and to vindicate the honour of Her Crown: 

To thank Her Majesty for directing Papers on 
this subject to be forthwith laid before us: 

Humbly to express the gratification with which 
we learn that Her Majesty’s relations with Foreign 
Powers are friendly, and that Her Majesty sees no 
reason to apprehend the disturbance of the general 
Peace of Europe : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that, in consequence of the invasion of the Papal 
States by a band of Jtalian Volunteers, without 
authority from their own Sovereign, His Majesty 
the Emperor of the French felt himself called upon 
to despatch an Expedition for the protection of the 
Sovereign Pontiff and his dominions: 

To express our concurrence with Her Majesty 
in the hope that, as the object of the Emperor has 
been accomplished, and as the defeat and dispersion 
of the Volunteer Force has relieved the Papal 
Territory from the danger of external invasion, 
His Imperial Majesty will find himself enabled, by 
an early withdrawal of his Troops, to remove any 
possible ground of misunderstanding between His 
Majesty’s Government and that of the King of 
Italy: 

To assure Her Majesty of the deep regret with 
which we learn that the Treasonable Conspiracy 
commonly known as Fenianism, baffled and re- 
pressed in Ireland, has assumed in England the 
form of organised violence and assassination : 

To convey to Her Majesty our participation in 
the opinion which She expresses that such outrages 
as have been committed require to be rigorously 
down, and to express our confidence that Her 

ajesty may rightly rely, for their effectual sup- 
pression, upon the firm Administration of the Law, 
and the loyalty of the great mass of Her Subjects: 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed the 
Estimates for the ensuing year to be laid before us 
in due course, and for informing us that they will 
be framed with a view to economy, and to the neces- 
sary requirements of the Public Service : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing 
us that, as a necessary sequel to the Legislation of 
the last Session, Bills will be laid before us for 
amending the Representation of the People in 
Scotland and Ireland : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing 
us that She has reason to believe that the Com- 
missioners appointed to inquire into and report 
upon the Boundaries of existing Boroughs, as well 
as of the proposed Divisions of Counties and newly- 
enfranchised Boroughs, have made considerable 
progress in their inquiries, and that no time will be 
lost, after the receipt of their Report, in laying 
before us their recommendations : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing 
us that a Bill will be presented to us for the more 
effectual suppression of Bribery and Corruption at 
Elections, and that the Public Schools Bill, which 
has been already more.than once submitted to Par- 
liament, will again be laid before us: 

To express our hearty concurrence in the opi- 
nion expressed by Her Majesty, that the Education 
of the People is a question which requires the 
most serious attention of Parliament, and humbly 
to assure Her Majesty that She may rely upon our 
approaching the subject with a full appreciation of 
its vital importance and acknowledged difficulty : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that measures will be submitted to us, during the 





B3 present 





































































Committee 
to draw up 
Address. 


Queen’s 


Speech 
referred. 


Mail Services 
(India and 
China.) 


No. 1. 


Education. 


Address re- 
ported, and 
agreed to. 


6 19th—20th November. 


present Session, for arr. hee consolidating 
various Acts relating to the Mercantile Marine; 
and to concur with hes Majesty in opinion that 
the exemption which the Country has now for 
some time enjoyed from the Cattle Plague affords 
a favourable opportunity for considering such per- 
manent Enactments as may relieve the Home Trade 
from vexatious restrictions, and facilitate the intro- 
duction, under due regulation, of Foreign Cattle 
for Home Consumption : ' 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing 
us that Measures for the amendment of the Law, 
which have been deferred under the pressure of 
more urgent business, will be submitted to us; and 
that other questions, apparently calling for Legis- 
lative action, have been referred to Commissioners, 
whose Reports will be laid before us as soon as 
they may be received : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that in common 
with Her Majesty, we earnestly pray that all our 
deliberations may be so guided as to conduce to the 
general contentment and happiness of Her People. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
draw up an Address to be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty upon the said Resolution: —And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Mr. Hart Dyke, Colonel 
Hogg, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Se- 
cretary Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, Sir John 
Pakington, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Corry, Lord 
John Manners, the Earl of Mayo, Mr. Attorney 
General, Mr. Stephen Cave, Mr. Hunt, and Colonel 
Taylor, or any Five of them :—And they are to 
withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s Most Gracious 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament be referred 


to the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of further Correspondence relating to the 
Conveyance of Mails to India and China (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 405, of 
Session 1867). 

Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Wednesday, 20th November, 1867. 


PRAYERS. 
VESOLVED, That an humble Address be 
presented to Her Majesty, that She will be 
raciously pleased to give directions, that there be 
faid before this House, a Copy of Letter from B. 
Samuelson, Esquire, M. P., to the Vice President 
of the Committee of Council on Education, con- 
cerning Technical Education in various Countries 

Abroad. 

Ordered, That 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. Hart Dyke reported from the Committee 
eppointed to draw up an Address to be presented 
to Her Majesty, That they had drawn up an Ad- 
dress accordingly ; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 


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 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 the gracious 
expression of Your Majesty’s regret that You have 













1867. 


found it nece to call for our attendance at an 
unusual, and, as Your Majesty is pleased to say, 
probably an inconvenient season: 

We beg to express the regret with which we 
learn that the Sovereign of Abyssinia, in violation 
of all International Law, continues to hold in 
captivity several of Your Majesty’s Subjects, some 
of whom have been specially accredited to him by 
Your Majesty, and that the persistent disregard by 
that Sovereign of friendly representations has left 
Your Majesty no alternative but that of making 
a peremptory demand for the liberation of Your 
Majesty’s Subjects, and of supporting it by an 
adequate Force : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that You have directed an Expedition to be sent 
for that purpose alone, and that Your Majesty con- 
fidently relies upon the support and co-operation 
of Your Parliament in Your Majesty’s endeavours 
at once to relieve our Countrymen from an unjust 
imprisonment, and to vindicate the honour of Your 
Crown : 

We thank Your Majesty for directing Papers on 
this subject to be forthwith laid before us: 





We humbly express the gratification with which 
we learn that Your Majesty’s relations with Foreign 
Powers are friendly, and that Your Majesty sees 
no reason to apprehend the disturbance of' the 
general Peace of Europe: 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that, in consequence of the invasion of the Papal 
States by a band of Jialian Volunteers, without 
authority from their own Sovereign, His Majesty 
the Emperor of the French felt himself called upon 
to despatch an Expedition for the protection of the 
Sovereign Pontiff and his dominions: 

We express our concurrence with Your Ma- 
jesty in the hope that, as the object of the Emperor 
has been accomplished, and as the defeat and dis- 
persion of the Volunteer Force has relieved the 
Papal Territory from the danger of external in- 
vasion, His Imperial Majesty will find himself 
enabled, by an early withdrawal of his Troops, to 
remove any possible ground of misunderstanding 
between His Majesty’s Government and that of the 
King of Ltaly: 

We assure Your Majesty of the deep regret 
with which we learn that the Treasonable Con- 
spiracy commonly known as Fenianism, baffled and 
repressed in Jre/and, has assumed in England the 
form of organised violence and assassination : 

We beg to convey to Your Majesty our partici- 
pation in the opinion which Your Majesty expresses 
that such outrages require to be rigorously put 
}down, and to express our confidence that Your 
| Majesty may rightly rely, for their effectual sup- 
pression, upon the firm Administration of the Law, 
and the loyalty of the great mass of Your Majesty’s 
Subjects : 

We thank Your Majesty for having directed the 
Estimates for the ensuing year to be laid before 
| us in due course, and for informing us that they 
will be framed with a view to economy, and to the 
necessary requirements of the Public Service : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing us 
that, as a necessary sequel to the Legislation of the 
last Session, Bills will be laid before us for amend- 
ing the Representation of the People in Scotland 
and freland: 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that Your Majesty has reason to believe that 
the Commissioners appointed to inquire into and 
report upon the Boundaries of existing Boroughs, 
as well as of the proposed divisions of Counties and 
newly-enfranchised Boroughs, have made con- 
siderable progress in their thquiries, and that no 
time will be lost, after the receipt of their Report, 
in laying before us their recommendations : 

e humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that a Bill will be presented to us for the more 
effectual 








Queer’s 
Speech to be 
considered. 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings. 


Kitchen and 
Refreshment 
Rooms (House 
of Commons.) 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings 
Bill, 


Bill 1. 


ee 
&gt; ae 


31 Vicroria. 


effectual suppression of Bribery and Corruption at 
Elections, and that the Public Schools Bill, which 
has been already more than once submitted to Par- 
liament, will again be laid before us: 

We express our hearty concurrence in_ the 
opinion expressed by Your Majesty that the Edu- 
cation of the People is a question which requires 
the most serious attention of Parliament, and We 
humbly assure Your Majesty that you may _~ 
upon our approaching the subject with a full 
appreciation 
its acknowledged difficulty : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that measures will be submitted to us, during 
the present Session, for amending and consolidating 
various Acts relating to the Mercantile Marine ; 
and We concur with Your Majesty in opinion that 
the exemption which the Country has now for 
some time enjoyed from the Cattle Plague affords 
a favourable opportunity for considering such per- 
manent Enactments as may relieve the Home 
Trade from vexatious restrictions, and facilitate 
the introduction, under due regulation, of Foreign 
Cattle for Home Consumption : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that Measures for the Amendment of the Law, 
which have been deferred under the pressure of 
more urgent business, will be submitted to us; 
and that other questions, apparently calling for 
Legislative action, have been referred to Commis- 
sioners, whose Reports will be laid before us as 
soon as they may be received: 

We humbly assure Your Majesty that, in com- 
mon with Your Majesty, We earnestly pray that 
all our deliberations may be so guided as to con- 
duce to the general contentment and 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 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide better Dwellings for Artizans and La- 
bourers: And that Mr. M‘Cullagh Torrens, Mr. 
Kinnaird, and Mr. Locke do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee be ap- 
pointed to control the Arrangements of the Kit- 
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, Mir. Dailglish, Mr. Onslow, 
Mr. Adam, General Dunné, Mr. Alderman Law- 
rence, Mr. Robertson, and Captain Vivian. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. M‘Cullagh Torrens presented a Bill to pro- 
vide better Dwellings for Artizans and Labourers : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 4th 
day of December next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of the Commis- 
sion issued by Her Majesty under the Great Seal, 
for inquiring into the Revenues and other Matters 
relating to the Established Church in Ireland. 

. oma That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


And then the House adjourned till To morrow. 


20th-—21st November. 





Thursday, 21st November, 1867. 


PRAYERS. 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


oth of its vital importance and of | to give directions, that there be laid before this 


House, a Return of the Names, Nationalities, and 
Occupations, and Length of Residence of the seve- 
ral Prisoners in Abyssinia, to release whom a Mili- 
tary Force is proceeding to Abyssinia; together 
with a Return lig obtainable) of the Europeans not 
Prisoners, in the Service of the Emperor Theo- 
dorus; in the following Form :— 





Name. Length of Residence. | Nationality. | Occupation. 














Ordered, That 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 Treasury Minute, on the subject of the 
Contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam 
Navigation Company, presented to Parliament by 
Command of Her Majesty. 

Mr. Hunt 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 Contract for conveying Her Majesty’s 
Mails between Greenock, Adrishaig, and Rothesay, 
and of Treasury Memorandum thereon. 

Mr. Hunt 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, 
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 1st day of October 1866 
to the 20th day of September 1867: Of the 
Number of Barrels of Beer exported from’ the 
United Kingdom, and the declared Value thereof, 
and where exported to, from the Ist day of Octo- 
ber 1866 to the lst day of October’ 1867, distin- 
guishing England, Scotland, and Ireland: 
Of the Total Number of Bushels of Malt made and 
the Amount of Duty charged, for the year end- 
ing the 31st day of December 1867 :——And, 
of the Number of Common Brewers paying for 
Licenses from the lst day of October 1866 to the 
30th day of September 1867, under 1,000 barrels; 
over i,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- 











Vou. 123. 


B4 mentary 


A PUBLIC Petition was presented, and read; 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide First 
Report... 


Abyssinia. 


Peninsular 
and Oriental 
Steam Naviga- 
tion Company's 
Contract. 

No. 2. 


Greenock, 
Ardrishaig, 
and Rothesay 
Mails Con- 
tract. 


No. 3. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 































































Suyar. 


Hops. 


Malt and 
Barley. 


Metropolitan 
and City 
Police. 


Malt an 
Barley. 


8 21st November. 


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 Paper, No. 380, of 
Session 1867). ' 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Total Consumption of Sugar for 
the year ending the 30th day of September 1867 
in Breweries ; distinguishing London and the Pro- 
vinces, and Scotland and Ireland (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No, 236, of Session 
1867), 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantity of Hops imported into 
the United Kingdom for the year ending the 30th 
day of September 1867, 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 Quan- 
tity of British Hops exported from and to the 
same Date, distinguishing the Countries to which 
the same have been exported ; and also, the Quan- 
tities to each Country, with the Dates of the years 
in which the Hops were Grown (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 229, of Session 
1867). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantity of Bushels of Malt made, 
and the Net Revenue therefrom in each year, 
ending the 10th day of October or the 30th day 
of September, as the year may have ended, from 
1830 to 1867, inclusive: ——And, of the Average 
Price of Barley in each of the same years, end- 
ing the 10th day of October or the 30th day of 
September, as the year or‘ quarter may have 
ended. 


Resolved, That 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 Metropolitan 
Police :——Of the Number of City Police for the 

ear 1867: Of the Number of Persons taken 
into Custody for Assaults upon the Police and for 
Obstructing them in Discharge of their Duty 
during the year 1867 :——Of the Number of 
Police Constables of all Ranks assaulted during 
the year 1867 :——Of the Number of Police Con- 
stables of all Ranks temporarily disabled from dis- 
charge of their Duty by Assaults for the year 
1867 :——Of the Number of Police Constables of 
all Ranks killed or permanently disabled from Duty 
by Assaults during the year 1867:——Of the 
Number of Persons fined for Assaults on the Police 
during the year 1867 :——Of the Number of Per- 
sons imprisoned for Assaults on the Police during 
the year 1867: And, of the Number of Police 
Constables receiving Pensions, or who have re- 
ceived Gratuities on Discharge from the Police 
Force through Injuries received in Discharge of 
their Duty. 

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








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged 
with Duty, and the Amount of Duty charged, in 
the year 1867, in England, Scotland, and Ireland 
respectively : And, of the Quantity of Barley 
imported into the United Kingdom in the year 1867 











1867. 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 234, 
of Session 1867). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Correspondence with His Grace the Duke 
of Montrose, Postmaster General, relative to the 
Removal of Anthony J. Duffy from the Appoint- 
ment of Established Clerk in tha Circulation 
Department of the General Post Office. 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Amendment of the Metropolitan Streets 
Act (1867): And that Mr. Secretary Gathorne 
Hardy and Sir James Fergusson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by Order of this House, and 
for the purpose of selecting and arranging for 
Printing, Returns and Papers presented in pur- 
suance of Motions made by Members of this House : 
—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Bon- 
ham-Carter, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Henley, Mr, Cardwell, Mr. Gaskell, Sir Stafford 
Northcote, The O’Conor Don, Mr. Hastings 
Russell, Mr. Childers, and Mr. Hunt. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill for the 
Amendmentof the Metropolitan Streets Act (1867): 
And the same was read the first time: and ordered 
























Poat Office 
(Anthony J, 
u 


Queen's 
Speech con- 
sidered. 


Metropolitan 
Streets Act 
(1867) Amend- 
ment, 


Printing. 


Adjournment. 


Metropolitan 
Streets Act 
(1867) Amené- 
ment Bill. 








to be read a second time upon Monday next; and Bill 2 
to be printed. 1 


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

Your loyal and dutiful Address has afforded Me 
much satisfaction. 

I rely on your cordial co-operation in giving 
effect to the measures, which will be submitted to 
you, for the purpose of upholding the honour of My 
Crown and _ the happiness and prosperity 
of My People. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Poor Relief 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of eentp-cbsent (Scotland.) 
Annual Report of the Board of Supervision for the 
Relief of the Poor in Scotland. 

Copy of Contract for the conveyance of the India, Chins, 


: . d J 
India, China, and Japan Mails. — 


General Abstracts of Agricultural Statistics in Agricultural 
Ireland, showing the Acreage under the several Statistics, 
Crops, and the Number of Live Stock, in each aioe 
County and Province, for the year 1867: Also, 
the Emigration from Jrish Ports from Ist January 
to 3lst July, in 1866 and 1867, and the Number 
of Scutching Mills in each Province in 1866. 

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

Sir 









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Mar! 
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Char 
(Irel: 


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Official 
Liquidators. 


Mortality and 


Marriages 
(Ireland. ) 


Conrt of 
Chancery 
(lreland.) 


Mersey Docks 


31 Victoria. 21st—22nd 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of 
July, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- 
turn of all Appointments made by the Master of 
the Rolls and the several Vice-Chancellors in Eng- 
land under the Companies Act, 1862, of Provisional 
Official Liquidators and Official Liquidators, with 
the Names of the Companies and the Liquidators, 
and the Dates of the several Appointments (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 386, of 
Session 1866). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
13th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Returns of the Rate of Mortality in the 
several Counties in Ireland during the years 1865 
and 1866:—Of the Rate of Mortality in the 
Boroughs of Ireland for the years 1865 and 1866 ; 
and also of the Districts not containing Parliamen- 
tary Boroughs :—And, of the proportional Num- 
bers of Men and Women that signed the Marriage 
Register with Marks in the several Counties in 
Ireland for the years 1865 and 1866 (in the same 
Form as and in continuation of Return No. 445, of 
the present Session, so far in each case as the In- 
formation can be obtained), 

Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
General Orders of the High Court of Chancery in 
Ireland, made in pursuance of the Statute 30 &amp; 31 
Vic. c. 44, 

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


The following Papers, pursuant to the direc- 


and Harbour tions of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon 


Board. 


Lunacy. 


Navy (Designs 


for Ships. ) 


Railway 
Accidents, 


Cattle Plague. 


the Table by the Clerk of the House,—The Ac- 
counts of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 
for the year ending 24th June 1867. 

Return to the Lord Chancellor under the Act 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of Visits 
made, the Numberof Patients seen,and the Number 
of Miles travelled by the several Commissioners in 
Lunacy during the Six Months ending on the 30th 
June 1867. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Friday, 22nd November, 1867. 


PRAYERS. 

RDERED, That there be laid before this | 

House, a Copy of the Circular Letter of the 
15th day of May 1867, sent by the Admiralty to 
several Shipbuilding Firms, inviting Competitive 
Plans for building either a Turret or a Broadside 
Ship, with the Reports of the Comptroller and 
Chief Constructor thereon: And, Return of 
the Number of Designs of cach Class sent in and 
the subsequent Reply of the Admiralty to each 
Firm conveying their Decision thereon. 





Mr. Stephen Cave 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 June, July, August, 
September, and October, 1867. (Part Fifth.) 

- — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord Robert Montagu presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several pak of Parliament,—Copies 
of Three Orders of Her Majesty in Council, re- 
lating to Cattle Plague, dated respectively— 
ovember 4th, 18th (2), 1867. 
Copies of Thirty Orders passed by the Lords 
OL. 123. 








November. 9 


of the Council, relating to Cattle Plague, dated 


ues Panone sme 
ug. 19th (2), 1867. | Oct. 22nd, 1867. 
» 20th(2)_ ,, » 28rd 2 
Sept. 11th pa Nov. 7th(2) ,, 
» 26th a » a ad 
Oct. 11th(15) ,, 5» 15th * 
» 15th (3) ,, : 





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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Broad- Broadmoor 
moor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, which was pre- Criminal 
sented upon the 13th day of August, in the last netic 


: Asylum. 
Session of Parliament, be printed. No. 5. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Official omciai 
Liquidators, which was presented upon the 21st Liquidators. 
day of this instand November, be printed. No. 6. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mortality Mortality an 
and Marriages (Ireland), which was presented Marriages 
upon the 2lst day of this instant November, be ‘{7@#0¢) 
printed. No. 7. 


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

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

Then the. House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Queen’s — 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 upon 
Monday next. 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Libel. 
to amend the Law of Libel: And ihat Sir Colman 
O’Loghlen and Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Drainage and 
to confirm a Provisional Order under “ The Drain-! t Lande (Ise 
age and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, land) Suppli- 
1863,” and the Acts amending the same: And mental 
that Mr. Hunt and the Earl of Mayo do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Public 
to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented Petitions. 
to the House, with the exception of such as com- 
plain of undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills ; 
and that such Committee do classify and prepare 
Abstracts of the same, in such form and manner 
as shall appear to them best suited to convey to the 
House all requisite information respecting their 
contents, and do report the same from time to time 
to the House; and that such Reports do in all 
cases set forth the Number of Signatures to each 
Petition: And that such Committee have power 
to direct the Printing in extenso of such Petitions, 
or of such parts of Petitions, as shall appear to * 
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, Major 
Gavin, Sir Colman O’Loghlen, Mr. Hastings 

c Russell, 























































Metropolitan 
Public 
Schools. 


Thetford 
Writ. 


10 


Russell, Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Owen 
Stanley, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Reginald Yorke, Mr. 
Robert Torrens, Mr. M‘Lagan, Mr. Sandford, Sir 
Charles Russell, Mr. De Grey, and Mr. Heny 
Edward Surtees: 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 








Libel Bill. Sir Colman O’ Loghlen presented a Bill to amend 
Bill 3. the Law of Libel: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 
Drainageand Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to confirm a Provi- 
iy ae em a sional Order under “ The Drainage and Improve- 
iand) oan “ment of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863,” and the Acts 
mental Bill, amending the same: And the same was read the 
Bill 4, first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 
Monday, 25th November, 1867. 
PRAYERS. 
Public EVERAL Public Petitions were presented, 
wetitiens. and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide First 
Report. ‘ 
Controverted Mr, Speaker acquainted the House, That his 
Elections. Warrant for the Appointment of Members to 
No.9. 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, 

Samuel Whitbread, Esquire, Member for the 
Borough of Bedford ; 

James Clay, Esquire, Member for the Town 
of Kingston-upon-Hull ; 

The Honourable Edward Frederic Leveson 
Gower, Member for the Borough of Bod- 
min 3 

Sir Frederic William Heygute, Baronet, Mem- 
ber for the County of Londonderry ; 

Sir William Stirling-Mazwe/l, Baronet, Mem- 
ber for the County of Perth; and, 

The Honoyrable Algernon Fulke Egerton, 
Member for the Southern Division of the 
County of Lancaster ; 

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


Given under my hand this twenty-fifth day of 
November 1867. 


J. E. Denison, Speaker. 
Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Letter from Mr. Ayrton to the 
President of the Council respecting Metropolitan 
Public Schools. 

Ordered, That 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 Thetford, 

tin the room of the Honourable Alexander Hugh 
Baring, who, since his Election for the said Bo- 
rough, hath accepted the Office of Steward or 
Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds 
of Stoke, Desborough, and Bonenham, in the County 
of Buckingham. 


22nd—25th November. 





1867. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee to Supply. 
whom it was referred to consider the Motion, 
That a Supply be granted to Her Majesty, a 
Resolution ; hich 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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for Navy and 
Naval Services, to the 3lst day of March 1869, be At™Y- 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1869, be 
laid before this, House. 

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

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


The Metropolitan Streets Act (1867) Amend- Metropolitan 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second a pine 2. 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole sheet 
House, for Thursday next. 


The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Jre- Drainage and 
land) Supplemental Bill was, according to Order, of Lands (Ire. 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee land) Supple- 


1 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. mental Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Burials 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the Law (teland.) 
which regulates the Burials of Persons in Irelund 
not belonging to the Established Church :—The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 2 

(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 which regulates the ‘Burials of 
Persons in Ireland not belonging to the Established 
Church. 


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 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 which regulates the Burials of 
Persons in Jreland not belonging to the Established 
Church :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Monsell and Mr. Sullivan do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Industrial 
to extend the Industrial Schvols Act to Ireland: rp ne se 
And that The O’ Conor Don, Mr. Monsell, and Mr. °"*"™" ) 
Leader do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill East London 
to provide for the Acquisition of a Site for the Museum Site. 
East London Museum: And that Lord Robert 
Montagu, Lord John Manners, Mr. Ayrton, and 
Mr. Butler do prepare, and bring it in. 

Resolved, 





Tt we 


Greenock, 
Ardrishaig, 
and Rothesay 
Mails. 


East India, 
Troops and 
Vessels 
{Abyssinian 
Expedition.) 


Burials 
(Ireland) Rill. 


Bill 5. 


Industrial 
Schools (Ire- 
Jand) Bill. 


Bill 6. 


Abyssinian 
Expedition 
(Vote of 
Credit.) 


No. 8. 


East London 
Museum Site 
Bill. 


Bill 7. 


Storm 
Warnings. 


No. lv. 


Education. 


Public 
Income and 





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25th—26th November. 





11 


Resolved, That the Contract for the Conveyance | year ended the 30th day of September 1867, 


of Mails between Greenock, Ardrishaig, and Rothe- 
say, with Messrs. Hutcheson and Co. of Glasgow, 
be approved. 


The House was moved, That the Act 21 &amp; 22 
Vie. c. 106, for the better government of India, 
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 con- 
sider of continuing the Charge at present borne 
upon the Revenues of India of certain Troops and 
Vessels that may be employed in the Military 
Expedition against Abyssinia ; 

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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Papers connected with the 
Abyssinian Expedition, which were presented upon 
the 19th day of this instant November, be referred 
to the Committee. 


The O’ Conor Don presented a Bill to amend the 
Law which regulates the Burials of Persons in 
Ireland not belonging to the Established Church : 
And the same was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time upon Wednesday, 
the 12th day of February next; and to be printed. 


The O’ Conor Don presented a Bill to extend the 
Industrial Schools Act to Ireland: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—An Estimate of the 
Sum required to be voted towards defraying the 
Expenses of the Expedition to Abyssinia, beyond 
the ordinary Grants of Parliament. 

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


Lord Robert Montagu presented a Bill to pro- 
vide for the Acquisition of a Site for the Bast 
London Museum: 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 
rinted. 
Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for 
Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Papers in continuation of Paper, No. 388, of 
Session 1867, being Copy of Letters between the 
Board of Trade and the Meteorological Committee 
appointed by the Royal Society, and between the 

oard of Trade and the Commodore of the Coast 
Guard, relative to Storm Warnings. 

Mr. Stephen Cave accordingly presented the 
said Papers. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Adfress to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of 
this instant November, for a Return relative to 
Education. 

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


Mr. Hunt presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Gross Public Income and Expenditure in the 

VoL. 123. 








together with the Balances in the Exchequer at 

the commencement and at the termination of the 

year; and the Amount of Funded and Unfunded 

Debt created or redeemed in the said year. 

i. ~ ae That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Tuesday, 26th November, 1867. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That there be laid before this Thames 
House, Copies of Notices given by the Con- River. 


servators of the River Thames under Section 64 
of the Act 29 &amp; 30 Vie. c. 89, and the Act 30 &amp; 
31 Vie. c. 101 :——Of Correspondence relating to 
such Notices: Return of Measures taken in 
pursuance of such Notices to prevent the Pollu- 
tion of the River, so far as such Measures are 
known to the Conservators:———Copies of Appli- 
cations for Extension of Time made to the Con- 
servators by any Person or Body to whom such 
Notice has been given, together with the Decision 
of the Conservators on such Applications respec- 
tively : Of Communications (if any) between 
the Conservators and the Five Metropolitan Water 
Companies respecting the Pollution of the River 
Thames :——And, Return of Measures taken by 
the Conservators for scavenging the River. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Thames: 
Copies of Correspondence between the Thames River. 


Conservancy Board and the Metropolitan Board of 
Works, relative to the formation of certain Deposits 
of Mud near the Outfall of the Main Drainage 
Sewers :——And, of any Reports made by their 
Engineers to the said Boards and by Dr. Letheby on 
the same subject. 


The Clerk read the List of Members who have Controverted 
claimed to be excused from serving on Election Elections. 


Committees, as being upwards of Sixty years of 
age, as followeth:— 

The Right Honourable Henry James Baillie, 
Edward Baines, Esquire, Thomas Baring, Esquire, 
Sir Henry Winston 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, Montagu Chambers, Esquire, Sir Montague 
John Cholmeley, William James Clement, Esquire, 


‘| John Chevallier Cobbold, Esquire, Matthew Elias 


Corbally, Esquire, Joseph Cowen, Esquire, Sir 


‘Henry Robert Ferquson Davie, Frederick Dundas, 


Esquire, A. C. Stirling Murray Dunlop, Esquire, 
William Ewart, Esquire, Humphrey Ewing Crum- 
Ewing, Esquire, Joseph Feilden, Esquire, Colonel 
Gilpin, George Carr Glyn, Esquire, the Right Ho- 
nourable Sir George Grey, Sir Benjamin Lee Guin- 
ness, George Hadfield, Esquire, Sir William Heath- 
cote, the Right Honourable Joseph Warner Henley, 
Edward Holland, Esquire, Thomas Berry Horsfall, 
Esquire, Robert Ingham, Esquire, William Jack- 
son, Esquire, Sir John Johnstone, James King 
King, Esquire, John Laird, Esquire, William 
Lee, Esquire, the Honourable Colonel Lowther, 
William Marshall, Esquire, Charles Wykeham 
Martin, Esquire, Sir James Matheson, John Stuart 
Mill, Esquire, John Remington Mills, Esquire, 
Charles Moore, Esquire, Octavius Morgan, Es- 
uire, Colonel North, Sir Hugh Owen Owen, 
lonel Packe, Richard Padmore, Esquire, the 
Right Honourable General Peel, Edmund Potter, 
Esquire, Sir Jumes Power, Richard Green Price, 
c2 Esquire 


















12 26th November. 


Esquire, Sir Matthew White Ridley, David Robert- 
son, Esquire, Francis William Russell, Esquire, Sir 
William Scott, Charles Seely, Esquire, the Hon- 
ourable William Owen Stanley, John Steel, Esquire, 
Colonel Sykes, William Tite, Esquire, George Traill, 
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. 

The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, having stated that 
he could not attend Election Committees without 
material inconvenience to the Public Service, 
during the time he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That the Right Honourable Benjamin 
Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer, be excused 
from serving on Election Committees during the 
time he may hold the said office. 

The Right Honourable Gathorne Hardy, 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 Gathorne 
Hardy, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries 
of State, be excused from serving on Election 
Committees during the time he may hold the said 
office. 

Lord Stanley, one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State, having stated that he could 
not attend Election Committees without material 
inconvenience to the Public Service, during the 
time he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That Lord Stanley, one of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, be excused 
from serving on Election Committees during the 
time he may hold the said office. 

The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, one 
of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, 
having stated that he could not attend Election 
Committees witl:out material inconvenience to the 
Public Service, during the time he may hold the 
said office ; 

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

The Right Honourable Sir Stafford Henry 
Northcote, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 
taries of State, 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 the Right Honourable Sir 
Stafford Henry Northcote, one of Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretaries of State, be excused from 
serving on Election Committees during the time 
he may hold the said office. 

The Right Honourable Henry Thomas Lowry 
Corry, First Lord of the Admiralty, having stated 
that he could not attend Election Committees 
without material inconvenience to the Public 
Service, during the time he may hold the said 
office ; 

Resolved, That the Right Honourable Henry 
Thomas Lowry Corry, First Lord of the Admiralty, 
be excused from serving on Election Committees 
during the time he may hold the said office. 

Sir John Burgess Karslahe, Her Majesty’s At- 
torney 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 John Burgess Karslake, her 
Majesty’s Attorney General, be excused from 
serving on Election Committees during the time he 
may hold the said office. 

Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn, Her Majesty’s So- 


























































1867. 


licitor 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 Charles Jasper Selwyn, Her 
Majesty’s Solicitor General, be excused from 
serving on Election Committees during the time he 
may hold the said office. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Pub'ic 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had oe . 
examined the Petitions presented from the 19th to ““""""“P® ) 
the 25th days of this instant November, both 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. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to East India 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day (Weights and 
of May, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Measures.) 
Copy of the Report from the Committee of 
Weights and Measures to the Secretary to the 
Government of Bengal, dated the 25th day of 
July 1866. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated East India 
the 2nd day of July, in the last Session of Parlia- (Lucknow 
ment, for Copies of the Accounts of the Account- 4®*ums) 
ant General of the East India Company at Luck- 
now for the years 1784, 1785, and 1786, showing 
the Amounts of the Salaries paid by him to the 
Civil and Military Officers of the East India 
Company’s Service attached to the Service of the 
Vizier of Oude during those years: And, of 
any Communication addressed by the Government 
of Bengal to Colonel Harpur, Resident, and the 
Accountant at Lucknow, on the same subject, 
during the year 1785. 

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





Ordered, That the Return relative to Dwelling Dwelling 
Houses, which was presented upon the 15th day Houses. 
of August, in the last Session of Parliament, be No. 11. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Queen’s Queen's Col- 
College (Cork), which was presented upon the lege (Cork.) 
16th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- No. 12. 
ment, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education, Education. 
which was presented upon the 25th day of this No, 13, 
instant November, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Public public 
Income and Expenditure, which was presented Income and 
upon the 25th day of this instant November, be ©*Penditure. 
printed. No. 14. 


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


Vide Second 
Report. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sales of 
to amend the Law relating tu Sales of Reversions: Reversions. 


And that Sir Roundell Palmer and Sir Robert 
Collier do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike 
to alter and amend the Laws relating to Turnpike T***. 
Trusts: And that Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Mr. 

George Clive, Mr. Goldney, and Mr. Ayrton do 


preyare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Railways 
to compel Railway Companies to establish some Ne rane 
means of Communication between Guards and Communica- 


Passengers : tion.) 





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31 Vicrorta. 


Passengers: And that Mr. Henry B. Sheridan 
and Sir Patrick O’ Brien do prepare, and bring it in. 


Supply. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


£. 2,000,000, for the Expenses of the Expedition 
to Abyssinia. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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


Wednesday, 27th November, 1867 : 


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. 


Drainage and ~=6 The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Improvement 


, into a Committee on the Drainage and Improve- 
oy ment of Lands (Ireland) Supplemental Bill, and, 
mental Bill. 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 
this day. 


— a The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Vests ‘mittee on East India, Troops and Vessels ( Abys- 
(Abyssinian sinian Expedition) ; 


Expedition.) = Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








—s Sir Roundell Palmer presented a Bill to amend 
Bill. the Law relating to. Sales of Reversions: And 
. the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
Bill 8 . 
be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 

a Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen presented a Bill to 

ee" alter and amend the Laws relating to Turnpike 

il9. Trusts: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 26th day of February next; and to be 
printed. 

Abyssinia. Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of a Pamphlet and Ap- 
pendices relating to the Routes in Abyssinia. 

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

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Wednesday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 

Wednesday, 27th November, 1867. 

PRAYERS. 

Public S EVERAL Public Petitions were presented, 

womens. and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Second 

Report. 

Poor Law... 


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


96th-—27th November. 





13 


dated the 22nd day of July, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Copy of a Letter addressed b 
the Poor Law Board to every Union and Paris 
in England and Wales, dated the 12th day of 
April 1865, and headed “Supply of Cods’ Liver 
Oil and Expensive Medicines” :—And, Return of 
the Unions and Parishes, excluding the Metropolis, 
in which the Recommendation contained in the 
said Letter has been carried out; of those which 
have declined to attend to it, and of those from 
which no Answer has been received. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Libel Bill. 
Reading of the Libel 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 fortnight.” 

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 read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of February 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Industrial 
Reading of the Industrial Schools (Jreland) Bill; Nod) Bie 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘ 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of February next. 


Mr. Hunt reported from the Committee of Sup- supply. 
ply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth: 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000,000, be Abyssinian 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the ad 
Expenses of the Expedition to Abyssinia, beyond Credit.) 
the ordinary Grants for 1867-8. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Ways and 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of Ways Means. 
and Means for raising the Supply granted to Her 
Majesty. 


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


mittee of Supply 5 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Drainage and pang of Lands Drainage and 


(Ireland) Supplemental Bill was, according ej ig 


Order, read the third time. pare he 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. mental Bill. 


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 Church Rates 
for the Commutation of Church Rates: And that Commutation. 
Mr. Newdegate and Colonel Stuart do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mines Assess- 
to assess Mines to Local Rates: And that Mr. ™* 
Percy Wyndham, Mr. Bentinck, and Mr. Hender- 
son do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Newdegate presented a Bill for the Com- Church Rates 
mutation of Church Rates: And the same was Commutation 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time upon Wednesday the 19th day of February ie 








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next; and to be printed. 
c3 Mr. 






























































Mines Assess- 
ment Bill. 


Bill 11. 


East.London 
Museum 
Site Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Second 
Report. 





Rangoon and 
Western 
China. 


Ceylon. 


Poor Law 
( Workhouses.) 


No, 4, 


14 


Mr. Percy Wyndham presented a Bill to assess 
Mines to Local Rates: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second. time 
upon Wednesday the 19th day of February next ; 
and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Thursday, 28th November, 1867. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report 
from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills, That in the case of the East London 
Museum Site Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Several Public Petitions were 


oo 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, Copies of the Survey Report of Captains 
Williams and Luard, dated the 15th day of June 
1867, and of the Journals, Maps, Sections, &amp;c. | 
attached thereto, respecting Rangoon and Western | 
China: Of the Letter forwarding the Report 
to the Chief Commissioner, of his Letter iewellling 
it to the Governor General of Jndia, and of the 
Governor General’s Despatch transmitting it to 
the Secretary of State for /ndia: And, of all 
Correspondence on the Subject, by Telegram or 
Letter, between the Governor General and Chief 
Commissioner subsequent to the 30th day of June | 
1867; and between the Governor General and the 
Secretary of State for Jndia subsequent to the | 
15th day of August 1867 (in continuation of Par- | 
liamentary Paper, No. 421, of Session 1867, and | 
not hitherto laid before Parliament. ) 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, Copies or Extracts of a Despatch from the | 
Governor of Ceylon (Sir H. Robinson), dated the | 
23rd day of April 1866 (No. 78), to the Colonial 
Office: —Of a Despatch from the Colonial | 
Secretary to the Governor of Ceylon, dated the | 
12th day of March 1866 (No. 92) : And, of any | 
other Correspondence or Papers relating to the | 
Petition to Her Majesty from Inhabitants of | 
Ceylon. — 

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














Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Letter, dated the 16th day of August 
1866, and addressed by the Poor Law Board to 
their Medical Officer, Dr. Edward Smith, in- 
structing him to visit five or six Workhouses in 
each of the Poor Law Inspectors’ Districts (not 
including the Metropolis), and to report upon the 
sufficiency of the existing A ents for the 
Care and Treatment of the Sick Poor in such 
Workhouses:———And, of the Report of Dr. 
Edward Smith, dated the 15th day of April 1867, 





97th—28th November. 





1867. 


and made in pursuance of the above-mentioned 
Instructions, after visiting Forty-eight Work- 
houses situate in various parts of England and 
Wales; together with the Appendix to such Re- 
port containing Dr. Smith's Observations on each 
of the Workhouses in question. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of European 
Officers with each Native Regiment; distinguish- 
ing those belonging to the Regiment, and those 
attached from other Regiments, in the Expedition 
to Abyssinia, and the Number of Native Conant. 
sioned and Non-commissioned Officers and Men of 
each Regiment. 

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





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Abyssinian 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ©*pedition. 


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Prison 


Command,—Digest and Summary of Informa- 
tion respecting Prisons in the Colonies, supplied 
by the Gensuhe of Her Majesty’s Colonial Pos- 
sessions, in answer to Mr. Secretary Cardwell’s 
Circular Despatches of the 16th and 17th January 
1865. 

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


Discipline 
(Colonies.) 


Mr. Hunt presented,—Return to an Address to Record 
Her Majesty, dated the 3rd day of June, in the Publications, 


last Session of Parliament, for a Return of all the 
Record Publications relating to England and 
Wales, published by the late Record and State 
Paper Commissioners, or under the direction of the 
Master of the Rolls, up to the end of the year 1866, 
the Expense of which has been defrayed by Grants 
of Money made by this House; showing, in a 
Tabular Form, the following Particulars respecting 
each Work :— 

The Date of Publication ; 

The Title of the Work ; 

The Size, Form, and Number of Pages ; 

The Cost of Editing and other such Expenses ; 

The Cost of Printing, including Paper and 

Binding ; 
The Cost of each Copy for Paper, Printing, 
and Binding alone ; 

The Selling Price to the Public; 

The Number of Copies printed ; 

The Number sold up to the end of 1866 ; 

The Number given away to same Date ; 

The Number remaining in Store at same Date ; 

Where Stored : 
—--Similar Information as respects Zrish Records, 
under whatever care they may have been pub- 
lished :— — And, similar Information as respects 
Scotch Records. 


Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of this Post Office 


instant November, for a Return relative to the Post 


Office (case of Anthony J. Duffy). 


(Anthony J. 
Duffy.) 


Mr. Hunt also presented, pursuant to the direc- Courts of 


tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy 
made by the Judges under the Act 30 &amp; 31 Vie. 
c. 68, for the seat ly of Business at the 
Judges’ Chambers by the Masters of the Courts of 
Common Law. 

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


The followin 


dated 


of Rules Common Law. 


was laid upon the Table er 


seo 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, — sah 





31 Vicrortia. 


93th November. 


15 


dated the 26th day of March, in the last Session of |(B), the additional Rate or Duty of one halfpenny 
Parliament, for Returns showing the present per-|in England, and of three-eighths of a penny in 
manent and temporary Staff of the Metropolitan | Scotland and Ireland respectively, for every twent 
Board of Works in separate Departments, including | shillings of the annual value thereof; and suc 


Clerks of Works and Fire Brigade, and showing 
in the Aggregate the Weekly and Daily Wages 
paid to Labourers for the years ending the 25th 
day of March 1866, and the 25th day of March 
1867, in the following Form, to include the Names 
of all Officers whatever to whom Salaries are 
siven, and to be brought up to the 25th day of 

arch 1867; showing also the state of the Fire 
Brigade Department at the Date of its Transfer 
to the Board, and the Cost of the Establishment 
at the time, with the Amount of the Salaries then 
paid to the Individuals in the different Classes of 
Officers and Men :— 





Names and Description of Officer. 
Date of first Appointment, 





aximum of Salary, at what Date 


attained. 
Officers and Men, on Transfer 


Wages to Labourers in 1866-7. 
te Board. 


Wages to Labourers in 1665-6. 
Aggregate of Weekly and Daily 
Weekly Wages to Fire brigade, 

Brigade, Officers and Men, 


in excess of Salary. 
in excees of Salary, 


the Board. 


When placed in present Class under 
Salary when placed in Class. 


| Present Salary, 25th March 1867. 
Allowances for Overtime in 1866, 
Allowances for Overtime in 1867, 
Aggregate of Weekly and Daily 
Present and Weekly Wages toFire 


- 


Salary when first appointed. 


Increase of Salary. 











Totals 








8. 


Ww. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Income Tax. 






































Of Sums received annually from the several Ves- 
tries and District Boards, or, in Default of those 
Bodies, by the Board itself, and from the City of 


London from the commencement of the Metropo- | 


litan Board of Works in respect of Sewer and 
Main Drainage Rates and Fire Brigade ; .also from 
Coal and Wine Duties, or from Her Majesty’s 
Treasury, and all other sources separately dis- 
tinguished :—-— Of Sums expended annually since 
the Establishment of the Metropolitan Board of 
Works for Main Sewers and selhinns Expenses, 
Main Drainage, and for the Thames Embankment, 
and for Improvements or other Items of Expendi- 
ture, in separate Columns: And, of Sums 
borrowed; with Dates when borrowed; with Rate 
of Interest and Re-payments of Debt; and Total 
Amount remaining due at present. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, in addition to the Rates 
and Duties granted by the Act passed in the 30th 
year of Her Majesty’s reign, chapter 23, for one 
year, commencing on the 6th day of April, One 
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, for and 
in ns. pe of all property, profits, and gains men- 
tioned and described as chargeable in the Act 
passed in the 16th and 17th years of Majesty’s 
reign, chapter 34, for granting to Her Majesty 
Duties on profits arising et property, professions, 
trades, and offices, there shall be charged, collected, 
and paid for and in respect of such property, pro- 
fits, or gains, either by assessment or otherwise, 
the following additional Rates and Duties (that is 
to say): Upon any assesment made on the annual 
value or amount of any property, profits, or gains 
(except we iy, profits, and gains chargeable 
under Schedule (B),) the additional Rate or Duty 
of one penny for every twenty shillings of the 
annual value or amount of all such property, pro- 
fits, and gains respectively ; and for and in re- 
spect of the occupation of lands, tenements, here- 

taments, and heritages chargeable under Schedule 
VoL. 123. 





‘additional Rates and Duties respectively shall be 


' collected, and paid with, and over and above, the 


| second moiety of the Duties assessed or charged for 
| the said year: Provided always, That, where any 
| dividends, interest, or other profits or gains be-. 
| coming due or payable half-yearly are assessed or 
charged half-yearly with the Rate or Duty under 
the said Act of the thirtieth year of Her Majesty’s 
reign, chapter 23, there shall be charged upon the 
first assessment or charge which shall be hereafter 
made on such dividends, interest, profits, and gains, 
the additional Rate or Duty of two-pence for 
every twenty shillings of the half-yearly amount 
thereof ; and where any profits or gains becoming 
due or payable quarterly are assessed or charged 
quarterly with the Rate or Duty under the said 
Act, there shall be charged upon the first two 
quarterly assessments or charges respectively 
which shall be hereafter made on such last-men- 
tioned profits and gains, the additional Rate or 
| Duty of two-pence for every twenty shillings of 
the quarterly amount of such last-mentioned pro- 
fits and gains; and the said additional Rates and 
Duties charged in such half-yearly and quarterly 
| assessments respectively shall be collected and 
| paid with and over and above the Rates and Duties 
| assessed or charged therein respectively under the 
said Act. 


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 To-mor- 
| row. 

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, immediately, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee. ) 








e 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 To-mor- 
row. 

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. 


into a Committee on East India, Troops and Ves- 
sels (Abyssinian Expedition). 


(In the Committee. ) 


Motion made, and Question put, That Her Ma- 
jesty having directed a Military Expedition to be 
despatched against Abyssinia, consisting mainly of 
Troops, both European and Native, at present 
maintained out of the Revenues of India, the 
ordinary pay of such Troops, as well as the ordinary 
charges of any Vessels belonging to the Govern- 
ment of India, that may be employed in the Ex- 
pedition, which would have been charged upon the 

c4 Revenues 










Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Consolidated 
| granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Two Millions F¥"4- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself East India, 

























































Metropolitan 
Streets Act 
(1367) Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Sales of 
Reversions 
Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland.) 


16 


Revenues of India if such Troops or Vessels had 
remained in that Country or seas adjacent, shall 
continue to be so chargeable: Provided that, if it 
shall become necessary to replace the Troops or 
Vessels so withdrawn by other European or Native 
Forces or Vessels, the expense of raising, maintain- 
ing, and providing such Forces or Vessels shall be 
repaid out of any monies which may be provided 
by Parliament for the purposes of the said Expe- 
dition ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ager A }198. 
Tellers for the Noes,} a Ole. ; } 23. 


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. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Metropolitan Streets Act 
(1867) Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


CrauseE, N° 1 (Amendment of Section 6 of 30 
&amp; 31 Vic. c. 134). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 6, to leave out 
from the word “ prohibiting ” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to add the words * shall be and is 
“ hereby repealed.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ‘Colonel Taylor, 

Yeas, \Mr. Whitmore: 

Tellers for thef Sir George Bowyer, 

Noes, Mr. Locke : 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 

A Clause (Repeal of Sections 17 and 26 of 
“The Metropolitan Streets Act, 1867 ”)—— 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time—— put, and negatived. 

Colonel Taylor and Mr. Locke, two of the Tel- 
lers in the last Division, having come to the Table, 
acquainted the Chairman that they had by mistake 
reported the number of the Ayes as 63, instead 
of 73. 

Whereupon the Chairman directed the num- 
bers to be corrected accordingly: — Ayes, 73. 
Noes, 30. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


63. 


30. 


ee 





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


Friday, 29th November, 1867 : 


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 this day, 


The Sales of Reversions 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 
to provide for the Apportionment of Grand Jury 
Cess between Landlord and Tenant in Jreland: 
And that Mr. Stacpoole, Mr. Corbally, and The 
O’ Conor Don do prepare, and bring it in. 


98th—29th November. 





1867. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sale of 


for further regulating the Sale of Fermented and 
Distilled Liquors on Sunday in England and 
Wales: And that Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Bazley, 
and Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sund 


Liquors on 
Sunday. 


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


for the Abolition of Compulsory Church Rates: 
And that Mr. Gladstone, Sir George Grey, and 
Sir Roundell Palmer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law relating to the Payment of Bills 
of Exchange and Promissory Notes falling due on 
Bank Holidays, and to render the day after Christ- 
mas Day a Bank Holiday, and also any other day 
that may be appointed to be observed as such 
by Royal Proclamation: And that Sir Colman 
O’Loghlen and Mr. Stacpoole do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. John Abel Smith presented a Bill for further 
regulating the Sale of Fermented and Distilled 
Liquors on Sunday in England and Wales: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday the 12th 
day of February next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Stacpoole presented a Bill to provide for the 


Chureh Rates 


Abolition. 


Bank 
Holidays. 


Sale of Liquors 
on Sunday Bill, 


Bill 12, 


Grand Jury 


Apportionment of Grand Jury Cess between Cess (Ireland) 


Landlord and Tenant in Ireland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 25th day of 
March next; and to be printed. 


ill. 


Bill 14. 


Sir Roundell Palmer presented a Bill for the compulsory 


Abolition of Compulsory Church Rates: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 12th day 
of February next; and to be printed. 


Sir Colman O’Loghlen presented a Bill to amend 


the Law relating to the Payment of Bills of Ex- 


change and Promissory Notes falling due on Bank 
Holidays, and to render the day after Christmas 
Day a Bank Holiday, and also any other day that 
may be appointed to be observed as such by Seo 
Proclamation: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 19th day of February next; and 
to be printed. 


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








Friday, 29% November, 1867. 


PRAYERS. 
S EVERAL Public Petitions were presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Samuel Whitbread, Esquire, James Clay, Es- 
quire, the Honourable Edward Frederic Leveson 
Gower, and the Honourable Algernon Fulke Eger- 
ton, being four of the Members appointed by Mr. 
Speaker to serve on the General Committee of 


Elections, and not objected to by the House, were 
sworn at the Table by the Clerk, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of “ The Report on Technical, In- 
dustrial, and Professional Instruction in Jtaly and 
other Countries, by Professor Leone Levi, r.s, A.” 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her 


Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Bill 13. 


Bank 
Holidays Bill. 


Bill 15. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Second 
Report. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Education. 








31 Vicroria. 


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


Edinburgh 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Churches. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from the Edinburgh Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners, in continuation of the Statements 
furnished in Appendix No. 4 of Report from the 
Select Committee of 1866, on “The Fdinburgh 
Annuity Tax Abolition Act,” for the Two years 
after the Date of the said Returns: namely, the 
years 1865-6 and 1866-7, showing the Seats Let, 
Unlet, Free, and Totals, as at page 173: Of 
the Proceeds of the Seat Rents of each Church, and 
the Value of the Unlet Sittings for the same Two 
years, in continuation of the Tables at page 174: 
And, of the Total Proceeds of the Seat Rents 
of all the Churches, and of the Rents and Feu 
Duties, Interest and other Revenues, if any, for 
the same Two years, in continuation of the Tables 
at page 177. 

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











ors 
ill, 


East India 
(Weights and 
Measures.) 


No. 16. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East 
India (Weights and Measures), which was pre- 
sented upon the 26th day of this instant November, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to:the Metro- 
politan Board of Works, which was presented upon 
the 28th day of this instant November, be printed. 


5 


Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works. 


No. 17. 


Foreshores. 
No. 18. 


es 
ill. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Memorandum as to Board of Trade’s 
Dealings with Foreshore and Bed of the Sea. 

Mr. Stephen Cave accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Metropolitan 


“ Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Public Schools. 5 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of this 
instant November, for a Return relative to Metro- 
politan Public Schools. 

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


Madras 
Sanitary 
Commission. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Sanitary 
Commissioner for Madras, 1866, with Appendix 
containing Medical Returns of the European Troops, 
and Prisoners in Gaols ; also the Mortuary Returns 
of the Civil Population. 

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


North 
America 
(No. 2.) 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Further Correspondence respect- 
ing British and American Claims arising out of the 
late Civil War in the United States. 

Lord Stanley also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2)st day of 
this instant November, for a Return relative to 
Abyssinia. 

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


id 


Abyssinia. 


Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 16th day of August, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for Returns showing the 
Number of First Class Boys, Second Class Bove: 
bond fide Seamen, Coast Guard Fleet Men, &amp;c., 
who were borne, rated, entered, or who left the 
Service, during the years 1865-66 and 1866-67 


(First 


Navy 
Class Boys, 


&amp;c.) 


29th November. 





17 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 134, 
of Session 1866). 

Return to an Order, dated the 22nd day of this Navy (Designs 
instant November, for Returns relative to Navy % Stip«) 
(Designs for Ships.) 

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


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. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, Means 
as followeth: 

That, towards raising the Supply granted to Her Income Tax. 
Majesty, in addition to the Rates and Duties 
granted by the Act passed in the 30th year of Her 
Majesty’s reign, chapter 23, for one year, com- 
mencing on the 6th day of April, One thousand 
eight hundred and sixty-seven, for and in respect 
of all property, profits, and gains mentioned and 
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, there shall be charged, collected, and paid 
tor and in respect of such property, profits, or gains, 
either by assessment or otherwise, the following 
additional Rates and Duties (that is tosay): Upon 
any assessment made on the annual value or amount 
of any property, profits, or gains (except property, 
profits, and gains chargeable under Schedule (B),) 
the additional Rate or Duty of one penny for every 
twenty shillings of the annual value or amount of 
all such property, profits, and gains respectively ; 
and for and in respect of the occupation of lands, 
tenements, hereditaments, and heritages chargeable 
under Schedule (B), the additional Rate or Duty 
of one halfpenny in England, and of three-eighths 
of a penny in Scotland and Ireland respectively, 
for every twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof; and on additional Rates and Duties re- 
spectively shall be collected and paid with, and 
over and above, the second moiety of the Duties 
assessed or charged for the said year: Provided 
always, That, where any dividends, interest or other 
profits or gains becoming due or payable half- 
yearly are assessed or charged half-yearly with the 
Rate or Duty under the said Act of the thirtieth 
year of Her Majesty's reign, chapter 23, there shall 
be charged upon the first assessment or charge 
which shall be hereafter made on such dividends, 
interest, profits, and gains, the additional Rate or 
Duty of two-pence for every twenty shillings of the 
half-yearly amount thereof; and where any profits 
or gains becoming due or payable quarterly are 
assessed or charged quarterly with the Rate or 
Duty under the said Act, there shall be charged 
upon the first two quarterly assessments or charges 
respectively which shall be hereafter made on such 
last mentioned profits and gains, the additional Rate 
or Duty of two-pence for every twenty shillings of 
the quarterly amount of such last-mentioned profits 
and gains; and the said additional Rates and Duties 
charged in such half-yearly and quarterly assess- 
ments respectively shall be collected and paid with, 
and over and above the Rates and Duties assessed 
or charged therein respectively under the said Act. 

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. Hunt do 








Vou. 123. 

















prepare, and bring it in. 
D Mr. 













































18 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 


Ways and 
Means 


Consolidated 
Fund. to Her Majesty, the Sum of Two Millions 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, 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Hunt do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


East India, 
Troops and 
Vessels 
(Abyssinian 
Expedition.) 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
East India, Troops and Vessels ( Abyssinian Ex- 
sedition), a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 


eet : 


That, Her Majesty having directed a Military are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 


Expedition to be despatched against Abyssinia, 
consisting mainly of Troops, both European and Na- 


29th November. 


That, towards making good the Supply granted | 


Mr. | 





1867. 


The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. | 

Tellers for thej Colonel Taylor, 55 
Yeas, { Sir Graham Montgomery R , 

Tellers for the{ Mr. John Benjamin Smith, \ 13 
Noes, \Mr. M‘Laren: ' ome 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





| 
| 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Militia. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 

| House, a Return showing the Number of Officers 

| of different Ranks, including that of Ensign, now 
'wanting to complete the Establishment of the 

| Militia of the United Kingdom. 

| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as 


Council. 


tive, at present maintained out of the Revenues of | 


India, the ordinary pay of such Troops, as well as | :  ' 
the ordinary charges of any Vessels belonging to | to enable Corporate and other Public Bodies in 
; | Ireland to grant Superannuation Allowances to 


the Government of Jndia, that may be employed 


in the Expedition, which would have been charged | on ‘ = : 
upon the Revenues of Jndia if such Troops or | that Sir Colman O’Loghlen, Mr, Pim, and Sir 


Vessels had remained in that Country or seas ad- 


jacent, shall continue to be so chargeable: Pro- | 


vided that, if it shall become necessary to replace 


the Troops or Vessels so withdrawn by other for facilitating the acquisition and enjoym 


European or Native Forces or Vessels, the expense 
of raising, maintaining, and providing such Forces 
or Vessels shall be repaid out of any monies which 
may be provided by Parliament for the purposes 
of the said Expedition. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be commu- 
nicated to the Lords: And that the Clerk do 
communicate the same, and desire their concur- 
rence. 


The East London Museum Site Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Lord Robert Montagu, Lord John Man- 
ners, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Butler, Mr. Layard, and 
Mr. Lanyon. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 

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


East London 
Museum Site 
Bill. 


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


Ways and 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Metropolitan The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Pn a F take into consideration the Metropolitan Streets 
ae ~ Act (1867) Amendment Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
Sales of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
— into a Committee on the Sales of Reversions 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 Bull, as amended in the 
Committee, be taken into consideration To-mor- 
row. 
India, China, A Motion was made, and the Question being 
— ut, That the Contract for the Conveyance of 


fails between this Country, India, China, and 
Japan, with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Local Officers’ 
Superannua- 
tion (Ireland.) 


Officers in their Service in certain cases: And 
John Gray do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Religious, xe, 
t ent of Buildings 


Sites for Buildings for Religious, Educational, — 
Literary, Scientific, and other Charitable pur- 


‘poses: And that Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Bazley, Mr. 


Leeman, and Mr. Akroyd do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Life Policies 
to enable Persons to secure to their Wives and Chil- Nomination. 
dren the Benefit of Assurances on their Lives by 
Nomination endorced on the Policy: And that 
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Hibbert, and Mr. Thomas 
Hughes do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Robert Montagu reported from the Select Rast London 
Committee on the East London Museum Site Bill; Museum Site 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, ® 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow. 





| 





Navigation Company, be approved ; 





Sir Colman O’ Loghlen presented a Bill to enable Local Officers’ 
Corporate and other Public Bodies in Ireland to Superannua- 
grant Superannuation Allowances to Officers in — 
their Service in certain cases: And the same was pi 17 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second , 
time upon Wednesday the 11th day March next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Hadfield presented a Bill for facilitating Religious, &amp;. 
the acquisition and enjoyment of Sites for Build- Buildings 
i for Religious, Educational, Literary, Scien- Sits) Bill 
ings tor heligious, a , y» . 
tific, and other Charitable purposes: And the Bill 18. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 4th day 
of March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre presented a Bill to enable Life Policies 
Persons to secure to their Wives and Children the amination 
Benefit of Assurances on their Lives by Nomination Bill 19 
endorsed on the Policy: And the same was read “~" *~* 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 19th day of February 
next; and to be printed. ne 














_ ment Bill. 


31 Vicrorta. 


Income Tax Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to grant to Her Ma- 
ay jesty additional Rates of Income Tax: And the 
Bill 16. ‘same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 
Consolidated | Mr. Hunt presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 
or aaa 900) of the Consolidated Fund to the Barviie of the 
Bil. year ending the Thirty-first day of March, One 
thousand eight hundred and Sixty-eight: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time To-morrow. 
Abyssinia. The Order made upon the 26th day of this in- 





stant November, for printing the Paper relative to 
Abyssinia, was read, and discharged. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. | 





Saturday, 30th November, 1867. 


PRAYERS. 


Metropolitan T HE Metropolitan Streets Act (1867) Amend- 
Streets Act ment Bill was, according to Order, read the 
(1867) Amend- |, . D 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


| 
| 
} 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to | 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


East London 
Museum Site 


ail into a Committee on the East London Museum 





Site Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. | 





29th—30th November.—2nd December. 19 


Monday, 2nd December, 1867. 


PRAYERS. 
S EVERAL Public Petitions were presented, — 
\) and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ““""™* 
Vide Third 
Report. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented re oe . 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased aera mee 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Burghs 
House, an amended Return relative to Poor Rates (Scotiand.) 
( Scotland) and Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland), 
(Parliamentary Paper, No. 467, of Session 1867,) 
by giving the Particulars required by the said 
Return for so much of the Parish of Dundee as is 
comprised within the Parliamentary Limits of the 
Royal Burgh of Dundee, which have been omitted 


| therefrom, and including in such amended Return 


the Particulars already given for Liff and Benvie. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


lites Majesty, by such Members of this House 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electoral 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Sootland.d 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an amended Return relative to Electoral 
Statistics (Scotland), (Parliamentary Paper, No. 


| 336, of Session 1867,) by adding to the Counties 
| of Clackmannan and Kinross the Population, &amp;c. 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Of the Parishes of Tulliallan, Culross, and Muck~ 


hart, in the County of Perth, and of the Parish of 
Alva, in the County of Stirling, and of such Por- 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re-_ tions of other Parishes in the said Counties as are 


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. 


Income Tax The Income Tax Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Consolidated | The Consolidated Fund (£. 2,000,000) Bill was, 
i 000) according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Bil. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 
Sales of The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
om take into consideration the Sales of Reversions 
: 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. 

Thames The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
iver, 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 26th day of this instant November, for 
Returns relative to the formation of certain De- 
posits of Mud near the Outfall of the Main Drain- 
age Sewers into the River Thames. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 


attached to the Counties of Clackmannan and 
Kinross for Electoral purposes, and by deducting the 
Population, &amp;c. of the above Parishes or Portions 
of Parishes from the Population, &amp;c. of the Coun- 
ties of Perth and Stirling respectively. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Spirits, &amp;c. 
a Return of all Spirits exported from Jreland to 
England in Bond; the Quantity exported, and 
Amount of Duty leviable on such Quantity; also 
of the Quantity of Spirits exported from /reland 
to England that has paid Duty in the former 
Country, and Amount of Duty paid: Similar 
Return as to Spirits exported from England into 














Ireland: Similar Return as to Sugar: Si- 
milar Return as to Tea: Similar Return as to 
Tobacco: Similar Return as to Malt: 








And, similar Return as to any other Articles sub- 
ject to either Excise or Customs Duties in each of 
the Three last years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
Copies of a Letter dated the 16th day of October (Workhouse 
1866, and addressed by direction of the President ™*P¢*#o™) 
of the Poor Law Board to Mr. Gulson, Mr. Haw- 
ley, Mr. Weale, Sir John Walsham, Mr. Graves, 

Mr. Doyle, Mr. Farnall, Mr. Hurst, Mr. Cane, and 

Dr. Edward Smith, Poor Law Inspectors, instruct- 

ing them to report specially on the Workhouses 

in their respective Districts: Of the Reports 

made by the said Poor Law Inspectors in pursu- 

ance of the above-mentioned Instructions: 
And, of any Statements of Poor Law Inspectors 
formerly in charge of Unions reported upon in the 
above-mentioned Reports. 








The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Mines Assees- 
nesday the 19th day of February next, the Mines ment Bill. 
Assessment Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





upon Wednesday the 4th day of March next. 
D2 Lord 





























et a I 


Crete, 


Schools 
Inquiry. 


Halifax, 


Bermuda, and 


Saint Thomas 


20 Qnd December. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,-—Copy of further Correspondence respecting 
the Meeotenen in Crete; 1867. (In continu- 
ation of Correspondence presented to Parliament, 
February 11, 1867.) 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report from 
the Schools Inquiry Commissioners, 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Contract, dated the 2nd day of De- 


Packet Service cember 1867, entered into between the Postmaster 


Contract. 
No. 19. 


Abyssinia. 


Pablic 
Petitions 
(Second 
Report.) 


Augmentation 
of Benefices. 


Navy (Com- 
manders and 
Captains.) 


Income Tax 
Bill. 


General and William Cunard, Esquire, for a Packet 
Service once every Four Wecks between Halifaz, 
Bermuda, and St. Thomas: ~— And, of Corres- 
pondence between the Treasury, the Admiralty, 
and the Post Office, relative to the continuance 
of a Packet Service between Halifar, Bermuda, 
and St. Thomas at the expiration of the present 
Contract. 

Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extracts of all Correspondence 
of the Foreign Ollice with the &lt;Abyssiniun Con- 
sulate, between the years 1855 and 1860. 

Ordered, That 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. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 26th, 
27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th days of November last, 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


Mr. Whitmore presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Summary of Re- 
turn of Proceedings under the Augmentation of 
Benefices Act since same came into operation (1st 
December 1863), up to and inclusive of the 2nd 
day of December 1867: 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 Appli- 
cation thereof from the 19th day of February, 
up to and inclusive of the 2nd day of December 
1867. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Names of Captains in the 
Royal Navy who have been awarded the A.D.C. 
| the G.S.P. since the year 1857: Of the 
Date of Entry in the Navy of each Officer : Of 
the Dates of their first Commissions as Commander 
and Captain: Of the actual time they have 
been in Command as Commanders and Captains, 
1 each : And, of the Total Period of 
the Sea-service of each Officer, distinguishing time 
served in Harbour from Sea-service. 

















The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Income Tax Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That 















































1867. 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. - 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
To-morrow. | 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 

into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund + oe 
(£.2,000,000) Bill; and, after some time spent Bil.’ ' ) 
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 


To-morrow. 


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- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Abyssinia. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Despatch from Lieutenant Colonel 
Merewether to Lord Clarendon of the 12th day of 
May 1866, containing Mr. Rassam’s Letters of 
March and April 1866, respecting Abyssinia. 

Ordered, That 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 Totnes, &amp;. 
to forbid the issue of Writs for Members to serve "™* 
in this present Parliament for the Boroughs of 
Totnes, Reigate, Great Yarmouth, and Lancaster: 
And that Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Adderley presented,—Return to an Address Ceylon. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of November 
last, for Returns relative to Ceylon. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Thames River. 
the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 26th day of November last, 
for Returns relative to the formation of certain 
Deposits of Mud near the Outfall of the Main Drain- 
age Sewers into the River Thames. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Court of 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Chancery. 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of 
Order for payment of Superannuation Allowance 
to Henry Temple, Clerk to George Hume, Esquire, 

Taxing Master of the Court of Chancery. 

Copy of Order for payment of Superannuation 
Allowance to Austen Patten, one of the Persons ap- 
pointed to keep order in the Lord Chancellor's 
Court. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Bombay 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Sanitary Commission. 
Commission for Bombay, 1866. 

Sir Stagford Northcote also presented,—Return to Rangoon 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of ¢4.7°%""™ 
‘August, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Copy of all Memorials, and of Letters transmitting 
them, to the First Lord of the Treasury or other 
Minister, subsequent to the 7th day of December 
1863, on the subject of opening up a direct Com- 
merce with the Shan States and West of China, 
from the Port of Rangoon; and of the Replies 
thereto 







East India 
(Cessiun of 
Berar.) 


Rangoon 
and Wesiern 
Chira. 


Record 
Publications. 


No. 20. 


Metropolitan 
Public Schools. 


No, 21. 


Madras 
Sanitary 
Commission, 


No, 22. 
Navy (First 
Class Boys, 
&amp;c.) 


No. 23. 
Thames River, 
No. 24. 


East India 
(Engineers’ 
Establishment, 
&amp;c.) 


No, 25. 
Totnes, &amp;c. 
Writs Bill. 

Bill 20. 


Journal, 


Artizans and 
- 

dwellings 
Bill, 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Third 
Report. 
Collisions at 
Sea. 


No. 15. 








31 VicTroria. 


thereto (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 5, of Session 1864). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Copies of any Correspondence that may 
have passed since the year 1865 between the 
Nizam’s Government and the Indian Government 
on the subject of the Cession of Berar :—And, of 
the Political Section of the Administration Re- 

orts for 1861 and 1862, made by Colonel Davidson, 
esident at Hyderabad. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
28th day of November last, for Returns respecting 
the Survey Report relative to Rangoon and 
Western China. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Record 
Publications, which was presented upon the 28th 
day of November last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metro- 
politan Public Schools, which was presented upon 
the 29th day of November last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the AZadras 
Sanitary Commission, which was presented upon 
the 29th day of November last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
(First Class Boys, &amp;c.), which was presented 
upon the 29th day of November last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Thames 
River, which was presented upon the 30th day of 
November last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Engineers’ Establishment, &amp;c.), which was pre- 
sented upon the Ist day of August, in the last 
Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to forbid 
the issue of Writs for Members to serve in this 
present Parliament, for the Boroughs of Totnes, 
Reigate, Great Yarmouth, and Lancaster ; And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from 
the end of the last Session to the end of the present 
Session, with an Index to the 123rd 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 
printed by such Person as shall be licensed by Mr. 
Speaker, and that no other Person do presume to 
print the same. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Wednesday the 26th day of February next. . 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Tuesday, 3rd December, 1867. 


PRAYERS. 


S* VERAL Public Petitions were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of recent Correspondence between the 
Board of Trade and the Admiralty, the Trinity 
House or any other Department, or any Persons 
VoL. 123, 


Qnd—3rd December. 





a1 


on the subject of the Regulations for preventing 
Collisions at Sea issued in pursuance of “ The 
Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862.” 
Mr. Stephen Cave 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 rast India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Communica- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this “°™™ 
House, a Co of a Communication from Baron 
Baude, dated the 6th day of November 1867, to 
the Foreign Office, relative to the Evidence given 
before the Select Committee of the House of Com- 
mons on Telegraphic Communications between 
Great Britain, Egypt, and India. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy Navy (Designs 
(Designs for Ships), which was presented upon for Ships.) 
the 29th day of November last, be printed. No, 26. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Thames Thames River. 
River, which was presented upon the 2nd day of No, 24, 
this instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Bombay Bombay 
Sanitary Commission, which was presented upon Sanitary 


the 2nd day of this instant December, be printed. a oe 
0. 27. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Memorials gangoon 
and Letters on the Subject of opening a Direct and Western 
Commerce with the Shan States and West of China 
China, from the Port of Rangoon, which was pre- No. 28. 
sented upon the 2nd day of this instant December, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return respecting the Survey Rangoon 
Report relative to Rangoon and Western China, 14 Western 
which was presented upon the 2nd day of this © re . 
instant December, be printed. = 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Eust India East India 
(Cession of Berar), which was presented upon the (Cession of 


2nd day of this instant December, be printed. ae 29. 


Lord Robert Montagu presented, by Her Ma- Education, 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Translations of Re- 
ports of the Imperial Commission on Technical 
Instruction in Europe, prepared by Order of the 
French Government. 

Copy of Reports on the Paris Universal Ex- 
hibition of 1867. 

Paper relating to the New Order of Reward. 
Paris Universal Exhibition, 1867. 

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


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Foreign Office. 
mand,—Copy of Names of the Clerks in the Fo- 
reign Office, who act as Agents for Officers holding 
en or Consular Appointments under the 

rown. 


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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Carlow 
Order, dated the 16th day of July, in the last Ses- Lunatic Asy- 
sion of Parliament, for Go ies of any Correspond- '“™ 
ence between the Board of Governors or Medical 


Paris 
Exhibition, 


_| Superintendent of the Carlow Lunatic Asylum in 


Ireland, and the Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums 
in Ireland, relative to the recent Appointment of 
a Clerk and Storekeeper in that Institution: 
Of the Minutes of the Board on the: subject: 
——And, Return of the Dates of the Appoint- 
ment of the previously appointed Storekeepers in 
the Carlow Lunatic Asylum, stating in each case 
whether the Appointment was made by his Ex- 
cellency the Lord Lieutenant, or by the Medical 
Superintendent, with the sanction of the Local 

Board of Governors. 
Ordered, That the said Return dolie upon the — 
D3 . 


















































































Assessed 
Taxes, 


Sandhurst 
College. 


Income Tax 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£ 2,000,000) 
Bill, 


Totnes, &amp;c. 
Writs Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Remission of 
Sentences. 


29 3rd December. 


Mr. Hunt presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliafnent,—Copies of all Cases 
which have been signed by Commissioners acting 
in the execution of the Acts relating to the As- 
sessed Taxes, and determined by the Judges sub- 
sequent to the 6th February 1867. 

Ordered, That thesaid 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 of Nominal List of Gentlemen 
Cadets of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 
who have passed their Examination for Commis- 
sions during the last Five years, stating the Num- 
ber of Marks obtained by each: -—Of the Number 


of Commissions without Purchase given to each ' 


Class after Examination :—— And, of the Number 
of First Commissions Sold for the Public which 


otherwise would have been given without Pur-| 


chase during the last Five years. 

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


The Income Tax 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 Consolidated Fund (£.2,000,000) 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 Two Mil- 
lion Pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the 
Service of the year ending the Thirty-first day of 
March One thousand eight hundred and Sixty- 
eight. 

“Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Totnes, &amp;c. Writs Bill was, according to 
Order, 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 en 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Whitmore 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. 


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


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 a Copy of all Petitions or 
Memorials and of all Communications praying for 
cr recommending the Suspension, Commutation, 
or Remission of Sentences of Death or of Penal 
Servitude, received by the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, or at the Home Office, 
during the six months ending on the 30th day of 
November and on the 30th day of June of each 
year, together with Copies of the Signatures at- 
tached to such Documents and of the Replies 
thercto, except Communications between the Se- 
cretary of State and the Judges, be presented to 
Parliament on each of the aforesaid days of each 
year if Parliament be then sitting; or if Parlia- 
ment be not —— on the first subsequent 
day on which Parliament may sit, or on the fifth 








1867. 


day of the first Session of a new Parliament :— 
| And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
| withdrawn. 


Hardcastle, Mr. Baines, and Mr. Gilpin do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hubbard and Mr. Beresford Hope do prepare, 
and bring it in. 





to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Memorial lately presented 
by Bankers and Merchants of the City of London 
recommending the laying of a Submarine Telegraph 
| between Suez and India by the Red Sea: 
| And, of the Proposals made by the Submarine 
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Com- 
pany upon the same subject. 
|__ Ordered, That, the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Apbyssinian 
'a Return of List with the Names of every Mer- Expedition. 


| chant Vessel or Steamer engaged in the Abyssi- 
nian Expedition chartered in £ngland, with the 
Net and Gross Register Tonnage of each Ship, 
the Horse-power of each Engine, the Price per 
Ton each Ship is chartered at; also the Name of 
each registered Owner of such Ship as appeared 
upon the Register when the Ship was tendered 
to the Government for Hire, and the Name of each 
Owner as now stands upon the Register, with 
the Name of the Broker who tendered such Ship. 


chase of Shares in Railway and Gas Companies: 
And that Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie, Mr. Goldney, 
and Mr. Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Adddress be presented Abyssinian 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously Expedition. 


pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Nominal Return of Officers of Ca- 
valry, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Line, 
Military Train, Veterinary or Commissariat De- 
partments, employed in the Purchase of Mules in 
Places Abroad for the Abyssinian Expedition ; 
stating the Corps, Rank, and Date of last Com- 
mission of such Officer, the Number of Days em- 
ployed on such Service, the Amount of Special 
Pay per diem, the Number of Mules purchased in 
each Officer’s District, Average Cost per Mule 
(exclusive of Expenses attending Purchase) in 
such District, and likewise stating individually 
whether such Officers were acquainted with the 
Language of the Country in which employed, or 
in Places in the Levant acquainted with the 
Italian Language ; such Return to be made out 
for each District separately, and according to the 
following Tabular Form :— 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Church Rates 
for the Abolition of Church Rates: And that Mr. Abolition. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Church Rates 
for the Regulation of Church Rates: And that Regulation. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Suez and India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased T*es*#Ph- 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Railway and 
to amend the Law in respect of the Sale and Pur- Gas Shares. 








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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. 


Church Rates Mr. Hardcastle presented a Bill for the Aboli- 
Abolition Bill. ¢+55 of Church Rates: And the same was read the 
Bill 2). first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 11th day of March next; 

and to be printed. 


Church Rates Mr. Hubbard presented a Bill for the Regula- 
— tion of Church Rates: And the same was read the 
Bill 22 first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
* upon Wednesday the 11th day of March next; 

and to be printed. 


Railway and Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie presented a Bill to amend 
Gas Shares the Law inrespectof the Sale and Purchase of Shares 





aagell in Railway and Gas Companies: And the same 
Bill 23. was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday the 20th day of Fe- 

bruary next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday 


next. 


Thursday, 5th December, 1867. 
PRAYERS. 


Public eh ety Public Petitions were presented, 

Petitions. and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Third 

Report. 

Abyssinia. Resolved, That au humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Correspondence between the 
Jerusalem Consulate and the Foreign Office, and 
the Jerusalem Consulate and the Constantinople 
Embassy, from the year 1850 to the year 1863, on 
the Affairs of the Abyssinians at Jerusalem. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 

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





Abyssinia. Resolved, That 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 following Correspondence 
respecting Abyssinia : 

1. Letter of King Theodore to the Queen, 
received in 1858 ; 
2. Reply to the same ; 


3. Letter from the Queen to King Theodore, | 


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


Libel Bill, The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Wednesday the 12th day of February next, the 
Libel Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of March next. 


Compulsory The Order for reading a second time, upon 
_. Wednesday the 12th day of February next, the 
‘ Compulsory Church Rates Abolition Bill, was 

read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 19th day of February next. 


Parliamentary Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Rdinburgh,) to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
“to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of the Registered 

Vou. 123. 





Parliamentary Electors of £.10 and upwards in 
each of the thirteen Polling Districts or Wards 
into which the City was divided, by virtue of the 
Powers conferred on one of Her Majesty’s Prin- 
cipal Secretaries of State, by “ The Edinburyh 
Municipality Extension Act, 1856,” according to 
the Register made up for that year, and also 
according tothe Register made up in 1867, show- 
ing the Increase or Decrease in each Ward, as the 
case may be, at the Date last mentioned: Of 
the Number of Male Occupiers of Dwelling- 
houses under £.10 of Yearly Rent in each Polling 
District or Ward in 1856 and 1867, distinguishing 
those who, on or before the 20th day of July 1867, 
had not paid such Poor Rates as were laid on and 
due before the 5th day of January of the same 
year : And, of the Number of Electors in each 
Polling District or Ward in 1867, added to the 
Number of Male Householders under £.10 of 
Yearly Rent, who paid Poor’s Rates as before 
mentioned, so as to give the aggregate Total 
Number of both Classes in each Polling District 
or Ward, and all the Columns to be added up. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this Flouse 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 








to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Cotton, Woollen, 
Shoddy, Worsted, Flax, Hemp, Jute, Rope, 
Horsehair, Elastic, Hosiery, Lace, and Silk Fac- 
tories, subject to the Factories Acts, in each 
County of the United Kingdom, and distinguish- 
ing each of those descriptions of Factories :— 


Factories. 
Those for aes only ; 


. Those for Weaving only; . 

Those for Spinning and Weaving ; 

Those for Dressing or Finishing only ; 

Factories not included in any of the above 
Descriptions. 


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Machines. 


The Number of Combing Machines employed , 

The Number of Spinning Spindles employed ; 

The Number of Doubling Spindles, distin- 
guished from the Spinning Spindles; 

The Number of Power Looms and Power 
Loom Weavers; 

The Number of Billy Spindles or Condensers ; 

The Number of Gigs ; 

The Number of Fulling Stocks ; 

The Number of Hand Frames in Hosiery 
Factories, and the Number of Heads of 
Circular Frames working therein, and the 
Total Number of Feeders working on this 
Number of Heads; 

The Total Number of Flat Frames working 
by Power, and the Total Number of Inches 
of the same; 

(The several Rooms and Premises occupied 
by any one Firm situated within the same 
outward Gate or Boundary to be deemed 
one Factory) : 

——Ofthe Amount of Steam Power and of Water 
Power available for Employment in each of the 
above descriptions of Factories; and the average 
indication of Power used, expressed in each case 
by Horse Power :——Of the Number of Children 
under 13 Years of Age, Boys and Girls; distin- 
ae in Silk Mills the Number of Persons of 
th Sexes engaged in the Operations of Feeding 
or Throwing of between 11 and 13 Years of Age: 
Of the Number of Male young Persons be- 
tween 13 and 18Years of Age, and of Females 
above 13 Years of Age: And, of the Number 
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Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Factories. 






















































Railway 
Accidents, 


East India 
Communica- 
tions. 


Metropolis 
Rates. 


Mortality 
and Marriages 
(Scotland.) 


24, 


of Males above 18 Years of Age, including all 
Managers, Clerks, Overlookers, Engineers, Me- 
chanics, and all other Persons engaged in the 
Factory, except the Owners or Occupiers consti- 
tuting the Firm: And, that the preceding 
Returns shall be followed by a general Summary 
thereof, embracing the whole of the United King- 
dom (in continuation, with certain exceptions, of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 23, of Session 1862). 

Ordered, That 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. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspecting 
Officers of the Railway Department to the Lords 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, upon 
certain Accidents which have occurred on Railways, 
during the months of September, October, and 
November 1867. (Part VI.) 

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


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3rd day of this instant 
December, for a Return relative to East India Com- 
munications, 


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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of 
April 1866, for an Abstract of Return from each 
Vestry and District Board elected under the Pro- 
visions 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 
‘sept 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 a view to obtain their 
removal. 





Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | - 


6th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Returns of the Rate of Mortality in the 
several Counties and Shires in Scotland in the 
two Decennial Periods 1841-50 and 1851-60; 
also in the Years 1855 and 1865 :——Of the Rate 
of Mortality in the Boroughs of Scotland for the 





5th December. 








1867. 


Years 1855 and 1865; and also of the Districts not 
containing Parliamentary Boroughs: And, of 
the proportional Numbers of Men and Women 
that signed the Marriage Register with Marks in 
the several Counties and Shires in Scotland for 
the years 1855 and 1865 (in the same Form as and 
in continuation of Return No. 445, of the present 
Session, so far in each case as the Information can 
be obtained), 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Saint Andrew's 
16th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- p near men 
ment, for a Return showing the Number of e 
Graduates of the University of Saint Andrew’s 
who obtained their Degrees before the Ist day of 
January 1863, and who are not included under 
Clause 30 of the Representation of the People 
( Scotland) Bill; and stating the Number of these, 
as nearly as can be ascertained, who now reside in 
Scotland, and the Number who reside in England 
and Jreland and the Colonies. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Education. 
29th day of November last, for a Return relative to 
Education. 

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





The following Papers were laid upon the Table Insoivent 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Debtors. 
dated the 13th day of June, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for Returns of the Number in each 
year of Cases since 1855 in which Judgment was 
entered up under the Insolvent Debtors Acts upon 
Warrants of Attorney given by Debtors on their 
discharge, and the Dividends paid out of any after- 
acquired Property distributed under such Judg- 
ments: ——-And, of the Number of Petitions of 
Insolvent Debtors taken off the Files of the Court, 
or otherwise superseded, after the Order of Discharge 
of such Debtors. , 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of No- Thames River. 
vember last, for Returns relative to Notices given 
by the Conservators of the River Thames, respect- 
ing the Pollution of that River. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2nd day of this Poor Law 
instant December, for Returns relative to Poor ees 
Law (Workhouse Inspection), sanatt 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Bankruptey 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Cut 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Ge- 
neral Order of the Court of Bankruptcy, dated 
30th September 1867. 


Mr. Hunt presented,—Return to an Order, dated Hops. 
the 21st day of November last, for Returns relative 
to Hops. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Carlow Carlow 
Lunatic Asylum, which was presented upon the Lunatic As- 
3rd day of this instant December, be printed. "Be i 

A Motion was made, and the Question was Adjournment. 
proposed, 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- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the ssid Committee. 


Resolved, That the Contract entered into with Halifax, 
Mr. W. Cunard, for the conveyance of Mails ene ben 
between Halifax, Bermuda, and Saint Thomas, be Mails. 
approved. 


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31 VicrorRiA. 5th—6th 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make further Provision for the good Govern- 
ment and Extension of certain Public Schools in 
England: And that Mr. Walpole, Sir Stafford 
Northcote, and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





Public Schools, 


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

Foreign Cattle for the Establishment of a Forslan Cattle Market 

Masket, for the Metropolis, and for other purposes connected 
therewith: And that Lord Robert Montagu and 
Mr. Hunt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of the Police 
Force employed in the Metropolitan District, in 
the years 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1866, with the 
estimated Population of that District at those 
Dates:——And, similar Return for the District of 
the City of London as to Police and Population. 

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


Metropolitan 
and City 
Police, &amp;c. 


Public Schools Mr. Walpole presented a Bill to make further 
Bill. Provision for the good Government and Extension 
Bill 24, of certain Public Schools in England: And the 
same was read the first time; and crdered to be 
read a second time upon Friday the 14th day of 

February next; and to be printed. 


Metropolitan | Lord Robert Montagu presented a Bill for the 
Foreign Cattle Establishment of a Foreign Cattle Market for the 
a Metropolis, and for other purposes connected 
Bill 25. 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. 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed To-morrow. 


Burials The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
(Ireland) Bill. nesday the 12th day of February next, the Burials 
(Ireland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 18th day of February next, 


Industrial The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Behools (Ire- nesday the 12th day of February next, the In- 
and) Bill, 


dustrial Schools (Jreland) Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 18th day of February next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Friday, 6th December, 1867. 


PRAYERS. 
Public S EVERAL Public Petitions were presented, 


Betlons, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Third 

Report. 

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


oreign Cattle one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


ket Bill. Bills, That in the case of the Metropolitan Foreign 
Cattle Market Bill, the Standing Orders have 
been complied with, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday the 13th day of February next. 
ately Ordered, That the Return relative to Mortality 
(Seotland.) and Marriages (Scotland), which was presented 
No. 31, pon the 5th day of this instant December, be 

° rinted. 


Vox. 123. 





December. 25 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint An- Saint Andrew's 
drew’s University Graduates, which was presented University 
upon the 5th day of this instant December, be” 
printed. No. 32. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education, Education. 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this No, 33, 
instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Insolvent Insolvent 
Debtors, which was presented upon the 5th day of Debtors, 
this instant December, be printed. No. 34. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Notices Thames River. 
given by the Conservators of the River Thames, No. 24. 
respecting the Pollution of that River, which was 
presented upon the 5th day of this instant De- 
cember, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
(Workhouse Inspection), which was presented (Workhoute 
upon the 5th day of this instant December, be eee 
printed. No. 35. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, Hops. 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this No. 36. 
instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metro- Metropolis 
polis Rates, which was presented upon the 5th Kates. 
day of this instant December, be printed. No, 37. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Augmen- Augmentation 
tation of Benefices, which was presented upon the ° Benefices. 
2nd day of this instant December, be printed. No, 38. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ceylon, Ceylon. 
which was presented upon the 2nd day of this No, 39. 
instant December, be printed. 


Sir John Pakington presented,—Return to an Militia. 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of 
November last, for a Return relative to the Mi- 
litia. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented, pursuant to the Eiginshire 
dirgctions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of District 
Rules and Regulations of the Elginshire District hn*te A*y- 
Lunatic Asylum, as approved by the District 
Lunacy Board of Elginshire ; by the Chairman of 
the General Board of Lunacy ; and the Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, October 1867. 

Copy of the Report of the Metropolitan Board Metropolitan 
of Works, 1866-7 : Also, Account in Abstract, — 
showing the Receipt and Expenditure, under : 
several distinct heads, of the Metropolitan Board 
of Works, from the 26th March 1866 to the 25th 
March 1867, with the Statement 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 
1867. 

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





Mr. Stephen Cave presented, pursuant to the Lighthouses, 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of ** 
Reports to the Board of Trade by the Trinity 
House of Deptford Strond, and the Irish Light- 
house Commissioners, of their inspection of Local 
Lighthouses, Buoys, and Beacons (in continuation 
of Parliamentary aper, No. 360, Session 1865). 

a — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Queen’s Col- 
Returns of the Number of Scholarships provided lege (Galway.) 
for by Parliamentary Grant, and placed at the 
disposal of the Students of the Queen’s College, 

Galway, for the Session 1866-67; the Number 
competed for; and the Numbers of Matriculated 
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Students during that Session: —— Of the Numbers 
of Exhibitions, whether of Private or Public Foun- 
dation, offered for competition to the Students of 
the said College during the same year: And, of 
the Numbers of Students of the Second, Third, 
and Fourth Year’s Courses of the Faculties of 
Arts, Law, and Medicine, and the Department of 
Engineering in Queen’s College, Galway, in each 
Session separately since 1862-63 to 1866-67, both 
inclusive; with a Statement of the actual Number 
of the Scholarships placed in each Session at the 
disposal of such Stadents of the Second, Third, and 
Fourth Year’s Courses in the said College ; such 
last Return to be furnished in the Tabular Form 




















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Grand Juries Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(Ireland.) a Return of the Amount presented by each Grand 
Jury in Jreland during the last Five years, for 
the Maintenance of Deserted Children, under the 
Statute 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 116, s. 109. 
Poor Law Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(Walsall a Copy of a Report dated the 30th day of No- 
Workhouse.) vember 1867, by Andrew Doyle, Esquire, Poor 
No. 40. Law Inspector; and of Notes by Dr. J. Burton, 
the Medical Officer of the Walsall Union Work- 
house, in reference to Statements respecting the 
state of that Workhouse, which appeared in the 
Lancet Newspaper of the 9th day of November 
1867. 
Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the said 
Paper. , 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
Sale of Liquors The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
on Sunday nesday the 12th day of February next, the Sale 
of Liquors on Sunday Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 18th day of February next. 
Customs, &amp;c. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
No. 41, 2 Statement showing, in respect of the years end- 


ing the 5th day of January 1830, the 5th day of 
January 1840, the 5th day of January 1850, the 
31st day of March 1860, and the 31st day of March 
1867, the Number of Articles chargeable with 
Duty in the Customs Tariff; the Rates of Duty le- 
vied on the principal Articles, and the Net Amounts 
of Duty received upon them; also ‘the Total Net 
Amount of Customs Revenue received in the 
United Kingdom :——The Rates of Duty charge- 
able on each of the subjects of Taxation under the 
heads of Excise, Stamps, Taxes, and Income Tax 
in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, 
together with the Net Amount of Duty received 
in each case:———The Rates of Postage, Home, 
Foreign, and Colonial, charged on Letters, Books, 
and Parcels; also the Charge for Registration of 
Letters and Money Orders, together with the Re- 
ceipts of the Post Office under the above-mentioned 
Heads :——-And, the Amounts in detail paid into 
the Exchequer under the Heads of Crown Lands 
and of Miscellaneous Receipts. 

Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


6th December. 













1867. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Postal 
Copies of Contracts entered into between Her Ma- Contracts. 
jesty’s Postmaster General and the North German No. 42. 
Lloyd, the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia 
Steamship Company, and Messrs. Cunard, Burns, 
and Maclver, for the Conveyance of Mails to New 
York: ——And, of the Contract entered into be- 
tween Her Majesty’s Postmaster General and the 
Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship 
Company for the Conveyance of Mails to Halifax, 
with Copies of the Correspondence relating thereto. 

Mr. Hunt 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 em 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (giogcing.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Soldiers or 
Royal Marines serving in Great Britain and Ire- 
land who have been flogged since the 12th day of 
April 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. 


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 Totnes, &amp;c. Writs Totnes, &amp;e. 
Bill, without any Amendment. Writs Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Sales of Rever- Sales of 


sions Bill, without any Amendment. yaaa 


The Lords have agreed to the Drainage and Drainage and 
Improvement of Lands (Jreland) Supplemental Improvement 
Bill, without any Amendment. ined) Sugoi 
mental Bill. 

_The Lords have agreed to the Income Tax Bill, Income Tax 
without any Amendment. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Consolidated 
Fund (£.2,000,000) Bill, without any Amend- Fund 


ment. Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan metropolitan 
Streets Act (1867) Amendment Bill, with an Streets Act 
Amendment; to which the Lords desire the con- a — 
currence of this House. pain 

The Lords concur with the Commons in their gast India 
Resolution respecting a Military Expedition to be Troops and 


despatched against Abyssinia, as desired by this (Abyesiaian 
House. Expedition.) 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Metropolitan 
Lords to the Metropolitan Streets Act (i867) Streets Act 
Amendment Bill be now taken into consideration : ee san 
—-The House accordingly proceeded to take the ; 
said Amendment into consideration. 

The said Amendment being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words “ in respect of the 
** carriage of Lamps by Hackney Carriages.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the said 
Amendment :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Amendment was agreed to. 

Ordered, 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, Post Office 

a Return of the Balance Sheet of the Post Office Savings Banks 
Savings Banks for the year 1867, showing the Ba- 
lance due to Depositors, the Amount of Expenses 
remaining unpaid, the Value of Securities at the 
Cost Price less Depreciation of those which are 
Terminable by lapse of time, Amount of Cash in 
hand, and Dividends accrued but not received at 
the end of the year, and the Surplus or Deficiency 
of Funds to meet Liabilities. 

Ordered, 








Abyssinian 
} Expedition. 


Court of 


Session, &amp;c. 


(Scotland. ) 


nks. 


31 Vicrorta, 


Ordered, 'That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Amount of Condensing Power, 
in detail, for the Supply of Fresh Water in each 
Vessel intended to be employed in the Abyssinian 
Expedition, including that of the Condensing Ves- 
sel to be stationed at Annesley Bay. 


Resolved, That 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 Causes or Petitions insti- 
tuted and decided in the Court of Session in each 
of the years 1864, 1865, and 1866, and of the Pro- 
cedure in Court during these years; stating 
separately the Causes depending before each Lord 
Ordinary in the Outer House and before each 
Division of the Inner House respectively, and 
comprehending the following details :— 


1. 


10. 


11. 


12. 


13. 


14. 


15. 


16. 


Outer House. 


The Number of Summonses, Advocations, 
Suspensions, Appeals, and Petitions called 
and enrolled respectively ; 


. The Number of Decrees in Absence or on 


failure to state Defences respectively : 


. The Number of Motions enrolled and 


Interlocutors pronounced prior to closing 
the Record ; 


. The Number of Records closed, distinguish- 


ing the Number of Causes which, at the 
Date of closing the Record, had not 
been in dependence for more than three 
months ; 


. The Number of Debates on closed Records; 
. The Number of Decisions pronounced by 


the Lord Ordinary, distinguishing those 
on the Relevancy from those on the 
Merits, and those in favour of the Pursuer 
from those in favour of the Defender or 
Respondent ; 


. The Number of the Decisions so pro- 


nounced in Causes or Petitions which, 
at the Date thereof, had not been in 
dependence for more than five months ; 


. The Number of Causes in which Draft 


Issues were lodged on the Order of the 
Lord Ordinary, and approved of by him; 

The Number of Causes reported on Draft 
Issues to the Inner House ; 

The Number of Causes in which Proof was 
allowed, distinguishing those in which the 
Proof was ordered to be taken on Com- 
mission from those which were ordered to 
be tried by a Jury; 

The Number of Causes in which the Proof 
on Commission was reported and the Cause 
debated, distinguishing those thereupon 
decided by the Lord Ordinary from those 
reported by him to the Inner House, and 
those decided in favour of the Pursuer 
from those decided in favour of the De- 
fender or Respondent ; 

The Number of those Decisions which were 
pronounced in Causes or Petitions which 
of the Date thereof had not beenin depen- 
dence more than nine months ; 

The Number of Causes or Petitions ready 


for Debate at the end of the Summer and: 


Winter Sessions respectively and not 
debated ; 

The Number of Causes at Avizandum at the 
end of the Summer and Winter Sessions 

respectively ; 

The Tene of Bills, Petitions, or other 
Applications disposed of by the Junior 
Lord Ordinary with Bills during Session ; 

The Number of Bills or Petitions or other 
Applications disposed of by the Lord 
Ordina officiating in the Bill Chamber 
during Vacation. 


Vo. 123. 











6th December: 


1. 


- The Number of Reclaiming Notes 


. The 


27 


Inner House. 

The Number of Reclaiming Notes presented 
against the Decisions of each Lord Ordi- 
nary in the Outer House, distinguishing 
those on the Merits from those against 
Decrees in Absence or by Default ; 

ill 


sented against Decisions in the 


Chamber ; 


. The Number of Advocations and Suspen- 


sions of the Decrees of Inferior Courts 
brought direct into the Inner House ; 


. The Number of Causes in which the Inner 


House adhered to or reversed (either in 
whole or in part) the Decision of the 
Lord Ordinary or Inferior Judge ; 


. The Number of Causes or Applications 


originating in the Inner House, specifying 
separately the Number Litigated ; 


. The Number of final Judgments pronounced 


in Causes mentioned in each of the pre- 
ceding Articles 1, 2,3, and4 respectively, 
distinguishing whether in favour of the 
Pursuer, Advocator, Suspender, or Peti- 
tioner, or of the Defender or Respondent 
a ; 

umber of Causes ready for Hearing 
and sent to any of the Inner House Rolls 
and not heard at the end of the Summer 
and Winter Sessions respectively. 


Jury Causes. 


. The Number of Causes in which Issues 


were adjusted either by the Lord Ordi- 
nary or Inner House; 


. The Number of Causes set down for Trial, 


distinguishing those set down by the 
Pursuer from those put down by the 
Defender ; 


. The Number of Applications for a Special 


Jury, distinguishing how many were 


omg ; 
. e Number of Causes tried by Jury, 


distinguishing whether the Verdict was 
for the Pursuer or the Defender in the 
Cause, with the Dates when the Sum- 
mons in each of the first five of such 
Causes was enrolled ; 


. The Number of Causes presided over by 


a Lord Ordinary or a Judge of the Inner 
House, or the President of one of the 
Divisions respectively ; 


.» The Number of Causes which have been 


abandoned after the Issues were adjusted 
or not set down for Trial within twelve 
months thereafter; 


. The Number of Causes in which Bills of 


Exception have been taken, distinguishing 
those allowed ; 

The Number of Causes in which a New 
Trial has been moved for, distinguishing 
those granted; 


. The Number of Causes in which the result 


of the first Trial was varied or reversed 
under a Bill of Exceptions or New Trial. 


Proofs. 


The Number of Causes in which Parties have 


availed themselves of any of the Provisions 
of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vice. c. 36, sections 46, - 
47, 48, 49, and 50, distinguishing which 
of such Provisions. 


Appeals. 


The Number of Appeals from the Judgment 


of either Division of the Court of Session, 
decided in the House of Lords, distinguish- 
ing Affirmances, partial Affirmances, Re- 
versals, and partial Reversals from each 


other. 
E2 Teind 























































































98 6th—7th December. 


Teind Court. 
The Number of Causes in the Teind Court 


instituted before— 
1. The Lord Ordinary on Teinds ; 
2. The Inner House. 

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


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow: 


Adjournment. 


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 Friday the 
14th day of February next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
14th day of February next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the a between 
Dr. Beke, Mr. Purday, Mr. Palgrave, and the 
Foreign Office, referred to in the Letter from 
Dr. Behe to Lord Clarendon, dated the 11th day 
of June 1866, published in a recent Blue Book ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Abyssinia. 


Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words | 


“and such portions of a Letter, addressed by 
“ Dr. Beke to the Secretary of State for Foreign 


“ Affairs, dated the 14th day of October 1867, re- | 
“ lative to a Conversation between him and Mr. | 


** Palgrave at Cairo, in December 1865, as bear 
* upon the foregoing Correspondence.” 

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

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Correspondence between 
Dr. Beke, Mr. Purday, Mr. Palgrave, and the 
Foreign Office, referred to in the Letter from Dr. 
Beke to Lord Clarendon, dated the 11th day of 
June 1866, published’in a recent Blue Book. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Saturday, 7th December 1867. 


PRAYERS. 


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 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 ; 


1867. 
Mr. prey 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 apply the Sum of Two Million Consolidated 
Pounds, out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Ser- a 
vide of the Year ending the Thirty-first day of aly — 
ov One thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
eight : 
An Act to grant to Her Majesty additional Income Tax 
Rates of Income Tax: Bill. 
An Act to amend the Law relating to Sales of Sales of 


Reversions: Reversioxrs 
Bill. 


| An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under Drainage and 
“The Drainage and Improvement of Lands !™provement 


( — Act, 1863,” and the Acts amending the snd) Oeste 


mental Bill. 
An Act for the Amendment of “ The Metro- Metropolitan 
politan Streets Act, 1867”: Streets Act 
ment Bill. 
An Act to forbid the Issue of Writs for Mem- Totnes, &amp;c. 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the Writs Bill. 
Boroughs of Joines, Reigate, Great Yarmouth, and 
Lancaster. , 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Court Court of 
of Session (Scotland), which were presented upon Session (Scot 
the 5th day of February 1863, the 4th day of 4) 
February 1864, the 7th day of February 1865, No. 43. 
the 9th day of February 1866, and the 7th day of 
February 1867, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mi- Militia. 
litia, which was presented upon the 6th day of No, 44. 








this instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Metro- Metropolitan 
politan Board of Works, which was presented upon Board of 


the 6th day of this instant December, be printed. er i 
oO. . 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Light- Lighthouses, 
houses, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 6th day &amp;c. 


of this instant December, be printed. No. 46. 


Resolved, 'That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (8°™™*¥:) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Patent or Commission con- 
ferring the Appointment of Governor of Bombay. 

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


are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be ssenleanily pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return (so far as can be given or esti- 
mated) of the Number of Children in Inspected 
Schools in the year ending the 3lst day of 
August 1867, distinguishing how many of such 
Children belong to Families which are considered 
as Poor. 

Ordered, That the said Address bo 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 Thursday the 13th 
day of February next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Public Depart- 
to regulate the disposal of extra om of Public ments (Extra 


epartments ; em) 


(1867) Amend. 









Pay 


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Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


) Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


Public Depart- 
1. ments (Extra 
Receipts) Bill. 
Bill 26. 


London 
(Corporation) 
Gas, 


Writs issued 
in the Recess. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Third 
Report. 


31 Vicrorta. 7th December.—13th February. ay 


Departments: And that Mr. Hunt and Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The Order made upon the 6th day of this in- 
stant December, That there be laid before this 
House, a Return relative to the Abyssinian Expe- 
dition, was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Amount of Condensing 
Power, in detail, for the supply of Fresh Water in 
each Vessel intended to be employed in the 
Abyssinian Expedition, including that of the Con- 
densing Vessel to be stationed at Annesley Bay. 

Ordered, That 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. Hunt presented a Bill to regulate the dis- 
posal of Extra Receipts of Public Departments : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday the 13th 
day of February next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday 
the 13th day of February next. 





Thursday, 18th February, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


T 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 Commons 
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 erect Gas Works, and to supply Gas 
within the City of London and the Liberties 
thereof, and also the Metropolitan Meat and 
Poultry Market, and the Cattle Market at Isling- 
ton, and to purchase the Undertakings or Portions 
of the Gas Works of the Gas Companies supplying 
Gas in the City of London, and also of the West 
London Junction Gas Company, Limited, and 
for other purposes, was read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Goschen, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Alderman Lawrence, 
and Baron Lionel de Rothschild. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, in 
pursuance of the directions of the Acts passed in 
the 24th year of the reign of his Majesty Kin 
George the Third, c. 26, and in the 21st and 22n 
years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 
c. 110, and in the 26th year of the reign of Her 
Majesty Queen Victoria, c. 20, he had issued 
Warrants to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out 
new Writs for the Election of Members to serve 
in this present Parliament, 

For the County of Westmoreland, in the room 
of the Honourable Henry Cecil Lowther, 
deceased: And, 

For the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in the 
room of James Muckie, Esquire, deceased. 


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


Vot. 123. 


1865: 





The Order for reading a second time, upon Burials 
Tuesday next, the Burials (Jreland) Bill, was (ireland) Bill. 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 26th day of this instant 
February. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Sale of Liquors 
Tuesday next, the Sale of ‘Liquors on Sunday Bill, sew 
was read, and discharged. , 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of March next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Stoke-upon- 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ Trent Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the “Seomab of Stoke-upon- 
Trent, in the room of Alexander James Beresford 
Beresford Hope, Esquire, who, since his Election 
for the said Borough, hath accepted the office of 
Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Manor of 
Northstead, in the County of York. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cambridge 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ University 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- wen 
sent Parliament for the University of Cambridge, 
in the room of Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn, Knight, 
who, since his Election for the said University, 
hath accepted the office of one of the Judges of the 
Court of Appeal in Chancery. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Helston Writ. 

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 Jielston, 
in the room of William Baliol Brett, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, 
hath accepted the office of Her Majesty's Solicitor 
General. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Commerciat 
mand,—Copy of Commercial Reports received at Reports. 
the Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls, in 
1868. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Local Taxa- 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3rd day of tion, &amp;. 
August 1866, for Returns of the Annual Value 
of Property in England and Wales charged under 
the different Schedules of the Property and In- 
come Tax, made up to the end of the Financial 
Year in April of each of the years 1863, 1864, 
Of the Rateable Value of Property 
in England and Wales subject to Local Taxation, 
divided under the following Heads:—1. In the 
Metropolis (including the City); 2. In the 
Counties; 3. In Cities and Municipal Boroughs, 
with the Total of the whole, for each of the 
years 1863, 1864, 1865:——Of the Amount 
raised by Local Taxation in England and Wales, 
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 
divided under the following Heads:—1. Poor 
Rates (including County and Police Rates, as far 
as regards the Counties); 2. Highway Rate (in- 
cluding Value of Labour in lieu of Rates); 3. 
Church Rates; 4. Police and Prisons (in the Me- 
tropolis, and in Cities and Boroughs); 5. Rates 
for all purposes of Drainage, Lighting, Paving, 
Improvements, &amp;c. (in the Metropolis, and in 
Cities and Boroughs); 6. Rates levied by Local 
Boards ; with the Total of the whole, so as to show 
the Local Taxation borne by the Country in each 
year: And, of the Amount of Annual Grants 
from the Public Revenue in aid of Local Taxa- 

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County Courts 





30 - 13th February. 


tion in England and Wales, for the years 1863, ber of Children examined in Hngland during the 
1864, and 1865, divided under the following | year ended the 31st day of July 1866, and of the 
Heads:—1. Law Charges and Criminal Prosecu- | per-centage who failed in Reading, Writing, and 
tions, including Sheriffs’ Expenses; 2. Prisons| Arithmetic; (a.) In all the Standards; (b.) In 
and Convict Establishments at Home; 3. Main-/ each of the Standards separately :——Of the same 
tenance of Prisoners in County Gaols; Removal | Facts for Scotland for the same time: ——Of the 
and Transportation of Convicts; 4. Police, Coun-| Sum voted by Parliament for Public Education 
ties and Boroughs; 5. Metropolitan Police and (in connection with the Committee of Council 
Police Courts; 6. Salaries of Auditors of Poor on Education), for the year ended the 31st day of 
Law Unions; 7. One-half Salaries of Poor Law | March 1861, and the per-centage of said Sum ex- 
Medical Officers; 8. Schoolmasters, &amp;c. in Work-| pended on Management and Inspection :——Of 
the corresponding Sum and per-centage for the 


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. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 


Commitments. the 21st day of June, in the last Session of Parlia- 


ment, for a Return from every County Court and | 


year ended the 31st day of March 1867: 


1868. 





of the Sum spent by Parliament ou Elementary 
Schools iu Scotland during the years ended the 
31st day of March 1861, and the 31st day of March 


1867, respectively. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Metropolitan 


from the Sheriffs’ Court of the City of London of the 21st day of November last, for Returns re- and City 
lative to the Metropolitan and City Police. 


the Number of Persons taken to Prison in the 
Year 1866, by order of such Courts respectively ; | 
specifying in each case the Amount of the Monthly | the 2nd day of December last, for an amended Re- 
Instalment, if any, by which the Judgment was turn relative to Electoral Statistics ( Scotland), 


ordered to be paid, as follows:— 
The County Court of , holden at 


Number of Persons imprisoned, and Amount of 


the Monthly Instalment, if any, by which the 


Judgment was ordered to be paid :— 





Not exceeding 1 s. per 


Month. 











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Courts of Law 
(England and 
Ireland.) 


Education. 


























the 2nd day of August, in the last Session of Par- 


liament, for Returns for the year 1865-66 of | 


the Total Expenditure defrayed, wholly or in August, in the last Session of Parliament, 
part, out of the Public Funds, of the several g 


/of June, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
| Return of the General Statements of the Funds 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Electoral 


€ 
( 
J 
And, 
‘olice. 
Statistics ] 
(Scotland.) ( 


| Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Poor Rates 


| the 2nd day of December last, for an amended Re- 


turn relative to Poor Rates (Scotland) 
_liamentary Burghs ( Scotland). 


the 5th day of December last, for Returns re- 
lative to the Metropolitan and City Police, &amp;c. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Parliamentary 
the 5th day of December last, for Returns re- 
| lative to Parliamentary Electors (Edinburgh). 


(Scotland) and 
Parliamentary 


and Par- Burghs 
(Scotland.) 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Metropolitan 
and City 
Police, &amp;c. 


Se 


Electors 
(Edinburgh.) 


| Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Education. 


the 7th day of December last, for a R 


lative to Education. 


eturn re- 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 28th day Industrial 


‘and Effects of Industrial and Provident 


Societies 


| registered under the Act 25 &amp; 26 Vic. c. 87, for 
; ‘the year ending the 31st day of December 1866, 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated transmitted to the Registrars of Friendly Societies 


eturn of Fees received in the Registry 


in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively. 
Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of Registry of 


Courts or Classes of Courts in England and Ireland, Deeds Office in Ireland since the year 1830, giving 





hereunder mentioned : 


the Proceedings in each of the said Courts or Classes 
of Courts, showing any Surplus or Deficiency, 
and giving the Totals: 


(England. ) (Ireland.) 
Court of Chancery. Court of Chancery. 
Superior Courts of Superior Courts of 

Law. an 
Probate and Divorce Probate Court. 
Court. 
Admiralty Courts. Admiralty Court. 
Land Registry. Landed Estates 
Court. 
County Courts. Quarter Sessions 
Courts. 


The Returns for England and Ireland to be 


orm : 





Name Total Total 


of Court. | Expenditure. | Receipts, Sapte [Oidny. 

















Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Returns of the Time, to the 31st day of 
July 1866, during which the Examinations of the 
Revised Code have been in operation in England 
and Scotland respectively : Of the Total Num- 





| 


| 
| 


| 
} 





, And, of the Total Re-| the following particulars :— 
ceipts from Fees or Stamp Duties in respect of 


and Provident 
Societies, 


Deeds (Ire- { 
for land.) 
of 











| Expenses, 
Fees received by Surplus 
Years. Cash g, 
or by Stamps. | 5 Fees. 
=/e/]3 
5 s ° 
a na &amp; 


Amount 


Deficiencies. 


Balance 
of Surplus 


or 
Deficiency. 























Statement of the Persons employed in the Re- 


'gistry of Deeds Office, Ireland, the Duties and 


Salary of each; of any Increase or Diminution in 


the Numbers of those employed, the Numbers and 
iven separately, and to be in the following | Salaries of those added or reduced from the Office, 
p and the Date of such Diminution or Increase, and 
| when reported to the House of Commons:—— And, 
|Return of the Expenditure on Buildings and 
Fittings, or any other extra Expenditure on 


account of the Office, and the Date of 
penditure and Authority for making it. 


such Ex- 





Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to Court of | 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— Session (Scot ) 
Return of the Number of Causes instituted and “"*) 
decided in the Court of Session in Scotland between 


the lst day of January 1867 and the 1 


st day of 


January 1868, showing the Number of Causes 
ready for Judgment but not disposed of at the last 


of these Dates. 


Classified 





Criminals 
(Scotland.) 


Juries. 


Boundary 
Commission, 


7 East India 
(Southern 
Mahratta 
Country.) 


.) 


ent 


$1 Vicrorta. 


Classified Abstract of the Criminal Reports of 
Sheriffs of Counties and Magistrates of Burghs 
in Scotland, under Act 20 &amp; 21 Vic. c. 72, for 
the year from 29th September 1866 to 29th Sep- 
tember 1867. 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented,— 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
22nd day of July, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of the Number of Causes for 
the trial of which Juries were Summoned and 
Sworn, in the years 1865 and 1866, at the Sittings 
of the Superior Law Courts at Westminster and 
London, and at the Assizes throughout England 
and Wales ; distinguishing the Metropolis from the 
Country, and the Special from the Common Jury 
Causes; also, the Number of Persons Summoned 
on each Special and Common Jury who were fined 
for Non-attendance during the years mentioned. 

Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy also presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—Copy of Report of the Boundary Commis- 
sioners for England and Wales, 1868. 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of 
April, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Copy of the “ Written Opinion” or Memorandum 
upon the Tenures of the Southern Mahratta 
Country and the Condition of its People, laid 
before General Ze Grand Jacob, the Political 
Commissioner of the Southern Mahrattas, at his 
request, by the Hereditary Dessai of the Dhawour 
District, Ramrao Bhinagi, in 1857-58, and referred 
to in Parliamentary Papers on East India (Waste 
Land, &amp;c.) (Commons’ Pion 1863-64, pp. 147— 
149). 


SuezandIndia Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 


Telegraph. 


East India 
( Bombay.) 


Army. 
No. 47. 
Army 


(Colonies. ) 


Army 
(Variation of 


Numbers, &amp;c.) 


Army 
(Sir John Fox of 


Burgoyne.) 


Military 
Reserve 
Funds. 


te Sandhurst 
College. 


Army and 
Marines 
(Flogging.) 


the 3rd day of December last, for Returns relative 
to the Suez and India Telegraph. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 7th day of December last, for a Return relative 
to East India (Bombay). 

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


Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Army Estimates of Effective and 
Non-Effective Services for 1868-69. 

Statement showing the Amounts included in the 
Army Estimates, 1868-69, for Military purposes 
in the Colonies, and the probable Repayments by 
the several Colonies on the same account. 

Statement showing the Variation of the Num- 

bers of Her Majesty’s British Forces, and Expla- 
nations of the Differences between the Amounts 
proposed in the Army Estimates for Effective Ser- 
vices for 1868-69, and the Amounts voted for 
Effective Services for 1867-68. 
Copy of Correspondence relative to the grant 
a Retired Allowance to Field Marshal Sir John 
Fox Buryoyne, Baronet, G.C.B., on the occasion 
of his retirement from the appointments of In- 
spector General of Royal Engineers and Director 
of Works. | 

Account of the Military Reserve Funds, from 
the Ist day of January 1867 to the 3lst day of 
December 1867. 

Sir John Pakington also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3rd day of 
December last, for Returns relative to Sandhurst 
College. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 6th day of December last, for a Return relative 
to Army and Marines (Flogging). 

VoL, 123. 


13th February. 












































































31 


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. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Charitable 
arliament, were laid upon the Funds. 


of several Acts of 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of the Total Amount of the Capital, Stock, Shares, 
and Securities transferred to “ The Official Trus- 
tees of Charitable Funds,” in the year ending the 
31st day of December 1867:——An Account of 
the Total Amount of Monies other than Dividends 
or Interest paid to or to the Account of “ The 
Official Trustees of Charitable Funds” during the 
same Period, and of the Investment thereof : 
An Account of the Capital, Stock, Shares and 
Securities Sold or Retransferred by “ The Official 
Trustees of Charitable Funds” during the same 
Period: An Account of the Aggregate Amount 
of the Capital, Stock, Shares, Funds, and Secu- 
rities, a the Balance of Cash held by “ The 
Official Trustees of Charitable Funds,” on the 31st 
day of December 1867. 








A Return from the Accountant General of the court of 
High Court of Chancery, showing the state of the Chancery, 


several Funds in his name, called ‘“‘ The Suitors’ 
Fund,” and “ The Suitors’ Fee Fund,” and the 
Charges upon the same respectively. 


Mr. Hunt presented,—Return to an Address to paris 
Her Majesty, dated the 3rd day of June, in the Exhibition. 


last. Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Names of all Persons employed or engaged by the 
Department of Science and Art in connection with 
the Paris Exhibition and the Exhibition Catalogue; 
specifying the nature of their Duties, their previous 
Employments or Professions, with the Remunera- 
tion already made or fixed for the Service: 
And, separate Account of all Monies paid for 
Travelling, Rent, and Lodgings, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, i. 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
Returns showing in Columns the Sums voted in 
the Estimates for the Civil Services for the year 
ending the 3lst day of March 1868, which were 
applicable to Scotland and Ireland respectively, 
under each of the Seven Classes into which the 
Estimates are divided; and the Total Amounts of 
the same for Scotland and Ireland respectively: 
Of the Sums chargeable on the Consolidated 
Fund for Scotland and Ireland respectively for 
the year ending the 3lst day of March 1867, and 
not included in the Annual Estimates; and the 
Total Amount of both Heads of Expenditure : 
And, of the Revenue derived from Scotland and 
Ireland respectively for the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1867, after deducting the Amount of — 
Duty paid on British Spirits not consumed within 
the Country in which the Duty was paid, and 
giving the Country where the Consumption took 
place Credit for the Amount of such Duty. 











Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of Postage 
(Gibraltar, 
c. 


August, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
Returns showing the estimated Amount of Post- 
age received or chargeable in Money or Stamps 
during any one Month for Letters, Newspapers, 
Books, and Sample Parcels directed to Gibraltar, 
Malta, Egypt, Aden, Mauritius, India, China, and 
Australia, and conveyed by the Four Steamers 
which leave Marseilles and Southampton respec- 
tively during that Month: And, showing the 
Postage received or chargeable in the same manner 
for Letters, &amp;c. conveyed Home by the Four 
Steamers which arrive at Marseilles and South- 
ampton respectively during one and the same 
Month. 





Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of Sugar. 


November last, for a Return relative to Sugar. 
Mr. Hunt also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Return ‘ 
E4 exhibiting 


ated the 12th day of Civil Services. 


Lunacy 
Scotland.) 
































































r3 


LO 





ore Bt 


«penitent ame 


aeiieaitital sg careening 


esti fe: 


Superannua- 
tious. 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 


Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill. 


Public Depart- 
ments (Extra 
Receipts) Bill. 


Election 
Petitions and 
Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections, 


Newspapers, 


32 13th—i4th February. 


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 31st December | 
1867. | 

Return exhibiting the Number of Licenses’ 
granted by the General Board of Commissioners | 
in Lunacy for Scotland, for the Continuance, | 
Establishment or Renewal of Private Asylums | 
and Lunatic Wards of Poorhouses, and the Transfer | 
of any such License from any one Asylum to. 
another, during the year ended 31st December | 
1867. 

Return describing the Public, Private and Dis- | 
trict Asylums in Scotland, by their respective | 
Localities, and stating the Names of the Super- | 
intendents of each Asylum; and showing also the | 
Number of Patients, Male and Female, received | 
into and discharged from each Asylum, or removed | 
or transferred from any one House to another, | 
classifying those discharged into three Divisions | 
of ** Cured,” “ Relieved,” and “ Unaffected by | 
Treatment,” during the year ended 31st December | 
1867. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 7th February | 
1868, authorizing the Grant of a Special Super- 
annuation Allowance to the Persons holding the | 
respective Offices of Surveyor of Police Courts, | 
and of Deputy Surveyor of Police Courts. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 20th De- 
cember 1867, granting a Special Superannuation 
Allowance to Mr. William Scamp, Deputy Di- 
rector of Engineering and Architectural Works, | 
Admiralty. | 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 12th De-| 
cember 1867, granting a Special Superannuation | 
Allowance to Mr. Daniel Mc Dermot, Divisional 
Justice, Metropolitan Police, Dublin. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 16th January 
1868, granting a Special Superannuation Allow- 
ance to Mr. George Blaxland, Engineer, Sheerness 
Yard, Admiralty. 

An Account of the Gross Public Income and 
Expenditure in the year ended the 3lst day of 
December 1867; together with the Balances in 
the Exchequer at the commencement and at the 
termination of the year; and the amount of Funded 
or Unfunded Debt created or redeemed in the 
said year. 

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


The Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Select Committee of Ten Mem- 
bers, Five to be nominated by the House, and 
Five by the Committee of Selection. 


The Public Departments (Extra Receipts) Bill 
was, according to Order, read 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 
for amending the Laws relating to Election Pe- 
titions, and providing more effectually for the pre- 
vention of Corrupt Practices at Parliamentary 
Elections: And that Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Mr. a Gatkorne Hardy, and 
Sir Stafford Northcote do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


The Order made upon the 14th day of August, 
in the last Session of Parliament, That the Return 
relative to Newspapers be printed, was read, and 
disc 








1868. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Election 
Bill for amending the Laws relating to Election Petitions and 
Petitions, and providing more effectually for the ies at 

revention of Corrupt Practices at Parliamentary Elections Bill, 

lections: And the same was read the first time; _ Bill 27, 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day the 27th day of this instant February ; and to 
be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Superannua. 
a Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated the 11th day "™*- 
of February 1868, authorizing the Grant of a No. 48. 
Special Superannuation Allowance to Colonel 
Maclean, late Lieutenant Governor of Natal. 

Mr. Hunt 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, Mail Service 
a Copy of the Contract between the Bahamas (Bahamas.) 
Government and the Aélantic Mail Steam Ship No. 49, 
Company for the Conveyance of the Mails be- 
tween New York and Nassau, &amp;c.; together with 
Report of the Postmaster General thereon, and 
Copy of the Treasury Minute approving of the 
arrangement. 

Mr. Hunt 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, Postal 
Copies of a Contract entered into between Her Contracts. 
Majesty’s Postmaster General and the Hamburgh- No. 42. 
American Packet Company for the Conveyance of 
Mails to New York: And, of Correspondence 
relating thereto (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 42, of the present Session). 

Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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





The Order for reading a second time, upon Church Rates 
Wednesday next, the Church Rates Commutation — 
Bill, was read, and discharged. , 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the lith day of March next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Friday, 14th February, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
A PETITION of the Acton and Brentford Acton and 


Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Brentford 
Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase of 
Lands, and for the Completion of the Acton and 
Brentford Railway, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Viscount Enfield and Mr. Locke. 


A Petition of the Burslem and Tunstall Gas Burslem and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize Tunstall Gas. 
the Burslem and Tunstall Gas Company tv raise 
further Capital, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Edward Buller and 
Mr. Adderley. 


A Petition of the Eastbourne Gas Company, for fasthourne 
leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the East- Gas. 
bourne Gas Company, and for conferring upon 
them further Powers for the Supply of Gas to the 
Town and Parish of Eastbourne, and the Parish of 
Willingdon, in the County of Sussex, and for other 


purposes, 


ey 


ea 








Waterford 
Harbour. 


Devon Valley 
Railway. 


Glasgow Court 
Houses. 


Staffordshire 
Potteries 
Water. 


Clonmel, 
Lismore, and 
Dungarvan 
Railway. 


Clyde 
Navigation. 


Wolborough 
Local Board. 


Ruthin Water. 


Haverfordwest 
Borough. 


31 Vicrontia. 14th February. 33 


purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
Edward Cavendish, Lord Pelham, and Mr. Brand. 


A Petition of the Commissioners for improving 
the Port and Harbour of Waterford, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to authorize the Commissioners for 
improving the Port and Harbour of Waterford, to 
construct a Dry Dock and Road, and other Works 
connected therewith respectively, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Henry Winston Barron and Mr. Blake. 


A Petition of the Devon Valley Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize a Di- 
version of the Line and Alteration of the Levels of 
the Devon Valley Railway, 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. 


A Petition of the Commissioners of the Glasgow 
Court Houses, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging and improving the Court Houses and 


Public Buildings of the City of Glasgow and |: 


County of Lanark, and erecting additional Court 
Houses, Halls, and Buildings, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Ed- 
ward. Colebrooke, Mr. Dulglish, and Mr. Graham. 


A Petition of the Staffordshire Potteries Water- 
works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Limits within which the Staffordshire 
Potteries Waterworks Company may supply Water, 
and to empower them to construct additional 
Works, and to raise additional Capital, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Edward Buller and Mr. Adderley. 


A Petition of the Clonmel, Lismore, and Dun- 
garvan Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase of Lands, 
and for the Construction of the Works authorized 
by “ The Clonmel, Lismore, and Dungarvan Rail- 
way Act, 1865,” was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Esmonde and Mr. Bagwell. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the Clyde Naviga- 
tion, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the 
Trustees of the Clyde Navigation tc construct 
a Graving Dock, Quays or Wharfs, and other 
Works at the Harbour of Glasgow, and to borrow 
additional Money, and for other purposes, was 
ponpntes and read; and a Bill was ordered to 

e brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dalglish and 
Mr. Graham. 


A Petition of the Local Board for the District 
of Wolborough, in the County of Devon, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for empowering the Local Board 
for the District of Wolborough, in the County of 
Devon, to acquire Market and Fair Rights and 
Tolls, and to establish and hold Markets and Fairs, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Lawrence Palk and Mr. Jardine. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for supplying with Water Ruthin, and Places 
adjacent, in the County of Denbigh, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Biddulph and Mr. Main- 


waring. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
gesses of the County of the Town of Haverford- 
west, for leave to bring in a Bill for improving the 

VoL. 123. 





supply of Water to the Borough of Haverford- 
west; for facilitating the Recovery of Market and 
other Tolls and Dues leviable in the Borough ; 
for improving the Recreation Ground of the Bo- 
rough, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Hugh Owen Owen and Mr. 
Scourfield. 


A Petition of the Gas Light and Coke Com- Gas Light and 
pany and the City of London Gas Light and Coke ©ok¢ Company. 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for consoli- 
dating the Acts relating to the Gas Light and 
Coke Company, for regulating their Capital, and 
for authorizing them to erect new Gas Works, and 
to construct other Works in connection therewith, 
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. Adair, 

Mr, Paull, and Mr. George Grenfell Giyn. 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health for Dartfora 
the District of Dartford, for leave to bring in a Water. 
Bill for transferring the Waterworks of the Dart- 
ford Local Board of Health to the Company of 
Proprietors of the Kent Waterworks Company, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Viscount Holmesdale and Mr. Dyke. 


A Petition of the Cheshire Lines Committee, for Cheshire Lines. 
leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Time for the 
Purchase of Lands for the Construction of the 
Chester and West Cheshire Junction Railway, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Watkin, Colonel 
Packe, and Mr. William Price. 


A Petition of the Clevedon Gas Company (Li- Clevedon Gas. 

mited), for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate 
the Clevedon Gas Company, and to make further 
Provision for lighting with Gas the Parish of 
Clevedon, and certain ‘Parishes and Places in the 
neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Somerset, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Neville-Gren- 
ville and Mr. Richard Horner Paget. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Property Hartlepool 
adjoining or near to the Port and Harbours of Port and 
Hartlepool, in the County of Durham, for leave to 1° 
bring in a Bill to amend the Hartlepool Port and 
Harbour Act, 1855, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered tobe brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Mowbray, Captain Surtees, and Mr. Hen- 


derson. 


A Petition of the Reverend William Weldon Saint Luke’s 

Champneys, Vicar of the Parish of Saint Pancras, (King’s Cross) 
in the County of Middlesex, and of the Reverend 
Charles Henry Andrews, Incumbent of the Eccle- 
siastical District or new Parish of Saint Luke, 
King’s Cross, for leave to bringin a Bill for facilitat- 
ing Arrangements with respect to the new Parish 
of Saint Luke, King’s Cross, and other new Parishes 
and Districts, with a view to better Provision for 
the cure of souls within the original limits of the 
Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middle- 
sex, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Thomas 
Chambers. 


A Petition of the Barry Railway Company, for Barry Railway. 
leave to bring in a Bill for the extension of Time 
for the Purchase of Lands and Completion of 
Works authorized by “ The Barry Railway Act, 
1865,” and “ The Barry Railway (Alteration) 
Act, 1866,” and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 

accordingly, by Mr. Talbot and Mr. Gwyn. 

F A Petition 






























































are ee re eee -- 


SS 


- ee ree 








Caversham 


—— 


Railway. 


Midland and 


London and 


North Western 
Railway Com- 


panies. 


Reading Local 


Board of 
Health, 


North London 


Railway. 


Midland 
Railway. 


London and 


North Western 


Railway. 


Liverpool 
Tramways. 


Surrey and 
Sussex Juno- 


tion Railway. 


34 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and: Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Reading, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to empower the Corporation of Reading 
to alter and improve or rebuild Caversham Bridge, 
in the Counties of Berks and Oxford, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought im accordingly, by Sir 
Francis Goldsmid and Mr. Shaw Lefevre. 


A Petition of the Glasgow and South Western 
Railway Company, for leave-to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Time for the Parchase of Lands for 
and for the Completion of certain of the Railways 
of the Glasgow and South Western Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was — and 
re | ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir James Fergusson and Mr. Dal- 
glish. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, 
and the London and North Western Railway Com- 
any, for leave to bring in a Bill to confer further 
Sacers on the Midland and London and North 
Western Railway Companies for the Construction 
of Works in connection with their Ashby and Nun- 
eaton Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Price, 
Mr. Thompson, Colonel Bourne, and Mr. Howard. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Reading, in the County 
of Berks, acting as the Local Board of Health in 
and for the District of the said Borough, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to enable the Local Board of 
Health in and for the District of the Borough of 
Reading, toacquire the Undertaking of the Reading 
Waterworks Company, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Francis 
Goldsmid and Mr. Shaw Lefevre. 


A Petition of the North London Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to confer certain 
additional Powers upon the North London Railway 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. George Carr Glyn and Mr. George Grenfell 
Glyn. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for conferring addi. 
tional Powers on the Midland Railway Company 
for the raising of further Capital and the Con- 
struction of New Works, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Price 
and Mr. Thompson. 


A Petition of the London and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
conferring additional Powers on the London and 
North Western Railway Company for the Con- 
struction of New Works, and 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 Colonel Bourne and Mr. 
Howard. 


A Petition of the Liverpool Tramway Company, 
Limited, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
Street Tramways in Liverpool, and the Neigh- 
bourhood thereof, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Horsfaill and Mr. 


Graves. 


A Petition of the Surrey and Sussex Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 


(4th February: 





| raise more Money an 


_a Bill was ordered to be 


































































1868i 
the Abandonment of the Surrey and Sussex Junc-. 
tion Railway, or the Transfer of the Powers to- 
make the said Railway to the London, Brighton, 
and South Coast Railway Company, and for other 
perros was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned persons, for North 
leave to bring in a Bill’ to make better Provision Woolwich and 
for Sewering, and. Draining certain parts of North oa engg 
Woolwich, Silvertown, and other neighbouring 
Places in the Counties of Essex and Kent, and for. 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select. Committee on. Standing Orders, 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- North British 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the River Helene) 
Construction of certain Railways near and across . 
the River Forth, in connection with the North 
British Railway, and in lieu of certain portions of 
the Railways authorized by “ The North British 
and Edinburgh, and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) 

Railways Act, 1865”; also an Extension of Time 
fur the compulsory. purchase of Lands and. the 
completion of other portions of the said Railways, 
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 North British Railway Com- North British ' 
any, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Raiway (Gene 
North British Railway Company to execute ™ — 
various Railways and Works, and to abandon 
certain Railways and Works, and to extend 
the Time for the compulsory purchase of Lands 
and Completion of Works, with reference to 
several Railways and Works, and to amend in 
various particulars the Acts relating to the Com- 
pany passed in the last Session of Parliament, 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. 


A Petition of the several Metropolitan Gas Metropolitan 
Companies, for leave to bring in a Bill to provide G&amp;* Companies 
for the Amalgamation of the several Metropolitan 
Gas Companies, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Adair and Mr. 
Francis Russell. 


A Petition of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Imperial Gas. 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company to 
i purchase more Land, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Samuel George Smith, Colonel Sykes, and 


| Mr. Hayter. 


( Nene Ae ‘ua — Northern and Western Goes Northern 
of Ireland) Railway Company, for leave to bring *"4 Western 
in a Bill to extend, for a further period, the eae iiwepe 
of the Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) 

Railway Company for the construction of their 

Railways to Westport and Ballina respectively, 

and for other purposes, was presented, and a ; 

and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 

by Lord Bingham and Mr. Sherriff. 


A Petition of the General Sewage Utilization General Sewsge 
Cunaaep (Ireland), Limited, for leave to brin (Ireland.) 
in a Bill for enabling the General Sewage Utili- “"™"™* 
zation Company (Jreland), Limited, to make 
Sewers and construct Works, and also to make 
Sewerage Works at and near to Dublin, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir James Power and Mr. Serjeant Armstrong. 

A Petition 


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Great Eastern 
Railway. 


31 VicrorIA. 


A Petition ‘of the Great Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 
Time for the compulsory purchase of Lands and 
completion of Works authorized by several Acts 
relating to the Great Eastern Railway, and to re- 

al.certain Powers of appointing Directors.of the 
Great Eastern Railway Danae, and for other | 
purposes, was presented, and read; anda Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Vis- 
count Cranborne, Mr. Watkin, and Mr. Richard 
Young. 





A Petition of the Cork Gas Consumers’ Com- 
pany, Limited, for leave to bring in a Bill to dis- 
solve and re-incorporate the Cork Gas Consumers’ 
Company, Limited, and to provide for lighting 
the City of Cork with Gas, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Arthur Barry 
and Mr. Sullivan. 


Cork Gas. 


Farnworthand A Petition of the Farnworth and Kearsley Gas 

Kearsley Gas. Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
the Farnworth and Kearsley Gas Company to 
raise additional ‘Capital, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Algernon 
Egerton and Mr. Barnes. 


Bishop Storte A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, 

Sama for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the set- 

Railway. tlement of the Claims of the Contractors and others, 
with respect to the construction of the Bishop 
Stortford Railway, and for vesting the Possession of 
that Railway in the Great Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Kinnaird and Sir William Russell. 


Lancashire A Petition of the Lancashire Union Railways 

Union Railways Company and the London and North Western 

and Kondon Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 

Western Rail- for vesting the Undertaking of the Lancashire 

wayCompanies. [Tnion Railways 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 
Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. Algernon Egerton, 
and Colonel Bourne. 


Lancashire A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire 

and Yorkshire Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 

pee to extend the Time for the purchase of Lands for, 
and the construction of the Railways authorized 
by, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ( /tip- 
ponden and Stainland Branches, &amp;c.) Act, 1865, 
to empower the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 
Company to subscribe to the Hull Docks, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
‘Mr. Hornby and Mr. Barnes. 


Great Western A Petition of the Great Western Railway 
ilway. Company and the Severn Valley Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for conferring further 
Powers on the Great Western Railway , amen 
for the construction of Works and 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 Sir Daniel Gooch and 
Mr. Dillwyn. 


A Petition of the Grand Junction Waterworks 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to empower 
the Grand Junction Waterworks Company to 
raise further Money;; to acquire additional Land, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was.ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Clay and Mr. Neate. 

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A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Topsham 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to ‘bring in a Woodbury, 
Bill for better supplying with Water the Parishes ee 
of Topsham, Clyst Saint George, Woodbury, and ; 
Lympstone, in the County of Devon, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Lord Courtenay and Mr. Keke- 


wich. 


A Petition of the Buckfastleigh, Totnes, and Buckfastleigh, 
South Devon Railway Company, for leave to bring Beery oad 
ina Bill to extend the Time for the compulsory Railway. 
purchase of Lands and for the completion of the 
Buckfastleigh, Totnes, and South Devon Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Kekewich 


and Mr. Alfred Seymour. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Bradford 
cma of the Borough of Bradford, for leave a 
ring in a Bill for authorizing the Mayor, Alder- ‘en 

men,.and Burgesses of the Borough of Bradford, 

to make and maintain additional Waterworks, and 

for making additional Provision for Improvement 

of the Borough, and for other purposes, was pre- 

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

brought in accordingly, by Mr. Willium Edward 

Forster and Mr. Thompson. 


A Petition of the Abergavenny and Monmouth Abergavenny 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to + Ae oats 
extend the Time for the compulsory purchase of - 
Lands for, and for the completion of, the Aberga- 
venny and Monmouth Railway, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Crawshay Bailey and Major 
Morgan. 


A Petition of the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Brecon-and 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in Merthyr Tydfil 
a Bill for suspending Legal Proceedings with. 
reference to the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junc- 
tion Railway Company, for converting the Mort- 
gage and other Debts into Debenture Stock, for 
authorizing the Completion of certain Lines of 
Railway, for regulating the Capital and future 
Management of the Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Maryport 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring ina Bill to con- Improvement 
stitute a new Board for administering the affairs ™4 Mstbour. 
of the Harbour of Maryport, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of William Henry Cutler, of Eton, in Windsor and 
the County of Bucks, Esquire, for leave to bring Fton Water. 
in a Bill for incorporating and granting other 
Powers to the Proprietors of the Windsor and 
Eton Waterworks, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


A Petition of the Wolverhampton and Walsall Wolverham 
Railway Company, and of the London and North = 
Western Railway Company, for leave to bring in — 
a Bill to confer further Re on the Wolver- 
hampton and Walsall Railway Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred tothe Select Com- 


mittee on Standing Orders. 


‘A Petition of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bristol and 
Company and the Tiverton and North Devon Exeter Rail- 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
further regulating the Capital of the Bristol and 
Exeter Railway Company, and for authorizing the 
Abandonment of the Tiverton and North Devon 
Railway, for extending the Time for making the 

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Rurry Port and 
Gwendreath 
Valley Railway. 


Chichester 
and Midhurst 
Railway. 


County Down 
and Belfast 
Borough. 


Derby Water. 


Great Northern 
Railway. 


Downpatrick, 
Dundrum, and 
Newcastle 


Railway. 


Leicester 
Improvement, 
Drainage, and 
Markets, 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire, 
and Lanershire 
Union Railweys 
Companies, 


36 


Brean Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Berkeley, Mr. 
Neville-Grenville, and Mr. Walrond. 


A Petition of the Burry Port and Gwendreath 
Valley Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for granting further Powers to the Burry 
Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Company, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Jones and 
Mr. Pugh. 


A Petition of the Chichester and Midhurst Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
Abandonment of the Railway authorized by “ The 
Chichester and Midhurst Railway (Extension) Act 
1865,” was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
rtenry Lennox and Mr, John Abel Smith. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Belfast, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to separate for certain eg Portions 
of the Borough of Belfast from the County of 
Down, and for other purposes, relating to the Im- 
provement and Regulation of the Borough, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
eer in accordingly, by Sir Charles Lanyon, 
Mr. Getty, and Mr. Keown. 


A Petition of the Derby Waterworks Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for conferring further 
Powers upon the Derby Waterworks Company, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Michael 
Thomas Bass and Mr. Co. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway 
Company, of the Bradford, Eccleshill, and Idle 
Railway Company, and of the Jdle and Shipley 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
transfer to the Great Northern Railway Company 
the Undertakings of the Bradford, Eccleshill, and 
Idle, and of the Idle and Shipley Railway Com- 
panies, and to provide for a new Road in the Town 
of J.eeds, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Packe and Colonel Dun- 
combe, 


A Petition of the Downpatrick, Dundrum, and 
Newcastle Railway Company, and of the Belfast 
and County Down Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to amend the Downpatrick, Dun- 
drum, and Newcastle Railway Act, 1866, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Forde and 
Mr. Keown. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Leicester, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for empowering the Corporation of 
the Borough of Leicester to execute Works for 
prevention of Floods on the River Soar, and 
other Waters within the Borough, and additional 
Sewerage and Drainage Works; to make new 
Streets and Improvements, to establish a Vegetable 
Market, and to make Arrangements with the 
Visitors of the Leicestershire and Rutland Lunatic 
Asylum ; and for establishing Sanitary and other 
Regulations for the Borough, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Peter Alfred Taylor and Mr. Harris. 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire 
Railway Company, and the Lancashire Union 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
confer further Powers on the Lancashire and York- 


14th February. 








1868. 


shire Railway Company, and on the Lancashire 
Union Railways Company, with respect to certain 
Railways in Lancashire, authorized to be con- 
structed by them severally or jointly, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Algernon Egerton, 
Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. Hornby, and Mr. 
Barnes. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan and Saint John’s Metropolitan 


Wood Railway Company, for leave to bring ina 
Bill for granting further Powers to “ The Metro- 
politan and Saint John’s Wood Railway Company,” 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Zee and Mr. 
Sherriff. 


and Saint 


John’s Wood 


Railway. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Board of Works, Marylebone 


for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Metro- 
olitan Board of Works to make Improvements 
in the Parish of Saint Marylebone, in the Couuty 
of Middlesex, by forming a new Street in lieu of 
Stingo Lane, from the Marylebone Road to Upper 
York-street, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Tite and Colonel Hogg. 


A Petition of the Loughborough Gas and Coke Loughborough 


Company (Registered), for leave to bring in a Bill 
to make further Provision for lighting with Gas 
the Town and Parish of Loughborough, in the 
County of Leicester; to incorporate the Lough- 
borough Gas and Coke Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
John Manners and Mr. Hartopp. 


(Stingo Lane) 
Improvement, 


Gas. 


A Petition of the London and Blackwall Rail- London and 


ackwall 


way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
extending the Time limited for the compulsory 
purchase of Lands authorized to be taken by the 
London, Blackwall, and Millwall Extension Rail- 
way Act, 1865 ; and also the Time limited for com- 
pleting the Railways and Works under such Act, 
for authorizing Arrangements with other Com- 
panies, and for other purposes in relation to the 
London and Blackwall Railway Company, was 
ea and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
e brought in accordingly, by Mr. Tite and Mr. 
Butler. 


Railway. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Board of Works, Park Lane 


for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Metro- provement. 


politan Board of Works to widen and improve 
Park Lane, in the Parish of Saint George, Han- 
over-square, 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. Tite and Colonel Hogg. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan District Railway Metropolitan 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
further Powers to the Metropolitan District Rail- 
way Company, was presented, and read; anda Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Sherriff and Mr. Earle. 


way. 


orant District Rail- 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Railway Com- Metropolitan 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the 
Metropolitan Railway Company to make a Junc- 
tion Line in the Parish of Saint Sepulchre, in the 
City of London; for giving effect to Arrangements 
with other Companies; for extending the Time 
limited for the Purchase of certain Lands; for 


‘amending the Acts relating to the Company, and 


for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Sherriff. 


A Petition of the Pontypool, Caerleon, and New- 
port Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 


Railway. 


Pon 
Caerleon, 
Newport 


way. 


and 
Rail- 


(Cc 


Th 
Er 


Saint Ives and 
West Cornwall 
Junction Rail- 
way. 


Stourbridge 
Railway. 


South Eastern 
and London, 
Chatham, and 
Dover (Lon- 
don, Lewes, 
and Brighton) 
Railways 
(Abandon- 
ment.) 


South Eastern 
and London, 
Brighton, and 
South Coast 
Railway Com- 
panies. 


Thames 
Embankment 
(Chelsea.) 


Sunderland and 


South Shields 
Water. 


West Riding 
and Grimsby 
ilway. 


Thames 
Embankment 
(North and 
South.) 


31 VicroriA. 


to extend the Powers of the Pontypool, Caerleon, 
and Newport Railway win sn. was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Padmore and Mr. Craufurd. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
granting further Powers to the Saint Ives and West 
Cornwall Junction Railway Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry B. Sheridan 
and Mr. Capper. 


A Petition of the Stourbridge Railway Com- 
any, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 
Pees of the Stourbridge Railway Company with 
respect to the Branch Railway to Stourbridge, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
. brought in accordingly, by Mr. Calthorpe, Mr. 
Foley, and Mr. Sherriff. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Abandon- 
ment of the Railways authorized by the South 
Eastern and London, Chatham and Dover (London, 
Lewes and Brighton) Railways Act, 1866, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Gilpin and Mr. 


Whatman. 


A Petition of the South Eastern, and London. 
Brighton, and South Coast Railway Companies, 
for leave to bring ina Bill for establishing a Work- 
ing Union of the South Eastern and London, Brigh- 
ton, and South Coast Railway Companies; for con- 
firming an Agreement of the Companies in that 
behalf ; for authorizing the Admission of the Lon- 
don, Chatham and Dover Railway Company into 
the Union, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Laing, Mr. Otway, and 
Mr. Whatman. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Metro- 
politan Board of Works to embank the River 
Thames between the Royal Hospital at Chelsea 
and Battersea Bridge, in the County of Middlesex, 
and to make a Roadway and other Works con- 
nected therewith, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Tite and Colonel 
Hogg. 


A Petition of the Sunderland and South Shields 
Water Company, for leave to bring in a Biil for 
enabling the Sunderland and South Shields Water 
Company to extend their Works and their Supply 
of Water, 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. Hartley and Mr. Ingham. 


A Petition of the Great Northern and the Man- 
chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Com- 
anies, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal “ The 
Vest Riding and Grimsby Railway (Extension) 
Act, 1865,” was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Colonel Packe and Mr. Turner. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for altering the Streets 
in communication with the Embankment on the 
North Side of the Thames, for giving effect to an 
Arrangement with the South Eastern Railway 
Company with respect to the Pier at Hungerford, 
for granting Relief to the Metropolitan Board of 
Works as regards certain Provisions relating to 
the Metropolitan District Railway, and for amend- 

VoL. 123. 


14th February. 








37 


ing some of the Provisions of the Acts relating to 
the Embankment on the South Side of the Thames, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Tite and Colonel Hogg. 








A Petition of the Peterborough Gas Company, Peterborough 


Limited, for leave to bring in a Bill for incor- 
porating and granting certain Powers to the Peter- 
borough Gas Company, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Whalley and Mr. Hankey. 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health for the Loughboroug: 
District of Loughborough, in the County of Leicester, “°™ — 


for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Local 
Board of Health for the District of Loughborough, 
in the County of Leicester, to construct and main- 
tain Waterworks and supply Water within the 
District, to hold and regulate Fairs and Markets, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Lord John Manners and Mr. Hartopp. 


A Petition of the Right Honourable Henry 
Austin Bruce, of Duffryn, in the County of Gla- 
morgan, M.P., George Thomas Clark, of Merthyr 
Tidvil, in the same County, Esquire, and Johr. 
Nixon, of 117, Westbourne-terrace, Paddington, in 
the County of Middlesex, Esquire, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to extend the Limits of the! Act for ap- 
pointing a Stipendiary Justice of the Peace for the 
Parish of Merthyr Tidvil and adjoining Places, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Henry Austin Bruce and Colonel 
Crichton-Stuart. 


A Petition of the Worthing Gas Light and Coke 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for in- 
corporating and granting other Powers to the 
Worthing Gas Light and Coke Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Barttelot and 
Mr. Henry Wyndham. 


Petitions of the there-undersigned ;—and, of 
David M‘ Birney, Chairman, William Ryan, Vice 
Chairman, Robert Barnwaill, Edward J. Broderick, 
Samuel Shelly, William Foley, Francis M. Scott 
and John Summers, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
the Improvement of the Township and District 
of New Kilmainham, in the Barony of Upper 
Cross and County of Dublin,—were presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Taylor and Mr. Jon Trant 
Hamilton. 


A Petition of the ‘there-undersigned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to incorporate a Company for 
the Establishment of Gas Works in the Parish of 
Saint Mark’s, in the County of the City of Dublin, 
for more effectually Lighting with Gas the several 
Parishes and Places within the Boundary of the 
said County of the City of Dublin, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Brentford Gas Company, in- 
corporated by the Brentford Gas Act, 1858, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Brentford 
Gas Company to raise additional Capital, to con- 
struct New Works, to vary and extend the Limits 
of Supply, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Robert John Harvey and 
Colonel Meller. 


A Petition of the Trustees for the District and 
Harbour of Maryport, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for altering and amending “The Maryport Im- 

F 3 provement 


Merthyr Tidvil 
Stipendiary 
Magistrate. 


Worthing Gas. 


New Kilmain- 
ham Township. 


Dublin (City) 


Brentford Gas, 


Dini and 
Harbour, 


































































Reading Water. 


Humber 
Conservancy. 


Warrington 
Water. - 


Stourport 
Bridge and 
Approaches. 


Great Western 
Railway 
( Dividends.) 


Aberdeen 
Harbour. 


Itchen Bridge. 


Llanelly 
Harbour Im- 
provement, 


38 
rovement and'Harbour Act,1866” ; for authorizing 

ew Works, and extending the Powers of the 
Trustees, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Reading Waterworks Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and 
enlarge the Provisions of “ The Reading Water- 
works Act, 1851”; to make further and better 
Provision for supplying the Town of Reading 
and the adjoining Districts with Water, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Charles Russell and Mr. Benyon. 


A Petition of Five of the River Humber Con- 
servancy Commissioners, for leave to bring ina 
Bill to incorporate the Humber Conservancy Com- 
missioners, and to make Provision for a Lease to 
them of Foreshores of the Humber and the Estuary 
thereof, between the confluence into the same of 
the Rivers Ouse and Jrent, and the Sea, and to 
amend the Enactments relating to the Commis- 
sioners, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
vead; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Admiral Duncombe, Mr. Clay, and 
Mr. Norwood. 


A Petition of the Warrington Waterworks Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and 
enlarge the Provisions of “ The Warrington Water- 
works Act, 1855”; to extend the Limits of the 
Company for the Supply of Water; to make further 
and better Provision for supplying Warrington and 
the adjoining Districts with Water, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Wilson Patten, Mr. Algernon Egerton, Mr: Greenall, 
and Mr. Turner. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Stourport Bridge, 
and .others, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
altering, widening and re-buildmg a Bridge across 
the River Severn at Stourport, in the County of 
Worcester, and for making further Provisions with 
ee to the said Bridge, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
me by Sir Thomas Winnington, Mr. Knight, and 


r. Vernon. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 
yany, for leave to bring in a Bill to confirm the 
ome of Stocks and Shares of the Great Western 
Railway Company, in yee of Dividends to the 
holders of Stocks or Shares in the Company, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the Aberdeen Harbour Commis- 
sioners, acting under the authority of “ The Ader- 
deen Harbour Act, 1843,” and “The Aberdeen 
Harbour Act Amendment, 1847,” for leave to 
bring in a Bill for improving and maintaining the 
Harbor of Aberdeen, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Colonel Sykes and Mr. Fordyce. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of 
the Southampton and Itchen Floating Bridge and 
Roads, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend “ The 
dichen Floating Bridge Act, 1863,” and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Jer- 


voise Clarke Jervoise and Colonel Hamlyn Fane. 


A Petition of the Llanelly Harbour and Burry 
oy ae ‘Commissioners, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for vesting in the L/anelly Harbour and Burry 





14th February. 














































1868. 


Navigation Commissioners a Dock made by the 
Llanelly Railway and Dock Company, with the 
Appurtenances ; and for extending the Time al- 
lowed for the Completion by the Commissioners 
of certain Works, and for other purposes, was 
om and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Mr. Jones and Mr. 
| William Morris. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
oo of the Borough of Tynemouth, for leave to 

ring in a Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Tynemouth to 
construct and maintain certain Quays and other 
Works in the said 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. 








A Petition of the Hythe and Sandgate Gas and 
Coke Company (Limited), for leave to bring in 
a Bill for incorporating the Hythe and Sandgate 
Gas and Coke Denes (Limited), and defining 
the Limits of Supply of Gas by them, and regu- 
lating their Capital, and for other purposes, was 
— and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Sir Brooke Bridges 
and Baron Mayer de Rothschild. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Halifax, 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 enable the Mayor, Al- 
dermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Halifax 
to construct new Works in Extension of their 
Waterworks; to extend their Limits of Supply ; 
to acquire the Manufacturers’ Hall; to improve 
the Borough of Halifax, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Stans- 
feld and Mr. Akroyd. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates, and 
Town Council of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Provost, 
Magistrates, and ‘Town Council of the Royal 
Burgh of Dundee to construct .a Sea Wall, so as to 
enclose a portion of the Alveus of the Frith of 
Tay, opposite to the Burgh; and to form an Es- 

lanade and a Road or Street on and within such 
Sea Wall, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to brought in 
accordingly, by Sir John Ogilvy and Mr. Car- 


negie. 


A Petition of the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to ex- 
tend the Time for constructing the Wexford Branch, 
and the Kingstown connecting Branch of the Dublin, 
Wicklow and Wexford Railway Company ; to ac- 
quire additional Lands; to make Arrangements as 
to the Capital of that Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir James 
Power and Mr. Esmonde. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for supplying with Water the Parishes, Town- 
ships and Places of Slough, Upton-cum-Chalvey, 
Stoke Poges, Langley, Eton, Datchet and Farnham 
Royal, in the County of Buckingham, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought im accordingly, by Mr. 
Hartopp and Colonel Knoz. 


gesses of the Borough of Cork, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 





gesses 


Tynemouth 
(Borough) 
Quays and 
Improvements, 


Hythe and 
os Gas, 


Halifax 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment, 


Dundee 
Reclamation, 
Esplanade, 
and Street. 


Dublin, 
Wicklow, and 


ex 
way. 


Slough Water. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Cork Improve- 


ment. 


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gesses of the Borough of Cork, to make a Devia- 
tion in the Line of the Cork, Blackrock and Pas- 
sage Railway ; to authorize Agreements with the 
Harbour Commissioners; to define and extend the 
Powers of the Corporation in reference to Gas and 
Water Supply, and matters of Local Govern- 
ment; to raise further Moneys; to alter and 
amend the existing Acts relating to the Borough, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Murphy and Mr. Maguire. 


East London 


A Petition of the East Londun Railway Com- 
Railway. 


any, for leave to bring in a Bill to confer further 
Sonees on the East London Railway Company for 
the Execution of Works, and otherwise with refe- 
rence to their Undertaking, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alderman: 
Salomons and Sir Charles Bright. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned and of the 
Llynvi and Ogmore Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for incorporating a Company for 
supplying with Gas the Parish of Llangonoyd and 
other Places, in the County of Glamorgan, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
ame in accordingly, by Mr. Hibbert and Mr. 
Waring. 


Liynvi Valley 
Gas. 


A Petition of the Promoters of the Bill herein- 
after-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Local Board of Health for the District 
of Leamington Priors, in the County of Warwick, 
to purchase the Property of the Leamington Royal 
Pump Room Company (Limited), at Leamington 
Priors, and to maintain a Pump Room and Baths, 
and Public Gardens and Pleasure Grounds in Lea- 
mington Priors for the use and enjoyment of the 
Inhabitants thereof, and for other purposes, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Loonie in accordingly, by Mr. Wise and Mr. 
Philip Wykeham Martin. 


Priors Local 


Chichester 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens 
Cattle Market. 


of the City of Chichester, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to authorize the Corporation of Chichester to 
remove the present Cattle Market, and to pro- 
vide a New Cattle Market, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Wynd- 
ham, Colonel Barttelot, and Lord Henry Lennoz. 


Birmingham 
House 
(No. 1.) 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Birmingham 
Proof House, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
amending the Gun Barrel Proof Act, 1855, and 
tor altering the constitution of the Guardians of 
the Birmingham Proof House, and for better in- 
suring the due Proof of Gun Barrels at the Bir- 
mingham Proof House, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Newdegate and 
Mr. Dizon. ; 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave 
to bring ina Bill for better supplying with Gas 
the City of Chichester, and adjoining Places, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be 0m ht in accordingly, by 
Mr. Henry Wyndham and Mr. Craufurd. 


Chichester Gas. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Birmingham 
Proof House, for leave to bring in a Bill for better 
insuring the due Proof of Gun Barrelsin England, 
and for other purposes, and of which the short 
Title is, “ Gun Barrel Proof Act, 1868,” was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Newdegate and Mr. 
Dizon. 

Vou. 123. 


Gun Barrel 
Proof, 


14th February. 


39 


A Petition of the London and South Western London and 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in: a Bill to South Western 
authorize the Construction of Works in connection * 
with the Charing Cross Railway, and the abandon- 
ment by the London and South Western Railway 
Company of part of their authorised’ Extension 
Railway to Great Torrington, and the construction 
of a Railway in substitution for part of the aban- 
doned Railway, and to extend the Time’ for com- 
sa authorized Works of the’ Zondon and South 

estern Railway Company, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dutton and 
Mr. Russell Gurney. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Portsmouth 
gesses of the Borough of Portsmouth, for’ leave to ©mber Quays. 
bring in a Bill for enabling the Corporation of the 
Borough of Portsmouth to construct a new Wharf 
or Quay in the Camber; for extending their Powers 
to levy Rates and Dues, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Stone and 
Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave Merthyr Tydfil 

to bring in a Bill to incorporate the Merthyr Tydfil &amp;* 

Gas Company, and to confer upon them Powers, 

and make Provisions for more effectually supplying 

with Gas the Town of Merthyr Tydfil, and its 
Neighbourhood, and for other purposes, was pre- 

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

brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Austin Bruce 

and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton, and South London, 
Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill a and 
to authorize the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. 
Railway Company to abandon certain Works, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Laing and Mr. Otway. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave Ystrad Gas 
to bring in a Bill to incorporate the Ystrad Gas 2nd Water. 
and Water Company, Limited, and to make Pro- 
visions for the supply of Gas and Water, in the 
Parish of Ystradyfodwg, in the County of Gla- 
morgan, 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. 


Mr. Dodson reported, That, in accordance with Private Bills. 
Standing Order 82, he had conferred with the Chair- 
man of Committees of the House of Lords, for the 
purpose of determining in which House of Parlia- 
ment the respective Private Bills should be first 
considered ; and that they had determined that the 
Bills contained in the following List should 
originate in the House of Lords: viz. 

Alexandra (Newport) Dock. 

Ardmore Harbour. 

Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway. 

Belfast Central Railway. 

Belgravia and South Kensington New Road. 

Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway. 

Bristol and North Somerset Railway. 

Calverley and Horsforth District Gas. 

Cambrian Railways. 

Cambrian Railways (Revived Line to Dol- 
gelly). 

Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway. 

Central Cornwall Railway. 

Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway. 

Cork and Macroom (Direct) Railway. 

Dee River Company. 

Devon and Cornwall Railway, 

Dingwall and Skye Railway. 

Dublin and Drogheda Railway. 

Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company. 

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Sirhowy 
Railway. 


Isle of Wight 
Central Rail- 
way. 


Isle of Wight 
N 


(Newport 
Junction) Rail- 
way. 


Dungarvan Harbour Embankment and Re- 
clamation. 

Gardiner’s Patent. 

Greenock and Ayrshire Railway. 

Holywell Railway. 

Ilfracombe Railway. 

Isle of Wight and Cowes and Newport Junction 
Railway. 

Isle of Wight Central Railway. 

Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway. 

Kennington Market. 

Killala and Moyne Navigation. 

Lambeth Market. 

Leeds New Gas. 

Lewes Water. 

Limerich and North Kerry Junction Railway. 

London and North Western, and Knighton, 
Central Wales, and Central Wales Exten- 
sion Railway Companies. 

London, Thames Haven, and Kent Coast 
Junction Railway. 

Macclesfield Infirmary. 

Mersey Railway. 

Midland Counties and South Wales Railway. 

Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway. 

Morley Gas. 

Newry and Armagh Railway. 

North and South Western Junction Railway. 

Norwich Union Life Insurance Society. 

Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway. 

Rochester Bridge Estates. 

Ross and Monmouth and Forest of Dean Rail- 
way. 

Savin’s Estate. 

Scottish Oyster Fishery. 

Shropshire Union Railways and Canal. 

Sirhowy Railway. 

Somerset and Dorset Railway. 

Star Life Assurance Society. 

Stokes Bay Railway and Pier, Isle of Wight 
Railway, and yde Station Companies 
Amalgamation. 

Tower Subway. 

Trent Purification. 

Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway. 

Vale of Crickhowell Railway. 

Vale of Towy Railway. 

Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. 

Waterford and Limerick Railway. 

Waterloo and Whitehall Railway. 

Weedon and Daventry Railway. 

Westminster Boulevard. 

Wey and Arun Junction Canal. 

Worcester, Dean Forest, and Monmouth Rail- 
way. 

Yeadon and Guiseley Gas. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing | 


Orders in the case of the Petition for the Sirhowy 
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 he Petition for the Isle of 
Wight 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 Isle of 
Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Bill. 

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





14th February. - 1868. 


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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from gurrey and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Sussex Junc. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing %™ Railway. 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Surrey 
and Sussex Junction Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Tatle,—Repcrt from Brecon and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Merthyr Tydfil 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ae Rail- 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Brecon ~ 
and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Maryport 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, District and 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing "ow. 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Maryport 
District and Harbour Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Maryport 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Improvement 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 4 How. 
| Orders in the case of the Petition for the Maryport 
| Improvement and Harbour Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Central Corn- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, wall Railway. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Central 
Cornwall Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from windsor and 
| one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Eton Water. 
/in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
| Orders in the case of the Petition for the Windsor 
-and Eton Water Bill. 

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





| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from North 
‘one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Woolwich and 
jin respect of non-compliance with the Standing ng 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the North 
| Woolwich and Silvertown Drainage Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—Report from woiverhamp- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ton and Walsall 
|in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Railway. 
| Orders in the case of the Petition for the Wolver- 
| hampton and Walsall Railway Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from xjnals and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Moyne Naviga- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing "™ 
| Orders in the case of the Petition for the Killala 
and Moyne Navigation 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 Third 
Ordered, Report. 





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31 Victoria. 


Post Office Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post Office 
(Anthony J- (case of Anthony J. Duffy), which was presented 
oe 51, Upon the 28th day of November last, be printed. 


Parliamentary © Ordered, That the Return relative to Parlia- 


Popers. mentary Papers, which was presented upon the 
No. 52. 19th day of November last, be printed. 

Local Taxation, Ordered, That the Return relative to Local 

&amp;e. Taxation, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 13th 


No. 53. day of this instant February, be printed. 


Education. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Num- 
No. 54. ber of Children in Inspected Schools, which was 
ase oma upon the 13th day of this instant Fe- 
ruary, be printed. 
Electoral Ordered, That the Return relative to Electoral 
Statistics (Scot- Statistics (Scotland), which was presented upon 
-— he 13th day of this instant February, be printed 
No. 55. the 13th day of this instant Hebruary, be printed. 
Poor Rates Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates 


(Scotland) ane ( Scotland), and Parliamentary Burghs ( Scotland), 


Durghs (Scot. which was presented upon the 13th day of this 
land.) instant February, be printed. 
No. 56. 
Parliamentary | Ordered, That the Return relative to Parlia- 
Electors ,,) mentary Electors (Edinburgh), which was pre- 
(Bainburgh.) sented upon the 13th day of this instant February, 
No. 57. he printed. 
Education. Ordered,:That the Return relative to the Time 


No. 58. during which the Examinations under the Revised 
Code of Education have been in operation, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 13th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Court of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court 
_ (Seot- of Session (Scotland), which was presented upon 
the 13th day of this instant February, be printed. 


No. 59. 
Juries. Ordered, That the Return relative to Juries, 
No.60, Which was presented upon the 13th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 

Suezand India Ordered, That the Return relative to the Suez 
Telegraph. and India Telegraph, which was presented upon 
No.61. the 13th day of this instant February, be printed. 
Army Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Army 
(Colonies.) — (Colonies), which was presented upon the 13th day 

No. 62. of this instant February, be printed. 
Army Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Army 
(Variation of | (Variation of Numbers, &amp;c.), which was presented 
“aya upon the 13th day of this instant February, be 
No. 63. printed. 
Military Ordered, That the Account relative to Military 


Reserve Funds. Reserve Funds, which was presented upon the 


No, 64. 13th day of this instant February, be printed. 
Charitable Ordered, That the Account relative to Chari- 
unds, 


table Funds, which was presented upon the 13th 
No. 65. day of this instant February, be printed. 


Court of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court 
Chancery. of Chancery, which was presented upon the 13th 
No. 66. day of this instant February, be printed. 


Civil Services. Ordered, That the Return relative to Civil Ser- 
No. 67, Vices, which was presented upon the 13th day of 
this instant February, be printed. 


Postage Ordered, That the Return relative to Postage 
(Gibraltar, &amp;¢.) (Gibraltar, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 
No. 68. 13th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Sugar, Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, 
No. 69. Which was presented upon the 13th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Public In- 
Expendi- come and Expenditure, which was presented upon 
No. 70 the 13th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Court of Chan- 


Public Income 
and 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 


ery (Railway of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
Act by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of General 
VoL. 123. 


1867.) 





14th February. 


41 
Order and Rules of the High Court of Chancery, 


to regulate the mode of ‘Proceeding under the 
Railway Companies Act, 1867, issued by the 
Lord High Chancellor, Friday the 24th day of 
| January 1868. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ships “ Kit 
a Copy of the Reports made by Mr. Montagu Bere ny wel and 
on the Inquiries into certain alleged dealings of re 
| the Deal Boatmen with the American Ships “ Kit No. 71. 
| Carson” and “ Bazaar.” 
| Mr. Stephen Cave accordingly presented the 
| said Paper. 

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


| Mr. Hunt presented, pursuant to the directions Consolidated 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Account showing F¥™4- 
| the Issues made from the Consolidated Fund of 
| Great Britain and Ireland, in the year ended 31st 
| March 1867, for the Interest and Management of 
'the Public Funded and Unfunded Debt, for the 
Civil List, and all other Issues for Services charged 
| directly on the said Fund; and the Report of the 
| Comptroller and Auditor General thereon. 
| An Account of the Total Sums issued out of Sardinian 
‘the Consolidated Fund, and advanced to his Ma- ame 
jesty the King of Sardinia, by virtue of the Acts 
18 Vie. c. 17, and 19 &amp; 20 Vie. c. 39; and also of 
the Sums received to 3lst December 1867, for 
Interest and Sinking Fund thereof. 

An Account of Monies paid out of the Consoli- Greek Loan. 
dated Fund, under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 121, 
and 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 94, for Interest and Sinking 
Fund on that part of the Greek Loan which is 
guaranteed by this Country under the authority of 
the said Acts, and of the Amount repaid by the 
Greek Government on account of the same. 

An Account of the Sums which have been paid Russian Dutch 
and applied within the year 1867, by virtue of an “*™ 
Act, 55 Geo. 3, c. 115, intituled, “ An Act for 
carrying into effect a Convention between his 
Majesty and the King of the Netherlands and the 
Emperor of All the Russias,” for paying and satis- 
fying the Interest on the part of the Loan therein 
agreed to be borne by his Majesty, on all or any 
of the Securities therein mentioned, and towards 
paying and satisfying the Principal thereof (in 
case the Principal of any of the said Securities 
shall have been paid), and also for paying the Ex- 
penses of carrying the said Act into execution, and 
the Sinking Fund for the extinction of the same. 

Accounts showing the Appropriation of the Revenue 
Sums granted by Parliament for the Salaries and Vepartments. 
other Effective Services, for the Superannuations 
and other Non-effective Services of the several 
Revenue Departments, and for the Expenses of 
the Packet Service, for the year ended on the 
3lst day of March 1867, and the Report of the 
Comptroller and Auditor General thereon. 

Abstract Accounts of the Receipt and Expendi- Works and 
ture of the Moneys granted or otherwise Received Ma alle Seas 
and Appropriated in the Department under the ~" 
Control or Management of the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings, in the 
year ended 31st March 1867, and the Report of 
the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon. 

Abstract Accounts of the Commissioners of Her woos, 
Majesty’s Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, Forests, and 
for the year ended on the 31st March 1867, and the /#"4 Revenues. 
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General 
thereon. 

Statement of the Savings and Deficiencies upon Navy. 
the Grants for Navy Services, in the year ended 
the 3ist day of March 1867; showing all Cases 
in which the Navy Department has obtained the 
sanction of the Treasury to Expenditure 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 Balances = 

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42 14th February. 1868. 


the 30th September 1867, the Date on which the | Annuities for Terms of Years transferred, and of 


Annual Account of Naval Receipt and Expendi- 
ture for the year 1866-67 was closed. ; 

Naval Receipt Copy of an Account of the Naval Receipt and 

and Expendi- Expenditure, for the year ended the 31st arch 
1867, and the Report of the Comptroller and 
Auditor General thereon. 

Army. Statement of the Savings and Deficiencies upon 
the Grants for Army Services, in the year ended 
the 31st March 1867, showing all Cases in which 
the War Department has obtained the sanction 
of the Treasury to Expenditure not provided for in 
the Grants for that year, together with Copies of 
the Representations made to the Treasury by that 
Department, pursuant to Act 28 &amp; 29 Vie. c. 123, 
s. 27; and also a Balance Sheet, detailing, in 
Classes, the Ledger Balances on the 31st October 
1867, the Date on which the Army Account of 
Receipt and Expenditure for 1866-67 was closed, 

repared in conformity with the Directions of the 
Rants Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
contained in Letter dated 7th November 1864. 
Army and Copy of an Account of the Receipt and Expen- 
—. diture for Army and Militia Services for the year 
, ended 3lst March 1867, and the Report of the 
Comptroller and Auditor General thereon. 

National Debt An Account of the Gross Amount of all Sums 

a raedy received and paid by the Commissioners for the 

Societies.) 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 1867, in- 
clusive : Of the Aggregate Amount of the 
separate Surplus Fund of all Savings Banks at 
20th November 1867, 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 1867: And, of all Expenses incurred 
by the said Commissioners, for Salaries of Clerks 
or other Incidental Expenses, during the year 
ending 20th November 1867:——An Account 
setting forth, in detail, the whole of the several 
Transactions which have taken place during the 
year ended 20th November 1867, 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 Institu- 
tions: And, an Account showing the Aggregate 
Amount of the Liabilities of the Government to 
the Trustees of Savings Banks and Friendly 
Societies respectively, on 20th November 1867 ; 
and the Nature, Amvunt and Value of the Secu- 
rities (taken at the price of that day) held by the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt to meet the same, and the Amount of the 
Deficiency thereon, 

National Debt An Account of the Gross Amount of all Bank 

(Annuities.) Annuities and Long Annuities, and any other 

















all Sums paid to the Commissioners for the Reduc- 
_ tion of the National Debt, and the Gross Amount 

of Annuities for Lives and for Terms of Years 
which have been granted for the same, within the 
year ending 5th January 1868, 
| An Account of the Gross Amount of all Sums seal Debt 
received and paid by the Commissioners for the ben! 
| Reduction of the Navional Debt, and of the Gross Serna ) 
Amount of Stock bought and sold by and trans- 

ferred to the said Commissioners on account of the 

Fund for the Military Savings Banks, from the 

19th September 1845 to the 5th January 1868. 

| Copy of Warrant granting Compensation Allow- Court of 
ances to Hector Mason, William Shiell, Assistant —- 
Clerks in the Court of Session, and to John Barron, (Scotland.) 
Depute Clerk of the Teind Court, Scot/and, year 

1867. 

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

| Lord Robert Montagu presented, pursuant to the Cattle Plague. 

directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies 

of Three Orders of Council relating to Cattle 

Plague, dated respectively,—10th December 1867; 

2\st January 1868; 4th February 1868. 

Copies of Two Orders in Council relating to 
Cattle Plague, dated 20th December 1867. 
Copies of Two Orders in Council of the 30th Pilotage. 

January 1868, approving certain Bye Laws passed 
respectively by the Hartlepool and the Tyne 

Pilotage Commissioners. 
| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
| Ordered, That the Board of Trade do present Railway and 
'to this House a Report upon the Railway and T™mway Bills 
Tramway Bills of the present Session. No, 72. 
| Mr. Stephen Cave 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 Railways. 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 516, 
of Session 1867) : 


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 31st December 1867: 

II, 

Returns by the several Railway Companies and 
other Proprietors of Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, showing the Traffic 
upon their respective Railways, in Passengers and 
Goods, during the year ended 3lst December 
1867, and setting forth the several Particulars 
mentioned in the annexed Form, viz. :— 





























Passenger Traffic. Goods Traffic. Nauber of Trains 
Length of Line Run, 
open on itienaitnl u 
umber of Passengers ive Stock. Minerals. 
31st December (exclusive of Holders 5 ‘ae 
1867- of Season and e 
Periodical Tickets). 3 
y ed i 
. e é 33 3 . 
&amp; cr 3 , 
ey ey = 4 : g 
' eelaitale ols s , 
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$i d = i i &gt; 53 Z : : tyr E r mr Bey 
5 P 
BiPiaSlels*(Z-(ElElELe | £)e)3)212 313 
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Number of 3 
Miles Travelled | Average Fares per Mile. Receipts (Gross) from Passenger Traffic. Receipts — from Goods 
by Trains. — ¢ 
omy, “Ge € 
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‘ toes Ba 
| Ordinary. | Express. pons — 3 2 = Minerals. € S 
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Gde@ ei gigtle la] a) 2 igelesle ecg 2 iSslslels $ 
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&amp;,O| 3 7o/2 ego STS Cess| BIS SSE] BS FAL ola | S eds 3 3 
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| | | 
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IIT. 

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 1867, showing the Length of Line open 
at that period, and divided under the following 
Heads, viz. :— 

Maintenance and Renewal of Way and 


Works ; 
Locomotive Power (including Stationary 
Engines) ; 
— and Renewals of Carriages and 
aggons : 


Traffic 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. : 
Locomotives ; 
Carriages used for the Conveyance of Pas- 
sengers only ; 
Other Vehicles attached to Passenger Trains ; 


Waggons of all kinds used for the Conveyance’ 


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 1867, specifying the Rate per Cent. of 
the Dividends for the year 1867 on each of the 
said Capitals; showing also the Loans outstand- 
ing on the 31st day of December 1867, 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 by 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 

ar 1867, under the authority of an Act of Par- 
iament. 

Vou. 128. 












































Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Election 
a Copy of Letter from the Lord Chief Justice of Petitions Trial. 
England to the Lord Chancellor, respecting the No. 60. 
Trial of Election Petitions. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 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, Education. 
a Copy of a Letter to the Vice-President of the No. 73. 
Committee of Council on Education, by the Rev. 
C. A. Stevens, on the Educational Statistics given 
in the Reports for 1863 and 1866 of the Com- 
mittee of Council on Education. 
Lord Robert Montagu accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Dundas have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence till Easter on account of a domestic afflic- “&gt;#™¢- 
tion. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Durham 
a Copy of Letter from the Kight Honourable the Records. 
Master of the Rolls to the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, transmitting the ‘Re- 
port of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records 
on the Durham Records, &amp;c. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- North America 
mand,—Copy of Despatch from Mr. Seward re- (N® 1) 
specting British and American Claims arising out 
of the late Civil War in the United States. 

. — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased er 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ments.) 
House, a Return of the Annual Accounts of the 
several Manufacturing Establishments under the 
War Office for the year 1866-7 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 66, of Session 1867). 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was 
roposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
hair :—And tne said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
G2 The 




















































44. 14¢h—17th 


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. 


Public Schools The Public Schools Bill was, according to Or- 

Bill. der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 27th 
day of this instant February. 


Habeas Corpus Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Suspension to further continue the Act of the Twenty-ninth 

so year of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter 
one, intituled, “ An Act to empower the Lord 
Lieutenant or 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 Go- 
vernment: And that the Earl of Mayo, Mr. Secre- 
tary Gathorne Hardy, and Mr. Attorney General, 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Public The Committee of Public Accounts was nomi- 

Accounts. 


nated of Mr. Childers, Viscount Cranborne, Mr. 
Algernon Egerton, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Howes, Mr. 
Hunt, Mr. Laing, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, and Mr. 
Seely. 


Habeas Corpus The Earl of Mayo presented a Bill to further 


(holon) act continue the Act of the Twenty-ninth year of the 
Continuance Teign of Her present Majesty, chapter one, inti- 


Bill. tuled, “ An Act to empower the Lord Lieutenant 
or other Chief Governor or Governors of Jreland 
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” ; 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 

Local Officers. The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 

tion (Ireland) Besday the 11th day of March next, the Local 

Bill, Officers Superannuation (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 25th day of March next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Thursday next, the Railway and Gas Shares Bill, 


Railway and 
Gas Shares 
Bill. 





was read, and cog a, = 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of March next. 
And then the House adjourned till Monday next. | 





Monday, 17th February, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of the several Persons whose | 
names are thereunto subscribed, for leave to | 
bring in a Bill for making a Tramway from the | 
Somerset and Dorset Railway at Glastonbury, to 
Street, in the County of Somerset, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Paget 
aad Mr. Waring. 


Glastonbury 
and Street 
Tramway. 


A Petition of the Teign Valley Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing 
the Jeign Valley Railway Company to make and 
maintain a Deviation 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 Lawrence Palk and Mr. Kehewich. 


Teign Valley 
Railway. 


Saint Mary A Petition of the Local Board for the District 
Church Local of Saint Mary Church, in the County of Devon, 
mas. for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the 

Local Board for the District of Saint Mary Church, 























February. 1868. 


in the County of Devon, to supply their District 
with Gas, to erect a Town Hall and other Build- 
ings, and to raise Moneys, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Kekewich and 
Mr. Waring. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Tramway Com- Metropolitan 
pany (Limited), for leave to bring in a Bill to T™™w4y* 
authorize the Construction of Street Tramways in 
certain parts of the Metropolis, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Seely and Mr. Thomas Hughes. 


A Petition of the Borough of Portsmouth Water- portsmouth 
works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to (Borough) 
authorize the Borough of Portsmouth Waterworks V#*r- 
Company to make and maintain Works in con- 
nection with their present Waterworks, and to 
raise more Money, and for other purposes, was 
—— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought inaccordingly, by Colonel Henry Hamlyn 
Fane, Mr. Stone, and Mr. Serjeant Gaselee. 


A Petition of the Tottenham and Hampstead Tottenham and 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in Hampstead — 
a Bill for authorizing the Tottenham and Hamp- J20¢tion Rail- 
stead Junction Railway Company to raise further ” 
Moneys, and for amending existing Powers for 
Sale of the Undertaking of the Company, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. William Price and Mr. Marsh. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the B#!way. 
Caledonian Railway Company to abandon certain 
authorized Branches; for extending the Periods 
limited for the Acquisition of Lands and Construc- 
tion of Works as respects their Muirhirk Branch; 
for raising additional Money, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented. and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Kinnaird and Mr. Graham. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens Lincoln 

of the City of Lincoln, for leave to bring in a Bill Corporation. 
for authorizing the Purchase by the Corporation 

of Lincoln of certain Common Rights, and the 
Diversion of a Road in Canwick Common, and 

the Sale of Portions of the said Common, and for 

other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 

Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Mr, Seely and Mr. Heneage. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Barrow-in- 
gesses of the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, in Furness Corpo- 
the County Palatine of Lancaster, and of the eens 
Furness Gas and Water Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for authorizing the Corporation of 
the Besos of Barrow-in-Furness to supply with 
Gas and Water the Borough and adjacent Dis- 
tricts ; to purchase the Undertaking of the Furness 
Gas and Water Company; for defining and extend- 
ing the Powers of the Corporation in relation to 
the Improvements of the Borough, and to Police 
and other matters of Local Government, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Leveson Gower. 


-A Petition of the Newport and Usk Railway Newport and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend Usk Railway. 
the Time for the Purchase of Lands and Com- 
pletion of Works of the Newport and Usk Railway, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Poulett 
Somerset and Mr. Crawshay Bailey. 


A Petition 


Dun 
(No. 


Dun 
(No, 


Wat 


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31 Vicroria. 
Saint Leonard ~=©60 A Petition of Decimus Burton, Esquire, and 
others, residents in or about the Parishes or re- 
puted Parishes of Saint Leonard’s and Saint Mary 
Magdalen, in the County of Sussex, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making the Acts of Parliament 
relating to the Ecclesiastical Commission appli- 
cable to the Parishes of Saint Leonard and Saint 
Mary Magdalen, in the Diocese of Chichester, and 
for other purposes connected therewith, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie 
and Lord Edward Cavendish. 


A Petition of the Potteries, Shrewsbury and 
North Wales Railway Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to enable the Potteries and Shrewsbury and 
North Wales Railway Company to make a sub- 
stituted Line of Railway, and to abandon a portion 
of their authorized Railway, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Jas- 
per More and Mr. Clement. 


Mary Magdalen 
Church Dis- 
tricts. 


Potteries, 
Shrewsbury, 
and North 
Wales Railway. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the Wycombe Branch of 
the Great Western Railway to Great Marlow, 
in the County of Buckingham, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Brownlow Knox and Mr. Cavendish Bentinck. 


Great Marlow 
Railway. 


Dundee Gas 


A Petition of the Provost, epee and Town 
(No. 1.) 


Council of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to authorize and incorporate 
Commissioners to supply with Gas the Town of 
Dundee and Districts and Places adjacent, and to 
transfer to them the Gasworks of the Dundee Gas 
Light Company and the Dundee New Gas Light 
Company, and for 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 Provost, Magistrates, and Town 
Council of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to appoint and incorporate Com- 
missioners for supplying Gas to Dundee and Places 
adjacent, and for enabling them to lease or acquire 
the Gasworks of the Dundee New Gas Light Com- 
pany, and for 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 Brompton, Chatham, Gilling- 
ham, and Rochester Waterworks Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Brompton, 
Chatham, Gillingham, and Rochester Waterworks 
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. 
Philip Wykeham Martin, Mr. Serjeant Kinglake, 
and Mr. Otway. 


Dundee Gas 
(No, 2.) 


Brompton, 
Chatham, &amp;c. 
Water. 


A Petition of the Londonderry Bridge Commis- 
sioners, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing 
the discharge of the Debt of the Londonderry 
Bridge Commissioners by a Loan from the Public 
Works Commissioners secured on Rates in the 
Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, and Tyrone, 
and in the City of Londonderry, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
Claud Hamilton and Sir Charles Lanyon. 


Newquayand A Petition of the oe and Cornwall Junc- 
ae June- tion Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
™Y- for authorizing a Deviation of the Newquay and 
Cornwall Junction Railway, and for extending the 
Time for the completion of that Railway, and for 
conferring further Powers on the Newquay and 
Cornwall Junction Railway Company, and on 
Treffry’s Trustees, with reference to the Newquay 

VoL, 123. 


Londond 
Bridge. _ 


17th February. 








45 


Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Robartes and Mr. Wyld. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citi- Salfora 
zens of the City of Manchester, for leave to bring Hundred and 
in a Bill to amalgamate the Court of Record for (City) Contts 
the Hundred of Salford, in the County of Lan- of Record. 
caster, and the Court of Record for the Trial of 
Civil Actions within the City of Manchester, and 
to constitute the said amalgamated Court the Court 
of Record for the Hundred of Salford, in the 
County of Lancaster, with extended Jurisdiction 
and Powers, and to regulate the Practice and Pro- 
cedure therein, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Algernon Egerton, 

Mr. Turner, Mr. Bazley, and Mr. Jacob Bright. 


A Petition of the Wardens of the Parish Church saint saviour’s 
of Saint Saviour, Southwark, in the County of Southwark 
Surrey, for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for ©™plainey- 
the finding and maintaining of one Chaplain in lieu 
of two, in the Parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Buxton and Mr. Locke. 


Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Member for the Controverted 
County of Perth, being one of the Members ap- Elections, 
pointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General 
Committee of Elections, and not objected to b 
the House, was sworn at the Table by the Clerk. 


A Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase of Acton and 
Lands, and for the Completion of the Acton and Rallwey Bill. 
Brentford Railway, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase of Cheshire Lines 
Lands for the Construction of the Chester and BiH | 
West Cheshire Junction Railway, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to incorporate the Clevedon Gas Com- Clevedon Gas 
pany, and to make further Provision for Lighting 5#- 
with Gas the Parish of Clevedon, and certain 
Parishes and Places in the Neighbourhood thereof, 
in the County of Somerset, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for transferring the Waterworks of the Dartford Water 
Dartford Local Board of Health to the Company Bill. 
of Proprietors of the Kent Waterworks Company, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for consolidating the Acts relating to Gas Light and 
the Gas Light and Coke Company, for regulating Coke Company 
their Capital, and for authorizing them to erect ~ 
new Gas Works, and to construct other Works in 
connection therewith, 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 improving the Supply of Water to Haverfordwest 
the Borough of Haverfordwest, for facilitating the Breush Bill. 
Recovery of Market and other Tolls*and Dues 
leviable in the Borough, for improving the Re- 
creation Ground of the Borough, and for other 

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


A Bill to amend the Hartlepool Port and Har- Hartlepool 
bour Act, 1855, was read the first time; and or- o —— 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for supplying with Water Ruthin and Ruthin Water 
Places adjacent, in the County of Denbigh, was Bi: 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
a3 A Bill 













































































































46 


Wolborough A Bill for empowering the Local Board for the 
— District of Wolborough, in the County of Devon, 


to acquire Market and Fair Rights and Tolls, and 
to establish and hold Markets and Fairs, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


Brentford Gas 


A Bill for enabling the Brentford Gas Company 
Bill. 


to raise additional Capital, to construct new Works, 
to vary and extend the limits of Supply, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


Bristol and A Bill for further regulating the Capital of the 
_ Railway Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and for 
’ authorizing the Abandonment of the Z%verton and 
North Devon Railway, for extending the Time for 
making the Brean Railway, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


Burry Port and 
Gwendreath 
Valley Railway 
Bill. 


A Bill for granting further Powers to the Burry 
Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Company, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Chichester A Bill for the Abandonment of the Railway 
and Midhurst authorized by “The Chichester and Midhurst 
Railway Bill. Railway (Extension) Act, 1865,” was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
County Down A Bill to separate for certain purposes portions 
= ~_« of the Borough of Selfast from the County of 
rough Down, and for other purposes relating to the Im- 
provement and Regulation of the Borough, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Derby Water A Bill for conferring further Powers upon the 
ill. 


Derby Waterworks Company, was read the first 
+ time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Downpatrick, A Bill to amend the Downpatrick, Dundrum, 
Dundrum, and and Newcastle Railway Act, 1866, was read the 
Rallvey vill first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great Northern A Bill to transfer to the Great Northern Rail- 

Railway Bill. way Company the Undertakings of the Bradford, 
Eccleshill, and Idle, and of the Idle and Shipley 
Railway Companies; and to provide for a new 
Road in the Town of Leeds, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Lancashire A Bill to confer further Powers on the Zanca- 


and Yorkshire shire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and on the 
and Lancashire L hi Uni Rail 3 OC ‘th 
Union Railways Lancashire Union Railways Company, with re- 


Companies spect to certain Railways in Lancashire authorized 

Bill. to be constructed by them severally or jointly, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Leicester A Bill for empowering the Corporation of the 


Improvement, Borough of Leicester to execute Works for preven- 

eg ay tion of Floods on the River Soar, and other Waters 
within the Borough, and additional Sewerage and 
Drainage Works; to make new Streets and Im- 
orovements; to establish a Vegetable Market; and 
to make Arrangements with the Visitors of the 
Leicestershire and Rutland Lunatic Asylum; and 
for establishing Sanitary and other Regulations for 
the Borough, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


London and A Bill for extending the Time limited for the 
allway Bill. compulsory Purchase of Lands authorized to be 


taken by the London, Blackwall, and Millwall Ex- 
tension Railway Act, 1865; and also the Time 
limited for completing the Railways and Works 
under such Act; for authorizing Arrangements 


with other Companies, and for other purposes in 


17th February. 





1868. 


relation to the London and Blackwall Railway 
Company, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for empowering the Corporation of the London 
City of London to erect Gas Works, and to supply (Corporation) 
Gas within the City of London and the Liberties 
thereof, and also the Metropolitan Meat and 
Poultry Market and the Cattle Market at Islington, 
and to purchase the Undertakings or portions of 
the Gas Works of the Gas Companies supplying 
Gas in the City of London, and also of the West 
London Junction Gas Company (Limited), and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to make further Provision for lighting Loughborough 
with Gas the Town and Parish of Loughborough, as Bill. 
in the County of Leicester; to incorporate the 
Loughborough Gas and Coke Company, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Metropolitan Board of Marylebone 
Works to make Improvements in the Parish of — 
Saint Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex, by Bill, 
forming a new Street in lieu of Stingo-lane, from 
the Marylebone-road to Upper York-street, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 


A Bill for granting further Powers to the Metro- Metropolitan 
politan and Saint John’s Wood Railway Company, petra bot 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Raitway Bill, 


second time. 


A Bill to grant further Powers to the Metro- Metropolitan 
politan District Railway Company, was read the District Rail- 
first time: and ordered to be read a second time. ™*Y Bill- 


A Bill for enabling the Metropolitan Railway Metropolitan 
Company to make a Junction Line in the Parish Railway Bill, 
of Saint Sepulchre, in the City of London; for 
giving effect to Arrangements with other Com- 
er for extending the Time limited for the 

urchase of certain Lands; for amending the 
Acts relating to the Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Metropolitan Board of Park Lane 
Works to widen and improve Park-lene, in the cca, 
Parish of Saint George, Hanover-square, in the ” 
County of Middlesex, and for other purposes, was 

read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 

cond time. 


A Bill to extend the Powers of the Pontypool, Pontypool, 
Caerleon, and Newport Railway Company, was ama — 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- way Bill. 
cond time. 


A Bill for granting further Powers to the Saint saint Ives and 
Ives and West Cornwall Junction Railway Com- West Cornwall 
pany, was read the first time; and ordered to be 4 
read a second time. 


A Bill for establishing a Working Union of the gouth Eastern, 
South Eastern and London, Brighton, and South and London, 
Coast Railway Companies; for confirming an avian, Ss 
Agreement of the Companies in that behalf; for Railway Com- 
authorizing the Admission of the London, Chat- panies Bill. 
ham, and Dover Railway Company into the Union, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 


and ordered to be read-a second time. 


A Bill for the Abandonment of the Railways South Easter, 
authorized by “ The South Eastern and London, a 
Chatham, fa Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) pover (London, 
Railways Act, 1866,” was read the first time ; and Lewes, and 
ordered to be read a second time. Brighton) Rail- 





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Stourbridge A Bill to extend the Powers of the Stourbridge 

Railway Bill Railway Company with respect to the Branch 
Railway to Stourbridge, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Sunderland A Bill for enabling the Sunderland and South 

and —_ Shiels Water Company to extend their Works 

- ater and their Supply of Water, and to raise additional 
Capital, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Thames A Bill to enable the Metropolitan Board of 

mn Works to embank the River Thames between the 

Ga Royal Hospital at Chelsea and Battersea Bridge, 
in the County of Middleser, and to make a Road- | 
way and other Works connected therewith, and | 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Thames A Bill for altering the Streets in communication 

os with the Embankment on the North Side of the | 

eth) Bil,  Zhames; for giving effect to an Arrangement with | 
the South Eastern Railway Company with respect | 
to the Pier at Hungerford; for granting Relief 
to the Metropolitan Board of Works as regards 
certain Provisions relating to the Metropolitan 
District Railway, and for amending some of the 
Provisions of the Acts relating to the Embank- 
ment on the South Side of the Thames, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 

West Riding A Billtorepeal “ The West Riding and Grimsby 

pg ~ Railway (Extension) Act, 1865,” was read the first 

way Bill, ©. ; . 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
| 

Burslem and A Bill to authorize the Burslem and Tunstall | 

Tunstall Gas_ Gas Company to raise further Capital, and for | 

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

Clyde A Bill to authorize the Trustees of the Clyde 

Navigation = Navigation to construct a Graving Dock, Quays 
or Wharfs, and other Works at the Harbour of 
Glasgow, and to borrow additional Money, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 

Devon Valley © A Bill to authorize a Diversion of the Line and 

Railway Bill. Alteration of the Levels of the Devon Valley Rail- 
way, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Glasgow A Bill for enlarging and improving the Court | 





_ Houses Houses and Public Buildings of the City of Glas- 
gow and County of Lanark, and erecting additional 
Court Houses, Halls, and Buildings, and for other 
urposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to 
e read a second time. : 


Staffordshire A Bill to extend the Limits within which the 
Weer Pall. Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company may 


supply Water, and to empower them to construct 
additional Works, and to raise additional Capital, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Clonmel, A Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase of 

Lismore,and Yiands and for the Construction of the Works 

Railway Bil. authorized by “.The Clonmel, Lismore, and Dun- 
garvan Railway Act, 1865,” was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Blahop Stort- A Bill to provide for the Settlement of the 
mei Claims of the Contractors and others with respect 


Railway Bili, to the Construction of the Bishop Stortford Rail- 
way, and for vesting the Possession of that Railway 
in the Great Eastern Railway Company, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 





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A Bill to dissolve and re-incorporate the Cork Cork Gas 
Gas Consumers’ Company (Limited), and to pro- Bil 
vide for Lighting the City of Cork with Gas, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Farnworth and Kearsley Farnworth 
Gas Company to raise additional Capital, and for 4 Kearsley 
other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enabling the General Sewage Utili- General Sewage 
zation Company, Ireland (Limited), to make Utlizaton 
Sewers and construct Works, and also to make °~ — 
Sewerage Works at and near to Dublin, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Time for the Compulsory Great Eastern 
Purchase of Lands and Completion of Works ®vsy Bill. 
authorized by several Acts relating to the Great 
Eastern Railway, and to repeal certain Powers 
of appointing Directors of the Great Eastern 
Railway Company, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to extend for a further period the Powers Great Northern 
of the Great Northern and Western (of Jreland\ Cot Ireland), 

: . °/ nd) 
Railway Company for the Construction of their Railway Bill. 
Railways to Westport and Ballina respectively, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Imperial Gas Light and Imperial Gas 
Coke Company to raise more Money and purchase ®" 
more Land, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to provide for the Amalgamation of the Metropolitan 
several Metropolitan Gas Companies, and for yaad a 
other purposes, was read the first time; andgy 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Construction of certain North British 
Railways near and across the River Forth, ia con- pesawey Sr 
nection with the North British Railway, and in yi) bess 
lieu of certain Portions of the Railways authorized 
by “The North British and Edinburgh and 
Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railways Act, 1865” ; 
also an extension of Time for the Compulsory 
Purchase of Lands and the Completion of other 
Portions of the said Railways, and for other pur- 
poses, 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 execute various Railways and Works, a A 
and to abandon certain Railways and Works, and jj), 
to extend the Time for the Compulsory Purchase 
of Land and Completion of Works with reference 
to several Railways and Works, and to amend in 
various particulars the Acts relating to the Com- 
pany passed in the last Session of Parliament, 
and for other rane was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Limits of the Act for Merthyr Tidvil 
appointing a Stipendiary Justice of the Peace for Stpendiary 
the Parish of Merthyr Tidvil and adjoining Places, gi, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to amend and enlarge the Provisions of Reading Water 
“ The Reading Waterworks Act, 1851”; to make Bill. 
further and better Provision for supplying the 
Town of Reading and the adjoining Districts with 
Water, and for other s, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second sige 
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Warrington A Bill to amend and enlarge the Provisions of 
Water Bill. « The Warrington Waterworks Act, 1855”; to 
extend the Limits of the Company for the Supply 
of Water; to make further and better Provision 
for supplying Warrington and the adjoining Dis- 
tricts with Water, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Humber A Bill to incorporate the Humber Conservancy 
ey Commissioners, and to make Provision for a 
, Lease to them of Foreshores of the Humber and 
the Estuary thereof between the confluence into 
the same of the Rivers Ouse and Trent and the 
Sea, and to amend the Enactments relating to the 
Commissioners, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
Buckfastleigh, A Bill to extend the Time for the compulsory 
qotnes, and _ Purchase of Lands, and for the Completion of the 
Railway Bill. Buckfastleigh, Totnes, and South Devon Railway, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Barry Railway A Bill for the Extension of Time for the Pur- 
Bill. chase of Lands and Completion of Works autho- 
rized by “The Barry Railway Act, 1865,” and 
“The Barry Railway (Alteration) Act, 1866,” and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Caversham A Bill to empower the Corporation of Reading 
Bridge Bill. to alter and improve or rebuild Caversham Bridge, 
in the Counties of Berks and Ozford, and for other 
pry was read the first time; and ordered to 
e read a second time. 
Glasgow and A Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase 
hallway sin Of Lands for and for the Completion of certain of 
* the Railways of the Glasgow and South Western 
Railway Company, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be reada second 
time. 
Grand Junction A Bill to empower the Grand Junction Water- 
Water Bill. 


works Company to raise further Money, to acquire 
additional Land, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Great Western 


A Bill for conferring further Powers on the 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western Railway Company for the Con- 
struction of Works, and in relation to their own 
Undertaking and the Undertakings of other Com- 
panies, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase of 
Lands for and the Construction of the Railways 
authorized by “The Lancashire and Yorkshire 
Railway ( Ripponden and Stainland Branches, &amp;c. ) 
Act, 1865”; to empower the Lancashire and 
Yorkshire Railway Company to subscribe to the 
Hull Docks, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway Bill. 


Lancashire A Bill for vesting the Undertaking of the Zan- 
Union Railways cashire Union Railways Company in the London 
sad Lomonand and North Western Railway Company, and for 
Railway Com- Other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 


panies Bill. dered to be read a second time. 


Liverpool A Bill for making Street Tramways in Liverpool 

Tramways Bill. and the Neighbourhood thereof, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


London and A Bill for conferring additional Powers on the 


—e a ag London and North Western Railway Company ; 


17th February. 





1868. 


for the Construction of new Works, and 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. 


A Bill for conferring additional Powers on the Midland 
Midland Railway Company for the raising of Railway Bill. 
further Capital, and the Construction of new 
Works, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to confer further Powers on the Midland Midland and 
and London and North Western Railway Com- —s 
A : ; - estern 
panies for the Construction of Works in connection Railway Com- 
with their Ashby and Nuneaton Railway, and for panies Bill. 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 


dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to confer certain additional Powers upon North London 
the North London Railway Company, was read Railway Bill. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to enable the Local Board of Health in Reading Local 
and for the District of the Borough of Reading to Board of Health 
acquire the Undertaking of the Reading Water- 
works Company, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for facilitating Arrangements with respect Saint Luke's 
to the new Parish of Saint Luke, King’s Cross and (King’s Cross) 
other new Parishes and Districts, with a view to a oe 
better Provision for the Cure of Souls within the 
original Limits of the Parish of Saint Pancras, in 
the County of Middlesex, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for improving and maintaining the Har- Aberdeen 
bour of Aberdeen, was read the first time; and Harbour Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the altering, widening, and re-building Stourport 
a Bridge across the River Severn at Stourport, in Bridge and 
the County of Worcester, and for making further — 
Provision with respect to the said Bridge, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to amend “ The Jéchen Floating Bridge ttchen Bridge 
Act, 1863,” and for other 0p was read the Bill. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to confer further Powers on the East East London 
London Railway Company for the execution of Railway Bill. 
Works and otherwise with reference to their Un- 
dertaking, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Time for the Compulsory Abergavenny 
Purchase of Lands for and for the Completion of #14 Monmouth 
the Abergavenny and Monmouth Railway, was read “7 _— 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for amending the “ Gun-Barrel Proof Birmingham 
Act, 1855,” and for altering the Constitution of the (Nel) Bill 
Guardians of the Birmingham Proof House, and- ~ 
for better insuring the due proof of Gun-Barrels 
at the Birmingham Proof House, and for other 

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


A Bill for better supplying with Gas the City Chichester Gas 
of Chichester and adjoining Places, and for other Bill. 


read a second time. 





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Gun Barrel A Bill for better insuring the due proof of Gun- 

Proof Bil. = Barrels in England, and for other purposes; and 
of which the Short Title is “Gun-Barrel Proof 
Act, 1868,” was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

London and A Bill to authorize the Construction of Works 


South —_ in connection with the Charing Cross Railway, and 
Railway Bil. the Abandonment by the London aud South 
Western Railway Company of part of their autho- 
rized Extension Railway to Great Torrington, and 
the Construction of a Railway in substitution for 
_ of the abandoned Railway, and to extend the 
ime for. completing authorized Works of the 
London and South Western Railway Company, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Portsmouth A Bill for enabling the Corporation of the 

Camber Quays Borough of Portsmouth to construct a new Wharf 

= or Quay in the Camber, for extending their 
Powers to levy Rates and Dues, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time, 


Merthyr Tydfil A Bill to incorporate the Merthyr Tydfil Gas 

Gas Bill. Company, and to confer upon them Powers and 
make Provisions for more effectually supplying 
with Gas the Town of Merthyr Tydfil and its 
Neighbourhood, and for other purposes, was read | 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | 
time. 











London, A Bill to authorize the London, Brighton, and 
oe - South Coast Railway Company to abandon certain 
Tailwey Bill Works, and for other purposes, was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ystrad Gas A Bill to incorporate the Ystrad Gas and Water 

and Water Bill. Company, Limited, and ‘to make Provisions for the 
Supply of Gas and Water, in the Parish of 
Ystradyfodwg, in the County of Glamorgan, and | 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Waterford A Bill to authorize “ the Commissioners four 

Harbour Bill. improving the Port and Harbour of Waterford” 
to construct a Dry Dock and Road, and other 
Works connected therewith respectively, and for 
other —— was read the first time; and ordered | 
to be read a second time. 





A Bill for incorporating the Eastbourne Gas 
Company, and for conferring upon them further 
Powers for the Supply of Gas to the Town and 
Parish of Eastbourne and the Parish of Willingdon, 
in the County of Sussex, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Eastbourne 
Gas Bill. 


New Kilmaine A Bill for the Improvement of the Township and 

oe Soemtlp District of New Kilmainham, 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 enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Cork to make a De- 
viation in the Juine of the Cork, Blackrock, and 
Passage Railway ; to authorize Agreements with 
the Harbour Commissioners ; to define and extend 
the Powers of the Corporation in reference to Gas 
and Water Supply, and matters of Local Govern- 
ment; toraisefurther Moneys; to alter and amend 
the existing Acts relating to the Borough, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be eal a second time. 


Cork Improve- 
ment Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Local Board of Health for 


17th February. 4g 


mington Royal Pump Room Company (Limited), 
at Leamington Priors, and to maintain a Pump 
Room and Baths and Public Gardens and Pleasure 
Grounds in Leamington Priors, for the use and 
enjoyment of the Inhabitants thereof, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Time for constructing the Dublin, 
Wexford Branch and the Kingstown Connecting bare 
Branch of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Rail- way Bill. 
way Company; to acquire additional Lands; to 
make Arrangements as to the Capital of the Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for supplying with Water the Parishes, Slough Water 
Townships, and Places of Slough, Upton-cum- Chal- ®i!- 
vey, Stoke Poges, Langley, Kton, Datchet, and 
Farnham Royal, in the County of Buckingham, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for incorporating and granting other Worthing Gas 
Powers to the Worthing Gas Light and Coke Bill. 
Company, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for incorporating a Company for supply- Liynvi Valley 
ing with Gas the Parish of Llangonoyd and other Gas Bill. 
Places in the County of Gamorgan, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time, 


A Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Halifax _ 
Burgesses of the Borough of Halifax to construct Corporation 
&gt; - e Waterworks 
new Works in extension of their Waterworks, to 4 Impreve- 
extend their Limits of Supply, to acquire the ment Bill. 
Manufacturers’ Hall, to improve the Borough of 
Halifax, and for other purposes, was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Provost, Magistrates, pundee 
and Town Council of the Royal Burgh of Dundee Reclamation, 
to construct a Sea-wall, so as to enclose a portion —— ont 
of the Alveus of the Frith of Tay, opposite to the“ 
Burgh; and to form an Esplanade and a Road or 
Street on and within such Sea-wall, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for incorporating the Hythe and Sand- pythe and 
gate Gas and Coke Company (Limited), and de- Sandgate Gas 
fining the Limits of 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. 


A Bill for vesting in the Llanelly Harbour and zjanenty Har- 
Burry Navigation Commissioners a Dock made bour Improve- 
by the Llanelly Railway and Dock Company, ™e™* Bill 
with the Appurtenances; and for extending the 
Time allowed for the Completion by the Commis- 
sioners of certain Works, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Tynemouth 
Burgesses of the Borough of Tynemouth to con- (Borough) 
struct and maintain certain Quays and other Works | ene 
in the said Borough, and for other purposes, was Bill. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen, Bradford 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Bradford to Waterworks 
make and maintain additional Waterworks, and —— 
for making additional Provision for Improvement 
of the Borough, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 





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Board the District of Leamington Priors, in the County 

Bil of Warwick, to purchase the Property of the Lea- 
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Topsham, A Bill for better supplying with Water the 

ae nd Parishes of Topsham, Clyst Saint George, Wood- 

Water Bill bury, and Lympstone, in the County of Devon, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 

Loughborough A Bill for enabling the Local Board of Health 

Local Board for the District of Loughhorough, in the County of 

om. Leicester, to construct and maintain Waterworks 
and supply Water within the District; to hold 
and regulate Fairs and Markets, and for other 
mpaee p was read the first time; and ordered to 

e read a second time. 

Peterborough | A Bill for incorporating and granting certain 

Gas Bill. powers to the Peterborough Gas Company, was 
read the first time, and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 

Chichester A Bill to authorize the Corporation of Chichester 


Cattle Market 
Bill. 


Dublin (City) 
Gas Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Public 
Petitions 


Vide Third 
Report. 
Religious, &amp;c. 
Buildings 
(Sites) Bill. 


Navy. 
No. 74. 


Greenwich 
Hospital and 
School. 


No. 75. 
Navy 


(Commanders 
and Captains.) 


Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


Storm 
Warnings. 


50 


to remove the present Cattle Market, and to pro- 
vide a new Cattle Market, 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 
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 Dublin 
(City) Gas Bill. 

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


The Select Committee on Standing Orders was 
nominated of Sir Brooke Bridges, Lord John Browne, 
Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Hankey, 
Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Henley, Lord Hotham, 
Mr. Lefroy, Mr. Hastings Russell, and Mr. Whit- 
bread. 


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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 4th day of March next, the Religious, 
&amp;c. Buildings (Sites) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the Ist day of April next. 


Lord Henry Lennox presented, by Her Majesty's 
Comaitihy--lere Estimates for the year 1868- 
69; with Appendix. [Account of Naval Old 
Store Moneys and Extra Receipts in 1866-67. ] 

Estimate for Greenwich Hospital and School for 
the year 1868-69. (The Expenditure to be repaid 
from Greenwich Hospital Funds, per Act 28 &amp; 29 
Vic. c. 89.) 

Lord Henry Lennox also presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 2nd day of December last, 
for Returns relative to the Navy (Commanders 
and Captains). 

Return to an Order, dated the 3rd day of De- 
cember last, for a Return relative to the .4bdys- 
sinian Expedition. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred 
to the Committee of Supply, and be printed; 
and that the other Papers do lie upon the able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


17th February. 





1868. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


August 1866, and of the Supplementary Contract 
dated the 24th day of Sesenkes 1867, for the Con- 
veyance of the Mails between Saint Thomas and 
Havana, and of the Correspondence which relates 
thereto. 

Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, ‘that the ak 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 inid before 
this House, a Copy of Despatch from the Govern- 
ment of India, dated the 26th day of October 1867, 
enclosing Correspondence respecting British and 
Native Systems of Government in India. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 26th day of July, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for Copies of the Genera! Digest of 
Endowed Charities for the Counties and Cities 
mentioned in the Fourteenth Report of the Charity 
Commissioners : And, of the Charities vested 
in the various London Companies, in so far as such 
Digests have been completed, or can be completed, 
up to the time of Publication. 





upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An 
Account of the Amount of all Exchequer Bills 
or Treasury Bills, and other Government Securi- 
ties, which have been purchased by the Governor 
and Company 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 Ja- 
nuary 1868, showing what Amount of such Bills, 
before the making up of this Account, has been 
paid off and discharged, and the Amount of such 
Exchequer Bills or Treasury Bills, or other Go- 
vernment Securities, which was in the hands of 
the Governor and Company of the said Bank on 
the 5th day of January 1868, aforesaid. 

An Account of the Amount of Balances of Sums 
issued for the Payment of Dividends due, and not 
demanded, and for the Payment of Lottery Prizes 
or Benefits which had not been claimed, and which 
remained in the hands of the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England on the there-undermen- 
tioned days, being those next before the issue from 
the Exchequer of Money for the Payment of Divi- 
dends on account of the National Debt, for each of 
the four preceding Quarters respectively. 

An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of 
£.2,031,627. 1s. 4d. in one year, from the 31st 
December 1866 to the 31st December 1867, by the 
Commissioners appointed by Act 26 Geo. 3, for the 
Reduction of the National Debt. 

Copy of all Applications made by the First Lord 
of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer, to the Governor and Deputy Governor of the 
Bank of England, for Advances to Government 
authorized by Parliament, from the Sth January 
1867 to the 5th January 1868, with a Copy of the 





Copies of Letter from the Meteorological Society 
of Scotland to the Board of Trade, dated the 31st 
day of December 1867 :———Of the Reply to the 
same, dated the 18th day of January 1868, with 
accompanying “ Form” No. 37 of Coast Guard 
Reports :——And, Return of the Names of the 
Places to which Storm Warnings are now trans- 
mitted, and the Number of Warnings sent to each 
Place, since their Renewal. 





Minutes of the Court of Directors thereon, and the 
Answers of the said Court thereto. 


Post Office 


a Copy of the Contract dated the 29th day of Mail Service 


(Saint Thomas 
and Havana.) 


No. 76. 


East India 
(Systems of 
Government.) 


Endowed 
Charities. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the direc- pany of 
tions of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid England. 


Mr. Hunt presented,—Return to an Order, dated Durham 
the 14th day of this instant February, for a Return Records. 


relative to the Durham Records. 


Mr. Hunt also presented, pursuant to the direc- mint, 


tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Sums advanced in each year from the Con- 
solidated 


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


Entails, &amp;c. Copy of Warrant granting Compensation Allow- 
(Scotland.) ance to Mr. William Pitt Dundas, for loss of Fees 
sustained by him as Keeper of the Register of 
Entails, &amp;c., in Scotland, year ending 15th No- 
vember 1867. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Edinburgh Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Churches. Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of 
November last, for Returns relative to Edinburgh 
Churches, 
‘Queen's College Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of De- 
(Galway-) cember last, for Returns relative to Queen’s Col- 
lege (Galway). 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
Poor Law. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
No. 77. Law, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
November last, be printed. 
Sardinian Ordered, That the Account relative to the Sar- 
Loan. dinian Loan, which was presented upon the 14th 
No. 78. day of this instant February, be printed. 
Greek Loan. Ordered, That the Account relative to the Greek 
No. 79. Loan, which was presented upon the 14th day of 
this instant February, be printed. 
Russian Dutch Ordered, That the Account relative to the Rus- 
Loan. sian Dutch Loan, which was presented upon the 
No. 80. 14th day of this instant February, be printed. 
Revenue Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Re- 


Departments. venue Departments, which were presented upon 
No. 81. the 14th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Works and Ordered, That the Paper relative to Works and 

Public Build- Pyblic Buildings, which was presented upon the 
No. 82. 14th day of this instant February, be printed. 

Woods, Forests, Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, 

and Land Forests, and Land Revenues, which was presented 

—. upon the 14th day of this instant February, be 
No. 83. printed. 

Navy. Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Navy, 
No. 84. which was presented upon the 14th day of this 

instant February, be printed. 
Naval Receipt © Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval 


ee Receipt and Expenditure, which was presented 
No. 85, Upon the 14th day of this instant February, be 


printed. 
Army. Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Army, 
No. 86. which was presented upon the 14th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 
| and Ordered, That the Account relative to Army 
ae: and Militia Services, which was presented upon 
No. 87, the 14th day of this instant February, be printed. 
National Debt © Ordered, That the Account relative to the Na- 
ee a ~ tional Debt (Savings Banks and Friendly Socie- 
Societies.) ties), which was presented upon the 14th day of 


No. gg, _ this instant February, be printed. 


National Debt 
(Annuities. ) 


No. 88. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Na- 
tional Debt ( Annuities), which was presented upon 
the 14th day of this instant February, be printed. 


National Debt 
(Mili 


ilitary 
Savings Banks.) 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Na- 
tional Debt (Military Savings Banks), which was 
presented upon the 14th day of this instant Fe- 


No. 88. bruary, be printed. 
Metropolitan Ordered, That the Return relative to the Me- 
Police tropolitan and City Police, which was presented 


upon the 13th day of this instant February, be 
printed. 
VoL. 123. 


No. 89. 


17th—18th February. 


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Ordered, That the Return relative to the Me- Metropolitan 
tropolitan and City Police, &amp;c., which was pre- maCity 

. 3 olice, &amp;c. 
sented upon the 13th day of this instant February, Ne. an 
be printed. satan: 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Industrial Industrial and 
and Provident Societies, which was presented upon een 
the 13th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 90. 

The Habeas Corpus Suspension (/Jre/and) Act Habeas Corpus 
Continuance Bill was, according to Order, read a Suspension 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the een dy 
whole House, for To-morrow. Bill. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Publi® Depart- 
into a Committee on the Public Departments _—- on. 
(Extra Receipts) 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 
To-morrow. 


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; sans 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Military 
to inquire into the origin of the Military Reserve Reserve Funds. 
Funds, the Sources from which they are derived, 
and the Objects to which they are applied. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Representation 
for the Amendment of the Representation of the ‘satan 
People in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate, ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir James 
Fergusson do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle Market Bill was nominated of a 
Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Selwin-Ibbetson, Mr.” "*“ 
Goschen, Mr. Read, and Lord Robert Montagu ; 
with Power to send for persons, papers, and re- 
cords. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for the Representa- 
Amendment of the Representation of the People tio” of the 


4 1 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first ined) BL 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon pi 9g, 


Monday the 2nd day of March next; and to be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Tuesday, 18th February, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
S IR Frederic William Heygate, Member for the Controverted 
County of Londonderry, being one of the Mem- Elections. 
bers appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the 
General Committee of Elections, and not objected 
. by the House, was sworn at the Table by the 
erk. 
Ordered, That the Corrected Alphabetical List 
of Members to serve on Election Committees, be 
referred to the Committee. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave Saint Pancras 
to bring in a Bill for the better Ecclesiastical Re- Ecclesiastical 
— of the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the gees 

iocese of London, and the County of Middlesez, 








H2 was 

















Oxford Police, 


Metropolitan 
Tramways 
Bill. 


Portsmouth 
(Borough) 
Water Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway Bill. 


Potteries, 
Shrewsbury, 
and North 
Wales Railway 
Bill. 


Newquay and 
Cornwall 
Junction Rail. 
way Bill. 


Saint 
Saviour's, 
Southwark, 
Chaplaincy 
Bill. 


Salford 
Hundred and 
Manchester 
(City) Courts 
of Record Bill. 


Newport and 
Usk Railway 
Bill. 


Lincoln 
Corporation 
Bill. 


52 


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


to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Harvey Lewis | 
and Mr. Thomas Chambers. 


A Petition of the Chancellor, Masters, and | 
Scholars of the University of Oxford, and the 
Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of, 
Oxford, for leave to bring in a Bill for the esta- | 
blishment of a united Constabulary Force in and 
for the University and City of Ozford, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir William Heathcote, 
Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr. Neate. 


A Bill to authorize the Construction of Street 
Tramways in certain paris of the Metropolis, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Borough of Portsmouth 
Waterworks Company to make and maintain Works 
in connection with their present Waterworks, and 
to raise more Money, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to * read a 
second time. 


A Bill for enabling the Caledonian Railway | 
Company to abandon certain authorized Branches ; 
for extending the Periods limited for the acquisi- 
tion of Lands and Construction of Works as 
respects their Muirhirk Branch; for raising ad- 
ditional Money, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be an a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Potteries and Shrewsbury 
and North Wales Railway Company to make a 
substituted Line of Railway, and to abandon a 
portion of their authorized Railway, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing a Deviation of the New- 
guay and Cornwall Junction Railway, and for ex- 
tending the Time for the completion of that Rail- 
way, and for conferring further Powers on the 
Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway Com- 
pany, and on 7reffry’s ‘Trustees, with reference to 
the Newquay Railway, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to provide for the finding and maintaining 
of one Chaplain in lieu of two, in the Parish of 
Saint Saviour, Southwark, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


18th February. 





second time. 


A Bill to amalgamate the Court of Record for | 
the Hundred of Salford, in the County of Lan- 
caster, and the Court of Record for the Trial of 
Civil Actions within the City of Manchester, and 
to constitute the said amalgamated Court the Court 
of Record for the ren se of Salford, in the 
County of Lancaster, with extended Jurisdiction 
and Powers, and to regulate the Practice and 
Procedure therein, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 


A Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase of 
Lands and Completion of Works of the Newport 
and Usk Railway, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Purchase by the Cor- 
poration of Lincoln of certain Common Rights; 
and the Diversion of a Road in Canwick Common, 
and the Sale of Portions of the said Common, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

































































1868. 


A Bill to authorize and incorporate Commis- Dundee Gas 
sioners to supply with Gas the Town of Dundee, (N% 1) Bill. 
and Districts and Places adjacent, and to transfer 
to them the Gasworks of the Dundee Gas Light 
Company and the Dundee New Gas Light Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to appoint and incorporate Commissioners Dundee Gas 
for supplying Gas to Dundee and Places adjacent, ‘N® ®) Bill 
and for enabling them to lease or acquire the Gas- 

works of the Dundee New Gas Light Company, 

and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making the Acts of Parliament re- Saint Leonard 
lating to the Ecclesiastical Commission applicable oy Mende. 
to the Parishes of Saint Leonard and Saint Mary len Church 
Magdalen, in the Diocese of Chichester, and for Mistricts Bill, 
other purposes connected therewith, was read the 


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


A Bill for authorizing the Corporation of the Barrow-in- 
Borough of Barrow-in-Furness to supply with Gas + eo none 
and Water the Borough and adjacent Districts; BL 
to purchase the Undertaking of the Furness Gas 
and Water Company; for defining and extending ° 
the Powers of the Corporation in relation to the 
Improvement of the Borough, and to Police, and 
other matters of Local Government, and for other 
_— was read the first time; and ordered to 

e read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Tottenham and Hamp- a 
stead Junction Railway Company to raise further Stead Juretion 
Monies; and for amending existing Powers for Railway Bill. 
Sale of the Undertaking of the Company, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 


dered to be read a second time. . 


A Bill for making a Tramway from the Somerset Glastonbury 
and Dorset Railway at Glastonbury, to Street, in Tramway Bill 
the County of Somerset, 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 Wycombe Great Marlow 
Branch of the Great Western Railway, to Great *#i!way Bil. 
Marlow, in the County of Buckingham, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Local Board for the Saint Mary 
District of Saint Mary Church, in the County of une Soe 
Devon, to supply their District with Gas; to erect" : 

a Town Hall and other Buildings; and to raise 


_Monies, and for other purposes, was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Teign Valley Railway Teign Valley 
Company to make and maintain a Deviation of Railway Bill. 
their authorized Railway, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Brompton, Chatham, Brompton, 
Gillingham, and Rochester Waterworks Company renege - 
to raise further Capital, and for other purposes, was , 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Private Bills 

roposed, That the Committee of Selection may,- 
if they think fit, refer any Private Bills to the 
Referees, instead of to a Committee of the House, 
with power to the Referees to inquire into the 
whole subject-matter of such Bills, and to report 
them, with or without Amendments, to the House: 

—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 

Tuesday the 3rd day of March next. 
Several 


Publi 
Petiti 


Vide 


Luni 


Stor! 


Ed 
Ch 


Hi 





} Public 

, Petitions. 
Vide Third 
Report. 


Lunacy. 


Storm 
Warnings. 


Abyssinian 
Expedition. 
No. 91. 


Bank of 
England. 


No. 92. 


Bank of 


No. 93. 


Mint. 
No, 94. 


Edinburgh 
Churches. 


No. 95. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Enrolments.) 


Highways Act, 





31 Vicrortia. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to 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 Return 
made to the Lord Chancellor by the Visitors of 
Lunatics of the Number of Visits made, the 
Number of Patients seen, and the Number of Miles 
travelled by the said Visitors, during the there- 
under mentioned months, and of all Sums received 
by the Visitors for Travelling Expenses, or upon 
any other account. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an 
Order dated the 17th day of this instant February, 
for Returns relative to Storm Warnings. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Abys- 
sinian Expedition, which was presented upon the 
17th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank 
of England, which were presented upon the 17th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Applications 
for Advances from the Bank of England, which 
was presented upon the 17th day of this instant 
February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, 
which was presented upon the 17th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Edinburgh 
Charches, which was presented upon the 17th day 
of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Enrolments in the High 
Court of Chancery which have been effected in 
each year, and altogether in pursuance of the Act 
of the ninth year of the reign of King George the 
Second, chapter thirty-six:——And, stating the 
references to and particulars of all Enactments 
now in force for effecting Exemptions from the 
necessity of enrolling in the said Court in pur- 
suance of the said Act. 


Resolved, That 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 Annual Expenses incurred in 
all Districts formed under the new Highways Act 
since their formation until the end of the year 
1867 inclusive. 

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


18th February. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post Office. 














































53 


a Comparative Statement of the Gross Revenue, 
Cost of Management, and Net Revenue of the 
Post Office for each year from 1838 to 1867 in- 
clusive; made in a manner similar to that adopted 
in Appendix F of the Postmaster General’s Ninth 
Report, that is to say, calculated throughout in 
the mode in use when Penny Postage was estab- 
lished, excluding on the one hand the Cost of the 
Packet Service and of Stationery, and on the 
other hand the Produce of the Impressed News- 
paper Stamp (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 404, of Session 1866). 


Resolved, That an humble Address he presented Militia 
of Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Besiments. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Training Establish- 
ment of each Regiment of Militia in the United 
Kingdom; the Numbers present, absent, and 
wanting to complete, for the Training of 1867 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 150, of 
Session 1867). 

Ordered, That 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 Occupiers 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Seotland.) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from each Parish in the several 
Counties of East Lothian, Mid Lothian, Lanark, 
Renfrew, Ayr, Aberdeen, and Fife, showing, in 
Tabular Form, the Deductionsallowed by Parochial 
Boards to the several Classes of Occupiers of 
T.ands, Minerals, Dwelling-houses, Public Works, 
and Railways; and, showing the Gross Rent, 
which, subject to such Deductions, is required in 
order to give to each Class of Occupiers a clear 
Rent of £. 12 rated for Poor’s Assessment. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 


Female, who have been assessed to the Relief of 
the Poor in each Parliamentary Borough in E'ng- 
land and Wales in consequence of the repeal of 
Compounding Acts, whether Local or General: 
Of the Gross Amount assessed on these Occupiers 
and the Average Amount of each Assessment : 
Of the Total Number of Assessments to the 
last Rate levied under the Compounding Acts, 
and the Total Number of Persons from whom such 
Rate was collectable: And, of the Total 
Number of the present Assessments which would 
not have come under any Compounding Acts, the 














Gross Amount of such Assessments, and the 
| Average Amount of each; the whole tabulated 


of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. | according to the following Form :— 

























































































Befure Compound- x Assessment which 
ing Acts Number of Assessments resulting from the Repeal of would not have come under 
were repealed. Compounding Acts. Compounding Acts. 
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VoL, 123. H3 Resolved, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, poor Relief 
Returns of the Number of Occupiers, Male and Assessments, 




















54 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of a Committee 
appointed by the Council of the British Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science, to consider 
the best means for promoting Scientific Education 
in Schools, and which has been transmitted to the 
Lord President of the Privy Council by the Duke 
of Buccleuch, the President of the British Asso- 
ciation. ; 

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


Education. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give &lt;irections, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Despatch from the Govern- 
ment of India, dated the 16th day of July 1867, 
recommending that an offer be made to purchase 
the Works of the East India Irrigation Company 
in Orissa. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 


East India 
(Irrigation.) 


to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House | 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire and report (1st) as to the application of 
Monies voted by Parliament for the use of the 
Admiralty in the Building, Repairing, and Equip- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Ships, and (2ndly) as to 
the Accounts of the Department, and more 
especially as to the method in which they should 
be prepared for presentation to this House. 


Admiralty — 
Monies and 
Accounts. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire and take Evidence as to the Law and 
Practice relating to the Summoning, Attendance, 
and Remuneration of Special and Common Juries, 
and to report to this House as to any alterations 
which ought to be made therein. 


Special and 
Common 
Juries. 


Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Universities. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee, to consider certain 
Tests and Statutes affecting the Constitution of the 
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge:—The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to repeal certain Tests and alter certain 
Statutes affecting the Constitution of the Univer- 
sities of Oxford and Cambridge. 


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 
—— certain Tests and alter certain Statutes 
affecting the Constitution of the Universities of 


Oxford and Cambridge:—And he moved the’ 


House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Coleridge, Mr. Bouverie, and 
Mr. Grant Duff do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further regulating the Sale of Fermented and 
Distilled Liquors by Retail on Sunday in Jreland : 


Sale of Liquors 
on Sunday 
(Ireland. ) 


18th February. 




















1868. 


And that Major O’ Reilly, Lord Cremorne, and Mr. 
Pim do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Landed 
further to amend the Law relating to the Tenure 2 roperty 
and Improvement of Land in Ireland: And that Mr. ee 


Pim and Mr. O’ Beirne do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Courts 
for conferring Admiralty Jurisdiction on the Suriedictica, 
County Courts: And that Mr. Norwood, Mr. 
Headlam, and Mr, Candlish do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Judgments 
to render Judgments or Decreets obtained in cer- ©*tension. 
tain Courts in England, Scotland and Ireland re- 
spectively, effectual in any other part of the United 
Kingdom: And that Mr. Craufurd, Mr. Huddle- 
ston, Mr. Moncreiff, and Mr. Dunlop do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That all Petitions presented during the Metropolitan 
present Session relating to the Metropolitan Foreign ete as 
Cattle Market Bill be referred to the Select Com- ““"** Bil 
mittee on the Bill, and that 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fines and 
for transferring to the Eonsolidated Fund the Fees (Ireland) 
Sum produced by the accumulation of certain 
Fines, Penalties and Fees levied and paid in Jre- 
land: And that Mr. Hunt and Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Industrial Schools (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Industrial 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Schools (Ire. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for a oe 
Wednesday the 25th day of March next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Habeas Corpus 


P * ot _ Suspension 

into wae yo i the ne a. Suspen (Ireland) Act 

sion (Jreland) Act Continuance Bill. — epeemees 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Ciauses, N° | and N° 2, agreed to. 

A Clause (No Warrant to be in force for more 
than Three months) brought up, and read the 
first time. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the (Mr. Bagwell, 1 is 
Yeas, { Sis Colman O’Loghlen: § ~~ 
Tellers for the {Colonel Taylor, 1 3) 
Noes, Mr. Whitmore : | Bos 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 





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 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Public Depart- 
Reading of the Public Departments (Extra Re- ments (Rxte 
ceipts) Bill ; Receipts) BA 

_ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Coleridge presented a Bill to repeal certain Oxford and 
Tests and alter certain Statutes affecting the Con- —s, 
stitution of the Universities of Ozford and Cam- pin” 


bridge: And the same was read the first time; Bill 30. 
and 





Sale: 
on Si 
(Irel 


Lon 


Petit 
Vide 
and. 


Non 
Rail 


BFE BP 


Pe? 


























31 Vicroria. 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 4th day of March next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Pim presented a Bill for further regulating 
on Sundays the Sale of Fermented and Distilled Liquors by 
(Ireland) BM. Retail on Sunday in Jreland: And the same was 

Bill 31. yead the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Tuesday the 3rd day of March 
next; and to be printed. 


Sale of Liquors 


Landed Mr. Pim presented a Bill further to amend the 
Property Law relating to the Tenure and Improvement of 
pnd) Bil Land in Jreland: And the same was read the first 
Bill 32 time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
"Tuesday the 10th day of March next; and to be 
printed. 
County Courts Mr. Norwood presented a Bill for conferring 
(Admiralty Admiralty Jurisdiction on the County Courts: 
_ And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
Bill 33, 2 be read a second time upon Tuesday the 10th 
day of March next; and to be printed. 
Judgments Mr. Craufurd presented a Bill to render Judg- 


Extension Bill. ments or Decreets obtained in certain Courts in 
Bill 34. England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, effec- 
tual in any other part of the United Kingdom: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered | 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 26th 
day of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


18th—19th—20th February. 


55 


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; Masea. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act Habeas Corpus 


: : : Suspension 
Continuance Bill was, according to Order, read (Ireland) Act 
the third time. Continuance 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass, Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ie) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Cepy of all Correspondence between Go- 
vernment and the Medical Men or Officers in the 
command of Regiments stationed at Aldershot, 
Shorncliffe, and Colchester, as to the impolicy and 
hardship of keeping in Wooden Huts, during this 
severe winter, old rheumatic Soldiers from hot 
climates, and young Recruits. 

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed House of 





Fines and Fees _ Mr. Hunt presented a Bill for transferring to 


(Ireland) Bill. the Consolidated Fund the Sum produced by the | 


to consider whether any Alteration can be made | pane 
in the Arrangements of the House of Commons, oat 
so as to enable a greater Number of Members to 
hear and take part in the Proceedings; and to 


levied and paid in Jreland: And the same was | consider the Arrangement of the several Rooms 











Bill 35. Accumulation of certain Fines, Penalties, and Fees 
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. 
Wednesday, 19th February, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 
Londonderry BIUL for authorizing the discharge of the 
a oe. Debt of the Londonderry Bridge Commis- 
sioners by a Loan from the Public Works Com- 
missioners secured on Rates in the Counties of 
Londonderry, Donegal, and Tyrone, and in the 
City of Londonderry, and for other ap pe was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
=e Several Public Petitions were presented, and | 
sitions. ~~ read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Votes A Public Petition was also presented, and read; | 
— and referred to a Select Committee. 
Nuneaton Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
aw a Copy of all Reports of Colonel Yolland, R. E., to | 
; the Board of Trade, with respect to the Nuneaton | 
Railway Station and Level Tension 
Pak Holiday 8 The Bank Holidays Bill was, according to Order, | 
read a second time; and committed to a Select | 
Committee. 
Life Policies The Life Policies Nomination Bill was, accord- 
ku," ~—s ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 
CeePaleory 4 The Compulsory Church Rates Abolition Bill 


Abolition Bill, 725: according to Order, read a second time; and 
* committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Wednesday the 11th day of March next. 
Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply : 
Vou. 123. 








A 


and Offices attached to the House, and the means 
of access to the same, with a view to the greater 
convenience of Members in the discharge of their 
Duties, and how better Accommodation can be 
provided within the Precincts of the House for 
the transaction of Departmental Business, durin 
the Sittings of the House, by Members holding 
Offices in the Government. 


The Select Committee on Military Reserve Military 
Funds was nominated of Lord Hotham, Mr. Baxter, Reserve 
Mr. Childers, Mr. Goschen, Colonel Hogg, the Fands. 
Marquis of Hartington, Colonel North, General 
Peel, Major O'Reilly, Sir Charles Russell, Mr. 
Trevelyan, Sir John Trollope, Captain Vivian, Mr. 

Percy Wyndham, and Colonel Edward Somerset ; 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an fast India 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of (Irrigation.) 
this instant February, for a Return relative to 
East India ( Irrigation). 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Storm gtorm 
Warnings, which was presented upon the 18th Warnings. 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 96. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





———————— 


Thursday, 20th February, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of the Kington and Eardisley Kington 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a } wn f 
Bill to enable the Kington and Eardisley Rail- “*"”*™ 
way Company to make Deviations in their autho- 
rized Railways; to abandon portions of the same ; 
to revive and extend Powers for compulsory 
Purchase of certain Lands; to use a portion of the 
Leominster and Kington Railway, and for other 

H 4 purposes, 








































































Oxford Police 
Bill. 


Saint Pancras 
Fcclesiastical 
Regulation 
Bill, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Third 
Report.) 


Public 
Petitisas. 
Vv ide Votes 
and Fourth 
Report. 


Navy (Channel 


Fleet. ) 


Education. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Controveried 
hlections. 


56 


purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Green 
Price and Mr. Gwyn. 


A Bill for the Establishment of a United Con- 
stabulary Force in and for the University and 
City of Oxford, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the better Ecclesiastical Regulation 
of the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the Diocese 
of London, and the County of Middlesex, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 2nd, 
3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th days of December last, and 
the 13th, 14th, 17th, and 18th days of this instant 
February, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


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. | 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Admiral Warden’s Report of the Trials 
of the Channel Fleet in 1867. 





Resolved, That 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 Candidates, | 
Male and Female, who presented themselves for | 
Examination at the Training Colleges at Christmas | 
1867 : Of the Number of those who passed | 
their Examination in the year: Of the Num-| 
ber of those who entered Training Colleges in: 
January 1868:——Of the Number of Pupil | 
Teachers apprenticed in the year 1867: And, 
of the Number of Pupil Teachers in each of the 
years of A ang “noone, 1867 (in continuation of | 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 107, of Session 1867). | 

Ordered, That 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. Whitbread reported from the General Com- | 
mittee of Elections; That they had selected the | 
following Six Members to be the Chairmen’s Panel, | 
and to serve as Chairmen of Election Committees | 
for the present Session: 

Hugh Edward Adair, Esquire. | 
William Edward Baxter, Esquire. | 
Admiral the Honourable Arthur Duncombe | 
( York, E.R.) 

Sir Philip Grey Egerton ( Chesh. 8.) | 
Thomas William Evuns, Esquire. | 
Edward Howes, Esquire. | 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Mr. IVhitbread reported from the Gencral Com- | 
mittee of Elections; That they had divided into | 
Five Panels the Lists 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 each of them by a Number, denoting | 
the order in which they were respectively drawn, | 
as followeth:—E, 1; A,2; C,3; B,4; D, 5. 
Ordered, Taat the said Panels be printed. 


20th February. 





1868. 


The Order, made upon the 6th day of December Court of 


last, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble 
Address, that She would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid hefore this 
House, Returns relative to the Court of Session, 
&amp;c. ( Scotland), was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Court of 
Session, &amp;c, 
(Scotland.) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, a Return of the Causes and Petitions in- 

stituted and decided in the Court of Session in the 

year 1867, and of the Procedure in Court in these 

Causes, and in all other Causes in dependence 

during that year; stating separately the Causes 

depending before each Lord Ordinary in the Outer 

House, and before each Division of the Inner 

House respectively, and comprehending the follow- 

ing details :— 

Outer House. 

The Number of Causes and Petitions in 
dependence before each Lord Ordinary at 
[st January 1867 ; 

. The Number of Summonses signeted ; 

The Number of Summonses, Advocations, 
and Suspensions called, and the Number 
of the same Writs enrolled before each 
Lord Ordinary ; 

The Number of Petitions and Applications 
adjudicated upon by the Junior Lord Or- 
dinary, as well as by the other Lords 
Ordinary, during Session, and by the 
Lords Ordinary officiating on the Bills 
during Vacation ; 

. The Number of Decrees in Absence before 
each Lord Ordinary, and of Decrees in 
favour of either Party to the Cause on 
failure to obtemper any Order of the Lord 
Ordinary ; 

The Number of Motions enrolled before 
each Lord Ordinary ; 

The Number of Interlocutors pronounced 
prior to closing the Record, and also the 
Number pronounced in Causes which 
were dismissed without closing the Re- 
cord; 

The Number of Interlocutors pronounced 
after closing the Record, and before Judg- 
ment; 

The Number of Interlocutors and Judgments 
in Causes where the Record does not re- 
quire to be closed ; 

The Number of Records closed, distinguish- 
ing the Number of Causes which, at the 
Date of closing the Record, had not been 
in dependence more than Three Months ; 

The Number of Causes enrolled for Debate 
on Closed Records ; 

The Number of Decisions pronounced by 
the Lords Ordinary, distinguishing those 
on the merits from those on the relevancy 
or other grounds, and those in favour of 
the Pursuer or Complainer from those in 
favour of the Defender or Respondent ; 

The Number of such Judgments which were 
acquiesced in, and the Number against 
which Reclaiming Notes were lodged ; 

The Number of Decisions so pronounced in 
Causes which, at the date thereof, had not 
been in dependence more than Five 
Months ; be if more than that period, 
which had not been in dependence more 
than Nine Months (to be stated sepa- 
rately); 

The Number of Causes in which Draft Issues 
were lodged on the Order of the Lord 
Ordinary, specifying the Causes in which 
the Issues were approved of, in which they 
were reported to the Inner House, and in 
which they were superseded ; 


1. 


10. 


11. 
12. 


13. 


14. 


16. The 


Session, &amp;c, 
(Scotland.) 





$1 Vicrortia. 


16. The Number of Causes in which Proof was 
allowed and taken, specifying those in 
which Proof was taken on Commission— 
by Lord Ordinary—and before a Jury; 
and distinguishing the Causes decided in 
favour of the Pursuer or Complainer, from 
those decided in favour of the Defender 
or Respondent ; 

17. The Number of Causes in which Proof or- 
dered by the Lord Ordinary under Remit 
from Inner House, and thereafter reported 
by him to Inner House ; 

18. The Number of Causes or Petitions ready for 
Debate at the end of the Summer and Winter 
Sessions respectively, and not debated; 

19. The Number of Causes at Avizandum at the 
end of the Summer and Winter Sessions 
respectively ; 

20. The Number of Interlocutors pronounced 
after Judgment, for the purpose of carry- 
ing Judgment into effect ; 

21. The Number of Causes transferred from one 
Lord Ordinary to another, distinguishing 
the stage at which each Cause was trans- 
ferred. 

Inner House. 

1. The Number of Causes and Petitions insti- 
tuted prior to and in dependence at Ist 
January 1867 ; 

2. The Number of Reclaiming Notes presented 
against Decisions in the Bill Chamber; 

3. The Number of Reclaiming Notes presented 
to the First Division against Decisions by 
the Lords Ordinary, specifying the Num- 
ber applicable to each Lord Ordinary, and 
also specifying those on the merits, those 
on relevancy or grounds other than merits, 
those in absence, and those on default ; 

4, The Number of Reclaiming Notes presented 
io the Second Division against Decisions 
by the Lords Ordinary, specifying the 
Number applicable to each Lord Ordinary, 
and also specifying those on the merits, 
those on relevancy or grounds other than 
merits, those in absence, and those on 
default ; 

5. The Number of Reclaiming Notes specified 
in the preceding Articles 3 and 4, and also 
Reclaiming Notes, both in Exchequer and 
Teind Causes, presented to both Divisions, 
against Decisions of the Lords Ordinary, 
specifying those on the merits, those on 
relevancy or grounds other than merits, 
those in absence, and those on default ; 

6. The Number of Advocations and Suspen- 
sions of the Decrees of Inferior Courts, 
which, at the first calling in the Outer 
House, both or one of the Parties moved 
the Lord Ordinary to report to Inner 
House ; 

7. The Number of Causes in which the First 
Division pronounced Judgments on Re- 
claiming Notes against Decisions of Lords 
Ordinary, specifying those applicable to 
each Lord Ordinary, and stating whether 
Decision adhered to—repeated, but grounds 
of Decision altered—or reversed (either in 
whole or in part) ; 

8. The Number of Causes in which the Second 
Division pronounced Judgments on Re- 
claiming Notes against Decisions of Lords 
Ordinary, specifying those applicable to 
each Lord Ordinary, and stating whether 
Decision adhered to—repeated, but grounds 
of Decision altered—or reversed (either in 
whole or in part) ; 

9. The Number of Causes in which the First 
Division pronounced Judgments in Advo- 
cations and Suspensions of Decrees of 
Inferior Courts reported by Lords Ordi- 

Von. 123. 








10. 


11. 


13. 


14, 


15. 


16. 


17. 


18. 


19. 


20. 





20th February. 57 


nary, stating whether Decision of Inferior 
Court adhered to—repeated, but grounds 
of Decision altered—or reversed (in whole 
cr in part); 

The Number of Causes in which the Second 
Division pronounced Judgments in Advo- 
cations and Suspensions of Decrees of 
Inferior Courts reported by Lords Ordi- 
nary, stating whether Decision of Inferior 
Court adhered to—repeated, but grounds 
of Decision altered—or reversed (in whole 
or in part) ; 

The Number of Causes in which the Inner 
House pronounced Judgment on Reclaim- 
ing Notes against Decisions of Lords Or- 
dinary, and in Advocations and Suspen- 
sions reported by Lords Ordinary, being 
an Abstract of the preceding Articles 7, 8, 


9, and 10, stated under the same general 
heads; 


. The Number of Final Judgments pronounced 


by: each Division in Causes or Applica- 
tions mentioned in each of the preceding 
Articles 2 to 11 respectively, distinguish- 
ing whether in favour of the Pursuer, 
Advocator, Suspender, or Petitioner, or 
of the Defender or Respondent respec- 
tively ; 

The Number of Causes or Applications 
originating in each Division of the Inner 
House, specifying separately the Number 
litigated ; the Number not opposed, in 
which no Proof or Inquiry was ordered 
by the Court; and the Number not 
opposed, in which Proof or Inquiry was 
ordered, and stating whether the Cause 
was disposed of in whole or in part, and in 
whose r tan ; 

The Number of Causes ready for Hearing, 
and sent to any of the Inner House Rolls, 
and not heard at the end of the Summer 
and Winter Sessions respectively ; 

The Number of Causes ordered by either 
Division to be heard before the whole 
Court, or the two Divisions ; 

The Number of Causes sent by either Di- 
vision of the Court to the whole Court for 
written Opinions ; 

The Number of Causes, not falling under 
any of the preceding Articles, in which 
the Inner ates (specifying the Division) 
ieee Judgment, or remitted to the 

ord Ordinary with Instructions, dis- 
tinguishing whether the Judgment was in 
favour of Pursuer or Defender, or whether 
the Cause was remitied ; 

The Number of Decisions pronounced by 
each Division in litigated Causes, which at 
the Date thereof had not been in depen- 
dence more than Five Months; and if 
more than Five Months, which had not 
been in dependence more than Nine 
Months (to be stated separately) ; 

The Number of Interlocutors pronounced 
after Judgment for the purpose of carry- 
ing Judgment into effect ; 

The Number of Causes transferred from one 
Division to the other, distinguishing the 
stage at which each Cause was trans- 
ferred. 

Jury Causes. 


1. The Number of Causes in which Issues were 


adjusted, either by the Lord Ordinary or 
Inner House ; 


2. The Number of Causes set down for Trial, dis- 


tinguishing those set down by the Pursuer 
from those set down by the Defender ; 


3. The Number of Applications for a Special 


Jury, distinguishing how many were 
granted ; 
I 4, The 

















































































































































58 


4. The Number of Causes tried by Jury, speci- 
fying those tried during Session by each 
Lond Ordinary, and those tried at the 
Sittings of both Divisions, and in the latter 
case stating the Number of Causes in 
which the Trial was presided over by the 
Lord President or Lord Justice Clerk, by 
a Lord Ordinary, and by a Judge of the 
Inner House; and in every case distin- 

uishing whether the Verdict was for the 
asin. or the Defender in the Cause, 
with the Date when the Summons in each 
of the first five of such Causes was en- 
rolled ; 

5. The Number of Causes tried at Circuit, spe- 
cifying whether the Trial was presided 
over by a Lord Ordinary or by a Judge 
of the Inner House, and whether the 
Verdict was for the Pursuer or Defender 
in the Cause, with the Date when the 
Summons in each of the first five of such 
Causes was enrolled ; 

6. The Number of Trials countermanded ; 

7. The Number of Causes in which the Court 
discharged the Notice or Order of Trial, 
specifying those before each Division and 

ord Ordinary ; 

8. The Number of Causes which have been 
abandoned after the Issues were adjusted, 
or not set down for Trial within Twelve 
Months thereafter ; 

9. The Number of Causes in which Bills of Ex- 
ceptions have been taken, distinguishing 
those allowed ; 

10. The Number of Causes in which the New 
Trials have been moved for, distinguishing 
those granted ; 

11. The Number of Causes in which the result 
of the first Trial was varied or reversed 
under a new Trial. 


Proofs. 

The Number of Causes in which Parties have 
availed themselves of any of the Provisions 
of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 36, sections 46, 
47, 48, 49 and 50, distinguishing which of such 
Provisions. 

Appeals. 

The Number of Appeals from the Judgments of 
either Division of the Court of Session de- 
cided in the House of Lords, distinguishing 
Affirmances, partial Affirmances, Reversals, 
and partial Reversals from each other. 


Teind Court. 
(1.) Outer House. 


1. The Number of Causes, Petitions, and other 
Applications instituted prior to, and in 
dependence before the Lord Ordinary on 
Teinds at lst January 1867 ; 

2. The Number of Causes, Petitions, and other 
Applications called and instituted before 
the Lord Ordinary on Teinds ; 

The Number of Motions enrolled before the 
Lord Ordinary ; 

. The Number of Records closed ; 

The Number of Judgments pronounced ; 

Number of Petitions and other Applications 
in which the Lord Ordinary remitted to a 
Man of Skill; 

7. The Numberof Prepared States and Schemes 

of Proven Rental in Augmentation of Sti- 
nds of Ministers, reported by Lord Or- 
inary to Court of Teinds ; 

8. The Number of Petitions and other Appli- 
cations reported by Lord Ordinary to the 
Inner House ; 

9. The Number of Causes reported to either 
Division of the Court of Session, as a 
Quorum of the Teind Court ; 


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20th February. 1868. 


(2.) Inner House. ; 

10. The Number of Causes, Petitions, and other 
Applications instituted _ to and in 
dependence before Inner House at Ist Ja- 
nuary 1867 ; 

11. Number of Causes, Petitions, and other 
Applications called and instituted ; 

12. Number of Motions enrolled ; 

13. The Number of Augmentations Debated, 
distinguishing those which were Granted, 
partially Granted, Refused, and Super- 
seded ; 

14. The Number of other Causes Debated, and 
Judgments pronounced. 


Accountant of Court. 

The Number of Interlocutors or Orders pro~- 
nounced by Junior Lord Ordinary during 
Session, and by Lords Ordinary officiating on 
Bills during Vacation and Recess, in Factories 
under charge of the Accountant of Court, 
and brought by him direct before the Lord 
Ordinary. 


Accountant in Bankruptcy. 

The Number of Interlocutors or Orders . pro- 
nounced by Junior Lord Ordinary during 
Session, and by Lords Ordinary officiating on 
Bills during Vacation and Recess, in Seques- 
trations under charge of the Accountant in 
Bankruptcy, and brought by him direct before 
the Lord Ordinary. 


Exchequer Judge. 

The Numbers of Cases, Petitions, and other 
Applications presented to Lord Ormidale, as 
the Judge in Exchequer, by the Solicitor of 
Inland Revenue, and by the Queen’s and 
Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer in Exche- 
quer, which are laid before the Judge, without 
being brought into the Court of Session, and 
the Number of Interlocutors, or Orders and 
Decisions pronounced therein. 


Appeal Registration Court, 
(Composed of the Senior Lord Ordinary for the 
time, and the Judge in Exchequer Causes, 
being Lords Kinloch and Ormidale). 
The Number of Appeals brought up from the 
Sheriffs, on adjusted Cases, relative to Claims 
by Parties to be put on the Roll of Voters. 


Appeals 
Under Lands Valuation Act and Assessed 
Taxes Act to Senior Lord Ordinary and Lord 
Ordinary in Exchequer Causes. 

1, The Number of Appeals under Lands Valu- 
ation Act, stating the Number of Interlo- 
cutors and Judgments ; 

2. The Number of Appeals under Assessed 
Taxes Act, stating the Number of Interlo- 
cutors and Judgments. 


Private Estate Bills. 

The Number of Remits by the House of Lords 
to two Judges of the Court of Session in each 
Bill, to make due advertisement to all Parties. 
interested to attend Judges, and, after hear- 
ing them, to report their opinion on Bill. 


Bill Chamber. 

1. The Number of Suspensions, Suspensions 
and Interdicts, Advocations, Appeals, &amp;c. 
instituted in 1867, and in dependence at 
3lst December 1867 ; 


- 2. The Number of Suspensions, Suspensions and 


Interdicts, Advocations, Ap , Petitions, 
and other Applications presented, distinguish- 
ing those presented to Lord Mure, as Ordi- 
nary on the Bills during Session, from those 
re to successive Lords Ordinary on 
ills during Vacations and Recess ; jn 
3. The 








Vol 


31 Vicronia. 


Volunteers, 


Nationa 
Gallery. 
No. 97. 


’ Civil Services. 
No. 98. 


Revenue 

and Post Office 

Packet Service, 

Civil Services, 
No. 99. 


3. The Number of same disposed of, distin- 
— those disposed of by Lord Mure 
uring Session, from those disposed of by 
successive Lords Ordinary on Bills during 
Vacations and Recess ; 

The Number of Motions enrolled before 
Lord Mure in Daily Rolls of Court of Ses- 
sion ; 

. The Number of Sequestrations awarded, 
distinguishing those awarded by Lord 
Mure during Session from those awarded 
by successive Lords Ordinary during Vaca- 
tions and Recess ; 

The Number of Judgments pronounced, other 
than in Petitions for Sequestration, dis- 
tinguishing those pronounced by Lord Mure 
during Session from those pronounced by 
successive Lords Ordinary on the Bills 
during Vacations and Recess. 


Court of Justiciary. 


(1.) High Court. 

Number of Sittings of the Court, distinguishing 
those held on Mondays, during the Sittings 
of the Court of Session, from those held on 
other Days, and specifying the Number of 
Trials and of Persons tried, and the results of 
such Trials ; and also the Number of Suspen- 
sions of the Decrees or Judgments of Inferior 
Courts. 

(2.) Circuits Courts. 

The Number of Days occupied by the Circuits 
of the Courts, specifying the Number of 
Trials and of Persons tried, and the results of 
such Trials; and also the Number of Appeals 
from Inferior Courts. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of the Circular issued by the Secre- 
tary of State for War to the Lord Lieutenants of 
Counties, announcing the Appointment of General 
Lindsay as Inspector General of Volunteers. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

a Copy of Annual Report of the Keeper of the 
National Gallery to the Lords of the Treasury for 
the year ended the 31st day of December 1867. 
r. Hunt accordingly presented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


20th February. 







































59 


Mr. Hunt also presented, pursuant to the direc- County 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Order of Courts. 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury re- 
gulating Fees on Proceedings in the County Courts. 
Ordered, That the said Estimates and State- 

ment be referred to the Committee of Supply, and 

be printed; and that the Paper relative to County 
Courts do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Joint Stock 
mand,—Copy of Declaration exchanged between Companies. 
the British and Italian Governments, relative to 
Joint Stock Companies. Signed at Florence, No- 
vember 26, 1867. 
Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and Fisheries 
the Emperor of the French, relative to Fisheries — 
in the Seas between Great Britain and France; * any 
with a Chart thereto annexed. Signed at Paris, 
November 11, 1867. 
Lord Stanley also presented,—Return to several Abyssinia. 
Addresses to Her Majesty, dated the 2nd and 5th 
days of December last, for Copy or Extracts of 
all Correspondence of the Foreign Office with the 
Abyssinian Consulate, between the years 1855 and 
1860 :—And, Copy of Despatch from Lieutenant 
Colonel Merewether to Lord Clarendon of the 12th 
day of May 1866, containing Mr. Rassam’s Letters 
of Marchand April 1866: And, for Copy of the 
following Correspondence respecting Abyssinia : 
1. Letter o King Theodore to the Queen, 
received in 1858; 
2. Reply to the same; 
3. Letter from the Queen to King Theodore, 
forwarded through Mr. Rassam. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 5th day of December last, for a Copy of all 
Correspondence between the Jerusalem Consulate 
and the Foreign Office, and the Jerusalem Consu- 
late and the Constantinople Embassy, from the 
year 1850 to the year 1863, on the Affairs of the 
Abyssinians at Jerusalem. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 6th day of December last, for a Return relative 
to Abyssinia. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, —Return to an East India 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of oe, 
this instant February, dor a Return relative to’ » 
East India (Systems of Government). 

Ordered, That the said Return dolie upon the Table. 





Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an Nuneaton 
Order, dated the 19th day of this instant Fe- Railway 
bruary, for a Return relative to the Nuneaton Station. 
Railway Station. No. 100. 

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





Mr. Hunt presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Estimates for Civil Services, for the year 
ending 3lst March 1869: 


Class J. Public Works and Buildings. 

Class II. Salaries and Expenses of Public 
Departments. 

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. Misealinmneun, digeciel, and Tempo- 
rary Objects. 
Estimates, Revenue Departments, and Post 
Office Packet Service. 


A Statement of Sums required to be voted in 
order to make Excesses on certain Grants for 


Civil Services, for the year ending 31st March 1867. 
Vou. 123. 





Sir James Fergusson presented,—Supplemental Weights and 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Measures. 
8th day of July, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of the Number of Persons in 
the Metropolitan Parishes convicted between the 
lst day of January and the Ist day of July 1867, 
for the use of false Weights and Measures, in the 
following Form :— 





Name Date Whether Amount 
of Trade. Parish. of First or other of 
Offender. Conviction. Offence. Fine. 

















Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant Prisons (Scot- 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy !#24) 
of Twenty-ninth Report on Prisons in Scotland ; 
being (in continuation of the Report of the late 
General Board of Prisons) the Seventh Annual 





Report of the Managers appointed under the Pri- 
12 sons 






































































Lunacy. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land.) 


No. 101. 


Army and 

Marines 

(Flogging.) 
No. 102. 


East India 
(Irrigation. ) 


No, 103, 


Sugar, &amp;c. 


Foreign 
Sugar. 


Immigrants 
and Liberated 
Africans. 


60 20th February. 1868. 


sons (Scotland) Administration Act, to the Right 
Honourable Gathorne Hardy, one of Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretaries of State. 

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


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to the Lord 
Chancellor, under the Act8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, 
of the Number of Visits made, the Number of Pa- 
tients, seen, and the Number of Miles travelled 
by the several Commissioners in Lunacy during 
the Six Months ending on the 31st December 1867. 

Return to the ian Chancellor, under the Act 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of all Sums received by 
the several Commissioners in Lunacy for travelling 
and personal Expenses during the year ending 
31st December 1867. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court 
of Session (Scotland), which was presented upon 
the 9th day of February 1866, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
and Marines (Flogging), which was presented upon 
the 13th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Irrigation), which was presented upon the 19th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Tabular Return showing the Quantities of Sugar 
of the several Sorts imported into the United King- 
dom, and the Quantities retained for Home Con- 
sumption; together with the Rates of Duty 
charged thereon, and the Net Revenue accruing 
therefrom in each year, from 1844 to 1867, inclu- 
sive; followed by a Comparative Statement of the 
Average Prices of British Plantation and Foreign 
Sugar (ordinary Yellow Havannah) for the same 
seriesof Years: Account of the Imports into the 
United Kingdom of Sugar, Molasses, ew Coffee, 
Cocoa, and Cotton, from the West Jndies, British 
Guiana, the Mauritius, and British Possessions 
in India, for the year 1845 to 1867, inclusive; 
distinguishing the Quantities imported from each 
Colony and each Possession in each year :—— 
Similar Account of the Quantities of Foreign 
Sugar imported, stating from whence, and the 
Quantities from each Place or Country : Ac- 
counts of the Quantity of Refined Sugar and 
Sugar Candy imported into the United Kingdom 
in the years 1848 to 1867 respectively ; stating 
the Quantity retained for Ilome Consumption, the 
Rates of Duty paid, and the Quantity exported: 
—-—And, of the Quantity and Declared Value of 
British Reiined Sugar exported from the United 
Kingdom in the years 1844 to 1867 respectively 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 247, 
of Session 1867). 








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 1867 inclusive; distinguishing Re- 
fined from Unrefined ; and also the several Places 
irom whence such Sugar was imported (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 246, of Ses- 
sion 1867). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of Immi- 
grants and Liberated Africans admitted into each 
of the British West India Colonies, as well as the 
Places from whence they were introduced, from the 
year 1843 to the end of the year 1857, and in each 
year since the Ist day of January 1857, to the end 














of the year 1867 :—— Similar Return for Mauri- 
tius: --- 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 as- 
certained) the Amount of Earnings remitted 
through Government Agency in their behalf (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 213, of 
Session 1867). Put 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, spirits. Lif 
Returns showing the Number of Gallons of Proof e 
Spirits distilled in England, Scotland, Ireland, and ’ 
the United Kingdom, the Gallons delivered, Duty 
paid, from Distillers’ Stocks, and the Gallons put 
into Bond, in the year ended the 31st day of De- 
cember 1867:——The Number of Gallons of Fe 
Proof British Spirits on which Duty was paid in = 
each of 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 st 
and Duty paid respectively, from each part of the . 
United Kingdom to each of the other parts: 

The Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits permitted 
from Distillers’ Stocks and Duty-free Warehouses 
in each of the three Kingdoms, and in the United 
Kingdom, for Exportatiou 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 1867 :——The Number of 
Gallons, at Proof Strength, of Foreign and Colo- 
nial 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 1867: The 
Number of Proof Gallons of British Spirits per. 
mitted from Rectifiers’ Stocks, in each of the three 
Kingdoms, and in the Unted Kingdom, for Expor- 
tation to Foreign Parts, and the Amount of Draw- 
back or Allowance paid thereon:——And, the ' 
Total Number of Gallons of Methylic Alcohol 

sold by the Excise, and the Total Number of 

Gallons of Methylated Spirits sent out by Persons 

licensed to sell the same, under the Act 18 &amp; 19 

Vic. c. 38, in each of the three Kingdoms, and in 

the United Kingdom, with the Amount of Draw- 

back or Allowance paid thereon, for the year 

ended the 3lst day of December 1867 (in conti- 

nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 218, of Ses- 

sion 1867). 











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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, tncome and 
a Return showing the Number of Persons charged Property Tas 
to the Income Tax, for the years ending on the 5th 
day of April 1864 to 1867, under Schedule (D.); 
distinguishing the Number charged in each of the 
following Classes: viz. under £.100 a-year ; £.100 
and under £.200; £.200 and under £.300; 
£.300 and under £.400; £.400 and under £.500; 
£.500 and under £.600; £.600 and under £.700; 
£.700 and under £.800; £.800 and under 
£.900; £.900 and under £.1,000; £.1,000 and 
under £.2,000; £2,000 and under £. 3,000; 
£.3,000 and under £.4,000; £.4,000 and under 
£.5,000; £.5,000 and under £.10,000; £.10,000 
and under £.50,000; £.50,000 and upwards; and 
the Amounts of Tax received from each Class : —— 
Similar 











$1 Vicrortia. 


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 : —— 
And, similar Return for Jre/and (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No.527, of Session 1867). 





Public Depart- 
ments (Extra 
Receipts) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Public Departments (Extra Re- 
ceipts) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Life Policies 
_ mittee on the Life Policies Nomination Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 


2th—21st February. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | of the River Zee and its Tributaries, and for other 
| purposes: And the same was read the first time. 


61 

Mr. MacEvoy presented a Bill to repeal the Act Ecclesiastical 
of the fourteenth and fifteenth Victoria, chapter T*!s Bil. 
sixty, intituled, “ An Act to provent the Assump- _ Bill 37, 
tion of certain Ecclesiastical Titles in respect of 
Places in the United Kingdom,” and of Section 
Twenty-four of the Act of the tenth George the 
Fourth, chapter seven: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 18th day of March 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented a Bill to make better Lee River 
Provision for the Preservation and Improvement oe 


Bill 38. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


day the Ist day of April next, resolve itself into; miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 


the said Committee. 


Ecclesiastical 


Titles Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
1 \e 


to repeal the Act of the fourteenth and fifteenth 
Victoria, chapter sixty, intituled, “‘ An Act to 
revent the Assumption of certain Ecclesiastical 
Titles in respect of Places in the United King- 
dom,” and Section Twenty-four of the Act of the 
tenth George the Fourth, chapter seven: And that 
Mr. MacEvoy, Sir Joseph M‘ Kenna, and Mr. Leader 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Shannon 
River. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be evel 
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 what steps should be taken to 
complete the Work for which a Compulsory Levy 
of £.300,000 has been made on the adjoining 
Counties. 


Capital 
Punishment 
within Prisons, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for carrying out of Capital Punishment 
within Prisons: And that Mr. Secretary Gathorne 
Hardy, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. Attorney General 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lee River 


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


make better Provision for the Preservation and 
Improvement of the River Lee and its Tributaries, 
and for other purposes: And that Mr. Stephen 
Cave, Mr. Ayrton, and Mr. Hunt do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


ferieae , Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
‘Time.). on" to give further Time for making certain Railways : 


And that Mr. Stephen Cave and Mr. Hunt do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Me- 
tropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill do consist 
of Twelve Members. 

Ordered, That Mr. Locke and Mr. Corrance be 
added to the Committee. 


Sunday 


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


to amend the Law relating to Selling and Hawk~- 
ing Goods on Sunday: And that Mr. Thomas 
Flughes, Lord Claud Hamilton, and Mr. Lusk do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


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


Subways. to make Provision respecting the use of Subways 
constructed by the Motmontien Board of Works 
in the Metropolis: And that Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Tite, 
and Colonel Hogg do prepare, and bring it in. 

— Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented a Bill 

within Prisons t© provide for carrying out of Capital Punishment 

Bill. within Prisons: And the same was read the first 

Bill 36, time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 


Thursday the 5th day of March next; and to be 
printed. 
Vo, 123. 





printed. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented a Bill to give fur- Railways 
ther Time for making certain Railways: And the (Extension of 
ape: ° Time) Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be en 
printed. 


Mr. Thomas Hughes presented a Bill to amend Sunday _ 
the Law relating to Selling and Hawking Goods T**ding Bill. 
on Sunday: And the same was read the first time; Bill 40. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Ayrton presented a Bill to make Provision Metropolis 
respecting the use of Subways constructed by the Subways Bill. 
Metropolitan Board of Works in the Metropolis: Bill 41. 
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. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Friday, 2\st February, 1868. 
PRAYERS, 
BILL to enable the Kington and Eardisley Kington and 
Railway Company to make Deviations of aa 
their authorized Railways; to abandon portions of ““""*7 “™ 
the Railways; to revive and extend the Powers 
of Compulsory Purchase of Lands; and to use a 











portion of the Leominster and Kington Railway, 
,and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Committee of Selection was nominated of Committee of 
Sir Brooke Bridges, Lord John Browne, Mr. Dun- S#eetion. 
lop, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Whitbread, and the 

Chairman of the Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Great Western 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Railway 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- (Pividends.) 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the Great 

estern Railway (Dividends) Bill. 

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


Several Pablic Petitions were 


” 2° Si and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. Petitions. 


Vide Fourth 
Report. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Weights Weights and 
and Measures, which was presented upon the 20th Measures. 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 104. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, pursuant to East India 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Re- (ltevenues.) 
turn of all Stocks, Loans, Debts, and Liabilities 











chargeable on the East India Revenues at Home 
and Abroad, up to the latest period of time to 
13 which 

























































































East India 
( Loan.) 


India and 
Abyssinia. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


East London 
Museum Site 
Bill. 


East India 
(Bombay 
Banks. ) 


East London 
Museum Site 
Bill. 


Argyleshire 
Writ. 


Supply. 


62 


which such Return can be made out; viz., Eng- 


land, 31st December 1867 ; India, 30th September 


1867. 

Return of all Moneys raised on Loan under the 
Provisions of the East India (Loan) Acts, 21 Vic. 
c.3; 22 Vic.c. 11; 22 &amp; 23 Vic. c. 39; 23 &amp; 24 
Vic. c. 130; and 24 &amp; 25 Vic. ¢. 25. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the direct Export and Import 
Trade between India and Abyssinia annually, for 
the last Ten years; distinguishing the Quantities 
and Customs Value of each Article, both ways, 
and the Total Annual Value. 

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


Mr. Whitbread reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, That they had appointed Mon- 
day, the 9th day of March, to choose, from Panel 
No. 1, the Select Committee to try and determine 
the Coventry Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the Report 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 have agreed to the East London 
Museum Site Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be peared pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy or Extracts of Correspondence be- 
tween the Secretary of State for Jndia and the 
Bombay Government, connected with the liquida- 
tion of the Old and the re-construction of the New 
Bank 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. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the East London Museum Site Bill be 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


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


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 ; 

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. 





21st—24th February. 








1868. 
Monday, 24th February, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Aberdeen Harbour Bill was read a second Aberdeen — 
time; and committed. Harbour Bill, 


The Abergavenny and Monmouth Railway Bill Abergavenny 


: . ° and Monmouth 
was read a second time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Acton and Brentford Railway Bill was read Acton and 


. . . Brentford 
a second time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Barrow-in-Furness Corporation Bill was Barrow-in- 


read a second time; and committed. Furness 
Corporation 


Bill. 
The Burry Railway Bill was read a second time ; Barry Railway 
and committed. Bill. 


The Birmingham Proof House (No. 1) Bill was Birmingham 


read a second time; and committed. Pruof House 
(No, 1) Bill 


The Bishop Stortford, Dunmow, and Braintree Bishop Stort- 


Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- ford, Dunmow, 
itted and Braintree 
m ° Railway Bill. 


The Bradford Waterworks and Improvement Bradford 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Waterworks 
and Improve- 


ment Bill. 
The Brentford Gas Bill was read a second Brentford Gas 
time. Bill. 


The Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill was read a Bristol and 
second time ; and committed. Exeter Rail- 
way Bill. 
The Brompton, Chatham, &amp;c. Water Bill was Brompton, 


read a second time; and committed. Chatham, &amp;e. 
Water Bill. 


The Buckfastleigh, Totnes, and South Devon Buckfastleigh, 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- Totnes, and 
mitted. —_ So 

Railway Bill. 


Rail- Burry Port 
and Gwen- 

COM dreath Valley 
Railway Bill. 


The Burry Port and Gwendreath Valle 
way Bill was read a second time; an 
mitted. 


The Burslem and Tunstall Gas Bill was read a Burslem and 


second time; and committed. ee Gas 


Ordered, That the Caversham Bridge Bill be Caversham 
read a second time upon Monday the 20th day of Bridge Bill. 
April next. 


The Cheshire Lines Bill was read a second time ; Cheshire Lines 
and committed. Bill. 


The Chichester and Midhurst Railway Bill was Chichester 


nd time ; and committed. and Midhurst 
ea ceneere ; Y Railway Bill. 


The Chichester Cattle Market Bill was read a Chichester 
second time ; and committed. cute Market 
The Chichester Gas Bill was read a second time ; Chichester 

and committed. Gas Bill. 


The Clevedon Gas Bill was read a second time ; Clevedon Gas 
and committed. Bill. 


The Clonmel, Lismore and Dungarvan Railway Clonmel, ‘ 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Lismore, a8 


Dungarvan 
Railway Bill. 
The Ci Navigation Bill was read a second Clyde 
time ; and committed. Revigaiten 


The Cork Gas Bill was read a second time; and Cork Gas 
commi Bill. 


The Cork Improvement Bill was read a second Cork Improve 
time ; and committed. &lt; ment Bill. 
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31 Vicrorta. 
County Down The County Down and Belfast Borough Bill 


and Belfast was read a second time; and committed. 

Borough Bill. 

Dartford The Dartford Water Bill was read a second 
Water Bill. time; and committed. 

Derby Water The Derby Water Bill was read a second time ; 
Bill. and committed, 

Devon Valley The Devon Valley Railway Bill was read a 


Railway Bill. second time; and committed. 


Downpatrick, The Downpatrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle 
Dundrum, and Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 


Newcastle . 
Railway Bill, mitted. 
Dublin, The Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway 


Wicklow. and Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Wexford Rail- 
way Bill. 


Dundee The Dundee Reclamation, Esplanade, and Street 


Reclamation * : : ’ 
Beplanade, » Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


= Street 

Eastbourne The Eastbourne Gas Bill was read a second time; 
Gas Bill. and committed. 

East London The East London Railway Bill was read a second 


Railway Bill. time; and committed. 


Farnworth The Farnworth and Kearsley Gas Bill was read 
and Kearsley» second time; and committed. 

Gas Bill. 

Gas Light and The Gas Light and Coke Company Bill was read 
— Company g second time. 


General The General Sewage Utilization (Ireland) Bill 


Sewage Utili- was read a second time; and committed. 

zation (Ire- 

land) Bill. 

Glasgow and The Glasgow and South Western Railway Bill 


South Western was read a second time ; and committed. 
Railway Bill. 


Glasgow The Glasgow Court Houses Bill was read a 
= Houses second time; and committed. 


Glastonbury 
and Street 
Tramway Bill. 


The Glastonbury and Street Tramway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 


The Grand Junction Water Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 


Grand Junc- 
tion W ater 
Bill. 


Great Eastern The Great Eastern Railway Bill was read a 
Railway Bill. second time ; and committed. 


Great Marlow The Great Marlow Railway Bill was read a 
Railway Bill. second time ; and committed. 


Great Northe The Great Northern Railway Bill was read a 
nw second time; and committed. 
Great Western The Great Western Railway Bill was read a 


way Bill. second time; and committed. 


Gun Barrel The Gun Barrel Proof Bill was read a second 

Proof Bill. time; and committed. 

Halifax The Halifax Corporation Waterworks and 

Seperation Improvement Bill was read a second time; and 
rworks 


and Improve. Committed. 
ment Bill. 


Hartlepool The Hartlepool Port and Harbour Bill was read 
anead a second time ; and committed. 

ur Bill. 
Haverfordwest The Haverfordwest Borough ‘Bill was read a 
Borough Bill. second time ; and committed. 
Humber The Humber Conservancy Bill was read a second 
Bu «= time; and committed. 
Hythe and The Hythe and Sandgate Gas Bill was read a 
Bu °° ** second time ; and committed. 


24th February. 


63 


The Imperial Gas Bill was read a second time. — st Gas 


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


The Lancashire and Yorkshire and Lancashire Lancashire 
Union Railways Companies Bill was read.a second a4 Yorkshire 
time ; and committed. Union Rail- 


ways Com- 
panies Bill. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill was Lancashire 
read a second time; and committed. and Yorkshire 
Railway Bill. 
The Leamington Priors Local Board of Health Leam 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. Bean at 


Health Bill  @ 
The Leicester Improvement, Drainage, and Leicester 
Markets Bill was read a second time; and com- a 


, i , and 
mitted. Markets | Bill. 


The Lincoln Corporation Bill was a second time ; Lincoln 
and committed. Conpecntion 


The Liverpool Tramways Bill was read a second Liverpool 
time ; and committed. age 
The Llanelly Harbour Improvement Bill was Lianelly Har- 


read a second time; and committed. bour Improve- 
ment Bill, 


The Liynvi Valley Gas Bill was read a second Liynvi Valley 
time ; and committed. Gas Bill, 


The London and Blackwall Railway Bill was London and 
read a second time ; and committed. Blackwall 
Railway Bill. 
The London and North Western Railway Bill London and 
was read a second time; and committed. North Western. 
Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Nun- Nuneaton 
eaton Railway Station, which was presented upon Railway 
the 20th day of this instant February, be referred 5" 
to the Committee on the London and North Western 
Railway Bill. 


The London and South Western Railway Bill London and 


was read a second time; and committed. South Western 
Railway Bill. 


The London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail- London, 


4 — . Brighton, and: 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed. South Coast 


Railway Bill. 
The London (Corporation) Gas Bill was read a ‘ean 


second time. (Corporation) 
Gas Bill. 


The Loughborough Gas Bill was read a second Loughborough 
time ; and committed. Gas Bill. 


The Loughborough Local Board Bill was read Loughborough. 
a second time; and committed. a 
The Marylebone ( Stingo-lane) Improvement Bill Marylebone 


was read a second time; and committed. (Stingo Lane) 
= vement 


The Merthyr Tydfil Gas Bill was read a second Merthyr Tydfil’ 
time; and committed. Gas Bill. 


Ordered, That the Merthyr Tidvil Stipendiary Merthyr Tidvil 


Magistrate Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Stipendiary 
ate 


The Metropolitan and Saint John’s Wood Rail- Metropolitan 


way Bill was read a second time; and committed. $71 Set 


4 a . Railway Bill. 

The Metropolitan District Railway Bill was Metropolitan 

read a second time; and committed. District Rail- 
way Bill. 

The Metropolitan Railway Bill was read a Metropolitan 

second time ; and committed. Railway Bill 


oe oe and London and North Western Mideet ane 
ilway Companies Bill was read a second time ; London 
and committed. ee ae 





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Midland The Midland Railway Bill was read a second | 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 


New Kilmain- The New Kilmainham Township Bill was read 


a Township » second time ; and committed. 
Newport and The Newport and Usk Railway Bill was read a 


nd Railway second time ; and committed. 


North British The North British Railway (Forth River Rail- 
Railway 


way) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
(Forth River ‘tted 
Railway) Bill, Mitted. 


North British The North British Railway (General Powers) 


rem A Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


® Powers) Bill. 
North London 


The North London Railway Bill was read a 
Railway Bill. 


second time ; and committed. 


al Rome The Park Lune Improvement Bill was read a 
pipevement second time ; and committed. 


Peterborough 


The Peterborough Gas Bill was read a second 
Gas Bill. 


time ; and committed. 


Pontypool, The Pontypool, Caerleon, and Newport Railway 


Caerleon, and Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Newport Rail- 


way Bill. 


Portsmouth 


The Portsmouth (Borough) Water Bill was read 
(Borough) 


a second time; and committed. 


Water Bull, 

Portsmouth The Portsmouth Camber Quays Bill was read a 
Sa Quays second time; and committed. 

oe J The Potteries, Shrewsbury, and North Wales 
ooh terth’’ Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Wales Railway mitted. 

Bill. 

aie, Local The Reading Local Board of Health Bill was 
Health Bin, ead a second time; and committed. 

Reading The Reading Water Bill was read a second time; 
Water Bill. 


and committed. 


Ruthin Water 


= The Ruthin Water Bill was read a second time ; 
All, 


and committed. 
SaintIvesand The Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction 
peg Railway Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
Railway Bill, mitted. 


The Saint Luke’s (King’s Cross) District Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 


Saint Luke’s 
(King’s Cross) 
District Bill. 


Saint Mary Ordered, That the Saint Mary Church Local 


Church Local , . . - : ss — 
Board Bill Board Bill be read asecond time To-morrow. 


ser The Saint Saviour’s, Southwark, Chaplaincy 
viour’s, : A ° ‘ 
Seathwark, Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Chaplainvy 

Bill. 


Slough Water 


= The Slough Water Bill was read a second time; 
ib 


and committed. 

—y 3 gag The South Eastern, and London, Brighton, and 
&gt; oO . ° ° 3 

Brighton, and 50Uth Coast Railway Companies Bill was read a 


“South Coast 82cOnd time; and committed. 
Railway Com- 
‘panies Bill. 


“South Eastern, 


The South Eastern, and London, Chatham, and 


——, Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways 
Dover (Lon- (Abandonment) Bill was read a second time ; and 
don, Lewes, committed. 


ani Brighton) 
Railways (Abandonment) Bill. 


Staffordshire 
Potteries 
Water Bill. 


Stourbridgo 
‘tailway Bill. 


The Staffordshire Potteries Water Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


The Stourbridge Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 





1868. 


The Stourport Bridge and Approaches Bill was stourport 


‘ ; ° j . Bridge and 
read a second time; and committed ADp -4 
Mi 
The Sunderland and South Shields Water Bill Sontement 
was read asecond time; and committed. Shields Water 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Teiyn Valley Railway Bill be Teign Valley 


read a second time To-morrow. Railway Bill, 


The Thames Embankment (Chelsea) Bill was Thames 
read a second time; and committed. Embankment 
(Chelsea) Bill, 

The Thames Embankment (North and South) Thames 


. : ms . Embankment 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. (North and 


South) Bill, 
The Topsham, Woodbury, and Lympstone Water Topsham, 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Woodbury, 
and Lympstone 
Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Tottenham and Hampstead Temeaben 
Junction Railway Bill be read a second time upon 2) SJ tee 
Thursday next. Railway Bill. 
The Tynemouth (Borough) Quays and Improve- Tynemouth 


ments Bill was read a second time; and com- (Boreugh) 
‘tted Quays and 
mitted. Improvements 


The Warrington Water Bill was read a second Warrington 
time; and committed. Water Bill. 


The Waterford Harbour Bill was read a second Waterford 
time ; and committed. Harbour Bill 


The West Riding and Grimsby Railway Bill pete ear. 
was read a second time; and committed. Railway Bilt 

The Wolborough Local Board Bill was read a Wolborough 
second time; and committed. — Board 

The Worthing Gas Bill was read a second time ; Worthing Gas 
and committed. Bill. 


The Ystrad Gas and Water Bill was read a Ystrad Gas 
second time ; and committed. one Water 


Lord Hotham reported from the Select Com- standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders. 
which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the North Woolwich and North 
Silvertown Drainage Petition, the Standing Or- } ently 
ders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties Drainage. 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Brecon and Merthyr Brecon and 
Tydfil Junction Railway Petition, the Standing Merthyr Tydfl 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Raiway. 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 
provided that all the Powers relating to the con- 
struction of the Taff Vale Junction Railway, 
named in Section 2 of Clause 44 of the Bill, be 
struck out of the same; 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 Windsor and Eton Windsor and 
Water Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Bt Water. 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

4. That in the case of the Wolverhampton and Wolverlunp- 
Walsall Railway Petition, the Standing Orders {° Railway. 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that 
all the Powers relating to the construction of the 
Railway, named in Section 3 of Clause 4 of the 
Bill, be struck out of the same; that the Com- 
mittee 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 Maryport Improve- Maryport 
ment and Harbour Petition, the Standing Orders en gre 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 








permitted to proceed with their Bill. 
6. That 


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Maryport 
District and 
Harbour. 


Surrey and 
Sussex Junc- 
tion Railway. 


Dublin (City) 


Gas. 


North 


Woolwich and 
Silvertown 
Drainage. 


Maryport 
Improvement 
and Harbour. 


Maryport 
District and 
Harbour. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton and Wal- 
sall Railway. 


Windsor and 
Eton Water. 


Brecon and 


—— Tydfil the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
1 


way, 


$1 Victoria. 


6. That in the case of the Maryport District 
and Harbour Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

7. That in the case of the Surrey and Sussex 
Junction Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

8. That in the case of the Dublin (City) Gas 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be 
dispensed with. 

The first six Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘hat 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 
North Woolwich and Silvertown Drainage Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make better Provision for Sewering and Drain- 
ing certain parts of North Woolwich, Silvertown, 
and other neighbouring Places, in the Counties of 
Essex and Kent, and for other purposes: And that 
Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. Coieridge 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 
Maryport Improvement and Harbour Bill, might 
be read ; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to constitute a new Board for administering the 
Affairs of the Harbour of Maryport: And that 
Mr. Marshall and Mr. Steel do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House wasmoved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect 
of the Petition for leave to bring in the Muryport 
District and Harbour Bill, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave he given to bring in a Bill 
for altering and amending “ The Maryport Im- 
provement and Harbour Act, 1866,” for autho- 
rizing new Works, and extending the Powers of 
the Trustees, and for other purposes: And that 
Captain Lowther and Mr. Edmund Potter do pre- 
pare, 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 | 
Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway Bill, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to confer further Powers on the Wolverhampton and | 
Walsall Railway Company: And that Mr. Villiers 
and Mr. Weguelin 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 
Windsor and Eton Water Bill, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating and granting other Powers to the 
Proprietors of the Windsor and Eton Waterworks: 
And that Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Eyhkyn,and Mr. Charles 
Edwards do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 


“spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 

recon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for suspending Legal Proceedings with reference 

to the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Rail- 





Vou. 123. 


24th February. 65 


way Company ; for converting the Mortgage and 
other Debts into Debenture Stock; for authorizing 
the Completion of certain Lines of Railway ; for 
regulating the Capital and future Management of 
the Company, and for other purposes: And that 
Major Morgan and Mr. Gwyn do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. haar nc 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read; vide Votes 
and referred to a Select Committee. and Fifth 
Report. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented China (Treaty 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased of Tiea-Tsin:) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Memorials addressed by Cham- 
bers of Commerce in China to the British Minister 
at Pekin, on the subject of the Revision of the 
Treaty of Tien-Tsin. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Tenn as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 19th, os 
20th, and 21st days of this instant February ; and 5 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copper, &amp;e. 
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 1867 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 311, of 
Session 1867). 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- china. 
mand,—Copy of Reports on Trade by the Foreign 
Commissioners at the Ports in China open by 
Treaty to Foreign Trade, for the year 1866. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Fines and Fees 
Reading of the Fines and Fees (Ireland) Bill; —_—(Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday next. 


The Public Departments (Extra Receipts) Bill Public Depart- 
was, according to Order, read the third time. ~— (Extra 
Resvlved, That the Bill do pass. se 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Railways (Extension of Time) Bill was, ac- Railways 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and com- (Extension of 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 1™*) Bi. 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to East London 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Museum Site 
the Lords to the East Zoudon Museum Site Bill; ~~ 
and the same were twice read, and, with Amend- 
ments to several of them, agreed to; and conse- 
quential 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 consequential Amend- 
ments to the Bill; to which this House doth desire 
the concurrence of their Lordships. 


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. 
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Supply. 


Weights and 

Measures 
Metric 
ystem,) 


Sea Fisheries. 


Registry of 
Deeds Office 
(Ireland.) 


London Coal 
and Wine 
Duties Con- 
tinuance. 


Metropolis 
Gas Bills. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land.) 


Court of 
Justiciary 
(Scotland. ) 


Sea Fisheries 


Bill 42. 


66 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the Committee of 


Supply. 


24th February. 


| 
! 





1868. 


Lord John Manners presented a Bill to further London Coal 


continue and appropriate the London Coal and a, 


Wine Duties: And the same was read the first tinuance Bill, 


_time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Bill 43. 


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


to establish the Metric System of Weights and | 
Measures: And that Mr. Ewart, Mr. Bazley, Mr. | 


Baines, Mr. John Benjamin Smith, and Mr. Graves 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


to carry into effect a Convention between Her 


Majesty and the Emperor of the French concerning | 


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


Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to establish the Weights and 
Metric System of Weights and Measures: And on. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to coum Bill. 
be read a second time upon Wednesday the 8th Bij 44, 


day of April next; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend Court of 


the Fisheries in the Seas adjoining the British the Procedure in the Court of Session and the Session (Scot- 


Islands and France, and toamend the Laws relating | 
to British Sea Fisheries: And that Mr. Stephen | 
Cave, Mr. Edward Egerton, and Mr. Shaw Lefevre | 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being | 
put, That a Select Committee be appointed to | 
inquire into the illegal application of the Surplus 
Fines in the Office of the Registry of Deeds in Ire- | 
land:—It passed in the Negative. | 


' 
} 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, | 


resolve itself into a Committee to consider the | 


London Coal and Wine Duties :—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 further continue and appropriate the London 
Coal and Wine Duties. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Colonel 
Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee had 
come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Colonel Wilson Patten 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 
further continue and appropriate the London Coal 
and Wine Duties :—And he moved the House ac- 
cordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Dodson, Lord John Manners, 
and Mr. Hunt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That all Bills relating to Gas Com- 
anies in the Metropolis be referred to a Select 
ommittee of Five Members. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Procedure in the Court of Session 
and the Judicial Arrangements in the Superior 
Courts of Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate, 
Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy, and Mr. Attorney 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Procedure in the Court of Justiciary 
in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate, Mr. 
Secretary Gathorne Hardy, and Mr. Attorney 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented a Bill to carry into 
effect a Convention between Her Majesty and the 
Emperor of the French concerning the Fisheries 
in the Seas adjoining the British Islands and 
France, and to amend the Laws relating to British 
Sea Fisheries: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 





land) Bill. 


Judicial Arrangements in the Superior Courts of Bill 45. 


Scotland: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 


| day the 23rd day of March next; and to be 


printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend Conrt of 
the Procedure in the Court of Justiciary in (seotiand) 
Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; pi), 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- gill 4g. 
day the 23rd day of March next; and to be 


printed. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, pursuant to the Railways. 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of 
Report by the Board of Trade on the Applications 
made in the year 1867, under the Railway Com- 
panies’ Powers Act, 1864, and the “ Railways 
Construction Facilities Act, 1864,” and of the 
Proceedings of the Board of Trade with respect 
thereto. 
Copy of Five Certificates, under the * Railway Railway 
Companies Powers Act, 1864” (Sections 12-14). — 
Copy of One Certificate, under the “ Railways 
Construction Facilities Act, 1864” (Sections 
14-16). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the direc- Queen Anne's 
tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the 2°¥""Y- 
Table by the Clerk of the House,x—An Account 
of all Receipts and Disbursements by the Go- 


| vernors of the Bounty of Queen Anze for the year 


ending the 31st day of December 1866. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an India and 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of A&gt;yssinia. 
this instant February, for a Return relative to 
India and Abyssinia. 

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


Mr. Hunt presented,—Return to an Order, Supply. 
dated the 16th day of August, in the last Session 
of Parliament, for a Return showing, 1. Account 
of Sums voted in Supply from 1841) to 1867, both 
inclusive, under the several Heads of Army, Navy, 
Ordnance, and Miscellaneous Services; 2. Ab- 
stract of Grants for Miscellaneous Services (in the 
same Form and in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 54, of Session 1865). 

eturn to an Order, dated the 21st day of Malt and 

November last, for Returns relative to the Quan- Btey- 
tity of Bushels of Malt made in each year from 
1830 to 1867, and of the average Price of Barley 
in each of the same years. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of No- 
vember last, for Returns relative to the Number 
of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty in the year 
1867, and of the Quantity of Barley imported in 
1867. 

Mr. Hunt also presented, pursuant to the direc- Irish Repro- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Account of Re- {chi 
ceipts 


Cor 


Int 


= et &amp;&gt; 


ia 








31 Victrorta. 


ceipts and Disbursements in respect of the Irish 
Reproductive Loan Fund, to 31st December 
1867. 

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


Copyhold Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 

Commission. Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Twenty- 
sixth Annual Report of the Copyhold Commis- 
sioners, 1868. 

Inclosure Copy of Twenty-third Annual Report of the 

Commission. Ynclosure Commissioners, 1868. 

Tithe Copy of the Report of the Tithe Commissioners 

Commission. +o) Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, dated 3lst January 1868 (for the 
year 1867). 

Inclosure Copy of the Report of the Inclosure Commis- 

Commission sioners to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 

— the Home Department, dated 1st February 1868, 

Act.) under the “‘ Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866.” 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Parishes. Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of 
July, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return of the Parishes of England and Wales, 
stating the Counties in which they are situated ; 
their Area; their Population; the Gross Esti- 
mated Rental; the Rate per £. to the Relief of 
the Poor; the per centage of Population per Acre, 
and the per centage of Gross Estimated Rental per 
Person; the Accommodation and the Average 
Attendance of Schools aided by Parliamentary 
Grants. 

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


Army (Manue Sir John Pakington presented,—Return to an 


Vth—25th February. 


| second time upon Thursday next. 





67 


Ordered, That the Salford Hundred and Man- Salford 


chester (City) Courts of Record Bill be read a 


(City) Courts 
of Record Bill. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Itchen Bridge 
Reading of the Itchen Bridge Bill; 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 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 Merthyr Tidvil Stipendiary Magistrate Bill Merthyr Tidvil 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and ee 
committed. Bill, 


The Saint Mary Church Local Board Bill was, Saint Mary 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- Church Local 
mitted. Board Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Teign Valley 
Reading of the Teign Valley Railway Bill; om 
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:—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. 


A Bill for altering and amending “ The Mary- Maryport 
port Improvement and Harbour Ket, 1866 ;” for oo - 
authorizing new Works and extending the Powers 
of the Trustees, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to make better Provision for Sewering North 
and Draining certain parts of North Woolwich, Medal 
Silvertown, and other neighbouring Places in the Drainage Bill. 
Counties of Essex and Kent, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 














ficturing —_ Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of 

eof.) * this instant February, for a Return relative to the 
Army (Manufacturing Establishments). 

Volunteers. Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of this instant February, for a Return 
relative to Volunteers. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Revenues.) (Revenues), which was presented upon the 21st 
No. 105. day of this instant February, be printed. 
East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Loan.) (Loan), which was presented upon the 21st day of 
No. 106. this instant February, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Tuesday, 25th February, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 

ane Gas J Hee Dundee Gas (No. 1) Bill was read a se- 

(No, 1) Bill cond time; and committed. 

Dundee Gas Ordered, That the Dundee Gas (No. 2) Bill be 

(No.2) Bill. ead a second time upon Tuesday the 10th day of 
March next. 

Lancashire The Lancashire Union Railways and London 

orange and North Western Railway Companies Bill was 

London and tread a second time ; and committed. 


North Western Railway Companies Bill. 


Newquay and =The Newguay and Cornwall Junction Railway 
Temi ,. Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

way Bili. 

Oxterd Police The Ozford Police Bill was read a second time ; 


and committed. 
Vou. 123. 





A Bill to constitute a new Board for adminis- Maryport 
‘tering the Affairs of the Harbour of Maryport, improvement 
| was read the first time ; and ordered to be read — 


) . 
a second time. 


{ 


| A Bill for incorporating and granting other Windsor and 

| Powers to the Proprietors of the Windsor and Eton Water 

| Eton Waterworks, was read the first time; and ”” 

ordered to be read a second time. 

| A Bill for suspending Legal Proceedings with Brecon and 

reference to the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junc- Merthyr Tydfil 

_ tion Railway Company ; for converting the Mort- ay Di. — 
gage and other Debts into Debenture Stock ; for 

|authorizing the Completion of certain Lines of 

| Railway; for regulating the Capital and future 

| Management of the Company, and for other pur- 

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

| read a second time. 


A Bill to confer further Powers on the Wolver- Wolverhamp- 
hampton and Walsall Railway Company, was read ‘°? 8n¢ 
the first time ; and ordered to be veal a second time. we 
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Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Fifth 

Report. , 

East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East In- 
(Systems of dia (Systems of Government), which was presented 


Government.) upon the 20th day of this instant February, be 


No. 108. printed. 
Railways. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Railwa 8, 
No. 109. which was presented upon the 24th day of this 


instant February, be printed. 


Queen Anne's Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen 


way Anne's Bounty, which was presented upon the 
No. 110. 94th day of this instant February, be printed. 

India and Ordered, That the Return relative to India and 

Abyssinia. § Abyssinia, which was presented upon the 24th day 
No. 111. of this instant February, be printed. 

Supply. Ordered, That the Return relative to Supply, 
No. 112. Which was presented upon the 24th day of this in- 

stant February, be printed. 

Irish Repro- Ordered, That the Account relative to the Irish 

— Loan Reproductive Loan Fund, which was presented 

_— 13, Upon the 24th day of this instant February, be 

No. 113. printed. 
Parishes. Ordered, That the Return relative to Parishes, 
No. 114, Which was presented upon the 24th day of this in- 
stant February, be printed. 

Army (Manu. | Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 

facturing Manufacturing Establishments), which was pre- 

— sented upon the 24th day of this instant February, 

ie oun be printed. 

Metropolis The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 

a of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 

Moin by the Clerk of the House,—The Forty-second 
Report of the Commissioners of the Metropolis 
Turnpike Roads North of the Thames. 

Abyssinia. Resolved, That 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 from Brigadier General 
W. L. Merewether, c.8., to his Excellency Lieu- 
tenant General Sir R. Napier, K.c. B., dated Zulla, 
the 18th day of January 1868. 

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

Burials The Order for reading a second time, To- 


(Ireland) Bill. morrow, the Burials (Jre/and) Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


Q5th-—28th February. 


1868. 


Mr. Hunt presented, by Her Majesty’s Com Revenue 
mand,—A Statement of Sums required to be voted Pepartments 
in order to make good Excesses on Grants for the service. 
Revenue Departments and Post Office Packet no 146, 
Service, for the year ended 3lst March 1867. 

Mr. Hunt also presented, pursuant to the direc- Metropolitan 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Statement of the Improvements, 
Advances for Metropolitan Improvements out of 
the Consolidated Fund to the Commissiuners of 
Her Majesty’s Works. &amp;c., and of the Moneys 

aid into the Consolidated Fund, between Ist of 
5 anuary and 31st of December 1867. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Revenue 
Departments and Packet Service be referred to 
the Committee of Supply, and be printed; and 
that the Paper relative to Metropolitan Improve- 
ments do lie upon the Table. 


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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, Committees. 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 


And then the House adjourned till Friday 
next. 








Friday, 28th February, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 

PETITION of the Mayor, Aldermen, and stigo Borough 
4X Burgesses of the Borough of Sligo, for leave Improvement, 
to bring in a Bill to make better Provision for the 
Local Management of the Borough of Sligo, and 
for dissolving the Town and Harbour Commis- 
sioners of Sligo, and vesting in the Corporation of 
the Borough the Powers of the Town Commis- 
sioners and incorporating a new body of Harbour 
Commissioners, and for empowering the Corpora- 
tion to construct Waterworks and supply Wone, 





' and to acquire Gasworks and supply Gas, and for 


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








upon Wednesday the 22nd day of April next. 


Turnpike The Order for reading a second time, To- 
Trusts Bill. morrow, the Turnpike Trusts Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 11th day of March next. 
Constabulary O:dered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Finesand Fees Statement of Fines, Penalties, and Fees from 





land) (Ire. which the Constabulary Fines and Fees Fund (Jre- 
No. 107, and) has accumulated, and which it is proposed 
by the Fines and Fees (Jre/and) Bill to transfer to | 
the Consolidated Fund, showing the Acts of Par-| 
liament which applied each of such Fines, Pe- 
nalties, and Fees towards the diminution of the 
Expenses of the Constabulary Force, and other 

Acts bearing upon the same. 
Mr. Hunt accordingly presented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 





| 


| committed. 





Mr, Armstrong, and Sir John Gray. 


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 Habeas Corpus Habeas Corpus 
Suspension (Jreland) Act Continuance Bill, with- Suspension 


(Ireland) Act 
out any Amendment. Continuance 


Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments gast London 
made by this House to the Amendments made by Museum Site 
their Lordships to the East London Museum Site i 
Bill, and also to the consequential Amendments to 
the said Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Order for reading a second time the Great Great Northern 
Northern and Western (of Jreland) Railway Bill, and Western 
was read, and discharged. —, 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 4 


The Caledonian Railway Bill was read a second Caledonian 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Kington and Eardisley Railway Bill was Kington and 
read a second time ; and committed. Eardisley 
Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Londunderry Bridge Bill be Londonderry 
read a second time upon Friday the 20th day of Bridge Bill. 
March next. 


Ordered, That the Metropolitan Tramways Bill Metropolitan 
be read a second time upon Monday next. a 


The Saint Leonard and Saint Mary Magdalen gaint Leonard 
Church Districts Bill was read a second time; and and Saint 
Mary Mag- 
dalen Church 
The pistricts Bill. 












Railws 


Royal 


Hal 
Sus 
(Ir 
Cor 
Bil 








$1 Vicrorria. 


gaint Pancras The Saint Pancras Ecclesiastical Regulation 
wey Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Bill. 

Salford The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Hendred and Reading of the Salford Hundred and Manchester 
toy) Couto (City) Courts of Record Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


of Record 
Bill. upon Tuesday the 10th day of March next. 


8th February.—5th March. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction 
Railway Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
upon Tuesday the 10th day of March next. 


Tottenham 
and Hamp- 
stead Junction 
Railway Bill. 


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 
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 : 

An Act to further continue the Act of the 

Twenty-ninth year of the Reign of Her present 
aang Majesty, caste One, intituled “ An Act to em- 
Bill, power the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor 

or Governors of Jreland 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”: 
Fast London © An Act to provide for the acquisition of a Site 
—_ Site for a Museum in the East of London. 


Royal Assent. 


Habeas Corpus 
Suspension 





Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Votes Several Public Petitions were also presented, 

and Fifth and read; and referred to a Select Committee. 

Report. 

Libel Bill. The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Wednesday next, the Libel Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the Ist day of April next. 

Turnpike The Order for reading a second time, upon 

Trusts Bill. Wednesday the 11th day of March next, the 
Turnpike Trusts Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 29th day of April next. 

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

Bill. mittee on the Public Schools Bill ; | 

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

Northampton Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- | 

(Nortiz rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new | 

Division). Writ for the —_—— a Knight of the Shire to | 

Writ. serve in this present Parliament for the Northern | 


Division of the County of Northampton, in the | 
room of George Ward Hunt, Esquire, who, since | 
his Election for the said Division of the said | 
County, hath accepted the Office of Chancellor and | 
Under Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Exchequer. 
Vou. 123. 


| present their Petition for Bill. 






69 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Metro- Metropolis 
polis Turnpike Roads, which was presented upon Turnpike 


the 25th ds is i we 
e day of this instant February, be printed No. 117. 


_ Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metro- Metropolitan 
politan Improvements, which was presented upon !mprovements. 
the 25th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 118. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an Rast India 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of this (Bombay 
instant February, for a Return relative to East 34™**-) 
India (Bombay Banks). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Abyssinia. 
the 25th day of this instant February, for a Return 
relative to Abyssinia. 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Trades 
Her Majesty’s Conmemianiiins of Report of the Unions. 
Examiners under the Trades Union Commission 

Acts, with Minutes of Evidence. 

Copy of Report of the Committee appointed Gaols 
by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to inquire (!reland.) 
into the Dietaries of County and Borough Gaols 
in Ireland. 

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


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,— Accounts relating to Trade and Na- Navigation. 
vigation, for the month ended 31st January 1868. No. 119. 

Mr. Stephen Cave also presented, pursuant to piers ana 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Report Harbours. 
of the Board of Trade, of their Proceedings under No, 120. 
the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861. 

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


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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Oxford and 
nesday next, the Ozford and Cambridge Univer- oe 
sities Bill, was read, and discharged. Bil. my 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 25th day of March next. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Return Navy (Chan- 
relative to the Navy (Channel Fleet), ordered »¢! Fleet.) 
upon the 20th day of this instant February,—Copy 
of the Remarks of Vice Admiral Robinson, Con- 
troller of the Navy. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday 


next. 











Thursday, 5th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

| eens Hotham reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Orders. 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. Thatin the case of the Isle of Wight (Newport {ste of Wight 
Junction) Railway, the Standing Orders ought to (Newport 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted ——s 
to proceed with their Bill, provided that any Lords) 
amended Copy of the Plan and Sections be de- 
posited in the Private Bill Office ; that the Com- 
mittee on the Bill do report how far such Order 
has been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Fareham and Netley Fareham and 
Railway, Petition of the Fareham and Netley Netley Rail- 
Railway Company, for dispensing with Standing “*” 
Order 184, the said Standing Order ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 


K3 3. That 


















































































Great Western 


Crystal Palace 
and South 
London Junc- 
tion Railway. 


Metropolitan 
Street Tram- 
ways. 


Brecon and 
Merthyr Tydfil 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 
Maryport 
District and 
Harbour Bill. 


Maryport 
Improvement 
and Harbour 
Bill. 

North 
Woolwich and 
Silvertown 
Drainage Bill. 
Windsor and 
Eton Water 
Bill. 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Wal- 
sall Railway 
Bill. 
Metropolitan 


Tramways 
Bill. 


Sligo Borough 
a 
Bill. 


Private Bills. 





70 


3. That in the case of the Great Western Rail- 
way (Dividends) Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

he first two Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Crystal Palace and South 
London Janction Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to authorize the Crystal Palace and 
South London Junction Railway Company to 
make a short Railway in the Parishes of Saint 
Mary, Lambeth, and Camberwell, in the County of 
Surrey, and to confer other Powers on that Com- 
pany and various other Railway Companies, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Combe in accordingly, by Mr. Locke King and 
Mr. Crawford. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to enable the Metropolitan Street 
Tramways Company to make and work Tramways 
South of the Thames, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Rail- 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


The Maryport District and Harbour Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


The Maryport Improvement and Harbour Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 


The North Woolwich and Silvertown Drainage 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


The Windsor and Eton Water Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 


The Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Metropolitan Tramways 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 resol ved 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. 


A Bill to make better provision for the Local 
Management of the Borough of Sligo, and for 
dissolving the Town and Harbour Commis- 
sioners of Sligo, and vesting in the Corporation 
of the Aaition 4 the Powers of the Town Commis- 
sioners, and incorporating a new body of Harbour 
Commissioners, and for empowering the Corpora- 
tion to construct Waterworks and supply Water, 
and to acquire Gasworks and to supply Gas, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


The Order of the day being read, for resumin 
the adjourned Debate on the Question propose 
_ the 18th day of February last, Phat the 

0 


mmittee of Selection may, if they think fit, 





5th March. 





1368. 


refer any Private Bills to the Referees, instead of 
to a Committee of the House, with Power to the 
Referees to inquire into the whole subject-matter 
of such Bills, and to report them, with or without 
Amendments, to the House ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday the 13th day of this instant March. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- 
_—_ of the Petition for dispensing with Standing 

rder 184 in the case of the Fareham and Netley 
Railway, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to present the 
Petition for the Bill. 

A Petition of the Fareham and Netley Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the ex- 
tension of Time and revival of Powers for the 
compulsory Purchase of Lands and completion of 
Works authorized by “The Fareham and Netley 
Railway Act, 1865,” and for other purposes, was 
accordingly presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to ™ brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Moffatt and Mr. Russell Gurney. 


Lord Robert Montagu presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,— Copy of Revised Code of 
Regulations incorporating the Minute of 20th 
February 1867, with a Schedule of all Articles 
cancelled or modified, and of all new Articles, by 
the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee 
of the Privy Council on Education. 

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


Fareham and 
Netley Rail- 
way. 


Education. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 


examined the Petitions a upon the 24th, ‘ 


25th, 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. 


Fifth Report.) 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty's Portugal. 


Command,— Copy of Correspondence respecting 
Commercial Relations between Great Britain and 
Portugal. 1866-68. 


Copy of Commercial Reports received at the Commercial 


Foreign Office from Her 
1868. 
Copy of Correspondence respectin 


ajesty’s Consuls in Reports. 
yesty 


Hostilities river Plate, 


in the River Plate (in continuation o yg ag No. 1. 


sented to Parliament in 1867. “ River Plate, 
(1867).”) 


0. 2 


Statement respecting Foreign Office Agencies. Foreign Office. 


Names of the Persons for whom the Clerks 
now act as Agents, or have so acted at any time 
during the last Five years, and the Aggregate 
Emoluments of the Agents. 

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


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

Several Public Petitions were also presented, 
and read; and referred to a Select Committee. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Mu- 
seum being offered to be presented ; 

The Judge Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the contents of the said 
Petition, recommends it to the consideration of 
the House. 

Then the said Petition was brought up, and read; 
setting forth, That the only Funds belonging 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 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Votes 
and Sixth 
Report. 


British 
Museum. 


Sub 








Metropolitan 
Street Tram- 


ways. 


Metropolis 


Subways Bill. 


East India 
(Ladakh. ) 


Railways. 


Metropolitan 


Board of 
Works, 


No. 123, 





31 Vicroria. 


whereof amounts to Nine hundred pounds; of a 
bequest of the late Earl of Bridgewater, the an- 
nual 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 four-pence; 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. 

7 Ordervd, That the said Petition do lie upon the 

able. 





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- 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the Me- 
tropolitan Street Tramways Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Cummittee 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 Metropolis Subways 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. . 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions; that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Correspondence between the 
Secretary of State for India and the Governor 
General in Council, relating to the Appointment 
of a Commercial Agent in Ladakh, and to his 
Proceedings there. 

Ordered, That 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 from all the Railway Companies in the 
United Kingdom of the Total Amount of Land 
held by them, or by Companies leased by them. 


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 Vic. c. 104, and the Acts amending the same, 

to the 3ist day of December 1867, as follows :— 

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 Loans, with 
Dates of Repayment; and the principal 
Sums outstanding ; 

2. As to Works:—The several Sums borrowed 
for carrying on the Works, with Dates of 
borrowing, and any other Sums received 
available for such Works; and the Monthly 
Payments for Works executed and Services 
—— with Description of the several 

orks 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 Eng- 
land on account of such Assessments; the 
Amounts received for Investments sold, 
and the Interest received upon Invest- 
ments; the Amounts paid for Investments 

urchased ; the Interest paid upon Bonds, 

ener or Securities issued; and the 

Amounts applied to the Redemption there- 
VoL. 123. 


5th March. 



























































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of, with the Dates of such Redemption (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
173, of Session 1866). 
Mr. Selater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Return. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Spirits, &amp;c. 
Order, dated the 2nd day of December last, for 
Returns relative to Spirits, &amp;c. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to Superannua- 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy %"* 
ofa Treasury Minute, dated 26th February 1868, 
| a special Superannuation Allowance to 

r. David Paterson, Book-keeper in the Pay- 
master General’s Office. 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Pawnbrokers 
Her Majesty’s Sonmenl,— Cos of Report of the (Ireland.) 
Commissioner appointed to inquire into the Laws 

of Pawnbroking in Ireland. 

Copy of Twentieth Report from the Ecclesias- Ecclesiastical 
tical Cuaniadenane for England; with an Ap- Commission. 
pendix. 

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


Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to Navy Chan- 
several Orders, dated the 20th and 28th days of nel Fleet.) 
February last, for Returns relative to the Navy 
(Channel Fleet). 

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


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Heligoland 
mand,-——-Copy of Agreement under which Play = Hong 
Rooms are now held in Heligoland, and Ordinance  ~ 
(No. 9, of 1867) ** To make further provision for 
the maintenance of order and cleanliness within 
the Colony of Hong Kong.” 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Bankruptcy 

of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table Curt 

by the Clerk of the House,—General Return for 

the year ending llth day of October 1867, of all 

matters Judicial and Financial within “ The Bank- 

ruptcy 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 Account relative to the Con- Consolidated 
solidated Fund, which was presented upon the Fund. 
14th day of February last, be printed. No. 124, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Quan- malt ana 
tity of Bushels of Malt made in each year from Barley. 
1830 to 1867, and of the Average Price of Barley No. 121. 
in each of the same = which was presented 
upon the 24th day of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative tothe Number Malt and 
of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty in the year B*™ey- 
1867, and of the Quantity of Barley imported in No 122 
1867, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Abyssinia, abyssinia. 
which was — upon the 28th day of Fe- no, 195 
bruary last, be printed. i 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And the ; 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 











drawn. 
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12 
Capital The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Punishment Reading of the Capital Punishment within Prisons 
i Prisons 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 Colonel Tay/or, \ig1 

Yeas, Mr. Noel: ae 

Tellers for thes Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, } 25 

Noes, (Sir George Bowyer : : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time, and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday, the 19th day of this instant 


March. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Public Schools 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 Friday the 
20th day of this instant March. 


Public Schools 
Bill. 
Bill 47. 


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. 


Supply. 


The Order of the dav 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. 


Election The Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices 
—— and at Elections Bill was, according to Order, read a 
a second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 


Practices at “gale 
Elections Bill whole House, for Thursday next. 


Fines and Fees The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Fines and Fees (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Railways The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Extension of into a Committee on the Railways (Extension of 
Time) Pill rps . tg ; 
Time) 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 To-morrow. 


Representa- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Pee Sete ‘ Reading of the Representation of the People 

Jund) Bil, (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Sea Fisheries | The Sea Fisheries Bill was, according to Order, 

Bill, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 

mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday the 19th day of this instant March. 


London Coal 
and Wine 
Duties Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


5th March. 





1868. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Artizans ang 
Reading of the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings L*bourery’ 
Bill ; Dwellings Biy 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Judgments Extension Bill was, according Judgments 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to Extension 
a Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday 
the 31st day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sunday 
Reading of the Sunday Trading Bill; Trading Bil, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 22nd day of April next. 


' The Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Jreland) Bill Sale of Liquoy 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and Cavelend . 
committed to a Select Committee. ad) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Mines 
Reading of the Mines Assessment Bill; Seceeeeneay 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railway and 

Reading of the Railway and Gas Shares Bill; bn Shares 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 2 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fairs 
to facilitate the Alteration of Days upon which Fairs (!reland.) 
are now held in Jreland: And that the Earl of 
Mayo and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Metropolis 
to amend “The Metropolis Gas Act, 1869,” and &amp;* 


_to make further Provision for regulating the Supply 


of Gas to the Metropolis, and for other purposes 
connected therewith: And that Mr. Morrison, Mr. 
Locke, and Mr. Gorst do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fisheries 
a Copy of any Correspondence that has taken place Ireland.) 
between the Board of Trade and the Board of 
Works in Jrelund, relative to the Bill introduced 
last Session to “carry into effect the Convention 
between Her Majesty and the Emperor of ths 
French concerning the Fisheries in the Seas ad- 
joining the British Islands and France, and to 
amend the Laws relating to British Fisheries,” so 
far as the same affects the Fisheries of Ireland. 


The Earl of Mayo presented a Bill to facilitate Fairs 

the Alteration of Days upon which Fairs are now (!eland) Bill 
held in Jreland: And the same was read the first — Bill 48. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Morrison presented a Bill to amend “ The Metropolis 
Metropolis Gas Act, 1860,” and to make further &amp;#8 Bill. 
Provision for regulating the Supply of Gas to the _ Bill 49. 
Metropolis, and for other purposes connected there- 
with: 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. Stephen Cave presented, pursuant to the Alkali Act 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of (1863) 
Fourth Annual Report by the Inspector, under the 

Alkali Act (1863), of his Proceedings during the 


year 1867. 


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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








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Friday, 6th March, 1868. ° 


PRAYERS. 


Fareham and BILL for the extension of Time and revival 

Netley Rail- of Powers for the compulsory Purchase of 

— Lands and completion of Works authorized by 
“ The Fareham and Netley Railway Act, 1865,” 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Crystal Palace A Bill to authorize the Crystal Palace and 

and South = =South London Junction Railway Company to 


ang oo cong make a short Railway in the Parishes of Saint 


Bill. Mary, Lambeth, and Camberwell, in the County of 
Surrey, and to confer other Powers on that Com- 
pany and various other Railway Companies, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

* second time. 


Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. § read; and ordered tw lie upon the Table. 
Vide Sixth 
Report. 
Committee of Lord Hotham reported from the Committee of 
Selection Selection ; That they had formed certain Private 
(First Report.) Bills into Groups, and had agreed to make a Re- 
No. 126. hort thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Quarantine Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Iislandof == to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 
Saint Vincent.) 


pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, Copies or Extracts of all Communi- 
cations to the Colonial Office, complaining of the 
Treatment of Persons placed in Quarantine at the 
Island of Saint Vincent, West Indies, during the 
Months of November and December 1866, and of 
January, February, and March 1867 :—~- And, of 
all Correspondence between the Colonial Office 
and the Colonial Government of Saint Vincent, 
relative 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. 


Spirits, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, 


No. 127. &amp;c., which was presented upon the 5th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 
Navy (Chan- Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
vel Fleet.) (Channel Fleet), which was presented upon the 5th 
No. 128. day of tiis instant March, be printed. 
Bankruptcy Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bank- 


Court. ruptcy Court, which was presented upon the 5th 


6th March. 


73 
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 Casein in order to add the 
words “ an humble Address be presented to Her Alabama 
“ Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to “sims. 
ad a directions, that there ‘be laid before this 
“ House, Copy of any further Papers relative to 
“ the Negotiations with the United States Go- 
* vernment, for Arbitration of the Alabama Claims,” 
instead thereof. 

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

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


The Order of the day being read for the Com- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means; Mcans. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Railways 
take into consideration the Railways (Extension of ee of 
Time) Bill, as amended in the Committee. os 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Finan- 
to establish County Financial Boards: And that “a 
Sir William Gallwey and Mr. Hartley do prepare, * 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Army (India 
to inquire into the Duties performed by the por alan 
British Army in India and the Colonies, and also ; 
how far it might be desirable to employ certain 
portions of Her Majesty’s Native Indian Army in 
our Colonial and Military Dependencies, or to or- 
ganize a Force of Asiatic Troops for general Ser- 
vice in suitable Climates. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Prison 
Copy of Circular addressed by Inspectors General Dietaries 


| of Prisons to the Board of Superintendence of Irish (Ireland.) 


|County Prisons, in reference to the proposed Al- 

| terations in the Prison Dietaries. 

| The Earl of Mayo accordingly presented the said 

| Paper. 

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


The Select Committee on House of Commons House of 
(Arrangements) was nominated of Mr. Head/am, Commons 
| Lord John Manners, Mr. William Cowper, Mr. Tite, —— 
Mr. Bazley, Viscount Cranborne, Mr. Hankey, Sir . 
| Frederick Heygate, Lord Eleho, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. 
| Baillie Cochrane, Mr. Darby Griffith, Mr. John 
| Bright, Sir Charles Lanyon, and Mr. Beresforc 
_ Hope ; 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 County Finan- 


| to establish County Financial Boards, and for the i! Boards 


Production in British Colonies, &amp;c. (incontinuation | assessing of County Rates, and for the administra- “S* * 


No. 129. day of this instant March, be printed. 
Court of The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
(Enrol ‘ by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
ments-) dated the 18th day of February last, for Returns 
relative to the Court of Chancery (Enrolments). 
Moxico. Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Papers relating to the withdrawal of the 
British Mission from Mexico, 1867-68. 
Coal (British | Copy of Reports received from Her Majesty’s 
Colonies, &amp;¢.) Secretaries of Embassy and Legation, respecting 
Coal; with an Appendix and Reports as to Coal 
of Papers presented in 1867). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Goldsmid.have leave of ab-| 
Absence. sence for a month, on urgent business. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Supply ; 


to amend the Law relatin 


| tion of County Expenditure for England and Wales: 


| pare, and bring it in. 


And that Mr. Wyld and Mr. Hodgkinson do pre- 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Divorce and 
to Appeals from the Lrerer and 
Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in” °™” 
England: And that Mr. Charles Forster, Mr. 


| Headlam, and Mr. Karslake do prepare, and bring 


And a Motion being made, and the Question | it in. 


Vou. 123. 


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Turnpike 
Roads (South 
Wales.) 


Police 


(Counties and 


Borough 


Divorce and 

Matrimonial 

Causes Court 
Bill. 


Bill 50. 


County Finan- 


cial Boards 
(No. 1) Bill. 


Bill 51. 


County Finan- 


cial Boards 
(No, 2) Bill. 


Bill 52. 


Metropolitan 


Foreign Cattle 


Market Bill, 


Towns 
Drainage and 
Sewage Utili- 
zation. 


74 6th—9th March. 


Sir James Fergusson presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—State- 
ments of Receipts and Expenditure on account of 
the Turnpike ds in South Wales, for the year 
1867. 

Copy of Reports of the oo gr a of Constabu- 
lary for the year ended 29th September 1867, 
made to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home , ltrs. 9 pursuant to the 
19th &amp; 20th Vic. c. 69 (Police in Counties and 
Boroughs). 

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


Mr. Charles Forster presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relating to Appeals from the Court of 
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 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. 


Sir William Gallwey presented a Bill to establish 
County Financial Boards: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 18th day of this instant 
March ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wyld presented a Bill to establish County 
Financial Boards, and for the assessing of County 
Rates, and for the administration of County Ex- 
penditure for England and Wales: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday the 17th day of this 
instant March; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Monday, 9th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House being informed, That the Sheriffs 
of the City of London attended at the door, 

they were called in; and at the Bar presented,— 
A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Commons of the City of London, in Common 
Council assembled :— And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that they may 
be heard by themselves, their ene Agents, 
and Witnesses before the Committee to whom the 
Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill may be 
referred in support of such clauses and provisions 
as are required for their protection and the protec- 
tion of their mortgagees, and against any clauses 
that may be proposed detrimental to their interests 
or the interests of their next mortgagees, and that 
they may have such other relief in the premises as 
to the House may seem meet, was ene 

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 Towns Drainage and Sewage 
Utilization Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to 
alter and amend the Act relating to the Towns 
Drainage and Sewage Utilization Company, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Colonel Barttelot and Mr. Smollett. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for supplying with Water the Town and Parish of 
Wellingborough and the Parish of Irchester, in the 
County of Hetthengten, was presented, and read ; 





1868. 


anda Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Stopford, Colonel Barttelot, and Mr. 
Smollett. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection do metropolis 
nominate Five Members to serve on the Select Gas Bills. 
Committee on the Metropolis Gas Bills. 

Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Bills have Power to send for persons, papers, and 
records. 

Ordered, That Four be the Quorum. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Fetitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 5th ‘ amy 
and 6th days of this instant March, and had directed 
him to sales a Report thereof to the House. 

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. 
Several Public Petitions were also presented, and yide Votes 

read ; and referred to a Select Committee. ard Seventh 

Report. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, steam 

a Return in a Tabular Form, with consecutive Vessels. 

Numbers, of the whole of the Steam Vessels 

registered in the United Kingdom on or before 

the Ist day of January 1868; stating, in separate 

Columns, the following Particulars :—Official 

Number of Vessel; Vessel’s Name; Port of Re- 

gistry; Date of Registry; Date of Build; Re- 

gistered Owners; Dimensions of Vessels in Length 

and Breadth and Depth of Hold; Tonnage (ex- 

clusive of Engine Room), and Gross Tonnage, 

distinguishing Vessels built of Iron and Vessels 

having Screw Propellers; also distinguishing 

Vessels measured under the Merchant Shipping 

Act of 1854 from those measured under previous 

Acts; and Estimated Horse Power of their En- 

gines, and giving the Aggregate Number of 

Vessels and Amount of Tonnage; with an Index 

for easy reference attached to it, giving the Names 

of the Vessels in Alphabetical Order, with Num- 

bers to each corresponding with the consecutive 

Numbers in the Return (in continuation of Parlia- 

mentary Paper, No. 446, of Session 1867). 


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

a Return of the Amount of Bullion purchased and 
sold by the Bank of England, distinguishing Gold 
from Silver, and Bar Gold from eden Gold 
Coin, in each Month from the 31st day of December 
1866 to the 3lst day of December 1867; also the 
Excess of Payments to, or Receipts from the 
Public of British Gold Coin; and also the 
Amount received from the Mint during the 
same period (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 133, of Session 1867). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Weights and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously Measures, &amp;. 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, Copies of Report of the International 
Conference ou Weights, Measures, and Coins held 
in Paris in June last, communicated to Lord Stan- 
ley by Professor Leone Levi :——- And, of Professor 
Graham and Mr. Rivers Wilson’s Report on the In- 
ternational Monetary Conference held in Paris in 
June last, and of the Royal Commission which has 
been issued to report upon the Proceedings of the 
Conference, and upon the said Report. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Rate 
to Her Majesty, that She will be gnelendy pleased (Scotland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 





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House, a Return from all Parishes assessed for the | 
Relief of the Poor in Scotland, stating the Amount | 

er £. of Poor Rate on the Annual Value of each | 

arish for 1867 ; where Deductions from the Gross | 
Rental were allowed in 1867, these to be specified ; | 
also stating the Highest Rate struck in each Parish | 
in any year since the passing of the Poor Law. 
Amendment Act, as well as the Lowest Kate. 
struck in each Parish during the same period. | 
The Return to show the Total Burden placed 
upon Property, adding Owners and Tenants’ 
Rate together : 





Gth March. 


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 20th day of November 1867; 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 Mo- 


| nies; including in such Return a List of all such 


Savings Banks as, under the Provisions of the Act 
26 Vie. c. 14, or otherwise, have been closed and 
have transferred their Funds, or any part thereof, 
to the Post Office Savings Bank; showing, in each 
Case, the Number of such Banks, as well as the 
Number and Amount of Depositors’ Accounts so 


75. 





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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. 


| transferred, and the Amount of Compensation, if 
‘any, made to all or any of the Officers of such 
| Banks respectively ; and showing also the Years 
in which such Banks were respectively opened and 
| closed, and the Number and Amount of their De- 
_— Balances, and the Number of Days and 
ours in each Week on which the same Banks 
were open for Public Business at the close of the 
Year (ending on the 20th day of November) next 
preceding the Date of such closing ; cana. si 
the same, as in the Form of the Return, for eac 


separate County, as well as collectively, for Eng- 


Ordered, That the Board of Trade do present to 
this House a Report upon the following Bills :— 

North British Railway (Forth River Rail-| 
way ) Bill. 

Fareham and Netley Railway Bill. 

Isle of Wight and Cowes and Newport Junc- 
tion Railway Bill. 

Isle of Wight Pentel Railway Bill. | 

Dungarvan Harbour Embankment and Re- 
clamation Bill. 

Tower Subway Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lamont have leave of ab- 
sence for a week, on urgent business. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Copy of Reports of the Inspect- 
ing Officers of the Railway Department to the 
Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for | 
Trade, upon certain Accidents which have oc- 
curred on Railways during the Months of Octo- 
ber, November, and December 1867. (Part 
Seven. ) 

Copy of Report made by Colonel Yolland to 
the Board of Trade, on Experiments recently 
made on various Lines of Railway on which some 
of the Trains have been run wholly or partially 
fitted with different systems of Electrical Commu- | 
nication between Passengers and the Servants of | 
Railway Companies in charge of those Trains. 

Ordered, Tliat the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. | 





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 | Dietaries (Ireland), which was presented upon the 


with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the | 
National 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 wes. so 1867 ; the | 


Rate per Centum per Annum on the Capital of the | 

Bank for the Expenses of Management; the An- | 

— Number of Receipts from Depositors ; the | 
OL. 123. 





land and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and for 


‘the United Kingdom (in continuation of Parlia- 


mentary Paper, No. 403, of Session 1867). 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her 
Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Thirteenth Annual 
Report of the Registrar Deneaal on the Births, 


the year 1867; and Third Annual Report on Vac- 
cination. 

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


Sir John Pakington presented,— Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of 
June, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return of all Appointments made on the Staff, 
including Military Appointments at Horse Guards 
and War Office, from the year 1855 to 1867, in- 
clusive, and where such Appointments have been 
held for a period longer than Five years, or where 
on the termination of the term of one Staff Ap- 
pointment or Military Appointment as aforesaid, 
the late holder has been within Six months ap- 
pointed to another Staff Appointment: according 
to the following Tabular Form :— 





Name, Regimeet, | eget Saf or | Decl | Appintent 
and oe present : 
Rank of Officer. | , Military | appointment. | APPointments, 
ppointment. if any. 














Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 3rd day of December last, for a Return rela- 


tive to the Abyssinian Expedition, 






Births, 
Deaths, and 


Marriages, and 


Vaccination 


| Deaths, and Marriages registeredin Scotland during (Scotland.) 


Army (Staff 
Appoint- 
ments.) 


Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Prison Prison 


6th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Dietaries 
(Ireland. ) 
No. 131. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Police Police 


(Counties and Boroughs), which was 
upon the 6th day of this instant 
printed. 


resented (Counties and 
arch, be 


Boroughs.) 
No. 132. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 


(Bombay Banks), which was presented upon the 
The 


28th day of February last, be printed. 
L2 


(Bombay 
Banks. ) 


No. 133, 







































































































76 


Finesand Fees The Order of the day being read, for the Se- 
({reland) Bill. ¢ond Reading of the Fines and Fees (Jre/and) Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 

time : 


e 

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 


Qth March. 





“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. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People (Scot- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Se- 
cond Reading of the Representation of the People 





1868. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Railway ana 
for the better Regulation and the Supervision by — —— 
the Board of Trade, of the Accounts of Railway pg 
and other Joint Stock Companies: And that Sir 
William Hutt and Mr. Ellice do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Oyster 
to confirm certain Orders made by the Board of hers 
Trade under “ The Oyster and Mussel Fisheries 
Act, 1866,” relating to the Rivers Blackwater 
(Essex), and Hamble: And that Mr. Stephen Cave 
and Mr. Sclater-Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on Admiralty Monies and Admiraity 

Accounts was nominated of Mr. Seely, Lord Henry oe 
Lennox, Major Anson, Mr. Dalglish, Mr. Liddell, : 
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Mr. Childers, Mr. 
Weguelin, Mr. Hanbury Tracy, Sir Daniel Gooch, 
Mr. Stansfelcé, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. M‘Laren, Mr. 
Candlish, Mr. Dyke, Mr. Scourfield, and Sir John 
Hay ; with Power to send for persons, papers, and 
records. 





land) Bill, (Scotland) 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 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 Monday the 23rd day of this instant 
March. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Sea Fisheries Bill; 


(In the Committee. ) 


Criauses, N° 1 to N° 26, with Amendments to 
one of them, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 27 to N° 57, postponed. 

Crauses, N° 58 to N° 70, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Sea Fisheries 
Bill. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gressin the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
that the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

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


Supply. 


Railways The Railways (Extension of Time) Bill was, 
(Extension of according to Order, read the third time. 


pam. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Metropolis The Metropolis Subways Bill was, according to 


Subways Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
22nd day of April next. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
| to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (C¥ten¢y:) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of Correspondence between the 
Secretary of State for Jndia and the Governor of 
India with reference to Sir Charles Trevelyan’s 
Minute of the 20th day of June 1864, proposing 
to introduce a Gold Currency into India; together 
with a Copy of the Report of the Commission. 

Ordered, That 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 Indian 
to enable certain Guaranteed Indian Railway Railway 
Companies to raise Money on Debenture Stock; °°™P*ue* 
And that Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Sclater- 


Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Land Writs 
to improve the System of Registration of Writs Resistration 
relating to Heritable Property in Scotland: And —— 
that the Lord Advocate, Mr. Secretary Gathorne 
Hardy,and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Titles to Land 
to consolidate the Statutes relating to the Constitu- a 
tion and Completion of Titles to Heritable Property a 
in Scotland; and to make certain changes in the 
Law of Scotland relating to Heritable Rights: 

And that the Lord Advocate, Mr. Secretary 
Gathorne Hardy, and Sir Graham Montgomery do 
prepare, and bring it in. r 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ecclesiastical 
to amend the Procedure in regard to Ecclesi- yey te 
astical Buildings and Glebes in Scotland: And jangy ° 
that the Lord Advocate, Mr. Secretary Gathorne 
Hardy, and Sir Graham Montgomery do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Sir William Hutt presented a Bill for the better Railway and 
Regulation and the Supervision by the Board of Joint Stock 
Trade of the Accounts of Railway and other Joint (omPanes a 
Stock Companies: And the same was read the Bill 53 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time ~~ 
upon Wednesday the 25th day of this instant 
March ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented a Bill to confirm Oyster 
certain Orders made by the Board of Trade under nd am 
“ The Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Act, 1866,” re- Fisheries 
lating to the Rivers Blachwater(Essex)and Hamble: Bill 54. 

And 








India 
Railv 
Com| 


Bill. 


Regi 
(Sco 
Bill. 


Tith 
Con 


Bill 


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31 Victoria. 


And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Indian Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to enable 
Railway certain Guaranteed Indian Railway Companies to 
_— raise Money on Debenture Stock: And the same 
Bill 55. Was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 
Land Writs The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to improve 
Registration the System of Registration of Writs relating to 
(Scotland)  Heritable Property in Scotland: And the same 
= 56. 28 read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
Bill 56. second time upon Monday the 23rd day of this 
instant March; and to be printed. 
Titles to Land The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to consoli- 


Consolidation date the Statutes relating to the Constitution and 


— Completion of Titles to Heritable Property in 
Bill 57. ‘Scotland ; and to make certain changes in the Law 


of Scotland relating to Heritable Rights: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 6th day of 
Apri! next; and to be printed. 


Ecclesiastical | The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend 


Buildings and the Procedure in regard to Ecclesiastical Build- 
a ings and Glebes in Scotland: And the same was 
Bill 5% read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 6th day of April next; 
and to be printed. 
Landed The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
a the Landed Property Improvement (Jreland) Bill, 
P - 


was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 17th day of this instant 
March. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


ment (Ireland) 
Bill. 








Tuesday, 10¢h March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


Standing I ORD Aotham reported, from the Select Com- 

Orders. 44 mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow : 

Burslem and 1. That in the case of the Burslem and Tunstall 


_ Gas Gas Bill, Petition of Edward Challinor, for dis- 

, pensing with Standing Order 130 in the case of 
the Petition of the ‘* Burslem and Tunstall Local 
Board of Health ” against the Bill, the said Stand- 
ing Order ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. That in the case of the Zondon and South 
Western Railway Bill, Petition of James Peard 
Ley, for dispensing with Standing Order 130 in 
the case of his Petition against the Bill, the said 
Standing Order ought to be dispensed with. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway Bill, 


ue of Wight 3. That in the case of the Isle of Wight Central 
Railway pi ailway Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
(Lords. | dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 


proceed with their Bill, provided that an amended 
Copy of the Plan, Sections, and 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. 

4, That in the case of the County Down and 
Belfast Borough Bill, Petition of Messrs. Sher- 
wood &amp; Co., for dispensing with Standing Order 
130 in the case of the Petition of “ William Crozier 
Cunningham” against the Bill, the said Standing 
Order ought to be dispensed with, 

The second, third, and fourth Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 

Vou, 123. 


County Down 
and Belfast, 
Borough Bill, 


Oth—10th March. 











77 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Dundee Gas 
Reading of the Dundee Gas (No. 2) Bill; (No, 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 21st day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Saiford 
Reading of the Salford Hundred and Manchester oe and 
(City) Courts of Record Bill ; (City) Courte 

And a Motion being made, and the Question of Record 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 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 {oi Bazley, lio4 
Yeas, Mr. Algernon Egerton: {  ~ 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Cheetham, \ 70 
Noes, (Mr. Craufurd: a 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time, and committed. 


The Yottenham and Hampstead Junction Rail- Tottenham 
: . and Hamp- 
way Bill was, according to Order, read a second point yo 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 
A Bill to alter and amend the Act relating to Towns 
the Towns Drainage and Sewage Utilization Com- Drainage and 
© &lt;2 Sewage Utili- 
pany, and for other purposes, was read the first zation Bill. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for supplying with Water the Town and Welling- 
Parish of Wellingborough and the Parish of Jr- rg 
chester, in the County of Northampton, was read ¥ 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Whitbread reported from the General Com- Coventry 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the- Members of Election. 
the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the City of Co- 
ventry, to which they had annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House relating thereto: 

Frederick Snowden Corrance, Esquire. 
Gilbert Greenall, Esquire. 
Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esquire ( Brid- 
ort). 
William Pollard-Urquhart, Esquire. 
Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Baronet (Chair- 
man). 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Woodd reported from the General Com- Railway and - 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they Ca! Bills 
had formed certain Bills into Groups, and had (First Report.) 
directed him to report the same to the House. No. 130. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lee River 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Couservancy 
That in the case of the Lee River Conservancy ~* 

Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time © 

To-morrow. 


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. — 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
Returns containing the Names of any Unions in (Ireland.) 
L 3 Ireland 



























































Committals 
(Scotland.) 


Matthew 
Lynagh. 


Education. 


Farnham 
Union, 


No. 134, 


Postal 
Contracts. 


No. 42. 


78 10¢h—11th March. 


Treland in which a Third Meal is not yet allowed 
Daily to the several Classes of Healthy Inmates 
of the Workhouse, specifying in each case the 
Classes not so provided; together with a Copy 
of any ——— that has taken place since 


the Ist day of January 1866 between Poor Law 
Commissioners and any Local Board of Guardians, 
relating either to the total absence or the in- 
sufficiency of such Third Meal, and adding in each 
particular case the Final Result of such Corre- 
spondence, and the present position of the Ques- 
tion: And, of the Names of any Unions in 
Treland in which the Workhouse Inmates, or any 
Classes of them (specifying the particular Classes 
in each case), are not provided by the Boards of 
Guardians with Shoes and Stockings; together 
with a Copy of any Correspondence relating to 
this subject that has taken place between the 
Poor Law Commissioners and any Local Board of 
Guardians since the Ist day of January 1866, 
and adding in each case the Final Result of such 
Correspondence, and the present position of the 
Question. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons com- 
mitted to Prison in Scotland, during the years 1866 
and 1867, in order to Trial before the Court of 
Justiciary ; stating the Time each Person so com- 





and the Crime for which such Person was tried. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed | 
by the Lord Lieutenant to inquire into all the | 
Circumstances concerning the Death of a Convict | 


named Matthew Lynagh, who died in Mountjoy | 
Prison on the 12th day of February last. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of 
February last, for a Return relative to Education. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Report of Mr. Lambert, Poor Law 
Inspector, and Dr. Edward Smith, Poor Law In- 
spector and Medical Officer of the Poor Law Board, 
after their Inquiry into the Charges contained in 
the “ Lancet” Journal of the 19th day of October 
1867, with respect to the State and Management 
of the Workhouse of the Farnham Union: — 
And, of the Depositions of the Witnesses examined 
at the Inquiry, and the Letter addressed by the 
Poor Law Board to the Guardians containing the 
Decision of the Board with reference to the Charges 
in question. 

Mr. Sclater- Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence relating to the Exten- 
sion of the Contract entered into between Her 
Majesty’s Postmaster General and the Hamburgh- 
American Packet Company for the Conveyance of 
Mails to New York (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 42, of the present Session). 

Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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








1868. 


Mr. Selater-Booth presented, pursuant to the Duchy of 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Account of Cowal. 


the Receipts and Disbursements of the Duchy of 
Cornwall, in the year ended on the 31st December 
1867. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, superannua- 
a Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated the 2nd day tions. 


of March 1868, granting a Special Allowance to 
John Smollen, Acting Inspector, Detective Police, 
Dublin, together with a Reversionary Allowance 
to his Wife and Children in the event of his Death. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an Railway, &amp;e, 
Order, dated the 9th day of this instant March, Bills. 


for a Return relative to Railway, &amp;c. Bills. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henry Austin Bruce have Leave of 
leave of absence for a week ;—and, Mr. Jardine till Absence. 


Easter, on account of domestic affliction. 


, ) Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- « Tornado,” 
mitted was confined in Prison previous to Trial, | mand,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the No. 1 (1868.) 
| Seizure of the “ Tornado,” off Madeira, by the 


Spanish Frigate ‘“ Gerona” (in continuation of 
Papers presented to Parliament, June 27, 1867). 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being State of 
proposed, That this House will, immediately, re- Ieland. 


solve itself into a Committee, with the view of 
taking into consideration the condition and cir- 
cumstances of Ireland ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ the constant recurrence of impracticable 
* resolutions and the proposal or suggestion of ex- 
* travagant and impossible remedies are the great 
* obstacles to the restoration of peace in Ireland, 
“and to the prosperity of the Jrish People,” 


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 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 orderto . 


add the words “ before the consideration by this 
“ House of constitutional changes in the Laws and 
“ Institutions of Ireland, it is both just and ex- 
** pedient to inquire into the causes of alleged dis- 
* content, and the best mode of remedying the 
* same,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Wednesday, 11th March, 1868 : 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Poor Rates 
to inquire into the Assessment and Collection of mes 


Poor Rates and other Local Rates and Taxes in 
England and Wales. 
Ordered, 





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31 Victoria. 
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 








_E ff inquire into the operation of the Malt Tax. 
House of Ordered, That Mr. John Bright be discharged 
Commons from further attendance on the Select Committee 
——t on House of Commons (Arrangements). 

Ordered, That Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie be added 
to the Committee. 

Metropolitan Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Foreign Covtle Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill do con- 
Market Yt. sist of Fourteen Members. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield and Mr. Moffatt 
be added to the Committee. 

County Courts The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

(Admiralty Reading of the County Courts (Admiralty Juris- 

Jurisdiction) aiction) Bill; 

‘ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Bast India The Order, made upon the 9th day of this in- 

(Currency.) stant March, for presenting to Her Majesty an 
humble Address, that She would be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Return relative to East India (Cur- 
rency ), was read, and discharged. 

East India Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

(Currency-) 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 the Commis- 
sion appointed by the Government of India to con- 
sider the Question of the Currency. 

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

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

Wednesday, 11th March, 1868. 

PRAYERS. 

Crystal Palace HE Crystal Palace and South London Junc- 
oa tion Railway Bill was read a second time ; 


toe Railway and committed. 


a and = The Fareham and Netley Railway Bill was read 
ay A a second time; and committed. 
Sligo Borough The Sligo Borough Improvement Bill was read 
Bi’ -a second time; and committed. 
pirenee and The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
Causes Caw, the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Court Bill, 
Bill. was read, and ym 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
er Several Public Petitions were os and 
stions. read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Votes Several Public Petitions were also presented, 
Repo Righth and read; and referred to a Select Committee. 
Fisheries Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an 
(Ireland.) Order, dated the 5th day of this instant March, 
No. 135. for a Return relative to Fisheries (Ireland). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
Bolton Rail- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
way Station. 


Copies of the Report of Colonel Yolland, R.2., to 
the Board of Trade, with respect to the Bolton 
Railway Station of the London and North Western 
Railway Company :——And, of any Correspond- 
VoL, 123. 


10¢h—11th March. 








79 


ence between the Board of Trade and the London 
and North Western Railway Company with re~ 
ference thereto. 


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 1867: 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 theirrepeated Voyages), 
distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels and 
Steam from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day 
of December 1866 and the 31st day of December 
1867 : —— Like Return from and to the Colonies, 
further distinguishing British from Foreign Ves- 
sels; also from and to Foreign Ports, also dis- 
tinguishing British from Foreign Vessels: 
Aggregate Return of the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels entered and cleared at each of the Ports 
of Great Britain and Ireland, Isle of Man, and 
Channel Islands (including their repeated Voyages), 
in the Coasting, Colonial, and Foreign Trades, in 
the year 1867, distinguishing British from Foreign 
Vessels :——— Return of the Number and Tonnage 
of Sailing Vessels registered at each of the Ports 
of the Colonies of the United Kingdom respectively, 
distinguishing those under and those above Fifty 
Tons Register, on the 31st day of December 1867 : 
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 1867 :——Of the Number of Vessels, 
with their Tonnage (distinguishing Timber from 
Iron and Steam from Sailing Vessels), that were 
registered in the United Kingdom 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 1867: 
Of the Number of Colonial-built Vessels and 
their Tonnage registered at each of the Ports of 
the United Kingdom in the year 1867, distinguish- 
ing the Number and Tonnage of each Colony re- 
spectively :-——Similar Return of the Number of 
Foreign-built Vessels and their Tonnage :—— 
Return of the Shipping employed in the Trade 
of the United Kingdom, exhibiting the Number 
and Tonnage of Vessels that entered Inwards 
and cleared Outwards (including their repeated 
Voyages), separating British from Foreign Ves- 
sels, also Steam from Sailing Vessels, and dis- 
tinguishing the Trade with each Country, in the 
year 1867 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 355, of Session 1867): Returns in one 
Total of the Aggregate Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels registered in the Ports of the United 
Kingdom, in the Ports of its Dependencies, and in 
Colonial Ports :——And, of the Aggregate Num- 
ber and Tonnage of Vessels registered at the 
several Ports of every River in the United 
Kingdom comprising more than one Port. 




















The Order of the day being read, fur the Second Church Rates 
Reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; Abolition Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Rates 
Reading of the Church Rates Regulation Bill; Regulation 
And a Motion being made, and the Question as 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
L4 An 


































































































FS pee a eR Oe Se es 


rs 


SE Ek 


Church Rates 
Commutation 
Bill. 


Compulsory 
Church Rates 


Abolition Bill, 


Bill 59, 


80 11th March. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“© Wednesday the 8th day of April next.” 

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 read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Rates Commutation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Compulsory Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cause, N°1 (Compulsory Church Rates abo- 
lished). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 


sJMr. Glyn, 1 
Tellers for the Yeas, {Mr hetine I 167. 
. . Mr. Henley, 1 
Tellers for the Noes,) yy. Newdegate: 30. 


Causes, N° 2 and N°3, amended, and agreed 
to. 
CiauseE, N° 4 (Voluntary Assessments may be 
made), 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 19: 
To leave out the words “ Owners or.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed 
to. 

Other Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause, to add the words “ and nothing herein 
** contained shall prejudice or affect the provisions 
* of the Act of the fifth year of George the Fourth, 
** chapter thirty-six, except that the consent of the 
* entirety of the persons in vestry assembled shall 
‘be substituted for the consent by the said Act 
required.” 

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

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 5 (If at any Vestry for assessing 
such voluntary Rate Poll demanded, Names of 
Voters to be entered in a Book). 

Amendments made. 

Question, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill put, and negatived. 

Crause, N°6 (Voluntary Payments and Agree- 
ments for Contribution may be made). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1.1: To 
leave out the words “ a like nature.” 

Question, That those words stand part of the 
Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Proviso added. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 7 and N° 8, amended, and agreed 








to. 
Criauseg, Ne 9 (Short Title). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1.34: After the 
word “compulsory,” to insert the words “ pay- 
ment of.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 

A Clause (Definition of “ Church Rate”) —— 
brought up, and read the first time. 












1868. 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time: — Motion and 
Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

‘Another Clause (Tenant heretofore paying 
Church Rate to pay an equal amount to his Land- 
lord)——brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 





Clause be read a second time: — Motion and * Cal 
Clause, by leave, withdrawn. ia 
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. CA 
( 
The Names of the Five Members appointed to try Coventry a 
and determine the matter of the Petition eom- Election, 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of Coventry, 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 Twelve of the clock. . 
I 
The Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings Bill was, Artizans ané f 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- ee 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for "° "8 ™ 
Wednesday the Ist day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Zee River Conservancy Bill was, according Lee River 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Conservancy 
Select Committee of Ten Members, Five to be” 
nominated by the House, and Five by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Select Committee on Special and Common Special and 

Juries was nominated of Viscount Enfield, Mr, Common 
Solicitor General, Mr. Denman, Mr. Huddleston, eae 
Mr. Headlam, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Hastings Russell, 
Mr. Turner, Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. What- 
man, Colonel William Stuart, Mr. Charles Wynn, 
and Mr. Lusk; 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 Canongate 
to abolish the Annuity Tax or Ministers’ Money, Amsuity Tax 
in the Parish of Canongate within Edinburgh, and 
to make provision in regard to the Stipend of the 
Ministers in the Parish and City: And that Mr. 

M‘Laren, Mr. Dunlop, and Mr. Bazter do prepare 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education, Education. 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this No, 137. 
instant March, be printed. 


. Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy of 
of Cornwall, which was presented upon the 10th Cornwall. 
day of this instant March, be printed. No, 138. 


Lord Edward Howard presented, pursuant to Arundel Port. 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Re- 
port and General Account of the Receipts and 
Disbursements 


* Canongate 
Annuity Tax 
Bill. 

Bill 60. 


Railway and 
Joint Stock 
Companies’ 
Acrounts 
Bill. 


Public 

Petitions 
(Seventh 
Report.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes 
and Eighth 
Report. 


Metropolis 
Gas, » 


Naval 
Reserve. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Public 
Departments 
Extra 
Receipts) Bill, 
Registration 
of Writs 
(Scotland) 
Bill [Lords.] 


Sea Fisheries 
Bill, 


Huddersfield 
Writ. 


31 Victoria. 


Disbursements of the Monies which have been re- | 

ceived and paid by the Commissioners of Arundel | 

Port since the 31st day of December 1866, up to | 

and including the 31st day of December 1867. 

* -: naan That the said Paper do lie upon the | 
able. 


Mr. M‘Laren presented a Bill to abolish the | Sp; 


Annuity Tax or Ministers’ Money, in the Parish 
of Canongate within Edinburgh, and to make pro- 
vision in regard to the Stipend of the Ministers in 
the Parish and City: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th day of April next; and 
to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Wednesday the 25th day of this instant March, 
the Railway and Joint Stock Companies’ Accounts 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the Ist day of April next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Thursday, 12th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they 


1] th— 12th March. 





had examined the Petitions presented upon the 9th 


and 10th days of this instant March, and had di- | 


rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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

Several Public Petitions were also presented, 
and read; and referred to a Select Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Metro- 
politan Board, the Vestries of London or Delegates 
therefrom, the Board of Trade, and the Gas Com- 
panies of London, with respect to the Supply of 
Gas to the Metropolis since the Special Report from 
the Select Committee on the Metropolis Gas Bill, 
8th day of August 1867, to the Date of the Return. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the whole Number of Men now en- 
rolled in the Royal Naval Reserve, distinguishing 
the Ports, &amp;c. at which they are enrolled, and of 
the whole Number drilled during the year 1867 
(in continuation of Parliamentary ‘Paper, No. 386, 
of Session 1867). 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


sage had been brought from the Lords by one of | ; 


their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Public Depart- 
ments (Extra Receipts) Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to alter some provisions in the existing Acts as to 
Registration of Writs in certain Registers in Scot- 


land; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sea Fisheries Bill. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 

rant tothe Clerk of the mn to make out a New 

Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
resent Parliamentfor the Borough of Huddersfield, 

in the room of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Pearson 
Crosland, deceased. 

Vou. 123. 


81 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Roman Catho- 


a Copy of the Declaration of the Roman Catholic 
Laity of Ireland sent by the Earl of Fingall to the 
Chief Secretary for Ireland. 


lic Laity 
(Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy 


a Return showing the Number of Her Majesty’s 
ps and Vessels on the different Stations on the 
Ist day of March of each year from 1847 to 1867, 
both inclusive, and their Total Cemplements of 
Seamen, Boys, and Marines; and also the Number 
of Marines Ashore for each year during the same 
period. 


(Distribution 
of Forces.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Queen’s Col- 
a Return of the Number of separate Students in se (Galway.) 


the Faculty of Arts of the Second and Third Years’ 
Courses in the Queen’s College, Galway, from 
1862-3 to 1866-7, inclusive ; the Number of same 
who in each year held any Scholarship or Exhibi- 
tion; and the Number who held two or more 
Scholarships or Exhibitions at the same time, in 
the following form :— 








Number of Se = , 
Sradente af Sead Number of those Number holding 
7 mas - holding any two or more 
Years. | and Third Years Scholarshi Scholarshi 
Courses Faculty of oe aang OF 
A Exhibition. Exhibitions, 
rts. 
1862-3. 
1863-4. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. 











to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously please 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of a Letter from the 
Howard Association, forwarding a Memorial from 
the Convicts at Fremantle, Western Australia, 
alleging the infliction of various cruel and illegal 
Punishments by the Governor :—--And, of any 
Report received from Governor Hampton on the 
subject. 

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


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before tnis 
House, a Copy or Extract of further Correspond- 
ence respecting and arising from the non-enactment 
of the Appropriation Act in Victoria and the recal 
of the Governor of the Colony, since the Letter 
from the Right Honourable C. B. Adderley, M. P., 
to Sir C. Darling, K.c.B., dated the 7th day of 
March 1867, with the Enclosure (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 310, of Session 1867). 

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


The Order for resuming, To-morrow, the ad- 
journed Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 18th day of February last, That the Committee 
of Selection may, if they think fit, refer any Pri- 
vate Bills to the Referees, instead of to a Com- 
mittee of the House, with power. to the Referees 
to inquire into the whole subject-matter of such 
Bills, and to report them, with or without Amend- 
ments, to the House, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 10th day of this instant March, was pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, That this House 
will immediately resolve itself into a Committee, 
with the view of taking into consideration the 

M condition 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Convicts 
qd (Fremantle.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Victoria. 


Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming State of 


Ireland, 




























































































































Election 
Petitions 

and Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections Bill. 


Fairs 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Indian 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


* 


Renewable 
Leasehold 
Conversion 
(Ireland) Act 
Extenrion. 


- Dublin 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


West India 
Islands, &amp;c. 
Relief. 


Court of 
Probate 
(Ireland. ) 


East India 
(Ladakh.) 


East India 
( Currency.) 


82 12¢h—13th March. 


condition and circumstances of Jreland; and which | 
Amendment was to leave out from the word | 
“That” to the end of the Question, in order to | 
add the words “ before the consideration b this | 
* House of constitutional changes in the Laws | 
“ and Institutions of Ireland, it is both just and | 
“ expedient to inquire into the causes of alleged | 
** discontent, and the best mode of remedying the | 
“ same,” 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 To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt 
Practices at Elections Bill ; 

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


The Fairs (Jreland) Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Indian Railway Companies Bill ; 

Ordered, 'That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Provisions of the ‘* Renewable 
Leasehold Conversion (Jreland) Act” to certain 
Leasehold Tenures in Jreland: And that Mr. 
Gregory and Mr. George Morris do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Abstract 
Account of all Moneys received and expended on 
account of the Dudlin Metropolitan Police Esta- 
blishment and Police Courts in the year ended 
3lst December 1867. 


\state of Her 





Account (pursuant to the Act of 6 &amp; 7 Vice. c. 63, | 
intituled, “ An Act for granting Relief to the | 
Islands of Antigua, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Dominica 
and Montserrat,”) of all Sums advanced to those | 
Islands; and of all Sums repaid by reason of such | 
Advances, with the Interest paid thereon, during | 
the year ending 5th January 1868. 

Account (pursuant to Act of 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 22, | 
intituled, “ An Act for granting Relief to the | 
Island of Tobago, and for aiding the Colonies of | 
British Guiana and Trinidad in raising Money 
for the Promotion of Immigration of Free La-| 
bourers,”) 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 1868. 

An Account of the Annual Salaries of the 
Judge, Registrars, Clerks, and all others holding 
Offices in the Court of Probate in Jreland, together 
with an Account of all Fees and Moneys received 
in the year ended 31st December 1867 : Also, 
a Return of all Compensations payable under the 
authority of the Probate Act for Zreland during 
that year. 

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





Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of 
this instant March, for a Return relative to East 
India (Ladakh. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 10th day of this instant March, for a Return 
relative to East India (Currency). 

. ~ la That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 








1868. 


An. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Church Estate, 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of the Seven- Commission, 
teenth Report from the Church Estates Commis- 
sioners, with an Appendix, for the year preceding 
lst March 1868. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Supplementary Edinburgh 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Churches. 
29th day of November last, for Returns relative to 
Edinburgh Churches. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


| Table. 


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Coloniat 
Command,—Copy of Reports showing the present Possessions, 
Majesty’s Colonial Possessions, 
transmitted with the Blue Books for the year 1866. 

Part I. West Indies. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Gregory presented a Bill to extend the Renewable 
Provisions of the “Renewable Leasehold Con- se 
version (Zreland) Act” to certain Leasehold Tenures (Ireland) Act 
in Jreland: And the same was read the first Extension Bill, 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Bill 61. 


Thursday the 2nd day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s Civil Services, 
Command,—Supplementary Estimate for Civil No, 139, 
Services for 1867-8. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Friday, 13th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

J ORD Hotham reported from the Select standing 

_4 Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; Orders. 
which was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the Great Western Railway Great Western 
(Dividends) (No, 2), Petition for leave to deposit a ot 4 
Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be {yy'2) &gt; 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
deposit their Petition accordingly. 

he said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That with respect to all Gas Bills re- Metropolis 
lating to the Metropolis, Standing Orders 93, 94, &amp;48 Bills. 
96, and 97, be suspended, and the Select Com- 
mittee on the Metropolis Gas Bills have power to 
inquire into all matters as to which Parties petition- 
ing against the Bill pray to be heard in opposition 
thereto. 


Several Public Petitions were * and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Potisions, 
Several Public Petitions were also presented, and Vide Votes 


read; and referred to a Select Committee. = — 
port. 


Ordered, That the Parties appearing before the Metropolitan 
Select Committee on the Metropolitan Foreign foreign o—_ 
Cattle Market Bill have leave to print the Mi- naan 
nutes of the Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittee day by day, from the Committee Clerk’s 
Copy, if they think fit. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Army (Staff 
(Staff Appointments), which was presented upon Appoint- 


* +4 ts. 
the 9th day of this instant March, be printed. ™2'*) 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Dub- publin 
lin Metropolitan Police, which was presented upén Metropolitan 

the 12th day of this instant March, be printed. PHC 
Ordered, No. 141. 





Matt 
Lyné 


Catt 
(Irel 
(186 


For 




















































































West India 
Islands, &amp;c. 
Relief. 

No. 142. 


Edinburgh 
Churches. 


No, 95. 


Bolton Rail- 
way Station. 


Matthew 
Lynagh. 


Cattle Disease 
(Ireland) Act 
(1866.) 


County 
Treasurers 
(Ireland) Act. 


Foreign Cattle. 


Poor Law 
Rating. 


Diplomatic 
Service. 


Ordnance. 


Westminster 
Hall 





31 Vicroria. 


India Islands, &amp;c. Relief, which were. presented 
upon the 12th day of this instant March, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Edinburgh 
Churches, which was presented upon the 12th day 
of this instant March, be printed. 


Mr. Steph@ Cave presented,—Return to an| 


Order, dated the 11th day of this instant March, 
for Returns relative to the Bolton Railway Station. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 10th day of this instant March, 
for a Return relative to the case of Matthew Ly- 
nagh. 

Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
Copies of Nine Orders in Council issued under 
the Provisions of the Cattle Disease (Jreland) 
Act, 1866, 29 Vie. c. 4. 

Copy of an Order in Council issued under the 
Provisions of the County Treasurers (Jreland) 
Act, 1 Vie. c. 54. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Petitions and Memorials pre- 
sented to the Lords of the Privy Council in relation 
to the conveyance of Foreign Cattle from the Port 
of Southampton to the Metropolitan Cattle Market. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


a Copy of a Letter, dated the 25th day of Novem- | 
ber 1867, addressed by Mr. Langstaff, on behalf 


of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Parish 
of Gateshead, to the Poor Law Board, respecting 
the Interpretation of the Law which regulates the 
Rating of the Owners and Occupiers of Dwelling 
Houses; together with the Reply, if any, of the 
Poor Law Board. 


Resolved, That 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 Circulars addressed to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Diplomatic Representatives Abroad, in 
continuation of those up to the 30th day of May 
1861, laid before the Committee of 1861 on the 
Diplomatic Service, and printed in the Report of 
that Committee. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of the Ordnance 
Select Committee on Coiled Wrought-iron Inner 
Tubes for Ordnance. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence in July 1866 between 
the First Commissioner of Works and Edward 
Middleton Barry, Esquire, R.A., respecting the 
proposal to place the Statues of British Sovereigns 
in Westminster Hall. 

VoL. 123. 


13th March. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to West | 


| 


83 


Causes Court Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a secord time 
upon 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 passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Court of 


| to amend an Act to make further provision for the 


| Despatch of Business in the Court of Appeal in 


| Chancery ; to which the Lords desire the con- 


| currence of this House. 


| Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Ad- china (Treaty 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of of Tien-Tsin.) 


| February last, for a Return relative to China 
| (Treaty of Tten-Tsin). 

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


| 


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 State of 


| the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
| upon the 10th day of this instant March, was pro- 
| posed to be made to the Question, That this House 
| will immediately resolve itself into a Committee, 
with the view of taking into consideration the 
| condition and circumstances of Ireland; and 
_which Amendment was to leave out from the 
| word *“* That” to the end of the Question, in order 
| to add the words “ before the consideration by this 
| * House of constitutional changes in the Laws and 
* Institutions of Ireland, it is both just and ex- 
“ pedient to inquire into the causes of alleged 
“ discontent, and the best mode of remedying the 
* same,” 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. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


missioners in Ireland to the Clerks of Unions, 
dated the 6th day of February 1868, and the 7th 
day of March 1868, relating to the diminution of 
Small Pox in lreland: —- And,of Correspondence 
relating to the Five Unions in which it appeared 
that Small Pox was still existing at the time of 
Inquiry. 





{to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in 
pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure ommis- 
sioners for England and Wales: And that Sir 
James Fergusson and Mr. Secretary Gathorne 
Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 


a Return showing the Stations at which it is 
proposed to increase the Coast Guard on Shore 
(including Civilians) during the year 1868-9; 
showing as to each such Station the Force in 

M2 1867-8 ; 





The Order for reading a second time, upon Divorce and 
| Monday next, the Divorce and Matrimonial 


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


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, gman Pox 
Copies of Circulars issued by the Poor Law Com- (Ireland.) 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, coast Guard. 




























































RE Le I A I RE a Gh ELE LIOR. SG 





Naval Reserve. 


Registration 
of Writs 
(Scotland) 
Bill [Lords.] 


Bill 62. 


Canongate 
Annuity Tax 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Eighth 
Report.) 


Coventry 
Election. 


Towns 
Drainage and 
Sewage Utili- 
zation Biil. 


84 13th—16th March. 


The Wellingborough Water Bill was read a Welling. 
——— Water 


1867-8; the proposed Force; the Force recom- 
mended by the Board of Customs in 1865 ; whether 
any application for Increase has since been received 
from that Board or the Board of Trade. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return relative to the Seamen of the Royal | 
Naval Reserve, in the following Form :— 





1865-6. | 1866-7. | 1867-8. | 1868-9. 








Number of Men on previous 
Ist of January - - 
Provision in Estimates for | 
Annual Retainer, Drill 
Pay, and Lodging Allow- 
ance - - - . 
Expenditure on Account of 
Ditto - - ° ° 
Excess of Provision - ° 











The Registration of Writs (Scotland) Bill was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 23rd day of this 
instant March; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Wednesday the 8th day of April next, the Canon- 
gate Annuity Tax Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 22nd day of April next. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Monday, 16th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 
llth, 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. 





| 


Sir Philip Egerton, from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter 
of the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the City of Coventry, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Henry Mather Jackson, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Citizen to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the City of Coventry. 

That the last Election for the said City is a void 
Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Sir Philip Egerton, from the said Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolutions: 

That Henry Mather Jackson, Esquire, was, by 
his Agent, guilty of bribery at the Jast Election. 

2. That it was proved to the Committee that 
Thomas Yardley, John Lee, William Weston, 
‘Villiam Oswin, and William Moon, were bribed by 
Stephen Knapp. 

3. That it does not appear that these acts of 
bribery were committed with the knowledge or 
consent of the said Henry Mather Jackson, 
Esquire. 

4, That there is no reason to believe that cor- 
rupt practices have extensively prevailed at the 
last Election for the said City. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Towns Drainage and Sewage Utilization 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 





1868: 


second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Metropolis Metropolis 
Gas Bill, the Examiner of Petitions for Private Gas 


Bilis have leave to sit and proceed forthwith. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 


read; and ordered to lie upon the le. 


Several Public Petitions were also presented, vide Votes 


and read ; and referred to a Select Committee. 
? 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Private Bills, 


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. 

Alexandra (Newport) Dock. 

Ardmore Harbour. 

Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway. 

Belfast Central Railway. 

Belgravia and South Kensington New Road. 

Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway. 

Bristol and North Somerset Railway. 

Calverley and Horsforth District Gas. 

Cambrian Railways. 

Cambrian Railways (Revived Line to Dol- 
gelly). 

Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway. 

Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway. 

Cork anil Macroom (Direct) Railway. 

Dee River Company. 

Devon and Cornwall Railway. 

Dingwall and Skye Railway. 

Dublin and Drogheda Railway. 

Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company. 

Dungarvan Harbour Embankment and Re- 
clamation. 

Gardiner’s Patent. 

Greenock and Ayrshire Railway. 

Holywell Railway. 

Ilfracombe Railway. 

Isle of Wight and Cowes and Newport Junc- 
tion Railway. 

Kennington Market. 

Lambeth Market. 

leeds New Gas. 

Léwes Water. 

London and North Western, and Knighton, 
Central Wales, and Central Wales Ex- 
tension Railway Companies. 

Macclesfield Infirmary. 

Mersey Railway. 

Midland Counties and South Wales Railway. 

Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway. 

Morley Gas. 

Newry and Armagh Railway. 

North and South Western sf unction Railway. 

Norwich Union Life Insurance Society. 

Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway. 

Rochester Bridge Estates. 

Savin’s Estate. 

Shropshire Union Railways and Canal. 

Somerset and Dorset Railway. 

Star Life Assurance Society. . 

Stokes Bay Railway and Pier, Isle of Wight 
Railway, and Ryde Station Companies 
Amalgamation. 

Tower Subway. 

Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway. 

Vale of Crickhowell Railway. 

Vale of Towy Railway. 

Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. 

Waterford and Limerick Railway. 

Waterloo and Whitehall Railway. 

Weedon and Daventry Railway. 





Wey and Arun Junction Canal. 
Worcester, 





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Worcester, Dean Forest, and Monmouth Rail- 


way. 
Yoobn and Guiseley Gas. 

And that they had certified that the Standing 
Orders have not been complied with in the follow- 
ing instances :— 

Central Cornwall Railway. 

Isle of Wight Central Railway. 

Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway. 
Aillala and Moyne Navigation. 

Scottish Oyster Fishery. 

Sirhowy Railway. 


Lord Henry Lennox presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, — Statement of Excess of Expenditure 
for Her Majesty’s Navy, for the year 1866-67. 

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


Navy: 
No. 143. 





Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Estimate of Sum required to be 
Voted on Account for Army Services for the year 
ending 31st March 1869. 

Statement of Sum required to be voted to make 
good Excesses of. Army Expenditure beyond the 
Grants for the year ended the 3lst March 1867. 

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


Army. 
No. 145. 


Army 
(Excesses of 
‘Expenditure.) 


No. 144. 


Education. Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 

Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of 

February last, for Returns relative to Education. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Post Office 
(Sunday 
Delivery) 
(Scotland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Regulation or Order of the Post- 
master General or other authority by which any 
one or more Persons receiving One-seventh part of 
the Letters deliverable in any Parish or Postal 
Delivery District in Scotland on Sundays, has the 
power to enforce Delivery of Letters over the 
whole of such Parish or Postal Delivery District, 
even although nearly Six-sevenths of the whole 
Inhabitants and of all the Receivers of such Letters 
have signed a Memorial to the Post Office Authori- 
ties praying for the discontinuance of any such 
Delivery ; and stating the Date of such Regulation 
or Order, and the Name of the Postmaster General 
under whose Authority it was issued:—— And, 
of any Regulations or Orders which may have 
been Issued by the Post Office Authorities pro- 
hibiting Persons employed in the Post Office from 
agitating for the cessation of Sunday Labour in 
any of the Post Offices. 


Trade 
Accounts 
(Foreign 
Countries.) 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Trade Accounts of Foreign Countries 
for the Twelve Months ended 31st December 
1867. 

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


Leave of Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote have leave 


Atsonee. of absence for ten days, on account of ill health. 
&gt; -n Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s 
ermaid.” Command,—Copy of Agreement between the 
British and Spanish Governments, to refer the 
© Mermaid’s” Claim to a Mixed Commission. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
New Zealand. Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, pursuant to the 


directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account, 
pursuant to the 5th Section of the Act of 20 &amp; 21 


Vic. c. 51, intituled, “ An Act to guarantee a Loan 


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85 


for the Service of New Zealand,” of Sums issued 
out of the Consolidated Fund 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 
Sums repaid by reason of such Advances, and of 
Interest payable thereon (being in continuation 
of the Account presented to Fuolineist in 1866). 

. - angie That the said Account do lie upon the 

able. 


Lord John Mauners presented,—Return to an westminster 
Order, dated the 13th day of this instant March, Hall. 
for a Return relative to Westminster Hall. 

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


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Court of 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the Session (Scot- 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Act #**) 
of Sederunt extending the Winter Session, 1867- 
68, of the First and Second Division of the Court 
of Session to the 31st day of March inclusive. 
Copy of General Order of the Lord High Chan- Court of 
cellor, Tuesday, 25th day of February 1868. Chancery. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Provincial provincial 


Colleges (Zreland), which was presented upon the —— 
26th day of June 1843, be re-printed. — “s . 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Ladakh), which was presented upon the 12th day (Ladakh) 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 147. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India Bast India 
(Currency), which was presented upon the 12th (Currency.) 
day of this instant March, be printed. No, 148. 


The Order made upon the 13th day of this in- Ordnance. 
stant March, for presenting to Her Majesty an 
humble Address, that She would be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 

this House, a Return relative to the Ordnance, 

was read, and discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming State of 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Ireland. 
upon the 10th day of this instant March, was pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, That this House 
will, immediately, resolve itself into 2 Committee, 
with the view of taking into consideration the 
condition and circumstances of Jreland; and 
which Amendment was to leave out from the 
word “ That ” to the end of the Question, in order 
to add the words “ before the consideration by 
*‘ this House of constitutional changes in the Laws 
* and Institutions of Ireland, it is both just and 
“ expedient to inquire into the causes of alleged 
* discontent, and the best mode of remedying the 
** same,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
(Juestion:—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 March, 1868: 


The said proposed Amendment and Motion 
were severally, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding 
£.79,829, 2s. 7d., be granted to Her Majesty, to 
make good Excesses on Grants for the =. 

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Civil Services, for the year ended on the 31st day 
of March 1867, viz.:— 


£ «8 4. 
Office of Works, &amp;e. - ~- - - 1,199 14 3 
Inspectors of Factories, &amp;c. ~- - - 66210 7 
Quarantine Expenses - - - - 30615 7 
Printing and Stationery - - - - 16,831 2 8 
Law Charges, England - - - ~- 2,507 7 1 
Admiralty Court Registry - - - 243 1 7 
Exchequer, Scotland, Legal Branch - 39310 1 
Law Charges, Ireland - - - = 9,285 10 4 
Bankruptcy Court, Ireland - - - 1,182 - - 
Maintenance of Prisoners - - - 17,774 18 - 
Pitcairn’s Islanders - - - - 87 510 
Special Missions - - - - ~~ 1022417 5 
Relief of Distressed British Seamen - 16,942 17 7 
Ecclesiastical Commission = - - «= 202 6 8 
Miscellaneous Expenses, formerly Civil 
Contingencies - - - - - 241 1 - 
Anglo-Chinese Flotilla - - - - 1,844 9 4 
Torat - - - £. 79,829 2 7 





2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding 
£. 8,381. 1s. 1 d., be granted to Her Majesty, to 
make good Excesses on the Grant for Salaries 
and Expenses of the Inland Revenue Department, 
for the year ended on the 3lst day of March 
1867. — 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding 
£. 1,089. 13 s. 8d., be granted to Her Majesty, to 
make good Excesses on the Grant for the Post 
Office Packet Service, for the year ended on the 
31st day of March 1867. 

4. Resolved, That a Supplementary Sum, not 
exceeding £.134,000, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for the following Civil Services, which will come 
in course of payment in the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1868, viz. :— 





£. 

Landguard Point—Works = - - - - 2,000 
Inspectors of Factories, kc. - - - - 56,0060 
Quarantine Expenses - - - . - 4,000 
Law Charges, England - - - - - 11,000 
Law Charges, Jreland - - - - - 36,000 
Court of Chancery, Ireland - - - - 14,000 
Maintenance of Prisoners - ~ - - 12,000 
Temporary Commissions-. - - - = 21,000 
Local Dues under Treaties of Recij:rocity - 11,000 
Agricultural Statistics - - . - - 8,000 
Cape Haytien Bombardment-—Compensation - 4,000 
Shannon River Survey - - - - - 6,000 

£. 134,000 





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. 

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. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Oyster and The Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Bill was, ac- 
Mussel 


cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


usse 
Fisheries Bill. 


Sea Fisheries The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Sea Fisheries Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Election The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
—- . into a Committee on the Election Petitions and 
me sep . Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill; and, after 


Elections Bill. some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Bill 63. : 





1868. 


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. = 
(Met 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fairs (Ire. sys 
mittee on the Fairs (Jreland) Bill; land) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Second Indian 
Reading of the Indian Railway Companies Bill ; en 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bi 
upon Monday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Second a Courts 

. ® 2 mira 
dictony — a? County Courts (Admiralty Juris- Juris diction) 
’ Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Me 

this day. - 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Compulsory 
consideration the Compulsory Church Rates Abo- pre i 
lition Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 7 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- Pr 
tion this day. 


‘The Select Committee on the Sale of Liquors Sale of Liquors 
on Sunday (Jreland) Bill was nominated of Mr. (Ireland) Bill 
O’ Reilly, the Earl of Mayo, Lord Claud Hamil- : 
ton, Sir Graham Montgomery, Mr. Chichester For- 
tescue, Mr. Stacpoole, Mr. Murphy, Major Gavin, 

Mr. Pollurd-Urguhart, Mr. Leader, Mr. Pim, Mr. 
Monsell, Mr. Dawson, Mr. O’ Neill, and Mr. Cubitt ; 
with Power to send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Malt Malt Tax. 
Tax do consist of Eighteen Members. 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Colonel Barttelot, Mr. Stephen Cave, Mr. Goschen, 
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Laing, Mr. Arthur Peel, 
Mr. Ayrton, Lord Eustace Cecil, Sir Edward Man- 
ningham Buller, Mr. Read, Major Parker, Mr. 
Henry Surtees, Mr. More, Mr. Dent, The O’ Conor 
Don, Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. Benyon, and Colonel 
Duncombe ; with Power to send for persons, papers, 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Poor Poor Rates 
Rates Assessment, &amp;c. do consist of Seventeen ——- 
Members. ” 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of 

Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Howes, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Secre- 
tary Gathorne Hardy, Mr. Goschen, Sir Michael 
Hiichs Beach, Mr. Edward Hamilton, Mr. Kehe- 
wich, Mr. Bright, Mr. Floyer, Mr. Hodgkinson, 
Colonel Hogg, Mr. St. Aubyn, Mr. Goldney, Mr. 
Hibbert, Mr. Powell, and Mr. Trevelyan; with 
Power to send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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 Gardiner’s 
for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted pee pa 
to Perry Green Gardiner, of the City of New York, inet 
in the United States of America; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Gardiner’s Patent Bill was read the first time. Gardiner’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- (Lends _ 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. . 


Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s Ordnance. 
Command,—Copy of the Report of the Ordnance 
Select 


Weights and 
Measures 
(Metric 
System) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Street Tram- 
ways. 


Private Bills. 























































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Select Committee on Coiled Wrought-iron Inner} Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,---Report Metropolis 


Tubes for Ordnance. from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private &amp;* 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | Bills, That in the case of the Metropolis Gas Bill, 
Table. the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Wednesday the 8th day of April next, the Weights a 
and Measures (Metric System) Bill, was read, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. pe ST 
discharged. Several Public Petitions were also presented, Vide Votes 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | #4 read; and referred to a Select Committee. _ and Ninth 


Report. 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of May next. Ordered, That the Return relative to Educa- Education. 


And then the House, having continued to sit | tion, which was presented upon the 16th day of No. 150. 
till Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, | this instant March, be printed. 
adjourned till this day. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
Petitions. 


Ordered, That the Trade Accounts of Foreign ‘Trade Accounts 
Countries, which were presented upon the 16th a 
day of this instant March, be printed. cumtaien.) 








No. 151. 

' a Ordered, That the Return relative to Westminster Westminster 
Tuesday, Lith March, 1868. | Hall, which was presented upon the 16th day of Hal. 

PRAYERS. | this instant March, be printed. No. 152. 


HE Order for referring the Petition for leave| Gir James Fergusson presented, pursuant to Fines and 


A to bring in the Metropolitan Street Tramways | the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ab- Penalties 
Bill to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, | stract of the Accounts of all Fines and other Penal ‘"!#") 
was read, and discharged. ’ P Sums accounted for under the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vie. 

Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. c. 90, for each of the years ending 3lst December 


1864 and 1865. 
The Order of the day being read, for resuming Sulirek That the s 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 18th day of February last, That the, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Meat Supply. 
Cummittee of Selection may, if they think fit, ;a Return relating to the past and present Supply No. 153. 
refer any Private Bills to the Referees, instead of | of Live and Dead Meat to this Country and to 
to a Committee of the House, with power to the | the Metropolis. 
Referees to inquire into the whole subject-matter| Lord Robert Montagu accordingly presented the 
of such Bills, and to report them, with or withont ) said Return. 
Amendments, to the House; | Ordered, That the said Return be referred to 
And the Question being again proposed :—The | the Select Committee on the Metropolitan Foreign 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. | Cattle Market Bill; and be printed. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to : 2. 
the Question, by leaving oie the word “may” Lord Henry Lennox presented, by Her Majesty’s navy. 


to the end of the Question, in order to add the | Command,—An Estimate of the Sum required to No, 149. 


words “refer any opposed Private Bill, or any | be voted, on Account, for Navy Services for the 


Group of such Bills, to a Committee, consisting | Year ending the 31st day of March 1869. 
“of Four Members and a Referee,” instead Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 


thereof, the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 
And the Question being proposed, That the 





aid Paper do lie upon the Table. 


| Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
Question Th ragle left out Ayn La = bo ‘sage had been brought from the Lords by one of the Lords. 
ne ee ee a” | ne Ca arent 


Motion were severally, with leave of the House, | ‘The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An teclesiastica 
9 , . | Act for declaring valid certain Orders of Her Ma- Commissioners 
A Motion was made, and the Question being |:. 4 3, Council relatine to the Ecclesiastical 2°" in, 
proposed, That the Committee of Selection may \JS°Y ™. Radian Couneil Bill 
f ? d Px Bill G | Commissioners for England and to the Deans and [Lords.] 
SEE Sy CEpONEe FANS Lim, oe ony Vaeep ¢ | Chapters of certain Churches; to which the Lords 
such Bills, to a Committee, consisting of Four | 7.2: °, the concurrence of this House 
ag oy ms a Referee ; aoe Oe h | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Alexander 
on Amentient wa proposed t Dede tthe ct to incorporate the Trustees and Manager of seco 
| y 9 . &gt; ai Estate 
inserting the word “Three,” instead thereof. | seca tone Lee prcBesg Ben tr Bill (Lords.] 
And the Question being put, That the word nor “ 


« Four” stand part of the Question ; thereof; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 


eee of this House. 
eg sera tg : | The Lords request that this House will be Ecclesiastical 
The Noes to the Left , pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy cea " 
—, | of the Report from the Select Committee appointed jic Relief Acts. 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Sir Brooke Bra — j162. | by this House, in Session 1867, on the Ecclesiasti- 


Mr. Milner Gib cal Titles and Roman Catholic Relief Acts, together 
Tellers forthe Noes, Mr. Dodson ree }159. | with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said 
~~ i prone | Committee, and the Appendix and Index thereto. 
Ordered, That the Committee of Selection may | Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Report 

be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 


refer any opposed Private Bill, or any Group of Sams i 
such Bills, to = Committee, consisting of Pour Lordships: and that the Clerk do deliver the same. 


Members and a Referee. Ordered, That Mr. Lamont have leave of absence Leave of 
The Standing Orders of the House, Nos. 93, 95, till Monday next, on urgent business. Absence. 

96, and 97, relative to Private Bills, were read, and 

repealed. The Order for the House to resolve itself into London Coal 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order | a Committee, upon Thursday next, on the London and Wine 


of the House, No. 131, relative to Private Bills, | Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Bill, was read, 7 ten 


might be read; and the same being read ; and discharged. 
_ Ordered, That the said Standing Order be taken Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
into consideration upon Tuesday- next. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





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Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for Elementary Education in England 
and Wales: And that Mr. Henry Austin Bruce, 
Mr. William Edward Forster, and Mr. Algernon 
Egerton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Elementary 
Education. 


Grand Jury Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 

Presentments to inquire into the several Laws under which 

went Monies are now raised by Grand Jury Present- 
ments in Jreland, and into the nature and incidence 
of all Charges levied under such Presentments, 
with the view of ascertaining what Alterations 
might beneficially be made in these Laws. 


Reformatory Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Schools to amend the Law relating to Reformatory Schools 





——s in Jreland: And that the Earl of Mayo and Mr. 
Attorney General for Ireland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

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


ang Act 4. '0 amend the Contagious Diseases Act, 1866: And | 
ey men that Sir John Pakington and Lord Henry Lennoz | 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Shannon The Select Committee on the Shannon River 

River. was nominated of Colonel French, Mr. William 
Ormsby Gore, Sir Edward Dering, Mr. Acland, 
Mr. Gregory, Mr. Sclater-Booth, General Dunne, 
Mr. Laird, Mr. Agar-Ellis, Colonel Vandeleur, | 
Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, and | 
Sir Graham Montgomery ; with Power to send for 
persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





Lee River The Select Committee on the Zee River Con- 

Conservancy seryancy Bill was nominated of Lord John Hay, 

= Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Benyon, Mr. Alderman Lawrence, 
and Mr. Henry Surtees; with Power to send for 
persons, papers, and records. 





Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That all Petitions relating to the Bill | 
be referred to the said Committee, and that such | 
of the Petitioners as pray to be heard by them- 
selves, their Counsel, or Agents, be heard upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and Counsel 
heard in favour of the Bill against the said Peti- 
tions. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Rivers Pol- 
lution, which was presented upon the 30th day of 
April 1867; the Paper relative to the East Lon- 
don Waterworks Company, which was presented | 
upon the 31st day of May 1867; and the Report | 
which, upon the 27th day of June 1867, was made 
from the. Select Committee on the East London 
Water Bills, &amp;c., be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


Poor Rates Ordered, That the Select Committee on Poor 

ans Rates Assessment, &amp;c. do consist of Nineteen 
, Members. 

Ordered, That Mr. Woodd and Mr. Shaw Lefevre | 

be added to the Committee. 


County Finan- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


cial Boards =. Reading of the County Financial Boards (No. 2) 
(No. 2) Bill. Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 27th day of this instant March. 


Landed The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Property Reading of the Landed Property Improvement 


Improvement ( Treland) Bill ; | 
Claes Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Supply. Mr. Noel reported from the Committee of Supply 
pply , ' pply, 
several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow: | 


‘granted to Her Majesty for t 





Excesses on 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.79,829. 2s. 7d., 
Grantafor be granted to Her Majesty, to make good Excesses 
Civil Services. 


1868. 


on Grants for the following Civil Services, for the 
year ended on the 31st day of March 1867, viz.:— 





£. «@ d. 
Office of Works,&amp;e. - - - - 1,19914 8 
Inspectors of Factories,&amp;e. - - - 656210 7 
Quarantine Expenses - - - - 90615 7 
Printing and Stationery - - = 16,831 2 8 
Law Charges, England - ° - Qe 42 
Admiralty Court Registry - - = 243 1 7 
Exchequer, Scotland, Legal Branch - 89310 1 
Law Charges, Jreland - - - - 9,285 10 4 
Bankruptcy Court, Ireland - - - 1,182 - - 
Maintenance of Prisoners’ - - - 17,774 18 - 
Pitenirn’s Islanders - - - = 87 510 
Special Missions - - - - = 10,22417 5 
Relief of Distressed British Seamen - 16,942 17 7 
Ecclesiastical Commissign - - - 202 6 3 
Miscellaneous Expenses, formerly Civil 
Contingencies’ - . - - - 241 1 - 
Anglo-Chinese Flotilla - - - - 1,844 9 4 
Toran - - - £.79,829 2 7 





2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,381. 1s. 1d., nitto, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to make good Excesses Inland 
on the Grant for Salaries and Expenses of the In- — , 
land Revenue Department, for the year ended on 
the 31st day of March 1867. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,089. 13s. 8d., Ditto, e' 
be granted to Her Majesty, to make good Excesses Sas | 
on the Grant for the Post Office Packet Service, service, 
for the year ended on the 31st day of March 1867. 

4, That a Supplementary Sum, not exceeding Civil Services. 
£. 134,000, be granted to Her Majesty, for the 
following Civil Services, which will come in course 
of payment in the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1868, viz.:— £. 





Landguard Point—Works - - = = 2,000 
Inspectors of Factories, kc. - - - = 6,000 
Quarantine Expenses - - - - - 4,000 
Law Charges, England - - - - - 11,000 
Law Charges, Ireland - - - - - 86,000 
Court of Chancery, Ireland - - - - 14,c00 
Maintenance of Prisoners - - - - 12,000 
pan med Commissions a - 21,000 
Local Dues under Treaties of Reciprocity - 11,000 
Agricultural Statistics - - - - + 8,000 
Cape Haytien Bombardment—Compensation - 4,000 
Shannon River Survey - — - - - = 6,000 

£.134,000 





The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £.48,479. 8s. 8d., Excesses of Army Ex- 
penditure. ; 

2. £.90,619. 13s. 9d., Excess of Naval Ex- 
penditure. 

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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. seaeee 
(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That towards making good the Supply Consolidated 
* Service of the Fun4. 
years ending on the 31st day of March 1867, and 
the 31st day of March 1868, the Sum of £362,398. 
19s. 9d. be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. 





fea 


Fisheries 
Bill. 


+ Fairs 
(Ireland) Bill. 


County Courts 
(Admiralty 
Jurisdiction) 
Bill. 


Compulsory 
Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Elementary 
Education 
Bill, 


Bill 64, 
Reformat: 
a ory 


(Ireland) Bill, 
No. 65, 








31 Vicrorta. 


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. 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Sea Fisheries Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Postponed Clauses, N° 27 to N° 57, with Amend- 
ments to two of them, 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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Fairs (Jreland) 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, and 
amended the Title, as followeth: 

A Bill to facilitate the Alteration of Days upon 
which, and of Places at which Fairs are now held 
in Ireland. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Friday the 24th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Compulsory Church Rates 
Abolition Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (as to general or local Acts authorizing 
the raising of money by compulsory rate), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Occupiers of land in new district 
not to vote in vestry of parish from which new 
district was formed), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Owner of land paying rates for 
occupier entitled to vote at vestries held for the pur- 

oses of Act.—Who to be deemed owner), was 
rought up, and read a first and second time, and 
amended; and made part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made | 


to the Bill, in p. 3, 1. 21, by leaving out the words 
“to vote upon any question as to making any such 
* voluntary rate, or.” 
And the Question being put, That the words 
a mye to be left out stand part of the Bill :— 
t was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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


Mr. Henry Austin Bruce presented a Bill to 
provide for Elementary Education in England and 
Wales: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of May next; and to be printed. 


The Earl of Mayo presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relating to Reformatory Schools in 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
VoL. 123. 





17th—18th March. 











Wednesday, 18th March, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 


ie RD Hotham reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Orders. 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Central Cornwall Central Corn- 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be wall Railway 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to artis, 
proceed with their Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Great Eastern Rail- Great Eastern 
way Bill, Petition of Messrs. Cheston and Sons, Railway Bill. 
for dispensing with Standing Order 130 in the 
case of the Petition of “ William Amhurst Tyssen 
Amhurst, and others” against the Bill, the said 
Standing Order ought to be dispensed with. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


_ Lord Hotham reported from the Committee of Committee of 
Selection; That they had made certain alterations — 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and Senern 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the ‘ 
No. 126. 

House. 

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


Alexander Scott’s Hospital Estate Bill was read Alexander 
the first time. Scott's Hospi- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Dill (Lords.} 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. ' 


Several Public Petitions were ee and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Several Public Petitions were also presented, yiae Votes 
and read; and referred to a Select Committee. and Tenth 
Report. 
Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 19th House of 
day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, Commons 
was made from the Select Committee on House — 
‘ nts.) 
of Commons (Arrangements), be referred to the 
Select Committee on House of Commons (Ar- 
rangements). 


Resoived, That an humble Address be presented Education. 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Answers from Chambers of Com- 
merce to Queries of the Vice President of the 
Council as to Technical Education :——And, of 
Letter from Mr. Jacob Behrens to the Vice Pre- 
sident on the same subject. 





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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (0¥4-) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Despatch from the Registrar 
of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William, 
in Bengal, to the Secretary to the Government of 
India, Foreign Department, No. 1087, dated Cal- 
cutta, the 5th day of April 1867, in reference to 
the Claims of the Representatives of Monohwr 
Doss and Dwarcah Doss against the late Native 
Government of Oudh. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sale of Liquors 
Reading of the Sale of Liquors on Sunday Bill; + aad 
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 





N the 




















Ecclesiastical 
Titles Bill. 


County Finan- 
cial Boards 
(No. 1) Bill. 


Supply. 


Excesses of 
Expenditure 
(Army.) 


Excess of 


Expenditure 
(Navy.) 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Consolidated 
Fand. 


Ways anc 
Means. 


Sea Fisheries 
Bill. 


Fairs 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Compulsory 
Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 





18¢h—19th March. 1868. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Tancred’s 
for confirming and amending a Scheme of the ©h*ity. 
Charity Commissioners for the several Charities 
“ now” stand part of the Question:—It was re- | founded by the Settlement and Will of Christopher 
solved in the Affirmative. Tancred, of Whixley, in the County of York, 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second | Esquire, deceased: And that Mr. Beresford Hope, 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second Mr. Walpole, and Viscount Cranborne do prepare, 
time, and committed to a Select Committee. and bring it in. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to | 
send for persons, papers, and records. 


90 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 


* this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 





Ordered, That Mr. Sclater-Booth be added to Public 
‘the Committee of Public Accounts. Accounts. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second , 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill ; | Mr. Henry B. Sheridan presented a Bill to com- Railways 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time pel Railway Companies to establish means of o— - 
upon Wednesday the 8th day of April next. ‘Communication between Guards and Passengers: jam wh 
,And the same was read the first time; and or- tion) Bill. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second dered to be read a second time upon Friday next; _ Bill 66, 
Reading of the County Financial Boards (No. 1) | and to be printed. 
Bill; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second est 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of May next. 


Mr. Beresford Hope presented a Bill for con- Tancred’s 
firming and amending a Scheme of the Charity Charity Bill, 
| Commissioners for the several Charities founded _ Bill 67, 
Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of | by the Settlement and Will of Christopher Tancred, 

Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as {of Whizley, in the County of York, Esquire, 
follow : deceased: And the same was read the first time ; 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.48,479. 8s. 8d., | and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to make good Excesses , day next ; and to be printed. 
of Army Expenditure beyond the Grants for the | 
year ended on the 31st day of March 1867. |_ Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Consolidated 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 90,619. 13s, 9d., | Bill to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, a ain is 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Excess |to the Service of the years ending the Thirty- 9 9d.) 
of the Naval Expenditure beyond the ordinary first day of March One thousand eight hundred Bill. 
Grants for the year ended on the 31st day of March | and Sixty-seven and the Thirty-first day of March 
1867. /One thousand eight tiie: and Sixty-eight: 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
were agreed to. _to be read a second time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- The Court of Appeal, Chancery (Despatch of Court of 
mittee of Supply ; Business) Amendment Bill was read the first time ; po ay dh 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday of Business) 


solve itself into the said Committee. ‘next; and to be printed. Amendment 
| Bill { Lords.] 
Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Bill 68, 


Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, The Ecclesiastical Commissioners Orders in Ecclesiastical 
as followeth : ; Council Bill was read the first time ; and ordered + a pas 
That, towards making good the Supply granted ' to be read a second time To-morrow ; and to be Council Bill. 

to Her Majesty for the Service of the years ending | printed. [ Lords. ] 
on the 3lst day of March 1867, and the 31st day Bill 69. 
of March 1868, the Sum of £.362,398. 19s. 9d.| Ordered, That the Paper relative to Fines and Fines and 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the Penalties (Jreland), which was presented upon the Penalties 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | 17th day of this instant March, be printed. —— 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, ; No, 154. 
was agreed to. 1. Ordered, That the Return relative to the case Matthew 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the \of Matthew Lynagh, which was presented upon the Lynagh. 
said Resolution: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. | 13th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 155. 
Booth do prepare, and bung iin ““"| Ordered, That the Metropolis Gas Bill be read Metrpals 

, ” |a second time To-morrow. _ 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday =&lt; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Thursday, 19th March, 1868. 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 


take into consideration the Sea Fisheries Bill, as | PRAYERS. 


amended in the Committee; and Amendments | M R. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
P &gt; 


ware made to the Bill. Committee on Public Petitions; That they (Mint 


Ordered, That tl ‘Il . . had examined the Petitions presented upon the Report.) 
mae tiomien at the Dull be rend the thind time 16th and 17th 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. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Fairs (Jreland) 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 Third 
ey of the Compulsory Church Rates Aboli- 
tion Bill; 

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


' Mr. Dodson sr the Topsham, Woodbury, Topsham, 
and Lympstone Water Bill, with Amendments. Woodbury, 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Lincoln 
Lincoln Co 
mined the 


ration Bill; That they had exa- cae 
egations contained in the pie 9 7 
0 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. St¢L7™Bto™* 



















31 VicrToria. 


of the Bill, and made verbal Amendments therein, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


19th March. 


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91 


15. The amount of deposit, and in whose name 
or names it now stands. 

16. The length of the line for whick the Act or 
Acts of the said Company was obtained. 

17. The Number of Acts which have been ap- 
plied for or obtained, with the date of the 


Marylebone Mr. Dodson reported the Marylebone (Stingo- Acts so obtained, and of the application: 
(Stingo-lane) Jane) Improvement Bill, with Amendments. —And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
en Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. House, withdrawn. 
Saint Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the The Standing Order of the House, No. 7, re- Private Bills. 
Saviour's, Saint Saviour’s, Southwark, Chaplaincy Bill; That | lative to Private Bills, was read and amended, by 
S, they had examined the allegations contained in the | mserting after the words “composed of” the words 
nae Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same so as | “ Four Members and a Referee or.” 
to make it consistent with the Provisions of the The Standing Order of the House, No. 8, re- 
Bill as submitted to, and passed by the Committee, lative to Private Bills, was read and amended, by 
and found the same, as amended to be true; and|imserting after the words “Chairman and” the 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments words ‘ Three Members and a Referee or a Chair- 
thereunto. man and.” ' 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the The Standing Order of the House, No. 111, re- 
Table. lative to Private Bills, was read and amended, by 
inserting after the words “Chairman and” the 
Railways. A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | Words “ Three Members and a Referee or a Chair- 


posed, That in case of an Insolvent Railway Com- 
pany applying for an extension of time or for any 
other power, and where such Railway Company 
have applied to the Court of Chancery for a scheme 
of arrangement under the Railway Act of 1867, 
such Railway Company shall on or before the 
30th of November immediately preceding the ap- 
plication for the Bill, deposit in the Private Bull 
Office a Schedule setting forth the full detailed 
particulars disclosing all transactions of such Com- 
pany, and to answer all and every question or 
questions hereunto set out :— 
1. The name and address of the directors of the 
Company, together with the shareholders 
and others forming the said Company. 
. The number of shares or debentures or other 
stock held by each of the above persons. 


such share or shares, debenture, or stock. 
. The amount of stock, shares, or other securi- 





The money paid to the said Company for | 


man and.” 

The Standing Order of the House, No. 120, re- 
lative to Private Bills, was read and amended, by 
inserting after the words “ Committee shall” the 
word “ not”; and by leaving out the words “ if 
* three of the four Members shall be present, but 
** not with a less number,” and inserting the words 
‘if more than one of their Members be absent,” 
instead thereof. 

The Standing Order of the House, No. 123, re- 
lative to Private Bills, was read and amended, by 
leaving out the words “three at least of the Mem- 
bers shall not be present,” and inserting the words 
* more than one of the Members be absent,” in- 
stead thereof; by leaving out the words “ until 
** three at least shall be present”; and by leaving out 
the words “ three Members shall not be present,” 
and inserting the words “ more than one Member 
* be absent,” instead thereof.. 






































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


ties of the Company issued or upon which 
money has been raised by the said Com- 


5 en ae ae and read; and referred to Select Committees. on Tenth 
. x rt. 
6. The quantity of land taken or agreed to be ” 


Ordered, That the Parties appearing before the Lee River 
Select Committee on the Lee River Conservancy Conservancy 
Bill have leave to print the Minutes of the Evi- 8” 
dence taken before the Committee day by day, from 
the Committee Clerk’s Copy, if they think fit. 


taken by the said Company. 

The parish in which the land belonging to 
each of the said landowners is situated, 
together with the sum paid or agreed to 
be paid to each of the said landowners ; 
stating separately the names of those paid 
and those remaining unpaid, and from 
which of the said owners the Company 
have obtained possession of the land. 

. The name of the engineer and contractor to 

the Company. 

. Copy of the specification, contract, or con- 
tracts, for making the said Railway. 

The amount paid on account of the said 
contract in shares, debentures, or other 
stock of the said Company. 

The amount paid in cash to the said con- 
tractor. 


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 Rolckow’s 
Act to confer upon Henry William Ferdinand Naturalization 
Bolckow all the Rights, Privileges, and Capacities Bil! (Zords-] 
of a Natural-born Subject of Her Majesty the 
Queen; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 


10. of this House. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Public Ac- puptie 
counts have Power to send for persons, papers, Accounts. 
and records. 


11. 


The nature and cost of the work done in the 
actual construction of the said Railway in 
each parish through which it is permitted 
to pass. 

. All other costs incurred by the said Com- 

pany or contractor on account of the said 
ailway, with detailed particulars by 

which the said cost has been incurred. 


12. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House of the 3rd day of April 1862, relative 
to the appointment of the said Committee, might 
be read ; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That so much of the said Standing 
Order as directs that Five be the Quorum, be 
suspended. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 













14, Full particulars of all payments made by 
: the said Company, whether in cash, or in 
shares, debentures, or other stock of the 
said Company, to whom and for what the 
said payments have been made, the cash 
payments to be kept separate. 
VoL. 123. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Special and 
taken before the Select Committee on Special and $onmon 
Common Juries in the last Session of Parliament, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Special 
and Common Juries. 





n2 Bolchow’s 

























































A AFT Tan a CRT Dy 


ee a 








Bolckow’s 
Naturalization 
Bill [Lords.] 


Roman Catho- 
lic Laity 
(Treland.) 


Navy (Dock- 
yard Ports 
Regulation 
Act, 1865.) 


Cholera (Con- 
stantinople. ) 


Poor Law 
Rating. 


Supply. 


Poor Rates. 


92 19th March. 


Bolchow’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 12th day of this instant March, 
for a Return relative to the Roman Catholic Laity 
(Ireland.) 

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


Lord Henry Lennox presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of 
Orders in Council, dated 29th February 1868, 
relative to the Dockyard Ports Regulation Act, 
1865. 

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


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Despatch from Her Majesty’s 
Ainbassador at Constantinople, together with Do- 
cuments therein alluded to, r regarding the conclu- 
sions arrived at by the Cholera Conference at 
Constantinople. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 13th day of this instant March, for a 
Return relative to Poor Law Rating. 


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, i in order to add the 
words “in the opinion of this House, it is expe- 
* dient that so much of the Reform Act of 1867 
“as makes occupiers liable for Poor Rates instead 
“ of owners, in respect of premises to which the 
system of compounding had been applied, ought 
to be repealed; that the name of every occupier 
‘ ought to be put on the rate-book, and that pay- 
ment of rates by the owner, under the com- 
‘ pounding system, ought to be deemed payment 
by the occupier, and entitle him to the Fran- 
chise,” 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 a 
Sum, not exceeding £. 6,000,000, be granted to 
Her Majesty, on account, towards defraying the 
following Army Services, for the year ending the 
3ist day of March 1869; viz.: 


I.—Regular Forces. 


. 


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. 
“ 


”“ 
©. 


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" 





1. General Staff and Regimental Pay, é. 
Allowances, and Charges - - 2,000,000 
2. Commissariat Establishment, Ser- 
vices, Movement of Troops, "&amp;e. - 460,000 
3. Clothing Establishments, Services, 
and Supplies - - 174,000 
4, Barrack Establishment, Services, 
and Supplies - - - 250,000 
5. Divine Service = - - - 16,000 
6. Administration of Martial Law - 10,000 
7. Hospital Establishment, Services, 
and Supplies - - - «= 150,000 
3,060,000 
ore er 








1868. 


II.—Reserve Forces. 


8. Militia and Inspection a Reserve £. 
Forces - - 600,000 
9. Yeomanry Cavalry a, 328 30,000 
10. Volunteer Corps “- —- - 200,000 
11, Enrolled Pensioners and Army Re- 
serve Force oF Men we ool 25,000 
"255,000 


III.—Stores. 


Military Store Departments for the 
"Si Supply and Repair of Warlike 
other Stores, nslediinn 3 Manu- 


ees 
12.| fi facturing Departments - =  §00,000 





IV.—-Works and Buildings. 


14. Superintending Establishment of, 
and Expenditure for Works, Build- 
ings, and mayen, at Home and 











Abroad - - - = 400,000 
V.—Various Services. 
15. Military Education - - 60,000 
16. Surveys of the United Kingdom - 35,000 
17. Miscellaneous Services - - - 50,000 
18. Administration ofthe Army - — - 80,000 
225,000 
Total Effective Services - - £. 4,940,000 
VI.—Non- Effective Services. 
19. Rewards for Distinguished Service, 
&amp;e. - - - - 13,000 
20. Pay of General Officers - 36,000 
21. Full Pay of Reduced and Retired 
Officers and Half-Pay - —- - 231,000 
22. Widows’ Pensions, &amp;ec. - - - 79,000 
23. Pensions for Wounds - = - - 12,000 
24, Chelsea and _enalnam Hospitals 
(In-Pensions)  - - = 18,000 
25. Out-Pensions - - - 591,000 
26. Superannuation Allowances - - 68,000 
27, Militia, Yeomanry may, and 
Volunteer Corps - = - - 12,000 
Total Non-Effective Services - - £. 1,060,000 
Recapitulation. 
Effective Services - - - - 4,940,000 
Non-Effective Services - - - 1,060,000 


Total Effective and Non- 


Effective Services - }. £. 6,000,000 





—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


1. 67,120 Men and Boys for the Sea and Coast 
Guard Services, including 14,700 Royal Marines. 

2. £. 2,000,000, on account, for the following 
Navy Services ; 5 viz.: 


4, Coast Guard Service, Royal Naval £. 
Coast Volunteers, and aaa 


Naval Reserve = - 100,000 
6. Dockyards and Naval Yards at 
Home and Abroad - 400,000 


10, Sect. I. Naval Stores for the Building, 
Repair, and Outfit of the Fleet 


and Coast Guard - 800,000 

10, Sect. IT. Steam Machinery and Ships built 
by Contract - — - 350,000 

11, New Works, Buildings, Machi- 
nery, and Repairs - 250,000 


15. Half- Pay, Reserved Half-Pay, 
and Retired Pay to Officers of 
the Navy and Royal Marines - — 200,000 
16, Sect. I. Military Pensionsand Allowances 150,000 


16, Sect. ~y Civil Pensions and Allowances - 100,000 
17. Army Department (Conveyance 
of Troops) - - - = 150,000 





£. 2,000,000 





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 


Consol 
Fund 

(£.36 
198.9 


Fairs 
(Irela 


Capit 
Pani: 
with 
Bill. 








31 Vicroria. 19th March. 93 





was directed to move, That the Committee may! Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 


have leave to sit again. 'to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, | to give directions, that there be laid before this 
again resolve itself into the said Committce. House, a Copy of any recent Despatch from the 


Secretary of State for India, and the recorded 


lidated The Consolidated Fund (£. 362,398. 19s. 9d.) | Opinions of any Member of his Council, relating 
Fund Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; | to the Non-employment of the Natives of Jndéa in 


(£.362,398- ond committed to a Committce of the whole House, | higher Posts. 
senegal AL eran °| Ordered, That the said Address be presented 


| to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
gen Fisheries The Sea Fisheries Bill was, according to Order, ries Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy 
Bill. read the third time. q 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 












(Employment 
of Natives.) 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Petit Jaries 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. ' Juries in Jrelund: And that Mr. Attorney General 


. : : | for Ireland and the Earl of Mayo do prepare, and 
The Fairs ( Zreland) Bill was, according to Order, bring it in. 


Fairs : 
(Ireland) Bill. ead the third time. 









to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Petit ({eland.) 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; The Select Committee on the Army (Judia and Army (India 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | the Colonies) was nominated of Major Anson, 24 the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Viscount Cranborne, Mr. Childers, Sir James Fer- cena: 


| gusson, the Marquis of Hartington, Mr. Hayter, 

Capital The Order of the day being read, for the Com-|‘Sir Henry Rawlinson, Sir William Russell, Cap- 

a mittee on the Capital Punishment within Prisons | tain Vivian, Mr. Laing, Lord William Hay, Major 

- ~~ ees | Walker, Colonel North, Sir Harry Verney, and 

: Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- | General Perey Herbert; with Power to send for 
solve itself into the said Committee. | persons, papers, and records. 

; | Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 













— Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Or-| A Motion was made, and the Question being Habeas Corpus 

Council Bil ders in Council Bill; put, That there be laid before this House, a Return yoy 

[Lords.] Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | of the Number of Times the Habeas Corpus Act (freiand.) 
To-morrow. has been suspended in Jreland since the passing o 


the Act of Union; the Number of Arms Acts, 
Compulsory The Order of the day being read, for the Third | Whiteboy and other Acts of repression in Ireland 
Church Rates Reading of the Compulsory Church Rates Abo-| passed since the said Act of Union; the Number 


Satan BE. tion Bill; of Persons sentenced to Death, Transportation, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | and Imprisonment in each year for Political Of- 
To-morrow. fences; and a Statement of the Acts under which 
each Person has been so sentenced :—It passed in 
Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for the Second | the Negative. 


Gas Bill, Reading of the Metropolis Gas Bill; 













Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time} Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Representa- 


upon Friday the 27th day of this instant March. | to amend the Representation of the People in Ire- 


Reformatory Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | and Mr. Attorney General for Jre/and do prepare, 
- _—— to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | and bring it in. 
i to give directions, that there be laid before this 










tion of the 
. People (Ire- 
land: And that the Earl of Mayo, Mr. Disraeli, co ) . 


House, a Nominal Return of any Children com-| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 


mitted in the year 1867 to any Reformatory or posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And 
Industrial School not “ conducted in accordance | the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
with the religious persuasion to which the youth- | withdrawn. 

ful Offenders appeared to the committing authority 












to belong,” together with the Reasons stated for| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Crete. 


the Committal by the committing authority. | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 

Ordered, 'That the said Address be presented | to give directions, that there be laid before this 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House | House, a Copy of such Portions of any Report or 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy | Reports made by Consul General Longworth in 


Council. | the year 1858, as relate to the Affairs of the Island 
| of Crete. 
Coventry Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War-| Ordered, That the said Address be presented 


Wee. rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new | to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 


Writ for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this|as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
present Parliament for the City of Coventry, in| Council. 
the room of Henry Mather Jackson, Esquire, | 












whose Election has been determined to be void. | A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Navy. 


| posed, That there be laid before this House, a 
ee tetia Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | List of all the wooden Line-of-battle Ships and 
Service.) anted +&gt; Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Frigates, together with Amount of their Tonnage 

to give directions, that there be laid before this} and Horse-power; their original Value per Ton, 
House, a Return showing the Number of Appoint- | and Price of Engines : Statement of the Num- 
ments in the so-called Uncovenanted Service in| ber of such Vessels which have been sold within 
India, with a Salary of Five hundred pounds per | the last Five years, and the Price which the Hulls 
annum and upwards, held by Europeans and Na-| and Engines sold for in the public market : 
tives of India respectively. Estimate of the Number which might be made 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented | efficient as Naval Transports, and the Number of 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House | Troops or Horses that each Vessel might con- 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy | veniently carry, with Quantity of Coals each can 
Council. stow :——Keturn of the strength of the Transport 
Vo. 123, n 3 leet 

















































































































ry 3 oaiinna 2 
80 ne Ses me 








Extradition. 


Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works and 
Metropolitan 
District Rail- 
way Compeny. 


Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 70. 


Church Rates 
Commutation 
Bill 


Representa- 
tien of the 
People (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 71. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Brecon and 
Merthyr Tydfil 
J unction Rail- 


County Down 
and Belfast 
Borough Bill. 


South Eastern, 
and London, 
Brighton, and 
South Coast 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


94 19th—20th March. 


Fleet employed during the last Five years, 
specifying whether Steamers or Sailing Vessels, 
or Government or Hired Vessels, with full par- 
ticulars of Tonnage, Horse-power, and capacity 
for conveyance of Troops, and the Number of 
Troops conveyed by them during the above period : 
—— Table showing the comparative length of the 
Voyages of Sailing and Steam Transports: Re- 
turn of the Annual Expense of the founqqeeen of 
Troops : Copies of Reports of the Officers in 
command of the Troops as to the general efficiency 
of the Hired Transports tha: conveyed them :—— 
And, of any Reports which have been, or can be 
obtained, rh our Naval Attaché in Paris, as 
to the Number of French Line-of-battle ae and 
Frigates which have been converted into Trans- 
ports, and an Estimate of their efficiency in the 
Mediterranean, and the Number of Cavalry, In- 
fantry, and Munitions of War each Line-of- battle 
Ship may be expected to carry:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 








Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the state our Treaty relations with 
Foreign Governments regarding Extradition, with 
a view to the adoption of a more permanent and 
uniform policy on the subject. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Award of Mr. Hawkshaw, the 
Arbitrator appointed by the Board of Trade on 
the questions between the Metropolitan Board of 
Works and the Metropolitan District Railway Com 


pany. 


Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a 
Bill to consolidate and amend the Law relating to 
Petit Juries 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 
Wednesday the 8th day of April next, the Church 
Rates Commutation Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 29th day of April next. 


The Earl of Mayo presented a Bill to amend the 
Representation of the People in Ireland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be | 
read a second time upon Monday the 30th day of | 
this instant March; and to be printed. | 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Friday, 20th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

I ORD Hotham reported from the Select Com- 

4 mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Brecon and Merthyr 
Tydfil Junction Railway Bill, Petition of Thomas 
Colborne, for dispensing with Standing Order 130 
inthe case of the Petition of “* Thomas Gratrex 
and others,” against the Bill, the said Standing Or- 
der ought to be dispensed with. 

2. That in the case of the County Down and 





1868. 


the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com- 
pany, the said Standing Order ought not to be 
oy with. 
he first and second Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Londona 
Reading of the Londonderry Bridge Bill; Bridge Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence London Bri 
taken before the Committee on the London Bridge and Charing 
and Charing Cross Railway Bill, in Session 1859, {7088 Railws 


be referred to the Committee on Group 2 of | at 


way Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Divorce ana 


Reading of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes M4*timonial 
Court Bill; aL Court 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 30th day of this instant March. 


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 Select Committees, and Tenth 
Report. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
Rating, which was pes upon the 19th day Rating. 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 156, 


Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an Slave Trade. 
Order, dated the 19th day-of August, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for a Return of the Number 
and Names of Ships or Vessels of War employed 
on the West Coast of Africa for the Prevention 
of the Slave Trade during the last Ten years; 
the Armament and Crew of each Ship; Officers 
and Men; the Sickness, Mortality, and Invaliding 
of Officers and Men in each Ship annually; the 
Cost of Pay, Number of Slaves captured by each 
Ship annually, or Vessel annually ; the Length of 
Time each Vessel has been upon the Station; and 
the Total Amount of the several Headings for the 
Ten years, in the following form :— 














Belfast Borough Bill, Petition of Henry Cruse, 
for dispensing with Standing Order 130 in the, 
case of the Petition of “ Rowland Craig Laurie” | 
against the Bill, the said Standing Order ought to 
be dispensed with. 

3. That in the case of the South Eastern, and 


i?) 
a 
2 


oon t F 


[Men 


Sickness. Mortality. |Invaliding.| Pay. 


y each 








Ships’ 
Names. 





Captured b 
Vessel. 


Men. 
Number of Slaves 


Years. 
Armament. 
Officers. 
Officers. 


| Time on Station. 


Officers. 

| Men. 

| 

| Officers. 
Men. 

| Officers. 
Men. 











| 
aii 1858 
| 1859 
| 1860 
1861 
| 1862 } 
| 1863 } 
1864 
| 1865 
1866 
| 1867 | 















































Total - ia | 
met 





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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Court of 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of —- 
February last, for Returns relative to the Court ‘ ‘ 


| of Session, &amp;c. (Scotland). 


Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to Salmon 


the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of (Ragland aa 


London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com-! Seventh Annual Report of the Inspectors of Sal- Wales.) 
eng Bill, Petition of Messrs. Sherwood &amp; Co. | mon Fisheries (England and Wales). 


or dispensing with Standing Order 130 in the 


case of the 


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


etition of “ Debenture Holders” in| Table. 


Cove! 


Gard 
Pate! 
[Lor 


me et. 


ae eto het 
































































Coventry 
Election. 


Gardiner’s 


Patent Bill 


[Lords.) 


Court of 
idge Chancery 


1g (Enrolments.) 


Superannua- 


tions, 


Railway Bills. 


P 
| Leave of 
! Absence, 


(ts India 
meers’ 
Establish 


ment, 


&amp;e.) 


Judges’ 
Lodgings, 





31 Vicrortia. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Coventry 
Election Petition be laid before this House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, That in the case of Gardiner’s Patent 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. 


Resolved, That 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 Enrolments in 
the High Court of Chancery which have been 
effected in each year, and altogether, in pursuance 
of the Act of the ninth year of the reign of King 
George the Second, chapter thirty-six, up to and 
inclusive of the year 1865; and stating the refer- 
ences to and particulars of all Enactments now m 
force for effecting Exemptions from the necessity 
of enrolling in the same Court, in pursuance of 
the said Act. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Treasury Minute dated the 17th day 
of March 1868, granting a Special Superannuation 
or Compassionate Allowance to Edward Jeremiah 
Miller, \ate a Stamper in the Post Office Depart- 
ment. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Bills introduced in each of the years, 
from 1860 to 1868, inclusive, containing Provi- 
sions for Amalgamations of or Working Arrange- 
ments between Railway Companies in Great Bri- 
tain, showing the Number of Bills introduced and 
passed respectively in each year, with the Mileage 


‘ and Description of the several Lines affected 


thereby ; accompanied by a Map showing the Sys- 
tems of Railways in Great Britain now under the 
control of the several Working Companies. 


Ordered, That Mr. Norwood have leave of ab- 
sence till Easter, on account of ill health. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of Examiners ap- 
pointed to examine the Candidates who presented 
themselves, since the last Return, for Admission 
to the Engineers’ Establishment and Public Works 
Department in India: ——Of the Names of’ the 
successful Candidates in Order of Merit: Of 
the Marks which were assigned on each subject to 
every Candidate : And, of the Examination 
Papers on each subject, &amp;c. (in continuation of 
agar Paper, No. 25, of the present Ses- 
sion). 

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











Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Sums which have been paid by the 
High Sheriff of each of the Counties of England 
anal Wales for the Expenses of Judges’ Lodgings 
at Assizes, and of the Sums which have been paid 
to the High Sheriff by the Treasury in reimburse- 
— of that outlay, together with the Dates of the 

OL. 123. 


20th March. 











95 
Payments by the Sheriffs and the Repayments by 
the Treasury respectively, from the Date of the 
last Return up to the present time (in continua- 


tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 224, of Session 
1865.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Savings 
a Return showing in detail, year by year, the Banks. 


Charges paid for Incidental Expenses out of the 
Fund for the Banks for Savings, amounting (as 
shown in Column 11, in Account No. 1, Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 88, of the present Session) to 
the Sum of £.20,621. 0s. 1d., stating under what 
Act or Acts of Parliament the same have been so 
paid or provided for (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 328, of Session 1865). 


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


mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being. made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question in order to add the 


words “in the opinion of this House, no Postal Postal 
“ Subsidies in the form of a fixed payment, and Subsidies. 


“not dependent on the number of letters and 
“ newspapers carried, should be granted where 
* ordinary traffic supports several lines of passenger 
* steamers, as is the case between this Country and 
*‘ the United States of America,” 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 “in the opinion of this House, the Dockyards, 


* number of Dockyards ought to be diminished,” 
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, Poor Law 
*« Copies of the Evidence taken by Mr. Farnell at (Saint Mary’s 


“ the inquiry held at Saint Mary’s Newington in 
* the Spring of 1866, and of the Correspondence 
“ between the Newington Board and the Poor Law 
“ Board which led to the removal of G. Catch from 
** the office he then held,” 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. ) 


£.4,000,000, on account, for the following Army 


Services : 
I.—Regular Forces. 


1. General Staff and Regimental Pay, £. 

Allowances, and Charges - - 1,500,000 
2. Commissariat Establishment, Ser- 

vices, Movement of Troops, &amp;c. - 400,000 
3. Clothing Establishments, Services, 

and Supplies - = = «= 174,000 
4. Barrack Establishment, Services, 

and Supplies - - - = 200,000 
5. Divine Service - - - - 16,000 
6. Administration of Martial Law - 10,000 
7. Hospital Establishment, Services, 

and Supplies - = = = 100,000 — 

2,400,000 





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96 2th—21st March. 


11.—Reserve Forces. 























8. Militia and Inspection of Reserve £. 
Forces - - - ° - 300,000 
9. Yeomanry Cavalry - - - 30,000 
10. Volunteer Corps - - - - 100,000 
11. Enrolled Pensioners and Army Re- 
serve Force - = - = 25.000 
455,000 
I11.—Stores. 
Military Store Departments for the 
sncludi “ - Supply and Repair of Warlike 
— is and other Stores, including Manu- 
2.| facturing Departments - = 200,000 
TV.—Works and Buildings. 
14, Superintending Establishment of, 
and Expenditure for Works, Build- 
ings, and Kepairs, at Home and 
Abroad  - =©= + = «= 200000 
V.—Various Services. 
15. Military Education ey, Soe 50,000 
16. Surveys of the United Kingdom - 25,000 
17. Miscellaneous Services - - - 40,000 
18. Administration of the Army - - 70,000 
185,000 
Total Effective Services - - £.5,440,000 
VI.—Non-Effective Services. 
19. Rewards for Distinguished Service, 
&amp;e - - - - - - 13.000 
20. Pay of General Officers - - 36,000 
21. Full Pay of Reduced and Retired 
Officers and Half-Psy-  - = - 81,000 
22. Widows’ Pensions, &amp;c. - - + 59,000 
23. Pensions for Wounds - - - $2,000 
24. Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals 
(In-Pensions) - - - . 18,000 
25. Out-Pensions - - - - 291,000 
26. Superannuation Allowances - - 38,000 
27. Militia, Yeomanry Cavalry, and 
Volunteer Corps - ~ - 12,000 
Total Non-Effective Services - - £.560,000 
Recapitulation. 
Effec'ive Services e - 38,440,000 
Non-Effective Services - - 560,000 


Total Effective and Non- Papas igs 
Effective Services - 2 - £.4,000,000 





Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Sir James 
Fergusson reported, That the Committee had come 
to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 

Sir James Fergusson also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

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


Supply. Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

Sea and 1, That 67,120 Men and Boys be employed for 


Coast Guard the Sea and Coast Guard Services for the year 

— ending on the 31st day of March 1869, including 
14,700 Royal Marines. 

Navy 2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000,000, be 

Services. granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
fraying the following Navy Services for the year 
ending the 3lst day of March 1869; viz. 


4. Coast Guard Service, Royal Naval £. 
Coast Volunteers, and Royal 


Naval Reserve - = = 100,000 
6. Dockyards and Naval Yards at 
Home and Abroad - ~~ - 400,000 
10, Sect. I, Naval Stores for the Building, 
Repair, and Outfit of the Fleet 
and Coast Guard - - - $300,000 
10, Sect. II. Steam Machinery and Ships built 
by Contract - - - = 350,000 


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| 





| 


| 
| 


1868. 


11. New Works, Buildings, Machi- £ 


nervy, and Repairs - - - 250,000 
15. Half-Pay, Reserved Half-Pay, 
and Retired Pay to Officers of 
the Navy and Royal Marines - 200,000 
16, Sect. I. Military Pensions and Allowances —_ 150,000 
16, Sect. II. Civil Pensions and Allowances - 100,000 
17, Army Department (Conveyance 
of Troops) - - - - 150,000 
£. 2,000,000 





The said Resolutions, being read 2 second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Marine 
for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Mutiny. 
Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. Dedson, 

Mr. Corry, and Lord Henry Lennox do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund Fund 
(£.362,398. 19s. 9d.) Bill; and, after some time rey iy 
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- Pubtic Schools 
mittee on the Public Schools Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


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


Saturday, 21st March, 1868: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; eet 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Capital 
mittee on the Capital Punishment within Prisons Punishment 


Bill: within Prisons 

va ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. ‘ 


The Court of Appeal, Chancery (Despatch of — Sl 
Business) Amendment Bill was, according to cay (emails 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a of Business), 


Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday Amendment 
next. * Bill [Lords.] 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second £cclesiastical 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners’ Orders Commissioners 
in Council Bill; Orders nal 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time [ Lords.] 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways (Guards and Passengers’ (Guards and 
Communication) Bill; tenn. «0 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time tion) Sill. 


upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Compulsory 
Reading of the Compulsory Church Rates Aboli- Church Rast 
tion Bill; Abie : 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. Bill 72. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House in respect of 
Clauses A. &amp; C.:—The House immediately 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 amended the said Clauses. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
House 









Adm 
Moni 
Acco 


(Irel 





















































Poor Rates 
Assessment, 
&amp;C. 


Admiralty 
Monies and 
Accounts. 


Grand Jury 
l Presentments 
(Ireland. ) 


Inclosure Bill. 
Bill 73. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


8 Victoria. 
No. 157. 


Public 
Petitions, 
Vide Votes 
— 
Lee River 
Bil rvancy 


31 Vicrorta. Wth—21st—23rd March. 97 


House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into | Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 


consideration. ' the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | tioners heard by themselves, their Counsel or 
upon Monday next; and be printed. | Agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 


Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against the said 
Ordered, That Mr. Howes be discharged from | Petition. 
further attendance on the Select Committee on | 


Poor Rates Assessment, &amp;c. Mr. 


\ Charles Forster reported from the Select Publi 
— That Mr. Paull be added to the Com- | Committee on Public Poddeen: That they had Petitions 
mittee. examined the Petitions presented upon the 18th, em 


. ' . . | 19th, and 20th days of this instant March, and had 
Ordered, That Sir Michael Hicks Beach be dis- directed him to make a Report thereof to the 


charged from further attendance on the Select Pyouse 
Committee on Admiralty Monies and Accounts. | : , 
Ordered, That Mr. Frederick Stanley be added | _ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


to the Committee. | and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Select Committee on Grand| The Order for reading a second time, upon Railway and 
Jury Presentments (Jreland) do consist of Seven- | Wednesday the Ist day of April next, the Railway Jot Stock 
teen Members. | and Joint Stock Companies Accounts Bill, was ae 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of read, and discharged. 

The O’Conor Don, the Earl of Mayo, Mr. Chi- | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

chester Fortescue, Mr. Dawson, Sir Charles Lanyon, | upon Wednesday the 29th day of April next. 

Mr. Maguire, Colonel Forde, Mr. Leader, Mr. | 
Blake, Mr. Gregory, Sir Colman O*Loghiilen, | 
General Dunne, Colonel Cooper, Lord John Browne, | 
Mr. Kendall, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, and M 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Alexander _ 
e of the Examiners of Petitions for Private S°tt’s Hospi- 


"- | Bills, That in the case of Alexander Scott’s Hospital Bill (Lote. 


Herbert ; with Power to send for persons, papers, | fetate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


and records. : Mu 
Ondwek, Leet Decks tn tena. | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to autho- | _ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Richmond 
rize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of | Copy of any Report to Her Majesty’s First Com- Green. 
a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for Eng- | missioner of Works, and the Correspondence there- 
land and Wales: And the same was read the first on, with regard to the recent removal of the Elm 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon | Trees on Richmond Green: And, Return of 
Monday next; and to be printed. the Amount received for the Sale of the Timber. 





Lord Henry Lennox presented a Bill for the Re- | 
gulation 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Electoral 
Returns as to Parliamentary Boroughs, Cities, peer 
and Towns in Ireland of— vanes 








Total Number of Tenements rated at more than £, 4, and 























Mr. Adderley presented,—Return to an Address; $3 under £.8, specifying 
to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of this instant) gaa 432 ; ian. Tomke iwane 
March, for a Return relative to Victoria. 2 2°S | 268 3 23 es|e;| 32528 
e: . 5 Eos te 2 = a = a. : &amp;= += 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the! 3 aT Se | 3 A £5 | 8 | She 3% 
. c e _ ~~ 
Table; and be printed. S| Bee SES | oe) 48 | 55) 52) etces 
‘ ~ e2e | ec &gt; Ss | es Be l&amp;s| sso 
. . . &amp; es ° — Ss ~~ = 
And then the House, having continued to sit} % é 2 9 2 Bw és 33 al reies : 3 gs. 
e 4 Ss &gt; es - $ shaw 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock 4 see lose. ise 3s aa 38 |) S23erq; 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Monda 3 Cn— | °S8e] 9S | SSS 158) Fel setags 
y Bm) Y|) 2 | 8.3 | ge22| eB] se%|2g/25) 8se88s 
next. a | 282 |ese5/25|es2|s2| 38 | eo25s2 
3 5“ 0 sae) 50] SSS / 5" 1/88 | sStsds 
—_ - 4 4 Zz A oa = a 
Monday, 23rd March, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 




















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


As to Parliamentary Boroughs, Cities, and Towns 
in Ireland of— 






































and read; and referred to Select Committees. ~ | 
a Special | Special Franchises i 
g | | Peembinns te tates of ame an 
A Petition of John Meeson, of Stratford, in the 5 | a ce ~— g po mag —— 
County of Esser, and others whose names are &gt; 4 Boroughs. other Boroughs. 
thereunto set, praying that the Lee River Con- 3. Z 
servancy Bill may not be allowed to pass into &amp; 3 ails 
a law, and that they may be heard by themselves, % Ielalela)2 3 ; 
their Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses in support; .; | g. 2|/2\/3/2/|% FA s 
of the allegations of their Petition before any Com-| &amp; | 3 § elsiaisilel 3] ¢ po 
mittee of the House to whom the Bill may be re-| ¢ | 32 erel ei elé a? 3 , 
ferred against the Preamble of the said Bill, and! ¢ | 23 | 8 Silgisiei8] 2] 8 ee) 5 
o- « &amp; ss 
also against such of the Clauses and Provisions of} 2) 2_2|/&lt; | |8|@|/M@|O)| § | ®  lSbl 3 
the Bill as affect the property, rights, and in-| 3 EB: 2 SIZ/3/3/3 g jae 33 3 
terests of the Petitioners, and if the Bill do pas, &amp;|&gt; |Sleleljale ale |}O|ele 3 
in support of other Clauses and Provisions for their | ~ tg sie 
protection, or that the Petitioners may have such 
other relief in the premises as to the House shall 














seem meet, was presented, and read. 


Vou. 123. O . As 








































































arse 














08 23rd—24th March. 


As to Counties in Ireland of— 





perty 


exempt from Assessment. 


Valuation, exclusive of Pro 














| Population in 1861. 








Bullion. 


Duchy of 
Lancaster. 


Treasury 
Chest. 


East India 
(Engineers’ 
Establish- 

ment, &amp;c.) 


Slave Trade. 
No. 158. 


Court of 
Session, &amp;c, 
(Scotland. ) 


No, 159. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(England and 
Wales. ) 


No. 160. 


Coventry 
Election. 


Supply. 




















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——And, of the Population, Valuation, Area and 
Registered Electors, in Tabular Form,— 


In the Baronies of Ards Lower, Ards Upper, \ 
Castlereagh Lower, Dufferin, Lecale 
Lower, Lecale Upper - 


"i Lower (lower half), Iveagh Lower{ of Down. 


(upper ha'f), Jveagh Upper (lower half), 
Iveagh Upper (upper half), Kinelarty, | 
Lordship of Newry, Mourne - -/ 


»  Baronies of Dungannon Lower, Dun- 


gannon Middle, Dungannon Upper -| , 

»» Baronies of Clogher, Omagh East, &lt;r 
Omagh West, Strabane Lower, Stra: | y ‘ 
bane Upper - ° ~ ° * 


» East Riding - - - - -) in the County 
» West Riding - - = = =f of Cork. 


» Baronies of JTkerrin, Lower Ormond, 
Owney and Arra, Upper Ormond = - 

In Clanwilliam, Eliogarly, Iffa and Offa East, | in the County 
Iffa and Offa West, Kilmanagh Lower, ( of Tipperary. 
Kilmanagh Upper, Middlethird Slieve- | 
ardagh = - - - - : 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,— Return to an 
Order, dated the 9th day of this instant March, 
for a Return relative to Bullion. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An 
Account of the Receipts and Disbursements of the 
Duchy of Lancaster, in the year ended on the 21st 
December 1867 :—-—Also, a separate Account of 
the Capital of the said Duchy, to same date. 

An Account showing all the Sums which have 
been received into the Treasury Chest, and which 
have been paid out of the same, between Ist April 
1866 and 31st March 1867, prepared by the Comp- 
troller and Auditor General. 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of 
this instant March, for a Return relative to East 
India (Engineers’ Establishment, &amp;c.) 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Slave 
Trade, which was presented upon the 20th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court 
of Session, &amp;c. (Scotland), which was presented 
vpon the 20th day of this instant March, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Salmon 
Fisheries (England and Wales), which was pre- 
sented upon the 20th day of this instant March, 
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 Coventry Election Petition. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


j 


om | 
Baronies of Castlereagh Upper, Iveagh \ in the County 





1868. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
the Number of Land Forces, not exceeding 138,691 
Men (including 9,880, 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 Possessions), be maintained for 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1868 
to the 31st day of March 1869, inclusive. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Number of Land Forces, not ex- 
ceeding 135,933 Men (including 9,880, all Ranks, 
to be employed with the Depdéts in the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of Regi- 
ments serving in Her Majesty’s Indian Possessions), 
be maintained for the Service of the United King- 
don of Great Britain and Ireland, from the 1st 
day of April 1868 to the 31st day of March 1869, 


inclusive :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. 880, of Native Indian Trocps, belonging to 
Her Majesty’s Native Indian Army, be maintained 
beyond the limits of Her Majesty’s Indian Pos- 
sessions. 

3. £.4,249,200 (in addition to the Sum of 
£.1,500,000 already voted on account), for the 
Pay and Allowances of Her Majesty’s Land Forces 
at Home and Abroad, exclusive of India. 

4, £. 892,500 (in addition to the Sum of 
£. 400,000 already voted on account), for the 
Commissariat Establishment, Services, Movement 
of Troops, &amp;c. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Tuesday, 24th March, 1868 : 


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 Ways and 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Consolidated 
granted to Her Majesty for the Service of the Fund. 


year ending 31st day of March 1869, the Sum of 
£.6,000,000 be granted out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 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 (£.362,398. 19s. 9d.) Consolidated 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time, Fund . 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: “And that the (£-5%'5 i 


Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Three 
hundred and sixty-two + lian three hundred 
and ninety-eight pounds Nineteen shillings and 
Nine-pence out of the Consolidated Fund to the 
Service of the years ending the Thirty-first day &lt; 





Supply 


Army. 


oncnrr 











$1 Vicrortia. 


23rd—24th March. 


March One thousand eight hundred and Sixty- 
seven, and the Thirty-first day of March One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Sixty-eight. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 


































99 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oyster 
into a Committee on the Oyster and Mussel oberg 
Fisheries 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, without 


Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- glection 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt Petitions and 
Practices at Elections Bill ; Mase» 

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


Practices at 
Elections Bill. 


The Indian Railway Companies Bill was, ac- Indian 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Railway Com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for _ 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Reformatory 
Reading of the Reformatory Schools (Jreland) Schovls (Ire- 
Bill ; land) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





upon Friday next. 


The Inclosure Bill was, according to Order, Inclosure 
| read a second time; and committed toa Committee B#!- 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Marine 

| Order, read a second time; and committed to Mutiny Bill. 
a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 

next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; Session (Scot- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time os 

upon Thursday the 23rd day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Justiciary ( Scotland) Bill ; Justiciary 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — eee 
upon Thursday the 23rd day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Representa- 
mittee on the Representation of the People (Scoé- tion of the 
land) Bill ; Hii ae 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday “ ; 
the 20th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Registration of Writs (Scotland) Bill was, Registration 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- °f von 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Sin (Zerde) 
Thursday the 23rd day of April next. 


The Order of the day bein 
Reading ofthe Ecclesiastical Commissioners’ Orders yn 
in Council Bill ; Council Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time |/°r4s.] 
upon Thursday next. 


g read, for the Second Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners’ 





The Order of the day being read, for the Third Compulsory 

| ng of the Compulsory Church Rates Aboli- Ciureh Rates 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

| this day. 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Rangoon 
_to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased - 
| to give directions, that there be laid before this ¥ 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, | House, Copies of the ~— to the several Me- 


Supply. ; - 
“4 Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth: 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,000,000, be 
Army. - 5 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
raying the following Army Services, for the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1869, viz.:— 
I,.—Regular Forces. 
1. General Staff and Regimental Pay, £.. 
Allowances, and Charges” - - 1,500,000 
2. Commissariat Establishment, Ser- 
vices, Movement of Troops, &amp;c. - 400,000 
3. Clothing Establishments, Services, 
and Supplies - - - 174,000 
4. Barrack Establishment, Services, 
and Supplies - = = = 200,000 
5. Divine Service - - - - 16,000 
6. Administration of Martial Law - 10,000 
7. Hospital Establishment, Services, 
and Supplies = - - = - 100,000 
2,400,000 
T1.—Reserve Forces. 
8. Militia and Inspection of Reserve 
Forces - - - - - 800,000 
9. Yeomanry Cavalry - = - 30,000 
10. Volunteer Corps - - - = 100,000 
11. Enrolled Pensioners and Army Re- 
serve Force - = = = 25,000 
455,000 
IIf{.—Stores. 
‘Military Store Departments for the 
Sediadinn Supply and Repair of Warlike 
metucing’) and other Stores, including Manu- 
*\ facturing Departments - - 200,000 
I1V.—Works and Buildings. 
14, Superintending Establishment of, 
and Expenditure for Works, Build- 
ings, and Repairé, at Home and 
Abroad - - - - - 200,000 
V.—Various Services. 
15. Military Education - - - 50,000 
16. Surveys of the United Kingdom - 25,000 
17. Miscellaneous Services - - - 40,000 
18. Administration of the Army -  - 70,000 
185,000 
Total Effective Services - - £.3,440,000 
VI.—Non-Effective Services. 
19. Rewards for Distinguished Service, 
+ + = + = we 
20. Pay of General Officers - + = 36,000 
21. Full Pay of Reduced and Retired 
Officers and Half-Pay - -— - 81,000 
22. Widows’ Pensions, &amp;c. - - - 59,000 
23. Pensions for Wounds - -— - 12,000 
24, Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals 
(In-Pensions) - =e 18,000 
25. Out-Pensions - - - - 291,000 
26. Superannuation Allowances - - 38,000 
27. Militia, Yeomanry Cavalry, and 
Volunteer Corps oe oe 12,000 
Total Non-Effective Services - - £.560,000 
Recapitulation. 
Effective Services - - - = 3,440,000 
Non-Effective Services - - - 660,000 
Total Effective and Non- sn: 
Effective Services a ~ £. 4,000,000 
was agreed to. 
Land Writs 
carat " was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
Bill, committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday the 23rd day of April next. 
VoL. 123. 


morials contained in the Return to the Address of: 
the House, dated the 12th day of August 1867, on 


The Land Writs Registration (Scotland) Bill | the subject of direct Commerce with the Shan 


States and West of China from the Port of Ran- 
| goon :——And, of all further Memorials thereon 
| subsequent to those contained in that Return, and 


02 of 





























































































































100 23rd—24th March. 


of the Replies thereto (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 28 a, of Session 1867). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 


Council. 


Perth and Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Brechin to confirm certain Provisional Orders under “ The 


pe General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 
one aga 1862,” relating to the Burghs of Perth and Brechin: 


And that the Lord Advocate, Mr. Secretary Ga- 
thorne Hardy and Sir James Fergusson do prepare, 
and bring it in, 


Petty Sessions Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

and Lock-up to amend the Law relating to Places for holding 

me Petty Sessions and Lock-up Houses for the tem- 
porary Confinement of Persons taken into Custody 
and not yet committed for Trial: And that Sir 
James Fergusson and Mr. Secretary Gathorne 
Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Grand Jury A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
Presentments posed, That the Select Committee on Grand Jury 
({reland.) —-_Presentments (Jreland) do consist of Nineteen 
Members :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Tpaation 
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 it oan ’ \ 17. 

Tellers for the Noes,{ 1" —— } 18. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Select Committee on Grand Jury Present- 
ments (Jreland) do consist of Nineteen 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. 


Perth and The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to confirm 
Brechin certain Provisional Orders under “The General 
Provisional Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862,” 
rasan ge relating to the Burghs of Perth and Brechin: 
Bill 74 And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
"to be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and 


to be printed. 


Petty Sessions Sit James Fergusson presented a Bill to amend 
and Lock-up the Law relating to Places for holding Petty 
Houses Bill. Sessions and Lock-up Houses for the temporary 
Bill 75. Confinement of Persons taken into Custody and not 
yet committed for Trial: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Wednesday the 8th day of April next, the Eccle- 
siastical Titles Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of May next. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles Bill, 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





1868. 
Tuesday, 24th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Dent reported from the Committee on 
M Group 6 of ellen Bills; That the parties Usk Rallwet 
promoting the Newport and Usk Railway Bill had Bil. 
stated to the Committee, that it was not their inten- 
tion to proceed with the same. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dent reported the Abergavenny and Monmouth gbergavenny 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. and Monmouth 

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


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on Group Railway Bills 
6 of Railway Bills; That, in consequence of there (Group 6.) 
being no business for the consideration of the Com- 
mittee, the Committee had adjourned to Monday 
next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Saint Ives and West gaint tves ot 
Cornwall Junction Railway Bill, with an Amend- Wont Cornwall 
ment. unction — 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the North London Railway north London 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Loughborough 
Loughborough Gas Bill; That they had examined Gas Bill. 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same so as 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. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the peyon Valley 
Devon Valley Railway Bill; That they had exa- Railway Bil. 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and made verbal alterations therein, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Burry Port 
Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Bill; and Gwen- 
That they had examined the allegations contained po a Me 4 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same . 
by omitting the recital as to the increase of the 
number of Directors, the Bill as amended not pro- 
viding for any such increase, and found the same, 
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 Marylebone 
the Marylebone (Stingo-lane) Improvement Bill, (stingo-lane) 
as amended in the Committee. improvement 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 2! 


The House proceeded to take into consideration gaint 
the Saint Saviour’s, Southwark, Chaplaincy Bill, saviour’s, 
as amended in the Committee. ———— 
' Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. {i;?*"" 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Topsham, 
the Topsham, Woodbury, and Lympstone Water Woodbury, 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. ave 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

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31 Vicrortia. 


Bolckow's Bolchow's Naturalization Bill was read a second 
Naturalization time ; and committed. 
Bill |Lords.} 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Standing Order of the 
House, No. 131, relative to Private Bills ; and the 
same was again read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Standing Order be repealed : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Great Western 


Railway one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
(Dividends) in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
(No. 2) Bi L A Ret 
rders in the case of the Petition for the Great 
Western Railway (Dividends) (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Londonderry The Order, That the Londonderry Bridge Bill 
Bridge Bill. he read a second time, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. —_ yead; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Votes Several Public Petitions were also presented, 


and Eleventh and read; and referred to Select Committees. 
Report. 


Roman Catho- Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Roman 


lic Laity Catholic Laity (Jreland), which was presented 
om upon the 19th day of this instant March, be printed. 
o. 161. 

Duchy of Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy 

Lancaster. of Lancaster, which was presented upon the 23rd 
No. 162. day of this instant March, be printed. 

Treasury Ordered, That the Account relative to the 

Chest. Treasury Chest, which was presented upon the 
No. 163. 23rd day of this instant March, be printed. 

Bullion. Ordered, That the Return relative to Bullion, 
No. 164, which was presented upon the 23rd day of this 


instant March, be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
os by the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, 
Metropolitan Gated the 19th day of this instant March, for a 
District Rail. Return relative to the Metropolitan Board of 
way Company. Works and Metropolitan District Railway Com- 
any. 

Divorceand The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
Matrimonial of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Causes Court. ‘Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return of 
all Rules and Regulations concerning the Prac- 
tice and Procedure of fixing or regulating Fees, 
made by the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial 
Causes, together with the Return of all Fees and 
Moneys levied in the year ending 31st December 
1867, 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 Vie. c. 85. ss. 67 and 68: Also, a Return 
of the Annual Salaries of the Judge Ordinary and 
of all Persons holding Offices in- the said Court, 
with all the Incidental Expenses of the said Court, 
whether the said Salaries and Incidental Expenses 
aforesaid be defrayed out of Fees or out of any 
other Moneys: 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. 


Metropelitan 
Board of 








Millwall Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s 
 hecagy Command,—Copy of Correspondence relative to 


the heating of Bars under Trial at Shoeburyness, 
supplied by the Miliwall Iron Works Company. 

Ordered, ‘Chat the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Von. 123. 


94th March. 





101 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—Trade and Navigation Accounts for Navigation. 
the Month ended 29th February 1868, and two 
Months ended 29th February 1868. 

i Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Education, 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of this 
instant March, for Returns relative to Education. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased regen 
to give directions, that there be laid before this” 
House, a Return of the Number of Lives officially 
reported as lost through the late Famine in Orissa, 

Behar, and the adjoining Provinces, and the pro- 
portion they bore to the Population. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Occupiers in 
a Return of the Number of Occupiers in Irish Counties 
Counties rated at £.8 and under £.10, and ag eo 
£.10 and under £. 12, in 1866. 





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, taxes (Courts 


a Return of all Boroughs or Towns containing of Appeal.) 
over One thousand Inhabitants which are situated 

‘more than Four Miles from the Courts of Appeal 

for Assessed and other Taxes in England and 

Wales; and, in what place the Courts of Appeal 

are situated. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, audit Office, 
Returns of the Establishment of the Audit Office &amp; 
on the Ist day of January 1861 and 1865 respec- 
tively, also of the Exchequer Office on the Ist day 
of January 1865, and of the Exchequer and Audit 
Department on the Ist day of January 1868; 
showing in each case respectively the Number 
and Maximum Salaries of the several Officers and 
Classes : And, of such Pensions as may have 
been granted since the lst day of January 1865 
to Officers of the before-mentioned Departments ; 
stating their Names, the designation of their Office, 
the Annual Salaries they received, the Number of 
years of their Public Service, the Amount of their 
Pensions, and the Authority under which they 
were granted. 











Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Coventry 
taken before the Select Committee on the Coventry Election. 
Election Petition, which were presented upon the No. 165. 
23rd day of this instant March, be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Oxford and 
the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Bill, was Cambridge 
. , Universities 
read, and discharged. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Wednesday the 13th day of May next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Army (India 
taken before the Select Committee on the Army 24 the 
|(India and the Colonies), in the last Session of es 
Parliament, be referred to the Select Committee 
on the Army (Jndia and the Colonies). 





Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address Crete. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of this instant 
March, for a Return relative to Crete. 

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


Lord Henry Lennox presented, by Her Majesty’s Navy 
Command, -—- Navy Estimates 1868-69 : General Psceene 
Summary, showing the — Appropriation of mary, &amp;c.) 

3 


the No. 166. 


















































































Navy 
(Distribution 
of Forces.) 


Scientific 
Instruction. 


Post Horses 
and Carriage 
Licences 
Duties. 


Investment of 
Trust Funds 
Act Amend- 
ment. 


Revenue 
Officers 
Disabilities 
Removal, 


Boundary. 


Newspapers, 


London Coal 
and Wine 
Duties Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


102 94th—25th March. 


the Vote, No. 6:— Programme of Shipbuilding 
Works to be undertaken in Her Majesty’s Dock- 
yards during the year 1868-69:—And, General 
Summary, showing the Appropriation of Men 
proposed for the year 1868-69. 

Lord Henry Lennox also presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 12th day of this instant March, 
for a Return relative to the Navy (Distribution of 
Forces). 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Navy 
Estimates (General Summary, &amp;c.) be referred to 
the Committee of Supply, and be printed; and 
that the Paper relative to the Navy (Distribution 
of Forces) do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
on That, in the opinion of this House, it is 
esirable that all Licences injuriously affecting the 
industry and commerce of the Country should be 
abolished :—--And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Provisions for giving instruction 
in theoretical and applied Science to the Industrial 
Classes. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts 
relating to the Post Horses and Carriage Licences 
Duties, might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

osed, That this House will, immediately, resolve 
itself into a Committtee to consider the said Acts: 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Investment of Trust Funds Act: 
And that Mr. Henry B. Sheridan and Mr. Ayrton 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to relieve certain Officers employed in the Collec- 
tion and Management of Her Majesty’s Revenues 
from any legal disability to vote at the Election 
of Members to serve in Parliament: And that 
Mr. Monk, Sir Harry Verney, and Mr. Otway do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to settle and describe the Limits of certain Bo- 
roughs and the Divisions of certain Counties in 
England and Wales, in so far as respects the Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in Parliament: And that 
Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, and Sir James Fergusson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of all Correspondence with the Board of 
Inland Revenue respecting the Registration of 
Newspapers and the Securities required on the 
Publication of Newspapers, Pamphlets, and other 
Papers during the last Three years (in continua- 
tion of the Correspondence laid before this House 
in March 1858), 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the London Coal and Wine Duties Con- 
tinuance Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Clair: 

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. 








1868. 


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. 

‘Colonel Taylor, 1\,,- 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Whitmore : f 147 
1 
J 


Tellers for the Noes,} = ao 


3 


1) 


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. ) 


Criause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausg, N°2 (Coal Duty of Four-pence to be 
applied by Corporation of London for Improve- 
ments). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause, to add the words “ And it shall be 
** lawful for the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
“ mons of the City of London, if they should think 
“ fit, to make an allowance, by way of drawback, 
“ from the said coal duties, in respect of coal used 
“in manufactories which may be situated within 
“ half a mile of the County of Bucks.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause, to add the words “ Provided, That for 
** every ton of Coals consumed for any purpose 
“ of manufacture in any factory separate from any 
** dwelling-house, there shall be allowed to the 
** consumer of such Coals a.drawback of one shil- 
* ling a ton, provided such consumer shall comply 
“ with such regulations and conditions as may be 
** prescribed by the said Mayor, Aldermen, and 
“ Commons, and approved by one of Her Ma- 
** jesty’s Secretaries of State, to ascertain the 
* amount of such drawback, and to prevent any 
* abuse therein.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas,| yr = \ 30. 

Tellers for the Noes, oe lor, } 146. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criavses, N° 3 and N° 4, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cause, N° 5, agreed to. 

A Clause added. 

Another Clause (The several Coal and Wine 
Duties, by this Act continued for the year ending 
the 5th day of July 1889, shall be further applied 
in freeing from toll the Creek Bridge at Deptford) 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Question proposed, That the Clause be read a 
second time: —Motion and Clause, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another Clause (Auditing of Accounts)—— 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Question proposed, That the Clause be read 
a second time: —Motion and Clause, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

A Preamble 
time. 

Question, That the Preamble be read a second 
time —— put, and negatived. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








brought up, and read the first 





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


Wednesday, 25th March, 1865 : 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had gone through 


the Bill. 
Ordered, 





Landed 
Property 
Improvement 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Appeal, Chan- 
cery (Despatch 
of Business ) 
Amendment 
Bill [Lords.] 


Railways 
Guards and 
‘assenygers’ 

Communica- 

tion) Bill. 


Supply. 


Land Forces. 


Native Indian 
Troops. 


Charge of 
Land Forces. 


Commissariat 
Establishment, 
Movement of 
Troops, &amp;c. 


Mutiny. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Consolidated 
rund 








31 Vicrorta. 24th—25th March. 103 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | cellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Sclater-Booth do 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday prepare, and bring it in. 


next. 
'- The House, according to Order, resolved itself Indian 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | into a Committee on the Indian Railway Com- Raliway Com 
panies 


Reading of the Landed Property Improvement ,.,.; ill: i i 
(Ireland) Bill; |panies Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 


: : reported, That the Committee had gone through 
upon Tuesday the 28th day of April next. the Bill, and directed him to neh» the same, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself without Amendment. Fico 
into a Committee on the Court of Appeal, Chancery net = = Bill be read.the third time 
(Despatch of Business) Amendment Bill; and, upon Jnureday next. 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- , : 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That The Order of the day being read, for the Third Compulsory 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and | ae of the Compulsory Church Rates Aboli- Abolition Bil 
4 | tion Bill; 


= him to report the same, without meal An a a Motion being ma de, and the Question 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | beg proposed, That the Bill be now read the 


third time ; 
upon Thursday next. | And a Motion being made, and the Question 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | being put, That this House do now adjourn :—It 
Reading of the Railways (Guards and Passengers’ passed in the Negative. 


Communication) Bill ; And the Question being again proposed, That 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | the Bill be now read the third time :—And a De- 
upon Tuesday the 21st day of April next. | bate arising thereupon ; 


| And a Motion being made, and the Question 
Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of | being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as | The House divided. 
follow : | The Yeas to the Right; 
1. That the Number of Land Forces, not ex-| The Noes to the Left. 


ceeding 138,691 Men (including 9,880, all ranks, | Tellers for the Y { Mr. Schreiber, 1 98 
to be emploved with the Depéts in the United | ae ae ee 98) Mr. Newdegate: f ~” 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of Regi- Tellers for the N | Mr. Hardcastle, li31 
ments serving in Her Majesty’s Indian Possessions), — a a nr ns Ddiin 


be maintained for the Service of the United| So it passed in the Negative. 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the| Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
Ist day of April 1868 to the 31st day of March | time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
1869, inclusive. time. 
2. That a Number, not exceeding 880, of Native| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Indian Troops, belonging to Her Majesty’s Native Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Indian Army, be maintained beyond the limits of | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Her Majesty’s Zndian Possessions, during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1869, inclusive. The Judge Advocate presented a Bill for pu- Mutiny Bill. 
3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,249,200, be | nishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of | Payment of the Army and their Quarters: And 
£. 1,500,000 already voted on account), towards | the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
defraying the Charge of the Pay and Allowances | be read a second time this day. 
of Her Majesty’s Land Forces at Home and 
Abroad, exclusive of India, which will come in| Mr, Selater-Booth presented a Bill to apply Consolidated 
course of payment from the 1st day of April L868 /a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the Ser- Fued a 
to the 31st day of March 1869, inclusive. vice of the year ending on the Thirty-first day of —— ) 
4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 892,500, be | March One thousand eight hundred and Sixty- 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of| nine: And the same was read the first time ; and 
£.400,000 already voted on account), towards | ordered to be read a second time this day. 
defraying the Charge of the Commissariat Esta- 
blishment, Services, Movement of Troops, &amp;c.,| Mr. Monk presented a Bill to relieve certain Revenue 
which will come in course of payment from the | Officers employed in the Collection and Manage- Otome 
Ist day of April 1868 to the 31st day of March! ment of Her Majesty’s Revenues from any legal jomoval Bill. 
1869, inclusive. | disability to vote at the Election of Members to Bill 76 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | serve in Parliament: And the same was read the 5 
were agreed to. | first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
| upon Wednesday the 10th day of June next; and 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | to be printed. 
for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the | 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters:;| Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Military 
And that Mr. Dodson, Sir John Pakington, and taken before the Select Committee on Military Resefre 
the Judge Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. | Reserve Funds in the last Session of Parliament, 
| be referred to the Select Committee on Military 
Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of! Reserve Funds. 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, | 
as followeth: | The Order for reading a second time, this day, Local Officers 


That, towards making good the Supply granted | the Local Officers Superannuation (Jreland) Bill, Ban ireland) 
Bil. 





to Her Majesty for the Service of the year ending | was read, and discharged. 
31st day of March 1869, the Sum of £. 6,000,000 | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the | upon Wednesday the 8th day of April next. 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. And then the House, having continued to sit 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, &lt;t helt em bene alte One af tho aledean 


was agreed to. ; : - , 
Sechred, Thes 0 Till fie Saeushit de spot the Seay: Se A 
said Resolution: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. Chan- ie 


Vou. 123. O04 






































































Gardiner's 
Patent Bill 
Lords. 


Beckenham, 
Lewes, and 
Brighton 
Railway Bill 
(1863), and 


104 
Wednesday, 25th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
G4 RDINER’s Patent Bill was read a second 


time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committees on the Beckenham, 
Lewes, and Brighton Railway Bill, in Session 1863; 
and the South Eastern, and London, Chatham and 


South Eastern, Dover (London, Lewes and Brighton) Railways Bill, 





oS cage in Session 1866, be referred to the Committee on 

Dover (Len- the South Eastern, and London, Brighton, and 

and’ Brighton) South Coast Railway Companies Bill. 

Railways 

Rill (1866.) 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. = read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Votes Several Public Petitions were also presented, 

and Twelfth nd read; and referred to Select Committees. 

Report. 

Lee River A Petition of William Parker, of Ware Park, in 

ny the County of Hertford, Esquire, praying that he 

. may be heard by himself, his Counsel, Agent, and 

Witnesses at the Bar of the House, or before the 
Committee to whom the Zee River Conservancy 
Bill may be referred, against the Preamble of the 
said Bill, and against such of the clauses and pro- 
visions thereof as affect his rights and interests, 
and in support of other clauses and provisions for 
his protection, and that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, or that the letitioner 
may have such other 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- 
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 Peti- 
tion. 

A Petition of the East Zondon Waterworks 
Company, praying that the said Bill may not be 
passed into a law as it now stands, and that they 
may be heard by their Counsel, Agents, and Wit- 
nesses against the Preamble, and such of the pro- 
visions thereof as are adverse to the just rights 
and interests of the Petitioners and the public, 
and in support of the insertion therein of such just 
and proper clauses as may fairly protect the 
rights and interests of the Petitioners and the 
public, and that the Petitioners may have such 
other relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet, was also 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. 

Shannon Ordered, That the Reports which, upon the 
Kiver. 23rd day of June 1865 and the 25th day of April 
1866, were made from the Select Committees on 
the Shannon River, be referred to the Select Com- 
mitvee on the Shannon River. 
Trade and Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade 
Navigation. and Navigation, which were presented upon the 
No. 119. 24th day of this instant March, be printed. 
Nav Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
(Distribution (Distribution of Forces), which was presented upon 
aaa oo the 24th day of this instant March, be printed. 
Education. Ordered, That the Return relative to Education, 
No. 168. which was presented upon the 24th day of this 


instant March, be printed. 


25th March. 





1868. 


Mr. Scelater-Booth presented,—Return to an Savings 
Order, dated the 20th day of this instant March, Banks. 
for a Return relative to Savings Banks. 

Mr. Selater-Booth also presented, pursuant to Increase and 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Piminution 
Abstract of an Account of every Increase and Oilees.) 
Diminution which has taken place in the year 1867, 
in the Number of Persons employed, or in the 
Salaries, Emoluments, Allowances and Expenses 
of all Public Offices or Departments. 

An Account of all Allowances or Compensations superannua- 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations tions (Public 
in all Public Offices or Departments, which re- °”°**) 
mained payable on the Ist January 1867; the 
Annual Amount which was granted in the year 
1867; the Amount which ceased within the year ; 
and the Total Amount remaining payable on the 
31st December 1867. 

Copy of Cases respecting Assessed Taxes de- Assessed 
termined by the Judges in Scotland. ery (Cee 
» Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the =~ 

able. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to Abyssinian 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of ©xpedition. 
December last, for a Return relative to the 
Abyssinian Expedition. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated East India 
the 18th day of this instant March, for a Return eae 
relative to East India ( Oudh). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Enst India 
the 19th day of this instant March, for a Return oa wate 
relative to East India (Employment of Natives). °°" — 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Grand Jury 
Reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill; «ss (Ireland) 
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 Yous{ ere = } 57. 


+... JColonel Taylor, 
Tellers for the Noes, yyy. =~ ol : f 70. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
‘upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Industrial 
mittee on the Industrial Schools (Ireland) Bill; —s" 
And a Motion being made, and the Question ™" — 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; , 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House will, upon this day six months, 
‘* resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 





The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers 


ey 








Tancred’s 
Charity Bill. 


Supply. 


31 Victoria. 





Tellers for the Yeas,{ ~ = ma Don, } 82. 
Tellers for the N oes, Me a P } 46. 


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. 

CriausEs, N° 1 to N° 10, agreed to. 

CriausE, N° 11 (As to Children under Four- 
teen years of age found begging, &amp;c., 29 &amp; 30 Vie. 
c. 118. 8 14.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 14, to leave out 
from the word “ That” to the word “* Alms” in 
]. 17, both inclusive. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause, to add the words “ or in case of there 
‘* being no such Industrial School in the county 
«* where the child is found, then to such workhouse 
“in any Union that may be duly certified by the 
** authorities mentioned in Clause 6 of this Act to 
“ be fit for the purpose of an Industrial School.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :— Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cxiavses, N° 12 to N° 27, agreed to. 

CiausE, N® 28, postponed. 

Cuauses, N° 29 to N° 31, agreed to. 

CiavsE, N° 32, postponed. 

Criauses, N° 33 to N° 41, agreed to. 

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 Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of Tancred’s Charity Bill; 

And a Motion being aul, 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. Beresford Hope, } 69 

Yeas, LMr. Powell: ’ 

Tellers for thef Mr. Shaw Lefevre, } 83 

Noes, \Mr. Thomson Hankey: ' 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


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

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

VoL. 123. 


95th—26th March. 











105 


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


The Consolidated Fund (£. 6,000,000) Bill was, Consolidated 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- hy esnaee 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for oa 000) 
To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Grand Jury 
— That the Select Committee on Grand Jury Presentments 
resentments (Ireland) do consist of Nineteen ‘e!#™4) 
Members :—&lt;And the said Motion was, with leave 

of the House, withdrawn. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Judgments 
Committee, upon Tuesday next, on the Judgments _ 
. ‘ - 4 ill. 
Extension Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 5th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Thursday, 26th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


. YHE Order, That the Crystal Palace and South Crystal Palace 
London Junction Railway Bill be committed, = South 
° ndon June. 
was read, and discharged, tion Railway 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Entry ia the Brentford Gas 
Votes of the Proceedings of the House of the 24th Bill. 
day of February last, in relation to the Second 
Reading of the Brentford Gas Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the said Bill do stand committed 
from the said 24th day of February last. 


Public 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. — 

Several Public Petitions were also presented, Vide Votes 

and read; and referred to Select Committees. and Twelfth 
Report. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Lee River 

gesses of the Borough of Hertford, in Council Conservancy 
assembled, praying that the Lee River Conservancy ~ * 
Bill may not be passed into a law as it now stands, 
and that they may be heard by their Counsel, 
Agents and Witnesses against such of the pro- 
visions théreof as are adverse to the just rights and 
interests of the Petitioners and the public, and in 
support of the insertion therein of such just and 
proper clauses as may fairly protect the rights and 
interests of the Petitioners and the public, and that 
the Petitioners may have such further or other re- 
lief in the premises as to the House shall seem fit, 
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. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had de wooo 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 23rd Neseet 
and 24th 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. = 


Ordered, 



























































Union with 
Ireland. 
No. 169. 


Clevedon Gas 
Bill. 


Haverfordwest 


Borough Bill 


Wolborough 
Local Board 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Mr. Catch.) 


106 


Ordered, That the Fifth Article of the Act of 
Union between Great Britain and Ireland be re- 
printed, and distributed to Members without delay. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Clevedon Gas Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Haverfordwest Borough 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Wolborough Local Board Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same so as to make 
it consistent with the provisions of the Bill as 
submitted to and sonnel 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Letters addressed to the Poor Law Board 
by the Guardians of the Strand Union, on the 17th 
day of December 1857, and 6th day of January 
1858, relative to Mr. George Catch: Of the 
Correspondence which led the Poor Law Board in 





26th March. 


1868. 


the Court of Session (Scotland), giving a Summary 
of the Results of the same, by showing the Total 
Number of Cases finally decided within a period of 
Three months from the Date when the Summons 
was signeted to the Date of the Final Decree or 
Judgment; the Total Additional Numbers within 
periods of Six months, Nine months, Twelve 
months, Eighteen months, Two years, Three years, 
Four years, and Five years respectively, and also 
the Number, if any, exceeding Five years; the 
Summary to be divided into Two Parts, contain- 
af severally the Inner House and the Outer House 
ases. 

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


to Her Majesty, that She will be gracious 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Papers showing the present 
position of the Question of a Contract Law for 
India: And, of all Reports of the Jndian Law 
Commissioners on the subject of Contracts. 

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





Resolved, That an humble Address be praetor: East India 
y pleased — 


Poor 
(Wal 


Work 


Fore’ 
Catt] 


Publ 
(Ire 
(186 


Nav 


May 1866 to require Mr. Catch’s Resignation of the 
office of Master of the Workhouse of the Parish 
of Saint Mary Newington; together with the 
Depositions taken by Mr. Furnal/, Poor Law In- 
spector in the case:——Of the Correspondence 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from (He 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of ‘he Lords. ) 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Vate of Towy 
to enable the Knighton, the Central Wales, and the Railway Bill 


























Inland 
Revenue 
(Defalcations.) 


Prisons 
(Religious 
Instruction.) 


Court of 
Session 
(Scotland. ) 


relative to his Appointment as Master of the Work- 
house of the Parish of Saint Mary Lambeth : 
And, of the Report of Dr. Markham, Poor Law 
Inspector, as to the Management of the Lambeth 
Workhouse since the Appointment of Mr. Catch. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Defalcations on the part 
of any Collector, Receiver, or other Officer of 
Inland Revenue appointed by the Lords of the 
Treasury, or the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, 
in the last Twenty years, in the following form: 





If not 
Recovered, how 
Accounted for. 


Amount of |If Recovered, 
Defalcation. | and how. 


\Parish or 


| Place. Year. 


County. 

















Resolved, That 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 County and Borough 
Prisons of England in which Religious Instruction 
is afforded to Tieden of different Denominations, 
specifying which and at what Cost to each : —- Of 
the Number of Petitions, and Signatures attached, 

resented to the House for the previous Five years, 
from different Denominations, praying that Re- 
ligious Instruction should be afforded to Prisoners 
of cach Denomination : And, of the Number of 
Prisoners in each Prison, and to what Denomina- 
tion they belong: The Returns to be made up 
to the 2nd day of April inclusive. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper No. 101, of the present Session, respecting 








Central Wales Iixtension Railway Companies to 
take a Lease of the Vale of Towy Railway jointly 
with the ZLlanelly Railway and Dock Company, 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Oath taken by the Sovereign 
at the Coronation: And, of all Oaths and De- 
clarations prescribed to be taken by Members of 
the Legislature since 1829. 

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





mand,—Copy of Correspondence with the British 
Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape 
of Good Hope, Loanda, and New York; and Reports 
from British Vice-Admiralty Courts, and from Bri- 
tish Naval Officers, relating to the Slave Trade ; 
from January lst to December 31st, 1867. Class A. 

Copy of Correspondence with British Ministers 
and Agents in Foreigh Countries, and with Foreign 
Ministers in England, relating to the Slave Trade; 
from January lst to December 31st, 1867. Class B. 
. — That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


to be provided by Parliament, of a Contribution 
towards the Expenses of the Custody and Mainte- 
nance of Children detained in any certified Indus- 
trial School in Jreland, and also of the Cost of their 
Removal in certain cases, in pursuance of the pro- 
visions of any Act of the present Session for ex- 
tending the Industrial Schools Act to Ireland; 
Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy, 4 Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That 
Her Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 





matter 


[Lords.] 


Oaths, &amp;c. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Slave Trade. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, Industrial 


To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to con- are 
sider of eee payment, out of Monies tespense) 


wm 


Poor Law 
(Walsall 
Workhouse.) 


Foreign 
Cattle. 


meen’s Col- 
lege (Galway.) 


Public Records 
(Ireland) Act 
(1867.) 


Navy 
(Health. ) 
No. 170. 


Court of 
Probate (Tre- 


land. ) 

No. 171. 
Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works and 
Metropolitan 


District Rail. 
way Company. 


No. 172. 


Millwall 
Tron Works 
Company. 
No. 173. 
Abyssinian 
Expedition, 
No. 174. 


Savings 
Banks, 
No. 175. 


Increase and 
Diminution, 
(Public 
Offices, ) 


No. 176. 
Superannua- 
tions (Public 
Offices.) 

No. 177. 


East India 
(Employment 
atives,) 


No. 178, 
(Osan 

No. 179, 
Supply, 


31 Vicroria. 


matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Special Report on the Cubic Space, 
Number of Beds, Ventilation, &amp;c. of the Walsall | 
Workhouse, presented to the Poor Law Board by 
Dr. Burton, Medical Officer, in the course of the | 
year. 1867: And, of further Correspondence 
concerning the “ Lancet” Report on the condition 
of the Walsall Workhouse. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of this 
instant March, for a Return relative to Foreign 
Cattle. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 
instant March, for a Return relative to Queen’s 
College ( Galway). 

Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
Table of Fees chargeable at the Public Record Office, 
under the Public Records (Ireland) Act (1867). 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign 
Cattle be referred to the Select Committee on the 
Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill; and that 
the other Papers do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Copy of the Statistical Reports of the Health of 
the Navy for the years 1865 and 1866, and the 
Statistical Abstract of the Health of the Navy for 
1867-68. 

Lord Henry Lennox accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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








Ordered, That the Account relative to the Court 
of Probate (Ireland), which was presented upon 
the 12th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- 

olitan Board of Works and Metropolitan District 

Saiiew Company, which was presented upon the 
24th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Millwall 
Iron Works Company, which was presented upon 
the 24th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Abys- 
sinian Expedition, which was presented upon the 
25th day of this instant March, be’printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 
Banks, which was presented upon the 25th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Increase 
and Diminution (Public Offices), which was pre- 
sented upon the 25th day of this instant March, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Superan- 
nuations (Public Offices), which was presented upon 
the 25th day of this instant March, f printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Employment of Natives), which was presented 
upon the 25th day of this instant March, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
( Oudh), which was presented upon the 25th day 
of this instant March, be printe 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 
1. £.322,900 (in addition to the Sum of £. 174,000 


26th March. 





VoL. 123. 
























































107 


already voted on account), for the Clothing Esta- 
blishments, Services, and Supplies. 

2. £.506,300 (in addition tothe Sum of £. 200,000 
already voted on account), for the Barrack Esta- 
blishment, Services, and Supplies. 

3. £.26,800 (in addition to the Sum of £. 16,000 
already voted on account), for Divine Service. 

4, £.13,000 (in addition to the Sum of £. 10,000 


| already voted on account), for Martial Law. 


5. £.280,800 (in addition tothe Sum of £.100,000 
already voted on account), for the Hospital Esta- 
blishment, Services, and Supplies. 

6. £.686,800 (in addition to the Sum of £.300,000 
already voted on account), for the Militia and In- 
spection of Reserve Forces. 

7. £. 58,000 (in addition to the Sum of £. 30,000 
cag voted on account), for the Yeomanry Ca- 
valry. 

8. £.285,100 (in addition to the Sum of £.100,000 
already voted on account), for Volunteer Corps. 

9. £. 39,600 (in addition to the Sum of £. 25,000 
already voted on account), for Enrolled Pensioners 
and Army Reserve Force. 

10. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 768,400, be granted to 
Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £.200,000 
already voted on account), towards defraying the 
Charge of Superintending Establishment of, and 
Expenditure for, Works, Buildings, and Repairs, 
at Home and Abroad, which will come in course 
of Payment from the Ist day of April 1868 to the 
31st day of March 1869, inclusive. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Item of £.3,000, for Billiard Rooms in 
Barracks, be omitted from the proposed Vote ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Lusk, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Candlish : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Whitmore, 

Noes, Sir Graham Montgomery : 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


1 
if 24. 


\ 72 





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 Com- Election 


mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt Peti 
Practices at Elections Bill; and 


And a Motion being made, and the Question Elections Bill. 


being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out se the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “this House, while earnestly desiring to 
“¢ provide the best tribunal for the trial of Contro- 
** verted Elections, to reduce the cost of such trials, 
*¢ and toensure the detection and punishment of bri- 
* bery and corruption, is not prepared toassent toany 
‘“* measure which aimsat the destruction of its ancient 
“ right and privilege to hold in its own hands the 
“« powerof determining who are its Members, aright 
“«* which the House has asserted and exercised, to its 
“ great advantage, for several hundred years, and 
“ upon the possession of which the dignity and in- 
“ dependence of this House and the constitutional 
“ freedom of the electors greatly depend,” 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. 


P2 Ordered, 

































108 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(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- 
ress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


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


Friday, 27th March, 1868 : 


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


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 21, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N°* 22 (Courts martial may sentence 
to Corporal Punishment for certain Offences), 

Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 36, to leave out 
from the word “any” to the word “shall,” in- 
clusive, in line 39, in order to insert the words “ no 
“ court martial shall for any offence whatever com- 
“ mitted under this Act during the time of peace, 
** within the Queen’s Dominions,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the Yeas,| ag aie { 127. 
+... { Mr. Otway, - 
Tellers for the Noes, | Mr. Theeelyan : p52, 


Words inserted. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 23 to N° 31, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 32 (Provision for subsistence of 
Soldiers when imprisoned in common gaols). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 17, 1. 44, to leave 
out from the words “ One shilling” to the words 
“ per diem,” in p. 18, 1. 1, inclusive, in order to in- 
sert the words “ such sum as may be equal to the 
“expense which such ee may occasion for 
‘** maintenance and establishment charges to such 
“ place of confinement.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed 
to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Criavuses, N° 33 to N° 103, with Amendments 
to one of them, agreed to. 

Schedule, agreed to. 

Preamble amended, and 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Marine Mutiny 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 Capital Punishment within Prisons 


within Prisons Pi] ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


26th—27th March. 







































1863. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund x 
(£. 6,000,000) Bill; and, after some time spent jjy, 000,000) 
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 Amendmeut. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Petit Juries 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Bill was, ac- oyster ana 
cording to Order, read the third time. Museel 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Fisheries Bill, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bi 


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 Monday next. 


The Perth and Brechin Provisional Orders Con- perth and 
firmation Bill was, according to Order, read a Brechin {' 
second time; and committed to a Committee of a 
the whole House, for this day. Gcntien Bill 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to London Coal 
take into consideration the London Coal and Wine nd Wine 
Duties Continuance Bill, as amended in the Com- ponents 
mittee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Auditing of Accounts): And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Ayrton, 71 

Yeas, (Mr. Candlish: J 

Tellers for the fMr. Crawford, 7} 89 

Noes, Fre Alderman Lawrence: | ~~* 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
this day. 


28. 


The Indian Railway Companies Bill was, ac- tpaian 
cording to Order, read the third time. Railway Com- 
Resolved, hat the Bill do pass. aie 

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


The Ecclesiastical Commissioners’ Orders in Ecclesiastical 
Council Bill was, according to Order, read a second Commission: 
° . 5 A ers’ Orders in 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole council Bill 
House, for Wednesday next. [Lords.] 


The Court of Appeal, Chancery (Despatch of Court of 


Business) Amendment Billwas, according to Order, pair dere 
read the third time. of Business) 
Resolve, That the Bill do pass, ns 


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 Select Committee on the Sale of Liquors on Sale of Liquors 
Sunday Bill was nominated of Mr. John Abel on Sunday 
Smith, Sir James Fergusson, Mr. Evans, Mr. Mal- -. 
colm, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Frederick Stanley, Mr. Roe- 
buch, 








ed 
00) 


28 
ill, 


31 Vicrortia. 


buck, Mr. Locke, Mr. Berkeley, Colonel Hamlyn 

Fane, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Mr. Hibbert, Mr. 

Baines, Mr. John Bright, and Mr. Horsfall. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





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

ment Supple- to confirm certain Provisional Orders under “ The 

= Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to the 
Districts of Workington, Walton on the Hill, West 
Derby, Eton, Llanelly, Oxenhope and Stanbury, 
and Keighley; and for other purposes relating to 
certain Districts under the said Act: And that Mr. 
Secretary Gathorne Hardy and Sir James Fer- 
gusson do prepare, and bring it in. 





Public Schools Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Bill. Public Schools Bill do consist of Nineteen Mem- 
bers: 


The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Benyon, Mr. Cavendish Ben- 
tinck, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grant Duff, 
Viscount Enfield, Mr. Darby Griffith, Mr. Neville- 
Grenville, Mr. William Edward Forster, Mr. 
Goschen, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Howes, Mr. 
Mowbray, Mr. Neate, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. 
Powell, Mr. Stone, and Mr. Walpole. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Tand Writs A Motion being made, That this House will, 


— this day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 
ery &amp;e.] of authorizing the payment, out of Monies to be 


provided by ‘Parliament, of the Salary and Re- 
muneration of the Persons to be employed in the 
Offices of the General Register of Sasines and of 
the General Register of Hornings, Inhibitions, and 
Adjudications, and of Compensation to the Holders 
of certain Offices to be abolished in pursuance of 
the provisions for regulating those Offices con- 


I6th—27th March. 





tained in any Act of the present Session to improve 
the system of Registration of Writs relating to | 
Heritable Property in Scotland ; | 

The Judge Advocate, 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. 


Election A Motion being made, that this House will, this | 
— and day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of | 
Practices at authorizing the payment, out of the Consolidated | 
Elections Fund, of the Salaries and Pensions of the Honorary | 
— ~ Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, and out of | 
“Monies to be provided by Parliament, of the Tra- 
velling and other Expenses of any Judge appointed 
in aid of the Honorary Justices, and of the Cost of 
receiving any of the said Judges, and of providing | 
a proper Election Court, and of all other Incidental 
Expenses, in pursuance of the provisions of any 
Act of the present Session relating to Election 

Petitions and Corrupt Practices at Elections ; 

The Judge Advocate, 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. 


Tocal Govern. Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to confirm 
a certain Provisional Orders under the “ Local Go- 
Bill. 58,” relating to the Districts of 
Bill 77, Yermment Act, 1858,” relating to the Distr 

* Workington, Walton on the Hill, West Derby, Eton, 
Liunelly, Oxenhope and Stanbury, and Keighley ; 
and for other purposes relating to certain Districts 
under the said Act: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Monday next; and to be printed. 











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109 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to settle Boundary Bil 
and describe the Limits of certain Boroughs and _ Bill 78 
the Divisions of certain Counties in England and 
Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


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








Friday, 27th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Marylebone (Stingo-lane) Improvement Marylebone 
Bill was read the third time. (Stingo-lane) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Saint Saviour’s, Southwark, Chaplaincy Bill saint 
was read the third time. ste sae I 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eahinen 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to sae 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Vale of Towy Railway Bill was read the vate of Towy 
first time. Railway Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- |2oré*] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence west Riding 
taken before the Committee on the West Riding #74 Grimsby 
and Grimsby Railway Bill, in Session 1867, be re- (een - 
ferred to the Committee on the Zozdon and South 


Western Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Co 
Select Committee of the 
River Shannon Navigation and Drainage, which 
was communicated to this House upon the 3rd day 
of July 1865, be referred to the Select Committee 
on the Shannon River. 


of Report from the River 


ouse of Lords on the Shennon 
(Navigation 


and Drainage.) 


Lord Hotham reported from the Select Com- standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which Orders. 
was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Bradford Waterworks Bradford 
and Improvement Bill, Petition of “ Idle Local Waterworks 
Board of Health,” for dispensing with Standing *™ Improve. 
Order 130 in the case of their Petition against : 
the Bill, the said Standing Order ought not to be 
dispensed with. 

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. 

Several Public Petitions were also presented, yiae Votes 
and read; and referred to a Select Committee. — and Twelfth 

Report. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign 
Cattle, which was presented upon the 26th day of Cattle, 
this instant March, be printed. No. 180. 


Mr. Seerctary Gathorne Hardy presented, pur- Medical Act 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— (!858). 
Returns of Receipts and Expenditure of the Ge- 
neral Council, and of the Branch Councils, under 
the Medical Act (1858), for England, Scotland, and 
Ireland, for the year ending 5th January 1868. 

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


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, pursuant to the Government 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Accounts of !™surances 
all Moneys received, and of the disposal thereof *"4 Ammuities. 
relating to Government Insurances and Annuities, 
and of all Contracts for the Grant of Deferred Life -- 

P3 Annuities 




























110 


Annuities and for Payments on Death made during 
the year ended 31st December 1867. _ 

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


Small Tene- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

ments Rating g Return of all the Parishes with a Population of 

—_ 2,000 and upwards, according to the Census of 
1861, which have adopted the Small Tenements 
Rating Act; the Date of such Adoption; the 
Amount of Assessment to the Poor’s Rate in the 
last Rate made before the adoption of the Act; 
the Amount collected under such Assessment; the 
Amount excused, and the Amount returned as 
irrecoverable; and also the Amount of the first 
Assessment at the expiration of a year after the 
adoption of the Act, in each: such Parish; the 
Amount collected under such Assessment; the 
Amount excused, and the Amount returned as 
irrecoverable ; and also the Amount paid by each 
Parish to Assistant Overseers and Collectors for 
the year ending the 25th day of March before the 
adoption of the Act, and the year ending the 25th 
day of March at the expiration of a year after the 
adoption of the Act. 


Storm Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Warnings. 4 Copy of Correspondence between the Meteoro- 
No. 181. Jogical Office and the Ministry of Marine, Paris, 
ative to Telegraphic Weather Information. 
Mr. Stephen Cave accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 
Ordered, That ihe said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Industrial Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
ao gue a Return of the General Statements of the Funds 
: and Effects of every Industrial and Provident So- 
ciety registered under the Act 25 and 26 Vic. c. 87, 
or 30 and 31 Vic. o. 117, for the year ending the 
3lst day of December 1867, transmitted to the 
Registrars of England, Scotland, and Ireland re- 
spectively. 


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

And a Motion bein 
being proposed, That 
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 
Compulsory * an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
Pilotage. = « representing that, in the opinion of this ~ 
“ measures ought to be taken for the early aboli- 
“ tion of Compulsory Pilotage, with due regard to 
* existing interests, and for requiring Pilotage 
* Authorities to examine and license all competent 
*‘ persons applying to them for the purpose of 
* qualifying to act as Pilots,” 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 oy, | again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now the Chair ; 


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


Saturday, 28th March, 1868: 


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

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


Supply. 


made, and the Question 
r, Speaker do now leave 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 


Clothing Esta- 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 322,900, be 


Supply, 


Q7th—2kth March. 








1868. 


granted to Her Majesty (in addition tothe Sum of 
£. 174,000 already voted on account), towards de- 
fraying the Charge of the Clothing Establishments, 
Services, and Supplies, which will come in course 
of payment from the lst day of April 1868 to the 
3lst day of March 1869, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 506,300, be Barrack Eta. 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum Dlishment. 
of £. 200,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge of the Barrack Establish- 
ment, Services, and Supplies, which will come in 
course of payment from the lst day of April 1868 
to the 3lst day of March 1869, inclusive. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 26,800, be Divine 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum Service. 
of £. 16,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge for Divine Service, which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of April 
1868 to the 31st day of March 1869, inclusive. 

4, That a Sum, not excceding £. 13,000, be Martial Law, 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £. 10,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge of the Administration of 
Martial , rg which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the Ist day of April 1868 to the 31st 
day of March 1869, inclusive. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 280,800, be Hospital Esta. 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the sum of lishment. 
£. 100,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge of the Hospital Establish- 
ment, Services, and Supplies, which will come in 
course of payment from the lst day of April 1868 
to the 31st day of March 1869, inclusive. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 686,800, be Militia and 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum Inspection of 
of £.300,000 already voted on account), towards — 
defraying the Charge of the Militia and Inspection ; 
of Reserve Forces, which will come in course of 
payment from the Ist day of April 1868 to the 
31st day of March 1869, inclusive. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 58,000, be Yeomanry 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of Cavalry. 
£. 30,000 already voted on account), towards de- 
fraying the Charge of the Yeomanry Cavalry, 
which will come in course of payment * fe the lst 
day of April 1868 to the 31st day of March 1869, 
inclusive. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 285,100, be Volunteer / 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum Corps. 
of £. 100,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, which 
will come in course of pane from the Ist day of 
April 1868 to the 31st day of March 1869, inclusive. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.39,600, be Enrolled 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum Pensioners 
of £. 25,000 already voted on account), towards satan, 
defraying the Charge for Enrolled Pensioners and 
Army Reserve Force, which will come in course 
of payment from the lst day of April 1868 to the 
3lst day of March 1869, inclusive. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 768,400, be works, 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum Buildings, 
of £. 200,000 already voted on account), towards *"4 Repait™ 
defraying the Charge of Superintending Esta- 
blishment of, and Expenditure for, Works, Build- 
ings and Repairs, at Home and Abroad, which 
will come in course of payment from the lst day of 
April 1868 to the 31st day of March 1869, inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Consolidated Fund (£. 6,000,000) Bill was, Consolidated 

according to Order, read the third time. Fund ) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the emcee 

Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Six Million ~ 

Pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the Ser- 

vice of the year ending on the Thirty-first day of 

March, One thousand eight hundred and oo are 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. i 
e 


Petit 
(ire 


Efe eecent 


Pe 


wien bet et OO 


Capital 





31 Vicroria. 


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


Punishment mittee on the Capital Punishment within Prisons 


a Bill ; 


Land Writs 
Registration 
(easrien 


Salaries, &amp;c.] 


ons and 
Corrupt 
ces at 


a 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 21st day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The 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 Petit Juries (Jreland) 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 Perth and Brechin Provisional Orders 
Confirmation 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 Reformatory Schools (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Land Writs Registration 
( Scotland) [ Salaries, &amp;c. | 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the 
payment, out of Moneys to be provided by Parlia- 
ment, of the Salary and Remuneration of the 
Persons to be employed in the offices of the General 
Register of Sasines and of the General Register 
of Hornings, Inhibitions, and Adjudications, and 
of Compensation to the holders of certain offices to 
be abolished in pursuance of the provisions for re- 
gulating those offices contained in any Act of the 
present Session to improve the system of Registra- 
tion of Writs relating to Heritable Property in 
Scotland. 


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. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Election Petitions and Cor- 
rupt Practices at Elections [Salaries and Ex- 
penses |. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the 
ayment, out of the Consolidated Fund, of the 
Salaries and Pensions of the Honorary Justices of 
the Court of Common Pleas, and out of Moneys to 
be provided by Parliament, of the Travelling and 
other Expenses of any Judge appointed in aid of 
the Honorary Justices, and of the cost of Receiv- 


ing any of the said Judges, and of providing a 
roper Election Court, and of all other Incidental 
xpenses, in pursuance of the provisions of any 


Vou. 123. 





27th-—28th March. 














111 


Act of the one Session relating to Election 
Petitions and Corrupt Practices at Elections. 
Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second County Finan- 
cial Boards 
(No. 2) Bill. 


— of the County Financial Boards (No. 2) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 29th day of April next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Metropolis 


Reading of the Metropolis Gas Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Gas Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Industrial 
into a Committee on Industrial Schools (/re- irela na) 


land) | Expenses]. 
(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the 
payment, out of Moneys to be provided by Parlia- 
ment, of a Contribution towards the expenses of 
the custody and maintenance of Children detained 
in any certified Industrial School in Ireland, and 
also of the cost of their removal in certain cases, 
in pursuance of the provisions of any Act of the 
present Session for extending the Industrial 
Schools Act to 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 upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Number of Agricultural 
Holdings in Jreland in 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1867 
above 1 Acre and not exceeding 5 Acres; above 
5 Acres and not exceeding 15 Acres; above 15 
Acres and not exceeding 30 Acres; above 30 
Acres and not exceeding 100 Acres; and above 
100 Acres: Showing the extent of Arable 
Land, the extent of Land not Arable, and the 
Total extent of Land in each Class; the average 
extent of Arable Land, of Land not Arable, and 
the Total extent of each Holding in 1841, 1851, 
1861, and 1867:——Showing the Valuation for 
Poor Law purposes of each Class, and the average 
Valuation of each Holding at each period: 
Showing the extent of Land under Tillage (other 
than Meadowing and Clover) in each Class, the 
extent under Meadowing and Clover in each Class, 
and the average extent of each for each Holdin 
at each period :——Showing the Quantity ma 
Value of the enumerated Crops in each Class, and 
the average Quantity and Value for each Holding 
at each period :——-And, showing the Number of 
each description of Live Stock, and the Value 
thereof for each Class, and the average Value for 
each Holding at each period. 








Ordered, That the Select Committee on Scien- 
tific Instruction do consist of Eighteen Members. 
The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Mr. Acland, Mr. Akroyd, Mr. Bagnall, Mr. 
Bazley, Mr. Henry Austin Bruce, Mr. Beecroft, 
Lord Frederic Cavendish, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Graves, 
Mr. Gregory, Mr. Thomas Hughes, Sir Charles 
Lanyon, Mr. M‘Lagan, Lord Robert —— 
P4 ; 


[ Expenses. 


Agricultural 


Holdings 
(Ireland.) 


Scientific 


Instruction. 



























































112 


Mr. Edmund Potter, Mr. Powell, Mr. Read, and 
Mr. Samuelson; with Power to send for persons, 
papers, and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Extradition. Ordered, That the Select Committee on Extra- 
dition do consist of Seventeen Members. 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Mr. M‘Cullagh Torrens, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Wal- 
pole, Mr. William Edward Forster, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Sir Francis Goldsmid, Mr. Gorst, Mr. 
Mill, Mr. Percy Wyndham, Mr. Layard, Mr. 
Edward Egerton, Mr. Neate, Mr. Thomas Baring, 
Sir Robert Collier, Mr. Graves, Mr. Baxter, and 
Mr. Schreiber; with Power to send for persons, 
papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Prisons 
(Religious 
Instruction.) 


The Order, made upon the 26th day of this 
instant March, for presenting to Her Majesty an 
humble Address, that She would be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, Returns relative to Prisons (Religious 
Instruction), 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, Returns of the County and Borough 
Prisons of England in which Religious Instruction 
is afforded to Prisoners of different Denomina- 
tions, specifying which and at what Cost to each: 
And, of the Number of Prisoners in each 
Prison, and to what Denomination they belong : 
The Returns to be made up tothe 2nd day of 
April 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 


Prisons 
(Religious 
Instruction.) 








Council, 
Prisons Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(Religious 4 Return of the Number of Petitions and Signatures 


Instructio . 
(Petitions ie.) attached, presented to the House for the previous 


Five years, from different Denominations, praying 
that Religious Instruction should be afforded to 
Prisoners of each Denomination in the County 
and Borough Prisons of Eugland; the Return to 
be made up to the 2nd day of April inclusive. 


Civil Services, 
No. 182, 


Mr, Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Estimate showing the several Civil 
Services for which a Vote “on Account” is re- 
quired for the year ending 31st March 1869. 

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


And then the House, having continued to 
sit till a quarter of an hour before Two of 
the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned 
till Monday next. 








Monday, 30th March, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
Message from Ms Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
the Lords, Yi Message had been brought from the Lords 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth: 


Fairs (Ireland) The Lords have agreed to the Fairs (Jreland) 
Bill. Bill, without any Amendment. 
Consolidated The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated 


a aeiane. Fund (£. 362,398. 19s. 9d.) Bill, without any 


19s. 9d.) Bill, Amendment. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Bodmin and 


ewig to extend the Time limited for the compulsory 
| Lords.) ” Purchase of Lands and Houses, and completing 
the Deviation Railways and other Works autho- 
rized by the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Act, 





97 th—28th—3U0th March. 


























1868. 


1865; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Great western 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to confirm the R#'!lway 
issue of Stocks and Shares of the Great Western as) 
Railway Company, in payment of Dividends to ; 
the Holders of Stocks or Shares in the Company, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Divorce ana 
Reading of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Hetrimoaial 
Court Bill; bh 

Ordered, ‘that the Bill be read a,second time 
upon Tuesday the 21st day of April next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Burry Port 
the Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway 404 Gwen. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railwey a 4 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Devon Valley 
the Devon Valley 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 Lincotn 
the Lincoln Corporation Bill, as amended in the Corporation 
Committee. Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Loughborough 
the Loughborough Gas Bill, as amended in the 4 Bill 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North London 
the North London Railway Bill, as amended in Railway Bill 
the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


Alexander Scott’s Hospital Estate Bill was read Alexander 


a second time; and committed. Scott's Hospi- 
tal Estate 


Bill [Lords.] 

Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 25th, as 
26th, and 27th 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 House being informed, That the Lord Royal Irish 
Mayor of the City of Dublin attended at the door ; stitute. 
he was called in, and at the Bar presented,—A Pe- 
tition of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin :—And then 
he withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the House 
may take into its consideration the necessity of 
establishing a Royal Jrish Institute, analogous in 
object to the Institution at Kensington, was read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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 As- 
sent to several Acts agreed cere, both Houses, 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honour- 
able House in the House of Peers, to hear the 





Commission read. 
Accordingly 


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Dep: 
(Ext 


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of Bi 
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Bill | 
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and 
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$1 Vicrorta. 


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 : 


Consolidated — _ An Act to apply the Sum of Three hundred and 
el gos. *1Xty-two thousand Three hundred and Ninety- 


eight pounds Nineteen shillings and Nine-pence 
out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the 
years ending the Thirty-first day of March One 
thousand Eight hundred and Sixty-seven, and the 
Thirty-first day of March One thousand Eight 
hundred and Sixty-eight: 

Public An Act to regulate the Disposal of Extra Re- 


— ceipts of Public Departments : 
xtr 


198.9.) Bill. 


Receipts) Bill. a 
frirs(Ireland) An Act to facilitate the Alteration of Days upon 
Bill. which, and of Places at which, Fairs are now held 


in Ireland: 


Court of An Act to amend an Act to make further pro- 

Appeal, Chan- yision for the Despatch of Business in the Court 

ai) of Appeal in Chancery. 

Amendment 

Bill (Lords.] 

Eastbourne Mr. Monk reported from the Committee on 

Gas Bill. Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Eastbourne Gas Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations 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. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Votes Several Public Petitions were also presented, 

_ and read; and referred to Select Committees. 

Population, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Valuation, &amp;. a Return of the Population, Valuation, and Num- 


(Ireland. ) 


the Act of Union :— 








Population. Valuation. 
_ After Act After Act After Act 
of Union. 1841. of Union, 1841. of Union. 184l. 





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Post Office 


om Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an 


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Office Savings Banks, for the year 1867. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Account 


30th March. 


ber of Electors of each County, City, and Borough | 
in Ireland in the year 1841, and immediately after | 


Number of Electors, . 4 . 
- | directions of an Act of Parliament,—Accounts o 


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113 


turn of the Local Taxation and Expenditure in each 
County and Union in England and Wales for the 
year 1866: 



































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Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of De- Grand Juries 
cember last, for a Return relative to Grand Juries (!teland.) 
(Ireland.) 

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


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Colonial 
mand,—-Copy of Reports showing the present state Possessions. 
of Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions, transmitted 
with the Blue Books for the year 1866: Part. II. 

North American Colonies; African Settlements, 
and Saint Helena; Australian Colonies, and New 
Zealand; the Mediterranean Possessions, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 





Lord Henry Lennox presented, pursuant to the Greenwieh 
f Hospital. 

the Receipt and Expenditure of the Capital and 

of the Income derived from the Lands and Pro- 

perty held for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital, 


| for 1865-66. 


Order, dated the 6th day of December last, for a | ment Insurances and Annuities, which were pre- 
Return relative to the Balance Sheet of the Post | sented upon the 27th day of this instant March, 


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


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Govern- Government 
Insurances 
and Annuities. 


be printed. No. 183. 


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be post- Orders of the 


of all Deposits received and paid under the autho- | poned until after the Notice of Motion relative to Day. 


rity of the Post Office Savings Banks Act, 24 Vic. 
c. 14, during the year ended the 31st December 
1867, and of the Expenses incurred from the com- 
mencement of Business on 16th September 1861 
to 31st December 1867, together with a Statement 
of the Total Amount due at the close of the year 
1867 to all Depositors. 

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





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Local Taxa. 


tion and 
Expenditure, 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 


Vou. 123. 


the Established Church (Ireland). 


The House was moved, That the Act 39 &amp; 40 Established 
Geo. 3, c. 67, for the Union of Great Britain and ore (Ire 
Ireland, might be read; and the same was read. ~~ ) 

The House was also moved, That the Act 3 &amp; 4 
Will. 4, c. 37, to alter and amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Temporalities of the Church in 
Ireland, might be read; and the same was read, 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 &amp; 2 
Vic. c. 109, to abolish Compositions for Tithes in 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of | Ireland, and to substitute Rent-charges in lieu 
June, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- | thereof, might be read; and the same was read. 


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114 


The House was also moved, That the Act 1 
Will. &amp; Mary, c. 6, for establishing the Coro- 
nation Oath, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House will immediately 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Acts ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ House” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ while admitting that considerable modifi- 
“ cations in the Temporalities of the United Church 
“in Ireland may, after the pending Inquiry, ap- 
* pear to be expedient, is of opinion that any Pro- 
position tending to the Disestablishment or Dis- 
“ endowment of that Church ought to be reserved 
“for the decision of a new Parliament,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 

words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 

morrow. 


Representation 
of the People 
(Ireland) Bill. 


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 
upon Monday the 27th day of April next. 


Petty Sessions 


my Soe The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Houses Bill, Reading of the Petty Sessions and Lock-up Houses 
Ul; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Election Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
mney and Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices at Elec- 
Practices at tions [ Salaries and Expenses], a Resolution; which 
Elections was read, as followeth : 
ate - That it is expedient, to authorise the payment, 
; out of the Consolidated Fund, of the Salaries and 
Pensions of the Honorary Justices of the Court of 
Common Pleas, and out of Moneys to be provided 
by Parliament, of the Travelling and other Ex- 
penses of any Judge appointed in aid of the Ho- 
norary Justices, and of the cost of Receiving any 
of the said Judges, and of providing a proper Elec- 
tion Court, and of all other Incidental Expenses, 
in pursuance of the provisions of any Act of the 
present Session relating to Election Petitions and 
Corrupt Practices at Elections. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Election The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a, and mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt 
Practices at Practices at Elections Bill; 


Elections Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mutiny Bill. The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Mutiny Bill, as 


amended in the Committee. 


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


Tuesday, 31st March, 1868: 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 1, lL. 7, by inserting, after the word 
*“ Crown,” the words “ and the preservation of the 
“ Balance of Power in £urope.’ 

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

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time 
this day at half an hour after Four of the clock. 


30th—31st March. 











1868. 























































The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marine ! 
into a Committee on the Marine Mutiny Bill; and, Mutiny Bin, ] 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- é 
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, at 
half an hour after Four of the clock. 


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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Local Government Supplemental Bill was, Local Govern. 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- ment Supple. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ™°™*! Bil 
Thursday next. | 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana | 
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 Perth 
into a Committee on the Perth and Brechin Pro- = — 
visional Orders Confirmation Bill; and, after some ang) | 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the firmation Bill 
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 Reformatory Schools (Jreland) Bill was, Reformatory 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- ied) Bo 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday the 27th day of April next. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Land Writs 
Land Writs Registration (Scotland) [ Salaries, (eetead) 
&amp;c.], a Resolution; which was read, as followeth: telaries, &amp;e.) 

hat it is expedient to authorise the payment, 
out of Moneys to be provided by Parliament, of 
the Salary and Remuneration of the persons to be 
employed in the offices of the General Register of 
Sasines and of the General Register of Hornings, 
Inhibitions, and Adjudications, and of Compensa- 
tion to the holders of certain offices to be abolished 
in pursuance of the provisions for regulating those 
offices contained in any Act of the present Soden 
to improve the system of Registration of Writs re- 
lating to Heritable Property in Scotland. 

The said Resolution, tine read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Industrial 


Industrial Schools ( Ireland) Expenses), a Resolu- ae vee 
tion; which was read, as followeth : a 


That it is expedient to authorise the payment, 
out of Moneys to be provided by Parliament, of a 
Contribution towards the expenses of the custody 
and maintenance of Children detained in any 
certified Industrial School in Jredand, and also of 
the cost of their removal in certain cases, in pur- 
suance of the provisions of any Act of the present 
Session for extending the Industrial Schools Act 
to Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Industrial 
mittee on the Industrial Schools (Ireland) Bill ; Schools ine 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 






Ordered, 











cod tion 
opuation, 
he (Ireland.) 


31 Victoria. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Gross Area, the Population 
according to the Census of 1861, the Estimated 
Population in 1867, the Annual Value of Real 
Property, the Number of Occupiers rated at more 
than £.4 and less than £.8, the Number rated at 
£.8 and less than 12, and the Number rated at 
£. 12 and upwards, for the townships of Kingstown, 
Blackrock, and Dalkey, all in the County of 
Dublin; these particulars to be given in separate 
columns, and to be added up so as to show the 
Total of the whole. 


Scientific Ordered, That the Select Committee on Scien- 
Instruction. tific Instruction do consist of Nineteen Members. 
Ordered, That Mr. William Lowther be added 

to the Committee. 

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

(Frampton to render valid Marriages heretofore solemnised 

pane.) in the Chapel of Ease of Frampton Mansel, in the 
Parish of Sapperton, in the County of Gloucester : 
And that Sir James Fergusson and Mr. Secretary 
Gathorne Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 

Prisons (Com- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Raleers.) to ‘to provide Compensation to Officers of certain 


discontinued Prisons: And that Sir James Fer- 
gusson and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


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 : 
Lewes Water The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Bill (Lords) to authorise the Company of Proprietors of the 
Lewes Waterworks to raise more Money, and for 
other purposes; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 
Marriages Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to render 
_. valid Marriages heretofore solemnised in the Chapel 
) Bill. 5 7 A 
Bill 79 of Ease of Frampton Mansel, in the Parish of 
*  Sapperton, in the County of Gloucester: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to 
be printed. 
Prisons (Com- Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to provide 
Offers) Bill Compensation to Officers of certain discontinued 
Bill 80 Prisons: And the same was read the first time ; 
* and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next; and to be printed. 
ee Officers’ The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
tion (Ireland) nesday the 8th day of April next, the Local 
Bill. Officers’ Superannuation (/re/and) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 


day. 





Tuesday, 31st March, 1868. 





PRAYERS. 
Committee of RDERED, That the Committee of Selection 
™ have leave to sit this day till Five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 
Railway Bills Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on 
(Group 6.) Group 6 of Railway Bills; That, for the con- 


venience of parties, the Committee had adjourned 
to Monday, the 27th day of April next, at Twelve 
of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 

VoL. 123. 


30th—31st March. 

























































115 


Mr. Dodson reported the Grand Junction Water Grand Junction 
Bill, with Amendments. Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Burslem and Tunstall Burslem and 
Gas Bill, with Amendments. Tunstall Gas 


Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. &gt; 


Mr. Dodson reported the Buckfastleigh, Totnes, Buckfastleigh, 
and South Devon Railway Bill, with Amendments. i 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway Bill. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported Bolckow’s Naturalization Bolckow’s 
Bill, without Amendment. Naturalization 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. i Ctré-] 


Mr. Dodsen reported from the Committee on the Potteries, 
Potteries, Shrewsbury, and North Wales Railway Shrewsbury, 
Bill; ‘That they had examined the allegations con- Waiee Railway 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended Bin. 
the same by striking out a recital as to the 
expediency of reviving and extending the powers 
of the Company for the compulsory purchase of 
certain lands and buildings, and found the same, 
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 Ruthin Water Bill, Ruthin Water 


with Amendments. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Saint Luke’s ( King’s saint Luke’s 
Cross) District Bill, with Amendments. pace — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. “**"** *™ 


Mr. Dodson reported the Stourport Bridge and stourport 
Approaches Bill, with Amendments. — = 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ,hP°""™ 


The Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Bill was godmin and 
read the first time. Wadebridge 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- yee sg Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. ore 


The Lewes Water Bill was read the first time. Lewes Water 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill [Lerds.| 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Dubiin, 
Railway Company, praying that provision may be Wicklow, and 
made in the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Rail- nn =. 
way Bill for reducing the present number o , 
Directors to a maximum of seven and a minimum 
of five, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the London -_ South oe London ond 
Railway Company, praying that provision may be Seu estern 
made in the Landon a South Wome Railway —_— 
Bill for the creation of preferred and deferred 
ordinary stock by the Company, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Several Public Petitions were also presented, ya. Votes 
and read; and referred to a Select Committee. od Thirteenth 
eport. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Paris Paris 
Exhibition, which was presented upon the 13th Exhibition. 
day of February last, be printed. No, 184, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Balance Post Office 
Sheet of the Post Office Savings Banks for the Savings Banks. 
year 1867, which was presented upon the 30th day No. 185. 
of this instant March, be printed. 

Q2 Ordered, 














































































a ue we — 


Post Office 


Savings Banks, 


No. 186. 


Greenwich 
Hospital. 


No. 187. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Oaths, &amp;c. 


Railway 
Accidents. 


Railways 
Abandonment. 


No, 203. 


Rangoon and 
Western China. 


Saint. Pancras 
Ecclesiastical 
Regulation 
will, 


East India 
(Godavery 
River.) 


Mutiny Bill. 


116 


Ordered, That the Account of all Deposits re- 
ceived and paid under the authority of the Post 
Office Savings Banks Act, during the year ended 
the 3lst December 1867, which was presented 
upon the 30th day of this instant March, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Green- 
wich Hospital, which were presented upon the 
30th day of this instant March, be printed. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of General 
Order and Rules of the High Court of Chancery, 
to regulate the mode of proceeding, under the Com- 
panies Act, 1867, issued by the Lord High Chan- 
cellor, Saturday the 21st day of March 1868. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of this 
instant March, for Returns relative to Oaths, &amp;c. 

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


Mr. Stephen Cave secon by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspecting 
Officers of the Railway Department to the Board 
of Trade, upon certain Accidents which have oc- 
curred on Railways during the months of January 
and February 1868. Part First. 

Mr. Stephen Cave also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of 
Warrant of the Board of Trade, authorising the 
Abandonment of the Fochabers and Garmouth 
Railway, in pursuance of the Abandonment of 


Railways Act, 1850, and the Railway Companies; 


( Scotland) Act, 1867; and Report thereon. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table, and that the last be printed. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23rd day of 
this instant March, for’ Returns relative to Ran- 
goon and Western China. 

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


Mr. Monk reported from the Committee on 
Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Saint Pancras Ecclesiastical Regulation Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
adding the recital of facts to justify a complete 
Division of the Parish of Saint Pancras into sepa- 
rate Ecclesiastical Districts, and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, Copies of the Minutes and Correspon- 
dence of the Secretary of State for India, the Go- 
vernor General of India, or any others, relating to 
tne opening up of the River Godavery :—And, of 
the Reports and Correspondence of the Engineers 
and others employed on the Works since the Return 
presented to this House on the 28th day of April 
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. 


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. 


31st March. 








1868. 


The House, according to Ostenapreneeies to —~ Mutiny 
take into consideration the Marine Mutiny 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 Second Petit Juries 
Reading of the Fetit Juries (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 27th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Established 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, (burch (Ire- 
upon the 30th day of this instant March, was” 2 
ange to be made to the Question, That this 

Iouse will immediately resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee to consider the Acts relative to the Esta-: 
blished Church in Jreland; and which Amend- 
ment was, to leave out from the word “ House” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ while admitting that considerable 
“ modifications in the Temporalities of the United 
* Church in Ireland may, after the pending In- 
** quiry, appear to be expedient, is of opinion that 
* any proposition tending to the Disestablishment 
* or Disendowment of that Church ought to be 
* reserved for the decision of a new Parliament,” 
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 Thursday next. 


The Perth and Brechin Provisional Orders Con- Perth 


° . . and Brechin 
firmation Bill was, according to Order, read the Divisional 
third time. Orders Con- 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. firmation Bill. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Industrial 
mittee on the Industrial Schools (Jreland) Bill; Schools (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re-'*"® Bil 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- sfessage from 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Railways (Exten- paiiways 
sion of Time) Bill, with Amendments; to which (Extension of 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Time) Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Non-Traders 
to extend to Non-Traders the operation of the Law Bankruptcy 
of Bankruptcy in Jreland; to which thé Lords de- (rorde) ball 
sire the concurrence of this House. epic 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Legitimacy 
to enable Persons in Ireland to establish Legiti- rw 
macy and the Validity of Marriages, and the right Crerds] ” 
to be deemed Natural-born Subjects; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dee River 
for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the Company Bill 
Undertaking for Recovering and Preserving the -e 
Navigation of the River Dee to raise further 
Moneys, and other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dingwall and 
to enable the Dingwall and Skye Railway Com- Sive er | 
pany to make Deviations of their authorized Line ™ ait 
of Railway, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lordshave passed a Bill, intituled, An Act ower Subway 
to authorize the construction of a Subway under Bill [Lords.} 
the Thames from Tower-hill to the opposite side re 
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117 


the River; to which the Lords desire the con-| tuled, “ An Act to facilitate the Sale and Transfer 


currence of this House. 





Carnarvon — The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
and — to confer further Powers upon the Carnarvon and 
trond Llanberis Railway Company, and upon the London 
and North Western Railway Company, with re- 
spect to the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
Ilouse. 
Life Policies The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
_— a Committee, To-morrow, on the Life Policies 
=. Nomination Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 20th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 
Extra Receipts. Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s 
No. 188. Command,—Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 2nd 
November 1867, relative to Extra Receipts in 
Public Departments. 
Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee of Public Accounts; and be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Wednesday, 1st April, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 
Camarvon and HE Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway Bill 
—— was read the first time. 
(lords) . Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Dee River The Dee River Company Bill was read the first 
Company Bill time, 
Ges.) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Dingwall and The Dingwall and Skye Railway Bill was read 
Skye Railway the first time. 
Bill [Lords.] 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Tower Subway The J'ower Subway Bill was read the first time. 


Bill (Lords) = Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. = yead; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Votes Several Public Petitions were also presented, 
an our. ° ° ay ~ ; 
teenth Report. and read; and referred to a Select Committee. 
Metropolis Ordered, That the Metropolis Gas Bill be read 
Gas Bill. a second time To-morrow. 

ae Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(Dublin. Returns giving the Amount of Fees received in 


the Registry of Deeds Office, Dublin, in each year 
from the Ist day of January 1862 to the 31st day 
of December 1867 (since the passing of the Act 
27 and 28 Vic. c. 76, the Fees of the Office being 
received in Stamps), and the Amount of Duty 
Stamps used in the same Office in each year for 
the same period, and to which all Memorials, 
Affidavits, Copies, and Searches were liable; also 
for all Certificates given from this Office :-—- 
Giving the Expenditure of the Registry of Deeds 
Office, Dublin, in each year from the Ist day of 
January 1862 to the 31st day of December 1867, 
and Balances of Surplus at that day and at pre- 
sent: Showing the Number of Memorials of 
Deeds, &amp;c. registered in the Registry of Deeds 
Office, Dublin, in each year from the Ist day of 
January 1862 to the 31st day of December 1867 : 
Showing the Number of Conveyances, De- 
clarations of Title, &amp;c. under the Seal of the 
Landed Estates Court, registered in pursuance of 
and under the authority of the Act 22 Vic., inti- 








| of Land in Ireland,” specifying the Gross Amount 


of the Consideration Money as set forth in such 
Instruments in each year for the same period : 
Showing the Number of Memorials of “ recorded 
ownership,” pursuant to the Record of Titles Act 
28 and 29 Vie. c. 88, registered in each year since 
the passing of said Act: Showing the Number 
of Negative Searches lodged in each year from 
the Ist day of January 1862 to the 31st day of 
December 1867: Showing the Number of 
Common Searches lodged in each year for same 
— Showing the Number of Search 

ockets issued to the Public in each year for same 
period : Showing the Number of Attested 
Copies of Memorials ordered in each year for same 
period: —— Showing the Number of Attested 
Copies of Negative Searches ordered in each year 
for same period :——And, showing the state of all 
Negative and Common Searches on the 31st day 
of January 1868, which were lodged in the Re- 
gistry of Deeds Office, Dublin, on or before the 
31st day of December 1867; also Number of Cer- 
tificates given. 

















The Religious, &amp;c. Buildings (Sites) Bill was, Retigions, &amp;e. 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Buildings 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for (Sites) Bill. 
Tuesday the 21st day of this instant April. 


The Libel Bill was, according to Order, read a ripe Bin, 
second time; and committed to a Committee of 

the whole House, for Wednesday the 20th day of 

May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Artizans and 
into a Committee on the Artizans and Labourers’ Kabowrers’ 
Dwellings Bill. - 

(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

Ciauses, N° 1 to N°4, agreed to. 

Criausg, N° 5 (Appointment of officer of 
health). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 23: To leave 
out the words “appointed under this section,” in 
order to insert the words “ of health.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :--Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

CLAusE, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N°7 (On representation by four house- 
holders that disease exists in a house, officer of 
health to inspect and report). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause : 
To add the words “If after inspecting such 
‘€ premises, the officer of health shall report that 
* they are in a state likely to engender disease, 
* such officer shall be deemed to be compromised 
* within the meaning of the Quarantine Laws, and 
“ shall pass in perfectly non-infectious circum- 
* stances, at least as many days as the disease can 
“* have days of incubation or latency.” 

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

Clause agreed to. ; 

CrausE, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 

CriauseEs, N° 9 and N° 10, postponed. 

Cause, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 12 (Clerk of local authority to give 
notice to owner of orders made under this Act). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be postponed :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Clause amended, and agreed to. 

CiausE, N° 13, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 14 (Owner to execute specified 
works, or sell premises to the local authority). 





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Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 8: To leave 
out the words “ Three calendar months,” in order 
to insert the words ** Fourteen days.” 

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. 6, ls. 13 
and 14: To leave out the words “ or whether he | 
* requires.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :— Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 15 to N° 17, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 18 (If owner do not execute the 
works, local authority to execute them). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 40: To leave | 
out the words “ the time mentioned in the specifi- | 
** cation,” in order to insert the words “‘a reasonable 
** time.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. | 

Clause agreed to. 

C.iauseE, N° 19, agreed to. | 

Cause, N* 20, amended, and agreed to. 

Criause, N*® 21 (If valuation not accepted, 
amount to be assessed by a jury). 

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Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 29: To leave 
out the words “do not signify,” in order to insert 
the words “ refuses to signify.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause- 
An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CLAusE, N°* 22, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 23 (Provision in case of disagree- 
ment between owners). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 7: To leave 
out from the word “ executed ” to the word “ pur- 
** chase ” in 1. 18 inclusive. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Question, That the Clause. stand part of the 
Bill——put, and negatived. 

CiausE, N° 24 (Local authority to pay com- 
pensation when total demolition required). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 32: 
To leave out the words “ subject to the provisions 
** of this Act with reference to the use thereof.” 

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. 





put, and agreed to. 


Cxiause, N° 25 (Building company may pur- 
chase premises and site). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 8: 
After the word “tender,” to insert the words 
* by the said building company.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 26, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 27 (House to be improved may be 
taken down). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 33: To leave 
out from the words “ but in every such case” to 
the end of the Clause. | 

Question proposed, That the words “but in| 
“every such case” stand part of the Clause :— | 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 28 (Appropriation of property | 
acquired by local authority). | 





| 
| 


An Amendment made. Unit 
Another Amendment proposed in p. 10, 1. 5: To (Sec 
leave out from the word “ first,” to the word “autho- 
“rity” in 1. 8, in order to insert the words “ the dis- 
- = of by way of absolute sale or exchange, or 
‘ by lease for a period of not less than 99 years, 
“ of any part of the premises acquired by them 
* under this Act, so as to provide thereby for the 
* construction of new buildings, or the repair or 
** improvement of existing buildings thereon, suit- 
* able for the occupation of the labouring classes.” Sm: 
Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause: —Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 
Other Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


- 


Ciauses, N° 29 to N° 34, agreed to. = 
Cause, N° 35 (Expenses of local authority). , 
Amendment proposed in p. 12, 1. 22: To leave | 
out the words “ Three pence,” in order to insert Q 
the words “ One penny.” leg 


Question proposed, That the words “ Three 
“ pence ” stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. ° 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





aw 


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. U 

Resolved, That that this House will, upon Tues- ( 
day the 21st day of this instant April, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical _ 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commissioners’ Orders Commissioners 
° ° . Orders in 
in Council Bill ; Council Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday [Lords.] 
the 20th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


end o.&amp; Gnd 


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, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself eer 
into a Committee on the Industrial Schools (Jre- jand) Bill. 
land) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Postponed Clauses, N° 28 and N° 32, agreed to. 
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 To-morrow. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Electric 
to enable Her Majesty’s Postmaster General to Telesraphs- 
acquire, work, and maintain Electric Telegraphs : 

And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 
Stephen Cave, and Mr. Sclater-Booth do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Ordered, That Lord John Browne be discharged Grand pt 
from further attendance on the Select Committee (Ireland.) 
on Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland). 

Ordered, That Colonel French be added to the 
Committee. 

Ordered, 












31 Vicroria. 


United Parishes Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(Scotland.) to amend the Act of the Seventh and Eighth years 


of the reign of Victoria, chapter Forty-four, re- 
lating to the formation of Quoad Sacra Parishes 
in Scotland, and to.repeal the Act of the Twenty- 
ninth and Thirtieth years of the reign of Victoria, 
chapter Seventy-seven: And that Mr. Waldegrave- 
Leslie, Major Walker, Mr. Herries Maxwell, and 
Mr. J‘Lagan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Small Pox Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
(Ireland. ) Order, dated the 13th day of March last, for Re- 
turns relative to Small Pox (Jreland). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Durham Ordered, That the Return relative to Durham 
Records, 


Records, which was presented upon the 17th day 
No. 189. of February last, be printed. 


Queen’s Col- Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Queen’s 
lege (Galway-) Collece (Galway), which were presented upon the 


No. 190. 17th day of February last and the 26th day of March 
last, be printed. 

Oaths, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Oaths, &amp;c. 

No. 191, Which was presented upon the 31st day of March 


last, be printed. 


Rangoon and Ordered, That the Return relative to Rangoon 
Western China. and Western China, which was presented upon 
No. 192. the 3lst day of March last, be printed. 


United Parishes Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie presented a Bill to amend 
(Scotland) Bill. the Act of the Seventh and Eighth years of the 
Bill 81. reign of Victoria, chapter Forty-four, relating to 
the formation of Quoad Sacra Parishes in Scotland, 
and to repeal the Act of the Twenty-ninth and 
Thirtieth years of the reign of Victoria, chapter 
Seventy-seven: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 23rd day of this instant April; and 

to be printed. 


— 
elegraphs 
Bill. 


Bill 82. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
Bill to enable Her Majesty’s Postmaster General 
to acquire, work, and maintain Electric Telegraphs: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday the 20th 
day of this instant April; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Thursday, 2nd April, 1868. 

PRAYERS. 
| Byes Hotham reported from the Select Com- 

mittee on Standjng Orders, a Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Great Western Railway 
(Dividends) (No. 2) Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that 
notice of the intended application to Parliament 


Standi 
nay 

Great Western 
Rail 


way 
(Dividends) 
(No, 2.) 


1st—2nd April. 





be published once in two London Newspapers pre- 
vious to the First Reading of the Bill, and once 
also in the same two Newspapers previous to the 
Second Reading of the Bill, and in the London 
Gazette of the 3rd instant; 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, ate read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Great Western 


tte) 


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 Great 

estern Railway (Dividends) (No. 2) Bill, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to confirm the issue of Stocks and Shares of the 
Vou. 123. 




























































119 


Great Western Railway Company, in payment cf 
Dividends to the Holders of Stocks or Shares in 
the Company, and for other purposes: And that 
Sir Daniel Gooch and Mr. Dillwyn do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Cork 
Cork Improvement Bill; That they had examined [mprovement 
the allegations contained in the Tremble of the ~ 
Bill, and amended the same by striking out the 
recitals relating to the supply of Gas, 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. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Cork Gas Bill, with Cork Gas Bill. 
Amendments. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Hythe and Sandgate Hythe and 
Gas Bill, with Amendments. — Gas 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Loughborough Local Loughborough 
Board Bill, with Amendments. —_ Board 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the’ 
Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Newquay and 
Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway Bill; — = 
That they had examined the allegations contained Bill. od 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same, with reference to the alteration of certain 
Tolls and the raising of Capital, 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. 

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


The Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Rail- Burry Port and 


way Bill was read the third time. ae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 


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


The Devon Valley Railway Bill was read the Devon Valley 
third time. ey ae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The Lincoln Corporation Bill was read the third Lincoln | 
time. Corporation 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Loughborough Gas Bill was read the third Loughborough 
time. Gas Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North London Railway 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bill was read the North London 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Clevedon Gas 
the Clevedon Bill, as amended in the Com- Bi! 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





Q4 Severai 







































Public 
Petitions, 


Vide Votes 


120 


Several Public Petitions were 


2nd April. 1868. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were also presented, | to give directions, that there be laid before this 


and Fourteenth and read; and referred to a Select Committee. 


Report, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirteenth 
Report.) 


Scientific 
instruction. . 


No. 193. 


Whitworth 
Scholarships. 


No. 194. 


Electric 
Telegraphs 
Bill. 


Trish and 
Scotch Limited 
Mails, 


Parishes. 


Police Barracks 
(Ireland.) 


Fire 
Insurances, 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select n 
Committe on Public Petitions; That they had | 1868, of using false Weights and Measures; 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 30th | stating Name, Trade, and Parish of Offender; 
and 31st days of March last, and had directed him | Date of Conviction; whether First or subsequent 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Lord Robert Montagu presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s.Command,—Copy of Minute of the Lords 





{ 


resented, and; Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Weights and 


| to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Metropolis,) 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons in the 
Metropolitan Parishes convicted, between the 
Ist day of July 1867 and the Ist day of January 





Offence; Amount of Fine. 

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


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Commercial 


of the Committee of Council on Education, relating | Command,—Copy of Commercial Reports received Reports. 


to Scientific Instruction; and Explanatory Memo- | 


randum thereon. 


at the Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls ‘i 
‘in 1868. No. 3.—1868. rh 


Copy of Minute of the Lords of the Committee} Copy of Reports by Her Majesty’s Secretaries Manufactures, 
of Council on Education, relating to the Endow-| of Embassy and Legation, on the Manufactures, Commerce, &amp;e, 


ment of Thirty Scholarships by Mr. Whitworth. | Commerce, &amp;c. of the Countries in which they reside. &gt; 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the ¢ 
Table; and be printed. Table. 
The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon-| Qydered, That there be laid before this House, Superannua- 


day the 20th day of this instant April, the Electric | g Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 28th March 
Telegraphs Bill, was read and discharged. : 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-) passionate Allowance to William Hudson, a hired 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Contracts between the Post Office and 
the London and North Western Railway and other 
Railway Companies for the conveyance of the Zrish 


and Scotch Limited Mails. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that, in addition to the Return 
relative to Parishes (Parliamentary Paper, No. 
114, of the present Session), there be laid before 
this House, a Summary of all the details given in 
the Returns with reference to each County of | 


| 1868, granting a Special Superannuation or Com- 


=—=Sh 


| Labourer in the Sheerness Dockyard of the Admi- 
| ralty. 


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 North and 
for authorising the North and South Western ee Wester 

- ae unction Rail- 
Junction Railway Company to make a Deviation way Bin 
or Alteration in their Main Line of Railway ; to [Lords.] 
raise further Moneys, and for other purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 





England and Wales; and also with reference to 
the following Cities and Towns, viz.: London | 
(Metropolitan Police District), Liverpool, Man- | lative to Industrial and Provident Societies. 
chester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Plymouth, | 
Devonport, Bristol, Newcastle-on-l'yne, Bradford, of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 


Salford, Hull, and Oldham. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Industrial 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, and Provident 
dated the 27th day of March last, for a Return re- 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Ioan Societies, 


Table by the Clerk of the House,—Abstract of 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to! Accounts of Loan Societies in England and Wales 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House asare_ to 31 December 1867, by John lidd Pratt, Esquire, 6 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. the Barrister appointed to certify the Rules of 


| 
| 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Returns of the Number of Police Barracks in each | 
County in Jreland which are considered to be in| Order, dated the 23rd day of March last, for Re- tee 
a satisfactory condition, both as to the Security | turns relative to Richmond Green. 


and Health of the Constabulary : 





Of the Num- | 


Savings Banks. 


Lord John Manners presented,—Return to an Richmond 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


ber in each County the defective condition of | Table. 
which representation has been made to the Govern- 


ment: 





Of the Number in each County which secretary re 
the Landlords have agreed to fortify ‘on the | Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Fifth Report 
Government plan:——And, of the average Cost ' of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 


of Defences of each Barrack completed. | 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by eet ee 
and other 
Associations. 


Organization and Rules of Trades’ Unions and 


| other Associations, together with Minutes of Evi- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | dence. 
an Account of all Sums paid into the Inland 
Revenue Office in Great Britain and Ireland, for | pike Trusts(agland and Wales), made by direction Trasts. 
Duty on Insurances against Fire, for the Quarters | of the Secretary of State, under Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
ending severally the 25th day of March, the 24th | c. 80. 
day of June, the 29th day of September, and the ‘ t 
25th day of December 1867; distinguishing the | Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike 
Amount of Allowance made to each Office for Trusts in England and Wales, from 1st January 
collecting the same in the Country, and in London, | 1866 to 31st December 1866, inclusive, pursuant 
Edinburgh, and Dublin respectively, with the | to the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 


Dates of such Payments; together with an Abstract 
showing the Gross Amount of Duty collected in 
the year by each Company :——And, like Ac- 


| 
} 


count of Sums insured by each Office on Farming | 
Stock, for the same period (in continuation of Par- | 


liamentary Paper, No. 318, of Session 1867). 


Copy of Seventeenth General Report on Turn- Turnpike 


An Abstract of the General Statements of the 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy also presented, Ecclesiastical 


|—Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated —— 


the 5th day of July 1865, for a Return of all Ap- 
peals in Causes of Doctrine or Discipline made to 
the High Court of Delegates, from its Erection by 
the 25th Hen. 8, cap. 19, A.D. 1533, until its 

abolition 


East India 
— 
Service. 


East India 
— 
ver.) 


Established 
(Ireland.) 


Supply. 


$1 Vicroria. 


abolition by the 2d and 3d Will. 4, cap. 92, a. D. 
1832 ; specifying,— 

1. The Date of the Cause ; 

2. The Names and Descriptions of the Parties ; 

3. The Court appealed from ; 

4. The Nature 3 the Cause; 

5. The Names and Descriptions of the Dele- 
gates or Condelegates; distinguishing whether 
ree “under the Great Seal or Half 

ea ” 

6. The Nature of the Sentence, or whether 
the Cause was otherwise settled or abandoned ; 

7. The Date of the Sentence. 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of 
March last, for a Return relative to East India 
( Uncovenanted Service). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
the 31st day of March last, for Returns wis 
East India (Godavery River). 

a Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


dated 
ative to 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 30th day of March last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That this House will, 
immediately, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider the Acts relative to the Established 
Church in freland :—And which Amendment was, 
to leave out from the word ‘* House” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ while 
“ admitting that considerable modifications in the 
* temporalities of the United Church in Ireland 
“may, after the pending inquiry, appear to be ex- 
* pedient, is of opinion that any proposition tending 
* to the disestablishment or disendowment of that 





“ Church ought to be reserved for the decision of 
*¢ anew Parliament,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stan part ‘of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned | 
Debate. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(Iu the Committee.) 


£. 1,200,000, on account, for the following Civil 


Services: 
Cuass I. 


British Embassy Houses, Constantineghe, Cine, £. 


and Japan - = - ' - 6,000 
Metropolitan Fire Brigade - = = = 2,000 
Harbours of Refuge, &amp;c. - - = «= 18,000 
Lighthouses Abroad - - + © «+ 6,000 
Royal Palaces - = - - - = 6,000 
Public Buildings - - = = += 15,000 
Furniture of Public Offices - - - - 2,000 
Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens - = 15,000 
Houses of Parliament - - = 7,000 
British Embassy Houses, Paris onl Matrid 1,000 


New Foreign Office - - 
Public Offices Site - 
Probate Court and Registries - 


Public Record Repository - - - - 1,000 
National Gallery Ealaryvmnont - - = 6,000 
University of London Buildings - - ~- 3,000 
Chapter House, Westminster - - - &lt;= 2,000 
New Palace at Westminster, Acquidiiiane ofLand 4,000 
Burlington House - &lt; * - 4,000 
Sheriff Court Houses - es. «© = - 8,000 
Rates for Government Property - - = 5,000 
Post Office and Inland Revenue Buildings - 12,000 
Wellington Monument - - me a - 1,000 
Palmerston Monument - - - =~ = 1,000 
Public Buildings, Ireland - - - - 16,000 
Queen’s University, Ireland - - = = 1,000 
Ulster Canal - ae a a 
Portland Harbour wo “Gaels yt Wate’ git dee 


Vox. 123. 





Qnd April. 


Crass II. 


Treasury - o 3.9 
Secret Service - 
Home Office, &amp;c. 
Foreign Office 
Colonial Office 
Board of Trade, &amp;c. - - 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant 
Chief Secretary, Irelund, Offices 
Paymaster General’s Office - - 
Exchequer and other Offices, Scotland 
Office of Works and Public Buildings 
Office of Public Works, Ireland - 
House of Commons, Offices - - 


Privy Council Office - - - 
Privy Seal Office - * . 
Civil Service Commission - 


Exchequer and Audit Department 
Office of Woods, Forests, and Land Rovenues 
Public Record Office - - 
Poor Law Commissions = - - = = 
Mint, including Coinage - 
Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commission - 
Inclosure and Drainage Acts ; Imprest Rupenees 
General Register Office - - - = 
National Debt Office -  - 
Public Works Loan Commission 
Lunacy Commission - 
Registrars of Friendly Soc rieties 
Yharity Commission - = 
Patent Office - + - 
Printing and Stationery _ - 
Poor Law Commission, Scotland 
General Register Office, Scotland 
Lunacy Commission, Scotland 
Fishery Board, Scotland- —- 
Public Record. Office, Ireland - 
Poor Law Commission, Jreland 
General Register Office, Ireland 
Charitable Donations and Bequests, Ireland 


Crass III. 


Law Charges, England - - - - = 
Criminal Prosecutions - 

Police, Counties and Bovenghs, Great Britain - - 
Common Law Courts, Znglund - - = 
Miscellaneous Legal Charges, England - + 
County Prisons and Refeemetesion, . &amp;e. Great 


Britain - - - - 7 
County Courts - - 
Police Courts, Zondon and Sheerness - 
Metropolitan Police - - 


Convict Establishments in the Colonies - 
Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions, Zrelan 
Common Law Courts, Jreland - - 
Miscellaneous Legal Charges, Siena 
County Prisons, Ireland - 
Criminal Proceedings, Scotland - 
Courts of Law and Justice, Scotland 
Register House Departments, Scotland 
Admiralty Court Registry - + 


eeuevete @eeQeteeoe 


Probate Court - eG 

Land Registry Office - - 

Government Priswan, Englend, “and Transporta- 
tio - - - 

Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum *.:¢ 

Prisons, Scotland - - - - - ° 

Court of Chancery, Ireland - - = 


Registry of Judgments, Jreland = - - 
Registry of Deeds, Ireland - 

Court of Bankruptcy and Insolveney, Ireland - - 
Court of Probate, Ireland - - 
Landed Estate Court, Jreland- = - 
Dublin Metropolitan Police, Ireland 
Constabulary, Ireland - 

Four Courts Marshalsea, Ireland - 
Government Prisons and Reformatories, Ireland 
Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Ireland - 
Admiralty Court Registry, Ireland - - 


Cuass IV. 

Learned Societies, Great Britain 
Queen’s Colleges, Ireland = - 
Belfast Theological Professors 
Universities, &amp;c., Scotland - 
Board of Manufactures - = 
Public Education, Great Britain 
Science and Art Department - 
University of London - - 
British Museum - - = = 
National Gallery - 
British Historical Portrait Gallery 
Public Education, Ireland - - 
ered s University, Ireland - - 

ational Gallery, Ireland - = 


Cuass V. 


Treasury Chest - - - - 
Sennags Bounties, &amp;e. - - + = = 
R 





































Boundary Bill. 


Petty Sessions 
and Lock-up. 
Houses Bill. 


Election 
Petitions and 
Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections Bill. 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental Bill. 


Marriages 
(Frampton 
Mansel) Bill. 


Prisons 
(Compensation 
to Officers) 
Bill. 


Renewable 


Leasehold 
Con 


version 
Ireland) Act 
tension Bill. 


322 


Q9nd—3rd April. 


|to abolish the power of levying the Assessment ¢ 
| known as “ Rogue Money,” and in lieu thereof to (scotiand.) 





£. 
Coolie Emigration - - - = = = 1,000 
Commissions for Suppression of Slave Trade - 1,000 
Consuls Abroad - - - - . - 25,000 
China, Japan, and Siam, Services in - - 15,000 
Ministers at Foreign Courts, Extraordinary 

Expenses - - - = «© = = 10,000 
Colonies, Grants in Aid, &amp;c. - - - - 10,600 
Orange River Territory and St. Helena - - 1,000 
Emigration - - - - «=' = = 2,000 

Crass VI, 
Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, 

Great Britain - - - - - - 1,000 
Merchant Seamen's Fund Pensions,&amp;c. - - 7,000 
Relief of Distressed British Seamen - - 56,000 
Superannuation and Retired Allowances - 30,000 
Hospitals and Infirmaries, Ireland - = - - 8,000 
Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, 

Ireland - - - + += «+ «= 1,000 

Crass VII, 
Temporary Commissions - - - = 6,000 
Miscellaneous Expenses - - - - = 20,000 
Local Dueson Shipping - - - - = 6,000 
Flax Cultivation - - - - - 1,000 
Total - - - £.1,200,000 | 


Resolution to be reported. | 


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


Friday, 3rd April, 1868 : | 


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 Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Boundary Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 20th day of this instant April. 


The Petty Sessions and Lock-up Houses Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday the 20th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt 
Practices at Elections Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursda 
the 23rd day of this instant April, 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. 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 Marriages (Srenetn Mansel) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 23rd day of this instant April. 


The Prisons (Compensation to Officers) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday the 20th day of this instant April. 


The Renewable Leasehold Conversion Mtge 
Act Extension Bill was, according to Order, re 

a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Thursday the 14th day of 
May next. 








1368. 


The Metropolis Gas Bill was, rear to Order, Metropolis 


read a second time; and committed to a Committee &amp;s Bill. 


of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Industrial 
take into consideration the Industrial Schools Schools (Ire- 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. nad) Se 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


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


confer on the Commissioners of Supply of Coun- 
ties in Scotland the power of levying a “ Count 
General Assessment”: And that the Lord Ad- 
vocate, Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy, and Sir 
James Fergusson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Peerage 
to limit the further creation of Peers of Jreland, (Heland.) 
and to amend the Representation of the remy 
of that part of the United Kingdom: And that Sir 
Colman O° Loghlen, Mr. Monsell, and Mr. Shaw 
Lefevre do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Grand Grand Juries’ 
Juries (/reland), which was presented upon: the (Ireland.) 
30th day of March last, be printed. No. 195, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Small Pox small Pox 
(/reland), which was presented upon the Ist day (Ireland.) 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 196, 


Sir Colman O’Loghlen presented a Bill to limit Peerage _ 
the further creation of Peers of Ireland, and to (1reland) Bill. 
amend the Representation of the Peerage of that Bill 83. 
part of the United Kingdom: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Wednesday the 29th day of this 
instant April; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to abolish county 
the power of levying the Assessment known as General 
“ Rogue Money,” and in lieu thereof to confer on (Sostland) Bill. 
the Commissioners of Supply of Counties in Scot-" pi 94 
land the power of levying a “ County General : 
Assessment”: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 14th day of May next; and to be 
printed. 


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








Friday, 3rd April 1868. 
PRAYERS. 


ORD Hotham reported from the Committee Committee of 
of Selection; That they had made certain otind Report) 
alterations in the Groups of Private Bills already ¢ No. 126. 
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. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Army (India 
Army (India and the Colonies) have Power to 4 te 
report their Observations thereupon to the House.  w. 497. 

Viscount Cranborne reported from the said . 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, 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 John Hanmer reported from the Committee Reliney Bile 
on Group 2 of Railway Bills ; That, for the con- (G™P*) 
venience 


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31 Vicroria. 


venience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 
to Monday the 27th day of this instant April, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report 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 : 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Jidated The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated 
Fed Fund (£.6,000,000) Bill, without any Amend- 
_—— ment. 

Mutiny Bill. The Lords have agreed to the Mutiny Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

Marine Mutiny The Lords have agreed to the Marine Mutiny 

Bill. Bill, without any Amendment. 

Hartlepool Mr. Monk reported from the Committee on 

Port and Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 


Hutour Bill. F7artlepool Port and Harbour Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to 
their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Brecon and A Petition. of the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil 
Merthyr Lom Junction Railway Company, and of the Hereford, 
—" Hay, and Brecon Railway Company, praying that 


— Provision may be made in the Brecon and Merthyr 
Tydfil Junction Railway Bill for Avoidance of 
the Agreement of the 2nd August 1865, was pre- 
sented, and read; and shel to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Bolekow’s Bolchow’s Naturalization Bill was read the third 

Naturalization time, 

Bill [Lerds.} 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. 

Great Westen A Bill to confirm the issue of Stocks and Shares 

Railway of the Great Western Railway Company in Pay- 

ny ment of Dividends to the Holders of Stocks or 

"Shares in the Company, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada 
second time. 

North and The North and South Western Junction Rail- 

Fouth Western way Bill was read the first time. 

wy Bal Rail: Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

[Lords.} miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Private Bills. Ordered, That Standing Order 130 be suspended, 
and that the time for depositing Petitions against 
Private Bills (which would otherwise expire 
during any Adjournment of the House), be ex- 
tended to Monday the 20th day of this instant April. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petition. read; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 

Vide Votes Several Public Petitions were also presented, 


andFourteenth and read ; and referred to a Select Committee. 


Lee River 
Bill, 


A Petition of the Honourable William Henry 
John North, praying that the Lee River Conser- 
vancy Bill may not be permitted to pass into a law, 
and that the Petitioner may be heard by himseif, 
his Counsel, Agent, and Witnesses before the 
Committee to whom the said Bill may be referred 
by the House, against the Preamble of the said 
Bill, and if the same do pass, against the clauses 
and provisions of the eaid Bill, and in support of 
other clauses and provisions for his protection, or 
that such other relief may be given the Petitioner 
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 Counsel heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

VoL. 123. 


3rd April. 





123 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Loan So- Loan Societies. 
cieties, which was presented upon the 2nd day of wo, 198, 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Eccle- Reciesiastical 
siastical Appeals, which was aa es upon the Appeals. 
2nd day of this instant April, be printed. No. 199. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India fast India 
(Uncovenanted Service), which was presented (Uncovenanted 


“w , : Service.) 
upon the 2nd day of this instant April, be printed. nay TO 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India fast India 
(Godavery River), which was ays ar upon the =— 
2nd day of this instant April, be printed. " ose 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Poor Law 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, (vorkbouse.) 
dated the 26th day of March last, for Returns : 
relative to the Poor Law (Walsall Workhouse). 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade Accounts 
Command,—Trade Accounts for Foreign Coun- (Foreign 


tries, for the Month ended 31st January 1868. bay oor 


Mr. Stephen Cave also presented, pursuant to the Railways 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Abandonment. 
Warrant of the Board of Trade, authorizing the No. 203. 
Abandonment of the Helston and Penryn Junction 
Railway, in pursuance of the Abandonment of 
Railways Act, 1850, and the Railway Companies 
Act, 1867, and Report thereon. 

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


Mr. Adderley presented,—Return to an Address Quarantine 
to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of March last, = = 
for Returns relative to Quarantine (Island of = i 
Saint Vincent). etimetus 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to Abyssinian 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day Expedition. 
of November last, for a Return relative to the 
Abyssinian Expedition. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Superannua- 
Order, dated the 2nd day of this instant April, for “"* 
a Return relative to Superannuations. 

Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to county 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— Treasurers. 
Abstracts of the Accounts of the several County 
Treasurers in England and Wales, for the year 
ending 29th September 1867. 

Abstract of the Statements of all Moneys re- Munici 


ceived and expended on acount of the Mayors, (iegited . 
Aldermen and Burgesses of the several Municipal Vane) -” 


Boroughs in England and Wales, for the year to 
the latest period of Audit for which the said State- 
ments are made up preceding the lst day of March 
1868, 

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


Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s Gibraltar 
Command,—Co 4 of PReport of ‘ Special Com- Shields. 
mittee on the “ Gibraltar” Shields, together with 
the Minutes of Evidence, &amp;c. 

Copy of Observations on the oa cee of the Special 
Committee on the “ Gibraltar” Shield, by Colonel 
Jervois, C.B., R.E., War Office, March 1868. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Merchont 
a Return showing the Number, Ages, Ratings and Service. 
Causes of Death of Seamen reported to the Board 
of Trade as having died in the British Merchant 
Service during the year 1867. 
R 2 Mr. 








































London and 


124 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


South Western one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


Railway Bill 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standin 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additiona 
Provision in the London and South Western Rail- 
way Bill. 

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


Customs Daties Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


(Portugal and 
Spain.) 


Trinity College 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Duties levied in Portugal 
on the following Articles of British Manufacture, 
showing the actual Rate and the advalorem Rate :— 

Apparel, Haberdashery and Millinery ; 

Cotton Yarn; 

Cotton Goods ; 

Woollen Yarn ; 

Woollen Manufactures ; 

Linen Yarn ; 

Linen Manufactures ; 

Silk, Thrown and Manufactured ; 

Earthenware and Porcelain ; 

Machinery ; 

Iron and Steel; 

Ale and Beer; 

British Spirits : 
——Of the same on the Leading Articles imported 
into Great Britain and Ireland from Portugal: 
And, similar Returns in relation to Spain. 

Ordered, That 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, 


(Dublin), &amp;e. Returns of the Number of Acres, Statute Mea- 


Royal Gun 
Factory. 


sure, enjoyed by Trinity College, Dublin: ——Of 
the Gross and Net Rental of the same received by 
the College :——Of Griffiths’ Valuation of same: 
——Of the Gross Income derived from Rooms or 
Apartments let in the College: —— Of the Valua- 
tion of Rooms occupied by Fellows, Professors, 
Scholars, or others in said College, and not paid 
for :——Of the Gross Income derived by Fellows, 
or Lecturers, or Professors, from Undergraduates : 
Of the Fines or Fees derived from all other 
sources by the College : Of the Estimated 
Annual Value of the Provosts’ House and Pre- 
mises :——Of the Estimated Annual Value of the 
Land contained in said College occupied as Park, 
Garden, or Pleasure Ground : Of the Acreage 
of same Ground :——-Of the Gross Annual Value 
of each Living in the Gift of said Qollege, with its 
Name, and Name of the Diocese in which same is 
situated : Of the Number of Protestant Under- 
graduates registered on the Ist day of January 
1868 in said College :——-Of the Number of Ca- 
tholic Undergraduates registered on the Ist day 
of January 1868 in said College :——-Of the Num- 
ber of Acres and Net Rental of the same nominally 
belonging to Trinity College, the Perpetuity of 
which has been purchased by the Tenants, and a 
fixed Rent only reserved under the Act for en- 
abling Tenants of Trinity College to purchase the 
Terpetuity of their Leases: And, similar Re- 
turn as far as applicable for the College of May- 
nooth, stating the Amount received from the Con- 
solidated Fund in each year since 1840 as Annual 
Grants under Acts of Parliament, or for Repairs, 
Enlargement, and Maintenance of Buildings, or 
other Teipecettndii, 

















Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Estimates sent in by the 
Royal Gun Factory in the year 1864, of the Cost 
of Three 12} ton 9-inch Guns composed respec- 





3rd April. 





1868. 


tively of Wrought Iron with a Steel Barrel, 
Wrought Iron with a Wrought-Iron Barrel, and 
Cast Iron with a Wrought-Iron Barrel :——And, 
of the Ordnance Select Committee’s Report made 
in consequence of those Estimates about the end 
of the year 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. 


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 

resent Parliament for the Borough of Launceston, 
in the room of Alexander Henry Campbell, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, 
hath accepted the office of Steward of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Manor of Northstead, in the County of 
‘ork. 


read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 29th day of this instant 
April. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copy of Reports to the Postmaster General by 
Mr. Scudamore upon the proposal for transferring 
to the Post Office the Control and Management 
of the Electric Telegraphs throughout the United 
Kingdom. 

r. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Paper. 

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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday the 20th 
day of this instant April. 


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 Monda 
the 20th day of this instant April, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 30th day of March last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That this House will 
immediately resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider the Acts relative to the Established 
Church in Jreland ; and which Amendment was, to 
leave out from the word “ House” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ while 
“ admitting that considerable modifications in 
“ the temporalities of the United Church in Jre- 
“land may, after the pending inquiry, appear 
“to be expedient, is of opinion that any propo- 
* sition tending to the disestablishment or die. 
“ endowment of that Church ought to be reserved 
‘“‘ for the decision of a new Parliament,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out ante part of the 
Question: —The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate—— 


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 


Launceston 
Writ. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Church Rates 
nesday next, the Church Rates Abolition Bill, was 4&gt;elition Bill 


Electric 
Telegraphs, 
No, 202, 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment, 


Supply. 


Established 
Church 
(Ireland.) 


A Momsae was delivered by Colonel Clifford, Royal Assent. 





















31 Victoria. _ 3rd—4th April. 


sent 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 men- 
tioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, 
as follow : 
Consolidated = An Act to apply the Sum of Six Million pounds 
2,000 000) out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of 
the year ending on the ‘‘hirty-first day of March 
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine: 
Mutiny Bill. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters : 
_ Mutiny “An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s 





, Royal Marine Forces while on Shore. 
— And the Question being again proposed, That 


the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
-_ Question athe House resumed the Debate. 


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


Saturday, 4th April, 1868 : 


And the Question being put; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left, 


Tellers for the Yeas,! iy —— Glyn, 1330. 


Colonel Taylor, 

Tellers for the Noes,{ yr Whitmore: \970. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question being put, That this 
House will immediately resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee to consider the Acts relative to the Esta- 
blished Church in Ireland ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left, 


Tellers for the Yeas, My — Glyn, 1328, 


Tellers for the N oes, gg Hg lor, }o72. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
it is necessary that the Established Church of 
Treland should cease to exist as an Establishment, 
due regard being had to all personal interests and 
to all individual rights of property. 

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 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 
the 27th day of this instant April, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
oweth : 


Civil Services. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,200,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, for or towards 
VoL. 123. 





125 


defraying the Charge for the following Civil Ser- 
vices, to the 3lst day of March 1869 :— 


Curass I, £. 

British Embassy Houses, Constantinople, China, 

and Japan- - - - = = = 6,000 
Metropolitan Fire Brigade - - - = 2,000 
Harbours of Refuge, &amp;c. - - - = 18,000 
Lighthouses Abroad - - - - «= 6,000 
Royal Palaces ¢ ition on ht o ton 
Public Buildings - - - - - - 15,000 
Furniture of Public Offices - - - - 2,000 
Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens -  - 15,000 
Houses of Parliament © - - - - - 7,000 
British Embassy Houses, Paris and Madrid - 1,000 
New Foreign Office — 2-  -* -6- ee 
Public Offices Site - = = = = 10,000 
Probate Court and Registries- - - - 2,000 
Public Record Repository  - - - 1,000 
National Gallery Enlargement - - - 6,000 
University of London Buildings - - - 8,000 
Chapter House, Westminster- - - = 2,000 
New Palace at Westminster, Acquisition of 

Land - - - - - - - - 4,000 
Burlington House- - - - - = 4,000 
Sheriff Court Houses’ - - - - - 93,000 
Rates for Government Property - - - 5,000 
Post Office and Inland Revenue Buildings - 12,000 
Wellington Monument - - - = = _ 1,000 
Palmerston Monument - - - - - 1,000 
Public Buildings, Ireland - - - - 16,000 
Queen’s University, Zreland - - - - 1,000 
Ulster Canal- == Tas « «+ 3S 
Portland Harbour on es er, @ ee 

Crass II. 

Treasury - - - - - 7,000 
Secret Service - - - - 4,000 
Home Office,&amp;e. - - - = - 10,000 
Foreign Office erir® “iae)&lt;« 10,000 
Colonial Office - - - - 5,000 
Board of Trade,&amp;e. - - = 12,000 


Household of the Lord Lieutenant - 
Chief Secretary, Ireland, Offices - 
Paymaster General’s Office - - 
Exchequer and other Offices, Scotland 
Office of Works and Public Buildings 
Office of Public Works, Ireland - 
House of Commons, Offices - - 
Privy Council Office - - = 
Privy Seal Office - - « - 
Civil Service Commission a ne 
Exehequer and Audit Department- = - 
Office of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues- 4,000 
Public Record Office - - - - - 3,000 
Poor Law Commissions - - - - - 25,000 
Mint, including Coinage - - af 6 - 6,000 
Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commission - 3,000 
Inclosureand Drainage Acts; Imprest Expenses 2,000 


3 


General Register Office- = - - 6,000 
National Debt Office - - - - = 2,000 
Public Works Loan Commission - - - 1,000 
Lunacy Commission - &gt; tn ©) 
Registrars of Friendly Societies - - - 1,000 
Charity Commission - - - - = 8,000 
Patent Office - - - - - - - 4,000 
Printing and Stationery- - - - = 450,000 
Poor Law Commission, Scotland - - - 2,000 
General Register Office, Scotland - - = 1,000 
Lunacy Commission, Scotland - - - 1,000 
Fishery Board, Scotland - - © = 2,000 
Public Record Office, Ireland ont - 1,000 
Poor Law Commission, Ireland - - - 12,000 
General Register Office, Ireland - - - 8,000 
Charitable Donations and Bequests, Ireland - 1,000 
Cuass III. 
Law Charges, England - - - - - 6,000 
Criminal Prosecutions - - 25,000 


Police, Counties and Boroughs, Great Britain 35,000 
Common Law Courts, England - : - 7,000 


Miscellaneous Legal Charges, England - - 3,000 
County Prisons and Reformatories, &amp;c., Great 

Britain - - + + «© - 30,000 
County Courts - - -+ - = 60,000 
Police Courts, Zondon and Sheerness = - 3,000 


Metropolitan Police oe La 
Convict Establishments in the Colonies - 
Law Semen and Criminal Prosecutions, Jrelan 
Fs Ww poy a - - 
iscellaneous C Ireland 
County ety = tad - 
Criminal Proceedings, Scotland - 
Courts of Law and Justice, Scotland 


eeetoeoseoe1esQeteaue 
PPPS 


Register House ae, Scotland 2,000 
Admiralty Court Registry  - - 2,000 
Probate Court - - - - 10,000 
Land Registry Office - - - - 1,000 


R3 Government 























Local Governe 
ment Supple- 
mental Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Metropolis 
Gas Bill. 


Bill 85. 


Industrial 
Schools (lre- 
land) Bill. 


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3rd—A4th April. 


1868. 



















































Goyernment Prisoma, England, and Transpor- = £. | Resolved, That an humble Address be pooaenies Le ag Sy 
tation - = = ee ite Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased pent 4 
Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum -_ + ae) d aot, dhiene tan tebe od ior ct, &amp;e 
Prisons, Scotland - * oer - - 8,000 | H give eeintay t. * t Mat e va 5 sate} t r 
Court of Chancery, Ireland - - - - 6,000 ouse, a return from the Metropolitan Board an 
Registry of Judgments, Ireland - - = 1,000 | from each Vestry and District Board constituted 
i on nkrapicy’ and Insolvency Iron a. pood | under the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vie. c. 120, and from 
: 4 .. tan | Boards of Guardians and Governors of the Poor 
Court of Probate, Zreland - - 2,000 
Landed Estate ek: Treland = - 2,000 | for the same Districts, for the last financial year, 
Dublin Metropolitan _ otarand - = 12,000 of the 
Constabulary, Jreland - - - - 110,000 i istrict : 
Four Courts Marshalsea, Jreland - - - 1,000 ry me seid to 
Government Prisons and Reformatories,Jreland 8,000 | we y 
Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Ireland - —_1,000 the County Rate = - m = a 
Admiralty Court Registry, Ireland - - 1,000 Sum on which Rates are assessed 
Soe BY. for Relief of the wom - -£ _ 
Learned Societies, Great Britain - - - 2,000 Total Income * am - £. 
a s Colleges, Ireland - - - = 1,000 Total Expenditure - -. -&amp; 
elfast Theological Professors - - - 1,000 Total Cost of Administration £. 
Universities, &amp;c., Scotland - - - 2,000 
Board of Manufactures - - - - - 1,000 Income. 
Public Education, Great Britain - - = 120,000 
ae and Art Department - - - = 82,000 | rarer P i 
f Lond ‘ “ 7 a = ed in the moun 
British N aoa cia: ~oy taltap tl 12,000 | Description of Rate, &amp;c. | Pound Levied. | Received. 
National Gallery -  - - = = 2,000 
British Historical Portrait Gallery - - = 1,000 | d 
Public Education, Ireland - - - - 565,000 | (Taxesor Duties - - = adits 
= University, Ireland - - - - 1,000 | Precepts ee ee dae Ree 
ational Gallery, Ireland - - - = 1,000 | Loans . * 
Cc Vv ; Rate for ‘Relief of Poor - 
LASS . » County om e e 
Treasury Chest - - - - ° - 2,000 | » Police - - 
Tonnage Bounties, &amp;c.- - - - = 4,000 » Baths and Wash-houses 
Coolie Emigration - - - = - 1,000 | » BurialBoard - - Free 
Commissions for Suppression of Slave Trade - 1,000 gz ss - * Fra 
Consuls Abroad - - «© « 26000 | » ae o &amp; $ (Ire 
China, Japan, and Siem, Serviews in - - 16000 | ” phesonern ital ool 
Ministers at Foreign Courts, Extraordinary ; | pee yA a 
Expenses - = °* . - 10000 | ” Main Deleane oe 
Colonies, Grants in “Aid, ke. - - - 10000 | * fire Brigade - - 
Orange River Territor y' and = Helena - = 1,000 ” Lunatic Asylums + 
Emigration - 7 - - - 2,000 | @« 
Crass VI. Toran Income - - - £. Ent 
Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, —s 
Great Britain - - - © = «= 1,000 | : (Se 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund Pensions, &amp;c. - - 7,000 | Expenditure. 
Relief of Distressed British Seamen - = 5,000 
Superannuation and Retired Allowances - 30,000 | Amount Cost of 
Hospitals and Infirmaries, Ireland - 3,000 | Nature of Expenditure. on Adminletretion. 
or ~~ Charitable and other Allowances, Chi 
Inland - = - = = = = 1,000 | Ws 
£. e&amp; &amp;@i &amp;%&amp; 8 4: W 
Crass VII, ' Public improvements - 
Temporary Commissions - + = «© 6,000 | Precepts - - 
Miscellanous Expenses = = = = 20000 Repayment of Los. == 
Loca] Dues on Shipping ee fee —-..- + 
Flax Cultivation - - - - = - 1,000 + seh Purposes ieee 
Total ‘ | Police - - - 
otal - - = £.1,200,000 | Baths and Wash-houses -  - Me 
| Burial Board - - - - 
° : . ° | ee the 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, | pire ae 
was agreed to. aie) Lo 
| Cleansing - a oe - | 
The Local Government Supplemental Bill was, | Local Sewerage - - - | D 
according to Order, read the third time. ory ae Bao ie a tin 
Resolved, That the Bill do age iamiaes «2's 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill at * » 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | qoras Expenditere - 2. | Bi 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | ! W 
mittee of Ways and Means; | * Here state the particulars of any other source of Income or D 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday : !tem of Expenditure. ti 
the 20th day of this instant April, resolve itself Cost of Administration. 
into the said Committee. £8 a. 
— aid to all Officers, Clerks, Surveyors, W 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Collectors, Medical Officers, Inspectors of Nui. Ie 
into a Committee on the Metropolis Gas Bill; | = Servants, and all other persons whatever, Bi 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker age. PO Shain . 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, | —_, — ' - —— or Percentage - 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, | Annual Value of all Houses, Apartments, Coals, 
U 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. | _ pene ap etiate: ewes te a R 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the | | Travelling Expenses and other Allowances of any sort R 
Select Committee on the Metropolis Gas Bills. | ia asi shaeniad tianlian ‘ —— U 
The Industrial Schools (Jreland) Bill was, ac- . 
cording to Order, read the third time. Ordered, That the said Address be ngeoamaes to N 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. J Her Majesty, by such Members of House as R 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 0 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Council. 
Ordered, 
























































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Ordered, That the Copy of Report from the 
Select Committee appointed by the House of 
Lords on the Public Schools Bill, together with 
the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of 
Evidence and Appendix, which was communicated 
from the Lords upon the 4th day of July 1865, be 
referred to the Select Committee on the Public | 
Schools Bill. 

Ordered, That all Petitions presented to the 
House this Session respecting the Public Schools 
mn be referred to the Select Committee on the 

ill. 


Public Schools 
Bill (1865. ) 


Resolved, That 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 Peerages and Baronetcies 
which have been created or conferred, from the 
commencement of the Session of 1852 up to the 

resent time; specifying in a separate Column 
or each year a Nominal List of every such Peer- 
age or Baronetage; and also stating who was the 
Prime Minister who was in Office when those 
Honours were granted. 

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





Council. 

Semen Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Franchise Returns, in Tabular Form, of the different Cities 

(Ireiand.) = and Boroughs in Ireland, in which the Freeman | _ 
Franchise at present exists: And, of the 
Number of Freemen on the Freeman’s Roll in 
each of said Boroughs on the Ist day of January 
1868. 

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

Amendment +o amend in several particulars the Law of Entail 

(Seotland.) = in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate, Sir 
James Fergusson, and Mr. Secretary Gathorne 
Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 

Chipping Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 

Wycombe rant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new 

Wa. Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Chipping 
Wycombe, in the room of the Honourable Charles 
Robert Carington, now Lord Carington, called 
up to the House of Peers. 

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: 

London Coal = The Lords have agreed to the London Coal and 

el Wine Duties Continuance Bill, with an Amend- 

tinuance Bil, ment; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

+ awe Railway The Lords have agreed to the Indian Railway 


Bi + Companies Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Weedon and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
aes Rail- to incorporate a Company for making the Weedon 
[Lords and Daventry Railway, and for other purposes; to 
— the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

ouse. 


Weyand Arun ‘The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Banc Canal to provide for the Closing of the Wey and Arun 
(Lorde) Junction Canal, and the Sale of the Site thereof, 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 

the concurrence of this House. 
Uxbridge and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
orth to extend the Time for the Purchase of Lands, 


— and for the Completion of the Uxbridge and Rick- 
mansworth Railway; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

Bristol and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

—_ — to authorize the Bristol and North Somerset Rail- 

[Lords,} way Company to deviate from the authorized Line 


of their Railway at Bristol, and for other purposes ; 


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Vou. 123. 


127 


to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. , 

The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend Entail 
in several particulars the Law of Entail in Scot- (Scotland) Bill 
land: And the same was read the first time; and” piy 86. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 20th day of May next; and to be printed. 


The Legitimacy Declaration (Zrelund) Bill was Legitimacy 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a Declaration 


second time upon Monday the 20th day of this in- Crenda} vay 

stant April; and to be printed. Bill 87. 
The Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway Bill Uxbridge and 

was read the first time. aes a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- |Zords} 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into Life Policies 
a Committee upon Monday the 20th day of this Nomination 
instant April, on the Life Policies Nomination 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesda 
the 22nd day of this instant ‘April, resolve itse 
into the said Committee. 


And then the House, baving continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Three of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday the 20th day of this instant April. 





Monday, 20th April, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 


hier House being informed, That the Sheriffs Metropolis 
of the City of London attended at the door, % Bill. 
they were called in; and at the Bar presented,— 

A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Commons of the City of London, in Common 

Council assembled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the Peti- 
tioners may be heard by themselves, their Counsel, 
Agents, and Witnesses before the Committee to 
whom the Metropolis Gas Bill may be referred 
against the Preamble of the said Bill, and against 
such of the clauses and provisions thereof 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 the 
House may seem meet, was read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Metropolis Gas Bills; 
and the Petitioners heard by themselves, their 
Counsel or Agents upon their Petition, if the 
think fit ; and Counsel heard in favour of the Bill 
against the said Petition. 





The Clevedon Gas Bill was read the third time. Clevedon Gas 
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 Burslem and 
the Burslem and Tunstall Gas Bill, as amended Tunstall Gas 
in the Committee. Ba. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Grand June- 
the Grand Junction Water Bill, as amended in the tion Water 
Committee. ~~ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newquay 


the Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway Bill, oe 
as amended in the Committee. ate — 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


R4 The 










Saint Luke’s 


128 20th 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


(King’s Cross) the Saint Luke’s (King’s Cross) District Bill, as 


District Bill. 


Stourport 
Bridge and 
Approaches 
Bill. 


Caversham 
Bridge Bill. 


Weedon and 
Daventry 
Railway Bill 
{ Lords.] 


Wey and Arun 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stourport Bridge and Approaches Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Caversham Bridge Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed. 


The Weedon and Daventry Railway Bill was 
read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Wey and Arun Junction Canal Bill was 


Junction Canal read the first time. 


Bill | Lorde.) 


Bristol and 


North Somer- 


set Railway 
Bill [Lords.} 


Dee River 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Bristol and North Somerset Railway Bill 
was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Company Bill one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


[ Lords. ] 


Lewes Water 
Bill [Lords } 


Tower Subway 


Bill [ Lords.) 


Dublin, 
Wicklow, 
and Wexfo 
Railway Bill. 


Brecon and 


That in the case of the Dee River 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 Lewes Water Bill, origi- 
nating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof, no Standing Orders not previously 
inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Tower Subway Bill, origi- 
nating in the Lerds, and referred on the First Read- 
ing enesl, 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 additional 
Provision in the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford 
Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 


Merthyr Tydfl one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Uxbridge and 


Rickmane- 


worth Railway 


Bill [Lords. } 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standin 
rders in the case of the Petition for additiona 
Provision in the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junc- 
tion Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, That in the case of the Uxbridge and Rick- 
mansworth 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. 


April, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Electric 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Telegraphs 
Bills, That in the case of the Electric Tele raphs 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 4th day of May next. 


1868. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Several Public Petitions were also presented, yiae Votes 
and read; and referred to Select Committees. ond Fifteenth 
port. 
Lord Robert Montagu presented, pursuant to the Public Health, 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
Tenth Report of the Medical Officer of the Priv 
Council on Public Health, with Appendix, 1867. 
" aga That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Cockermouth 
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 Cocker- 
mouth, in the room of John Steel, Esquire, de- 
ceased. 


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address Diplomatic 
to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of March last, Service. 
for a Return relative to the Diplomatic Service. 

’ we That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Lincoln 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new pro hn 
Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to and Holland) 


serve in this present Parliament for the Parts of Writ. 





Kesteven and Holland, in the County of Lincoln, 
in the room of the Right Honourable Sir John 
Trollope, Baronet, now Baron Kesteven, called up 
to the House of Peers, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Kent (Eastern 








rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Division) 
Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to" "” 
serve in this present Parliament for the Eastern 
Division of the County of Kent, in the room of 

Sir Brook William Bridges, Baronet, now Baron 
Fitz-walter, called up to the House of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Radnorshire 
rant to the Clerk of the st to make out a new Writ. 
Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to 

serve in this poms Parliament for the County of 

Radnor, in the room of Sir John Benn Walsh, 

Baronet, now Baron Ormathwaite, called up to the 

House of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Leominster 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ. 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 

resent Parliament for the Borough of Leominster, 
in the room of the Honourable Arthur Walsh, 
who, since his election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
a Manor of Northstead, in the County of 
ork, 


Mr. er Gathorne Hardy presented, by Births, 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Twenty-nint Deaths, a0 


Annual Report of the Registrar General of Births, 
Deaths, and Marriages in England (Abstracts of 


1866.) 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Colonial 
Command,—Copy of Reports showing the present Possessions. 
state of Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions, trans- 
mitted with the Blue Books for the year 1866. 





Part 3, Eastern Colonies. 
Mr, 





Immi 


eas 


aes — oe 























































mmigrants 
~ iiberated 


Africans. 


Judges’ 
Lodgings. 


&amp;e. 


Post Office. 
Sugar ’ &amp;e. 


Foreign Sugar. 


h Public 
Income and 
Expenditure. 


Poor Law 
(Walsall 
Workhouse.) 


ry No. 205. 
Abyssinian 

| Expedition. 

No. 206. 


County 
Treasurers. 


No, 207. 


a Local Courts 
of Civil Juris- 
diction, 


Supply. 


Madras 
Irrigation, 


and East India 


Irrigation 
and Canal 
Companies, 





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Mr. Adderley also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of 
February last, for a Return relative to Immigrants 
and Liberated Africans. 

m — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 20th day of March last, for a Return 
relative to Judges’ Lodgings. 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of March 
last, for a Return relative to the Audit Office, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return relative to the Post Office. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return relative to Sugar, Xc. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of 
February last, for a Return relative to Foreign 
Sugar. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of the Gross Public Income and Expenditure 
in the year ended the 31st day of March 1868; to- 
gether with the Balances in the Exchequer at the 
commencement and at the termination of the year ; 
and the amount of Funded and Unfunded Debt 
created or redeemed in the said year. 

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


Ordered, That the Return reiative to the Poor 
Law (Walsall Workhouse), which was presented 
upon the 3rd day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Abys- 
sinian Expedition, which was presented upon the 
3rd day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to County 
Treasurers, which was presented upon the 3rd day 
of this instant April, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from all Local Courts of Civil 
Jurisdiction (not being County Courts), showing 
(1.) The Amount of Fees received ; (2.) 'The Per- 
sons to whom or Purposes for which the Balance 
of Fees, after Payment of Salaries and Expenses 
chargeable thereon, has been paid during the last 
Four years. 

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


The 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 Seacions in order to add the 
words “ in the opinion of this House, the advance 
** of £.600,000 of public money on loan to a pri- 
** vate company of adventurers styling dhamncives 
“ the Madras Irrigation Company, granted on the 
** 15th day of May 1866 for their sole benefit, and 
* likewise the offer of a large loan on similar 
‘terms announced by the Secretary of State on 
“‘ the 20th day of February last as contemplated 
“to be given to the East India Irrigation and 
** Canal Company, are acts of impropriety, are 
*‘ mischievous in policy, and should be discon- 
** tinued,” 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 
VoL. 123. 


20th April. 








129 


to the Question, by leaving out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ a Select Committee be appointed 


** to inquire into the condition of Ceylon, and the Ceylon, 


* action of its Government,” 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. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 59,920, 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 
1869, for the British Embassy Houses, Chapel, 
Consular Offices, &amp;c., at Constantinople, China, 
and Japan :— 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Item of £.6,000, for the Embassy House 
at Therapia, be omitted from the proposed Vote ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Monk, 20 

Yeas, Mr. Otway: \ ‘ 

Tellers for they Mr. Whitmore, l 37 

Noes, \ Sir Graham Montgomery: { “** 

Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Item of £. 15,000, for Consular Buildings in 
Japan, be omitted from the proposed Vote 
put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. £.8,000, to complete the Sum for a Contri- 
bution towards the Establishment and Mainte- 
nance of a Fire Brigade in the Metropolis. 

3. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £.8,000, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Purchase of 
Ground, and for the Erection of a House for Her 
Majesty’s Mission at Tehran; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the Yeas,| = ae re } 70. 
(Mr. Lusk, 1 
Tellers for the N 08) Mr. M‘Laren : J 25. 


4, £.103,675, to complete the Sum for con- 
structing certain Harbours of Refuge, for Works 
and Expenses at the New Packet Harbour and 
Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, for Portpatrick 
Harbour, and for Works at Spurn Point. 

5. £.37,310, to complete the Sum for certain 
Lighthouses Abroad. 

6. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £. 51,238, 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 
1869, for the Maintenance and Repair of the Royal 
Palaces :— 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Item of £.5,636, for Palaces, &amp;c., 
partly in the occupation of Her Majesty, be 
omitted from the proposed Vote ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ 4 oe } 8. 

Colonel Taylor, 

Tellers for the N oes, arr. Whitmore: } 82. 

Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Item of £. 7,313, for Hampton Court Palace, 
Stables, and Outbuildings, with Orangery and 
Vinery, be reduced by the Sum of £.5,000—— 
put, and negatived. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
8 do 





Boundary 
Bill. 


130 


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 tng a to sit till after | 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; | 


Tuesday, 21st April, 1868 : 


Wth—2I1st Apri. 


Reading of the Legitimacy 
‘Bill; 


| Reading of the Church Rates oe Bill; 








1868. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Legitimacy 
Euslastion (Ireland) Cra) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time = 


| this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second at te 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- upon Wednesday the 29th day of this instant 
son reported, That the Committee had come to! April. 
several Resolutions. | 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. | 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Life Policies 


Mr. Dodson also acquainted the House, that he Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Life Nomination 
was directed to move, That the Committee may , Policies Nomination Bill, was read, and discharged. ~"* 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes-; day the 29th day of this instant April, resolve 
day next, again resolve itself into the said Com-’ itself into the said Committee. 


mittee. | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 


Reading of the Boundary Bill; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question | 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read a se-| 


cond 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. | 


Petty Sessions 
and Lock-up 
Fiouses Bill. 


Prisons 
(Compensation 
to Officers) 
Bill. 


Ways and ° 
Means. 


Titles to Land 
Consolidaticn 
Scotland) 
ill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Buildings and 
Glebes (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commis- 
sioners’ Orders 
in Council 
Bill [Lords.} 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—-The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday the 30th day of this instant 
April. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Petty Sessions and Lock- 
up Houses 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, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Prisons (Compensation 
to Officers) 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- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The Titles to Land Consolidation (Scotland ) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday the 21st day of May next. 


The Ecclesiastical Buildings and Glebes (Scot- 
land ) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
vime; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday the 28th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Representation of the People (Scot- 
land ) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 30th day of this instant April, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commissioners’ Orders 
in Council Bill; 

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








Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 


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








Tuesday, 21st April, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
HE Topsham, Woodbury, and Lympstone Topsham, 
Water Bill was read the third time. te 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. stone Wien 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bil. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Buckfastleigh, 
the Buckfastleigh, Totnes, and South Devon Rail- Totes, and 
. - x A outh Devon 
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 Cork Gas 
the Cork Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Loughborough 
the Loughborough Local Board Bill, as amended Local Board 
in the Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Great Western Railway (Dividends) ‘ No. 2) = Western 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. (Dividends) 
(No. 2) Bill. 

The Dundee Gas (No. 2) Bill was, according to Dundee Gas 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. (No. 2) Bill. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, Chichester 

To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to pb pcs 
consider of authorizing the cancelling of the Bond [Cancellation 
which, under the twenty-first section of “ The of Bond.] 
Chichester and Midhurst Railway (Extension) Act, 
1865,” has been given by the Chichester and Mid- 
hurst Railway acti to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, for securing 
the completion of the Extension Railway autho- 
rized by the said Act ; 

Mr. Stephen Cave, 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. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. — 
- Several Public Petitions were also presented, Vide Votes 
and read; and referred to Select Committees. vet ret 


Mr. Dillwyn reported from the Committee on Private Bis 
Group K. of Private Bills; That the parties op- (GrouP 
posing the New Kilmainham Township Bill had 
stated that the evidence of John Ball Green was 
essential to enable them to establish their case, oe 

i 


Polic 


pes 





See of London, 
&amp;e 


County and 
Police Rates. 


31 Vicroria. Q1st 


it having been proved that his attendance could 
not be forall without the intervention of the 
House, he had been instructed to move that the 
said John Ball Green do attend the said Committee 
on Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That John Bull Green do attend the 


said Committee upon Thursday next, at Twelve 
of the clock. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be sincientile pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Answer sent by the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council to the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners, touching the Scheme for transferring 
the Estates of the See of London to the Commis- 
sioners, 3rd August 1857 : Of Correspondence 
between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the 
Dean and Chapter of Norwich, touching the pro- 
posed transfer of the Capitular Estates, 22nd 
August 1866 and 1867: And, of the Scheme 
i for such transfer and transmitted to the 
rivy Council, 27th June 1867. 

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








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from the Treasurers of the several 
Counties and Ridings of England and Wales for 
the Three years ending at the last Epiphany Ses- 
sions, showing the Expenditure (exclusive of Cattle 
Plague Rates) for which County and Police Rates 
have been levied in each year, distinguishing such 
portions of Expenditure as are prescribed by Sta- 
tute and in the Payment of which the Justices act 
only ministerially, from those, if any, over which 
the Justices in Quarter Sessions exercise an inde- 
— control, such Return to be in a Tabular 

orm, classifying the Expenditure as under: 
Pauper ‘Lunatics ; 

Bridges ; 

Coroners ; 

. Prisons and Court Houses ; 

. Judges’ Lodgings ; 

. Militia Stores and Depéts; 

Conveyance and Subsistence of Prisoners ; 


April. 131 


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


Corporation of the Trinity House and the Board of 
Trade, relative to the Electric Light (in continu- 
ation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 313, of Session 
1866). 

Mr. Stephen Cave accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


18th day of February last, for a Return relative 
to Occupiers (Scot/and). 

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


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 Grantham, 
in the room of William Earle Welby, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, 
hath accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of 
Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, 
Desborough and Bonenham, in the County of 
Buckingham. 


in the United Kingdom which construct or use 
Electric Telegraphs as part of their Undertaking : 
Of the Number of Miles of Telegraph both 
authorised and constructed, and of the Number of 
Stations and Places communicating with such Te- 
legraphs : And, of the Places of Connection, 
and the Length of each Submarine Telegraph 
connected with any place in the United Kingdom. 








Copies of Letter bearing date the llth day of 
Pebrosry 1867, addressed to the Charity Com- 
missioners, with reference to Sir Robert Peel's 
School at Tamworth : And, of Letter bearing 
date the 24th day of April 1867, addressed to the 
Charity Commissioners on the same subject, being 











Conveyance of Vagrants ; 
Lock-up Houses and Police Stations ; 
. High Constables ; 
. Inspection of Weights and Measures; 
. Register of Electors; 
. Prosecutions at Assizes and Sessions; 
. Reformatories ; 
. Advertising, Printing, and Stationery ; 
. Salaries; 
. Police ; 
18. Miscellaneous. 

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


Council. 
Immigrants Ordered, That the Return relative to Immigrants 
and Liberated and Liberated Africans, which was presented upon 
No. 208. the 20th day of this instant April, be printed. 
Judges’ Ordered, That the Return relative to Judges’ 
N = Lodgings, which was presented upon the 20th day 
0. 209. of this instant April, be printed. 
rhe aaa Ordered, That the Account relative to Public 
ture, Income and Expenditure, which was presented 
No. 219, Upon the 20th day of this instant April, be printed. 
Getropolis Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an 


Order, dated the 12th day of March last, for a Re- 
turn relative to Metropolis Gas. 
Vo, 123. 


two Letters referred to in Affidavit, on the part 
of the Charity Commissioners, sworn and filed 
| the 13th day of March 1868. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law with respect to the Property 
of Married Women: And that Mr. Shaw Lefevre, 
Mr. Russell Gurney, and Mr. Stuart Mill do pre- 

| pare, and bring it in. 


| 

| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
| a Return showing the Amount assessed for Income 
and Property Tax in Schedules A, B, C, D, and 
E, and the Aggregate in 1854, 1861, and 1866, 
for England rs Wales : Similar Return for 
Scotland :——Similar Return for Great Britain: 
——Similar Return for Ireland: Similar Re- 
turn for the United Kingdom: Return showing 
the Gross Amount of Revenue raised, excluding 
Miscellaneous, in 1854, 1861, and 1866, fot Great 
Britain: Similar Return for Ireland :——Si- 
milar Return for the United Kingdom:——Return 
showing the Amount of Revenue for each £.100 
assessed for Property and Income Tax in Great 
Britain in 1854, 1861, and 1866: Similar 
Return for Ireland: And, similar Return for 
the United Kingdom. 




















A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That there be laid before this House, Returns 
82 showing 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Electric 
a Copy of further Correspondence between the Light. 


No. 211. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented,—Re- Occupiers 
turn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the (Scotland.) 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Conte 
ri 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Electric 
Returns of the Names of all Railway Companies Telegraphs. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, sir Robert 
Peel’s School 
(Tamworth. ) 


Married 


Women’s 


Property. 


Income and 
Property Tax. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland.) 























































































a ort Deore = 


Poor Law 
Valuation 
(Ireland.) 


Broughty 
Ferry Pro. 
visional Order 
Confirmation. 


Proceedings 
in Committce 
of Supply. 


Railways 
(Guards and 
Passengers’ 
Communica- 
tion) Bill. 


Capital 
Punishment 
within Prisons 
Bill 


132 


showing the Amount expended upon the construc- 
tion of Roads, Bridges, and other similar Works, 
out of the Grand Jury Cess in Jreland, in each 
year from 1831 to 1866 :——Showing the Total in 

eriods of Five years :——And, showing the Gross 
Total :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Total Amount of the Poor 
Law Valuation of each Union in 1841, 1851, 1861, 
and 1866, and the Aggregate Amount for Ireland: 
Showing the Valuation of each Town of 2,000 
Inhabitants and upwards, the Total for each Union, 
and the Aggregate for Ireland : Showing the 
Valuation of Railways, Mines, Bridges, and other 
similar Property in each Union, and the Aggre- 
gate for. Ireland :——And, showing the Balance, 
being the Amount of Assessment on the Value of 
Land in each Union, and the Aggregate for Ireland. 








Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
confirm a Provisional Order under “‘ The General 
Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862,” 
relating to Broughty Ferry: And that the Lord 
Advocate, Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy, and 
Sir James Fergusson do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Resolution of 
the House of the 9th day of February 1858, re- 
lative to Proceedings in Committee of Supply, 
might be read; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth: 

“That where it has been proposed to omit or re- 
duce items in a Vote, the Question shall be 
afterwards put upon the original Vote, or upon 
the reduced Vote, as the case may be, without 
amendment.” 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Resolution be re- 
scinc ed :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the 
Second Reading of the Railways (Guards and 
Passengers’ Communication) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
on the Capital Punishment within Prisons 
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 “ in the opinion of this House, it is 
“ expedient, instead of carrying out the punish- 
* ment of death within prisons, that Capital Pu- 
** nishment should be abolished,” 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. 

“ Colonel Taylor, 

Tellers for the Yeas, ong tg J 

Tellers for the Noes,! Gipia, 

i Mr. Leeman: 
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, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 2, disagreed to. 


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21st April. 







































1868. 


Ciausk, N° 3, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 4 (Sheriff, &amp;c. to be present). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 15: After the 
word “ The,” to insert the word “ high.” 

Question, That the word “high” be there in- 
serted——put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 2: 
To leave out the words “ relatives of the prisoner 
. —e 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed 
to 





Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 3: 
After the word “ persons,” to insert the words 
** of the general public.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted: —Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 3: 
After the word “ persons,” to insert the words ‘and 
“so many reporters of the public press.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Alderman as 24 

Yeas, Mr. Lusk: ’ 
Tellers for the (Sir Graham Montgomery, \ 
Noes,  \|Sir Michael Hicks Beach;J *~* 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 5 to N° 15, agreed to. 

A Clause added. 

Another Clause (Mode of execution may be 
altered) ——brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time—— put, and negatived. 
Schedule 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Divorce and 


Reading of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes pmecomg et 
Court Bill H Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Religious, &amp;. 


into a Committee on the Religious, &amp;c. Buildings 
(Sites) 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 To-morrow. 


Buildings 
(Sites) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Artizans and 


into a Committee on the Artizans and Labourers 
Dwellings Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Curausss, N° 36 to N* 47, with Amendménts to 
four ot them, agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 9, disagreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 10, agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 

ain:—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

A Clause added. 

‘Another Clause (This Act shall not apply to 
any premises as to which the owner of the freehold 
has instituted proceedings under the covenants 
contained in the lease under which the premises 
are held, in order to compel due performance of 
such covenants, as to repair or for forfeiture rd 

suc 


» Labourers’ 
Dwellings 
Bill. 


Bill 88. 


as 


Supply. 


Embassy 
Houses, &amp;c. 
(Constanti- 
nople, China, 
and Japan.) 


Fire Brigade 
(Metropolis.) 


Mission House 
at T 


ehran. 


Harbours of 
Refuge, &amp;c. 


Lightho 
Abroad. 


81 Vicroria. 


such lease by reason of breach of any such cove- 
nants, provided such proceedings are bond fide and 
duly prosecuted, a need that such owner 
shall succeed in obtaining judgment therein, and 
provided also that within three calendar months 
after such judgment obtained, such owner shall 

roperly repair such premises so as to render them 

t for healthy occupation, or pull down and de- 
molish the same at his option) 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. 

Another Clause (This Act shall not apply to any 
case in which the defective state, or condition of 
the premises is attributable to or occasioned by the 
act, neglect, or default of the local authority, to 
put in force the powers for remedy of such defects 
already vested in such local authority )——brought 
up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
——- put, and negatived. 

Another Clause added. 

First Schedule: Amendment proposed in p. 16, 
1. 7, to leave out from the words “ The City of 
“ London,” to “ c. 91,” in 1. 12, inclusive. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 


} 26. 





. out stand part of the Schedule ; 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Alderman Lawrence, 


Yeas, Mr. Lusk: 
Tellers for the i Ayrton, - te. 
Noes, Mr. Harvey Lewis; t Sy 


Schedule agreed to. 

Second Schedule amended, and 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 Tuesday 
next; and be printed. 





Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, 
as follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.59,920, 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 1869, for the British 
Embassy Houses, Chapel, Consular Offices, &amp;c. at 
Constantinople, China, and Japan. 

2. That a Sum, nut exceeding £.8,000, 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 3lst day of March 1869, for the Contribution 
towards the Funds for the Establishment and 
Maintenance of a Fire Brigade in the Metropolis. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,000, 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 1869, for 
the purchase of Ground and for the Erection of a 
House for Her Majesty’s Mission at Tehran. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 103,675, 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 1869, for constructing certain 
Harbours of Refuge, for Works and Expenses at 
the New Packet Harbour and Harbour of Refuge 


at Holyhead, for Portpatrick Harbour, and for 
Works at Spurn Point. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.37,310, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 

VoL. 123. 





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in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1869, for erecting and main- 
taining certain Lighthouses Abroad. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.51,238, be Royal Palaces. 
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 1869, for the Maintenance 
and Repair of the Royal Palaces. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Petty Sessions 
and Lock-up 
Houses Bill. 


The Petty Sessions and Lock-up Houses 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 Prisons (Compensation to Officers) Bill was, prisons 
according to Order, read the third time. (Compensation 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. —_— 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the ~ 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Legitimacy Declaration (Jreland) Bill was, Legitimacy 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Declaration 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- (rorde} - 
morrow. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre presented a Bill to amend the Married 
Law with respect to the Property of Married Women’s 
Women: And the same was read the first time ; Property Bill. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- _ Bill 89. 
nesday the 29th day of this instant April; and to 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Wednesday, 22nd April, 18638. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House proceeded to take into considera- Potteries, 
tion the Potteries, Shrewsbury, and North Shrewsbury, 
Wales Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. North 
A Clause (Period for compulsory purchase of way Bill. 
land) 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 Ruthin Water 
the Ruthin 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 wolborough 
the Wolborough Local Board Bill, as amended in Local Board 
the Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


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


and read; and referred to Select Committees. uti 
eport. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, &amp;c., Sugar, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon the 20th day of this No. 213. 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign Sugar. 
Sugar, which was presented upon the 20th day of No, 214. 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post Post Office. 
Office, which was presented upon the 20th day of No, 215, 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metro- Metropolis 
polis Gas, which was presented upon the 21st day &amp;* 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 216. 
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snc ane wae Se 


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Occupiers 
(Scotland.) 


No. 217. 


Naval 
e . 


Sir Robert 
Peel’s School 
( Tamworth.) 


No. 212. 
Richmond 


_ Bridge. 


Bristol Writ. 


Stirling 
District of 
Burghs Writ. 


Burials 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sunday 
Trading Bill. 


134 22nd April. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Occupiers 
( Scotland), which was presented upon the 21st day 
of this instant April, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 12th day of March last, for a Return 
relative to the Naval Reserve. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of this 
instant April, for Returns relative to Sir Robert 
Peel's School (Tamworth). 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Richmond 
Bridge Cash Account for the year 1867. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Sir Robert 
Peel's School ( Tamworth) 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 Citizen to serve in this 
present Parliament for the City of Bristol, in the 
room of Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Baronet, who, 
since his Election for the said City, hath accepted 
the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
Manor of Northstead, in the County of York. 


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 
— Parliament for the Stirling District of 

urghs, in the room of Lawrence Oliphant, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said District of 
Burghs, hath accepted the Office of Steward or 
Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds 
of Stoke, Desborough, and Bonenham, in the County 
of Buckingham. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Burials (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 f Mr. Monsell, log 
Yeas, Mr. Bruce : j 

Tellers for the {Colonel William Stuart, \ , | 
Noes, Mr. Lefroy : | i 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sunday Trading Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
n Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
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 Vivided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Thomas Hughes, 71 
Yeas, Lord Claud Hamilton: °° 
‘Tellers for the; Mr. Graham, 
Noes, (Mr. Taylor: } Sl. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 














1868. 


Ordered, That the Bill ke now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolis 

into a Committee on the Metropolis Subways Bill; Su&gt;ways 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 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Canongate 
Reading of the Canongate Annuity Tax Bill; ona Tax 

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. M‘LZaren, 59 
Yeas, (Mr. Crum Ewing : } : 
Tellers for se Sir Graham Montgomery, ) g¢ 
Noes, Mr. Miller : —T 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
** upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question:—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the 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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Chichester 
into a Committee on the Chichester and Midhurst — 
- . 7 

Railway (Cancellation of Bond). 


[Cancellation 
(In the Committee.) 


of Bond.] 

Resolved, That it is expedient to cancel the 
Bond entered into by the Chichester and Midhurst 
Railway Company under the Twenty-first section 
of “The Chichester and Midhurst Railway (Ex- 
tension) Act, 1865,” for securing the completion 
of the Extension Railway authorised by the said 
Act. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. : 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Religious, &amp; 
take into consideration the Religious, &amp;c., Build- Pain) Bil 
ings (Sites) Bill, as amended in the Committee. - 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Legitimasy 
into a Committee on the Legitimacy De ialond) ireland) Bil 
{ Lords. 





7 a | 





Metropolis 
Gas Bill, 


Gas (Metro- 
polis) Bill 
(1860), &amp;c, 


London Coal 
and Wine 
Duties Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


Railways 
(Extension of 
Time) Bill. 


Broughty 
Ferry 
Provisional 
Order Con- 


firmation Bill. 


Bill 90. 


Private Bills 
(Group K.) 


Brentford 
Gas Bill. 


Brompton, 


Chatham, &amp;c. 


Water Bill. 


Dartford 
Water Bill. 





31 Victoria. 


(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 To-mor- 
row. 


Ordered, That all Petitions presented this Ses- 
sion respecting the Metropolis Gas Bill be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Metropolis Gas 
Bills, 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 the said Petitions. 

Ordered, That the parties appearing before the 
Select Committee on the said 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. 


Ordered, That the Reports which, upon the 25th 
day of June and the 18th day of July 1860, were 
made from the Committee on the Gas ( Metropolis) 
Bill; the Reports which, upon the 15th and 29th 
days of May 1866, were made from the Select 
Committee on the London (City) Corporation Gas 
Bill; and the Reports which, upon the 8th day of 
August in the last Session of Parliament, were 
made from the Select Committee on the Metro- 
polis Gas Bill, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before the said Committees, be 
referred to the Select Committee on the Metro- 


polis Gas Bills. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Zondon Coal and Wine Duties Con- 
tinuance Bill be taken into consideration To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Railways (Extension of Time) Bill 
be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to confirm 
a Provisional Order under “ ‘The General Police 
and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862,” re- 
lating to the Burgh of Broughty Ferry: 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. 





Thursday, 25rd April, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Committee on Group K 
of Private Bills have leave to sit this day 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 





Mr. Dodson reported the Brentford Gas Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Brompton, Chatham, 
&amp;c. Water Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the Dartford Water 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 Kent Waterworks Company not 
having exercised the power of supplying Water to 
Dartford; and had made further Amendments 
therein, so as to make it consistent with the pro- 
bao " A Bill as submitted to and passed by 

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22nd—23rd April. 



























































135 


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 Fareham and Netley Fareham 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. and Netley - 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ®#"*¥ ®™ 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported Gardiner’s Patent Bill, Gardiner’s 
without Amendment. Patent B 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. [0741 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Slough Water 
Slough Water Bill; That they had examined the 3i- 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same by omitting “ Eton” from 
the provisions thereof, and found the same, 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 West Riding and West Riding 
Grimsby Railway Bill, without Amendment. and ey 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Leamington 
Leamington Priors Local Board of Health Bill; Priors Local 
That they had examined the allegations contained el 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same 
by striking out the recital that the Local Board 
had agreed (subject to the authority of Parliament) 
with the Leamington Royal Pump Room Company 
for the purchase of certain lands and tenements, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Society Gun Barrel 
of the Mystery of Gunmakers of the City of Zon- Proof Bill. 
don, and the Guardians of the Birmingham Proof- 
house, praying that provision may be made in the 
Gun Barrel Proof Bill for enabling the said Master, 
Wardens and Society also to provide, maintain, 
discontinue, revive, and use branch proof-houses, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Burslem and Tunstall Gas Bill was read the Burslem and 
third time. Tunstall Gas 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Grand Junction Water Bill was read the Grand June 
third time. tion Water 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. = 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway Newquay and 


Bill was read the third time. Cornwall 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. yay Bill Rail- 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their coneurrence. 


The Saint Luke’s (King’s Cross) District Bill Saint Luke's 
was read the third time. at 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Stourport Bridge and Approaches Bill was Stourport 
read the third time. ee 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — cere 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
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Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes 
and Fifteenth 
Report. 


Pablic 

Petitions 

mee 
port.) 


Married 
Women’s 
Property Bill. 


Worthing Gas 
Bill. 


Chichester 
Gas Bill. 


Dingwall and 
Skye Railway 
Bill [Lords.]} 


Chain Cables 
and Anchors 
(East India.) 


British 
Museum. 


186 
Several Public Petitions were Sora and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were also presented, 
and read; and referred to Select Committees. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the Ist, 
2nd, and 3rd days of this instant April, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Married Women’s Property Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of June next. 


Sir William Bagge reported from the Committee 
on Group A. and B. of Private Bills; Thatin the 
case of the Worthing Gas Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same in order to make it 
consistent with the clauses 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. 


Sir William Bagge reported from the Committee 
on Group A. and B. of Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Chichester Gas Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same in order to make it 
consistent with the clauses 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. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Dingwall and Skye Rail- 
way 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. 


Resolved, That 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 Cost of Cables, Anchors, 
Mooring Chains, and Screw Moorings, purchased 
for the Indiun Department since January 1865, 
to include the following Particulars, viz.: Name 
of the Firm or Individual supplying the Articles 
above enumerated; Statement from the Invoices 
of the Sizes, Price per Cwt. or per Ton of each 
Article supplied; Price of Screw Moorings to be 
stated separately, and Name of Patentee; also, if 
any further Contracts are now open or pending 
for similar Supplies, the same Particulars to be 

iven. 

Ordered, That 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 Income and Expenditure of the 
British Museum for the Financial Year ended the 
31st day of March 1868 :——Of the Estimated 
Charges and Expenses for the year ending the 





31st day of March 1869 :——Ofthe Sum necessary | the 
to discharge the same :—— And, of the Number of 


Persons admitted to visit the Museum .in each 
year from 1862 to 1867, both years inclusive ; 


23rd April. 







































1868. 


together with a Statement of the progress made in 
the Arrangement of the Collections, and an Ac- 
count of Objects added to them in the year 1867. 


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 London 
for vesting the several Undertakings of the Knighton, Wa North 
the Central Wales, and the Central Wales Exten-. Sadan 
sion Railway Companies in the London and North Central Wales, 
Western Railway Company, and for other pur- te tage 
poses; to which the words desire the concur- sion Railway 


rence of this House. Companies 
Bill [Lords,] 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Spirits. 
Order, dated the 20th day of February last, for 
Returns relative to Spirits. 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Agricultural 
Her Majesty’s Conmneail, Babies of Agricultural Statistics 
Statistics, Jreland, showing the estimated average gc. (irelanth) 
Produce of the Crops for the year 1867 ; and the : 
Emigration from Irish Ports, from 1st January to 

3lst December 1867; also the Number of Mills 

for scutching Flax in each County and Province. 

Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy also presented, Criminal 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, Offenders 
—Tables of Criminal Offenders for the year Stam) 
1867, reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for 
Scotland, in Terms of the Statute | Gul. 4, c. 37, 
with Alterations and Additions ordered and re- 
quired by one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 
taries of State, in virtue of the powers therein 
contained. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Naval Naval 
Reserve, which was presented upon the 22nd day "eserve. 
of this instant April, be printed. No, 218. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Beans. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Tea. 
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 
1868 until the Ist day of August 1869, on the im- 
portation thereof into Great Britain and Ireland ; 
viz. 

8. d. 
Tea- - = = «+ «=  thelb. -- 6 


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. 

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 Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Eeclesiastical Commissioners’ Orders Commis, 
in Council Bill ; in Council 
And a Motion being made, and «the Question Bill {Zords.] 


bei proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now. leave 


. r; 

An Amendment was: to-be made'to'the 
Question,’ by leaving out the word “That” 
to the end of the | 


ion;.in order to add the 
2 vwords 


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31 Vicroria. 


words “ this House will, upon this day six months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee; 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 
To-morrow. 

tondon Coat The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

md Wine take into consideration the Amendment made by 

patie oe Bill. the Lords to the London Coal and Wine Duties 
Continuance Bill. 

The said Amendment being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment was only to 
correct a clerical error), was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 

Railways The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

(Extension of take into consideration the Amendments made by 

Time) Bil. ‘the Lords to the Railways (Extension of Time) 
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. 

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

Registration mittee on the Land Writs Registration (Scotland) 

— Bill; 

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

Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

a Reading of the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill ; 

—_ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 

Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 

tpeodinnd) Reading of the Court of Justiciary (Scotland )Bill ; 

Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 

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

a ” mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt 

Practices at Lractices at Elections Bill; 

Elections Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 4th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

amano The Marriages (Frampton Mansel) Bill was, 

Mansel) Bill, according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 

ro The Order of the day being read, for taking 

Within Prisons into consideration the Capital Punishment within 

Bill, Prisons Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 

Petty The Broughty Ferry Provisional Order Con- 


tional Order @rmation Bill was, according to Order, read a 
Coufirmation second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
Bill. whole House, for To-morrow. 


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

Scotland) ‘Mittee on the Registration of Writs ( Scotland) Bill; 

ill [ Lords, ] Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Vou. 123. 


Registration 
of Writs 


23rd April. 








137 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Legitimacy 
take into consideration the Legitimacy Declaration Declaration 
(Jreland ) Bill, as amended in the Committee. Crords:) _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ; 


To-morrow. 


The United Parishes (Scotland) Bill was, ac- United 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- (feotlend) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- pin, 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burials 
mittee on the Burials (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 10th day of June next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sunday 
mittee on the Sunday ‘l'rading Bill ; Trading Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday, 
the 5th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Metropclis 


The Metropolis Subways Bill was, according ¥ bways Bil 
ubway ° 


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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Chichester 


Chichester and Midhurst Railway [Cancellation of = Midheres 
° ° ilway 

Bond], a Resolution; which was read, as fol- [Cancellation 

loweth: of Bond.] 


That it is expedient to cancel the Bond entered 
into by the Chichester and Midhurst Railway Com- 
pany under the twenty-first section of “ The 
Chichester and Midhurst Railway (Extension) Act, 
1865,” for securing the completion of the Exten- 
sion Railway authorized by the said Act. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Chichester and Midhurst Railway 
Bill, that they have power to make provision 
therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Select Committee on the Bank Holidays Bank Holidays 
Bill was nominated of Sir Colman O’Loghilen, Mr, ®- 
Stephen Cave, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Rothschild, Mr. 
Alderman Salomons, Mr. Pim, Mr. Hubbard, Vis- 
count Amberley, Mr. Barnett, Mr. Waldegrave- 
Leslie, Mr. Paull, Mr. Lusk, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. 
Goldnevy, and Mr. Graves; with Power to send 
for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. . 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to consider the propriety of discontinuing 
the Days of Grace and the practice of noting Bills 
on the day on which they become due. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Government 
to amend in certain respects the Act for the better of India Act 
Government of India; And that Sir Stafford Amendment. 
Northcote and Sir James Fergusson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Governor 
to define the Powers of the Governor General of General of 
India in Council at Meetings for making Laws "“~ 
and Regulations, and to make better provision for 
making Laws and Regulations for certain Parts 
of India, and for certain other purposes: And that 
Sir Stafford Northcote and Sir James Fergusson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Petroleum 
to amend the Act Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth "con agama 
Victoria, chapter Sixty-six, for the safe keeping of ~~ 
Petroleum: And that Sir James Fergusson and 
Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do prepare, and 





bring it in. 
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Government 
of India Aet 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 91. 


Governor 
General of 
India Bill. 


Bill 92. 


Petroleum Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bi!l 93. 


Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


No. 219. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 119. 


Mercantile 
Marine Fund. 


Merchant 
Seamen's 
Fund. 


Seamen’s 
Savings 
Banks and 
Money Orders. 


Ramegate 
Harbour. 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Fourth 
Report.) 


No. 126. 


138 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to amend 
in certain respects the Act for the better Govern- 
ment of India: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 14th day of May next; and to be 
printed. 


Sir S/afford Northcote presented a Bill to define 
the Powers of the Governor General of India in 
Council at Meetings for making Laws and Regu- 


lations, and to make better provision for making |- 


Laws and Regulations for certain Parts of India, 
and for certain other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday the 14th day of May 
next; and to be printed. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to amend 
the Act Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Victoria, 
chapter Sixty-six, for the safe keeping of Petroleum: 
And the same was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read asecond time upon Monday next; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, ‘Chat there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Estimate prepared by the India Office of 
Expenditure for the Abyssinian Expedition. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Paper. 

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


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Na- 
vigation of the United Kingdom, for the Month 
ended 31st March 1868, and Three Months ended 
31st March 1868. 

Mr. Stephen Cave also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An 
Account of the Mercantile Marine Fund, under 
the Acts 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 104, s, 429, showing the 
Income and Expenditure for the year 1867. 

An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure 
(under the Seamen’s Fund Winding-up Act), from 
1st January to 3lst December 1867; with an Ac- 
count of the Sums received and paid for the Wages 
and Effects of deceased Seamen in the year 1867. 

An Account of all Deposits received and repaid 
by the Board of Trade, under the authority of the 
Seamen’s Savings Bank Act, 1856, 19 &amp; 20 Vice. 
ce. 41, during the year ended 20th November 1867, 
and of the Interest thereon; together with a Copy 
of all Regulations made by that Board, under the 
authority of that Act during the above-mentioned 
period: ——Also, Statement showing the Number 
and Amount of Seamen’s Money Orders issued at 
Ports in the United Kingdom and at Continental 
Ports, and paid at Ports in the United Kingdom, 
from 1855 to 1567, both years inclusive. 

Statement of the Receipts and Payments made 
by the Board of Trade for the Royal Harbour of 
Ramsgate, for the year ending 31st December 1867, 
together with an Account of the Receipt and Issue 
of Stores; and also, Receipts and Payments on 
account of the Benefit Fund. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Accounts relating to Trade 
and Navigation be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Friday, 24th April, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 
ORD Hotham reported from the Committee 
_4 of Selection; That they had made certain 
alterations in the Groups of Private Bills already 
formed, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 





23rd—24th April. 



























































1868. 


Mr. Dillwyn reported the New Kilmainham New Kitmain, 
Township Bill, with Amendments. ham Tow 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. _ 


The Cork ‘Gas Bill was read the third time ; Cork Gas 
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 Loughberough Local Board Bill was read Loughborough 
the third time. Local Board 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The London and North Western, and Knighton, London 
Central Wales, and Central Wales Extension 5 North 
Railway Companies Bill was read the first time. Ken 
‘Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Central Wales, 


= ee: : . and Central 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Wales Exten- 


sion Railway 
Bill [Lorde 
Ordered, That the Minutes of ‘the Evidence Edinburghand 
taken before the Committees on the Edinburgh and Dunfermline 
Dunfermline Railway Bill, in Session 1861; the cisely Aw 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, in Session 
1862; the Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth 
(North British) Railway, and Edinburgh and 
Glusgow Railway Bills, in Session 1863; and the 
North British and Edinburgh, and Glasgow 
(Bridge of Forth) Railways Bill, in Session 1865, 
be referred .to the Committee on the North Bri- 
tish Railway (Forth River Railway) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Belfast 
taken before the Committee on the Belfast Im- Improvement 
provement (No. 2) Bill, in Session 1864, be re- (ened - 
ferred to the Committee on the County Down 
and Belfast Borough Bill. 


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

Several Public Petitions were also presented, yiae Votes 
and read; and referred to a Select Committee. and Fifteenth 

Report. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Richmond Richmond 
G reen, which was presented upon the 2nd day of Green. 
this instant April, be printed. No. 220, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, Spirits. 
which was ore upon the 23rd day of this No, 221, 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Criminal Criminal 
Offenders (Scotland), which was presented upon Offenders 


the 23rd day of this instant April, be printed. ‘eae 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- Mercantile 
cantile Marine Fund, which was presented upon Marine Fund. 
the 23rd day of this instant April, Me printed. No. 228. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- Merchant 
chant Seamen’s Fund, which was presented upon $"i°"* 


the 23rd day of this instant April, be printed. No. 224 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Seamen’s Seamen’s 
Savings Banks and Money Orders, which was S@vings 


pas upon the 23rd day of this instant April, en 


e printed. No. 225. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Ramsgate Ramsgate 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 23rd day Hrbour 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 226. 


Mr. Secre Gathorne Hardy presented, by Highways. 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Abstracts of the Gene- 
ral Statements of the Receipts and Expenditure 
on account of the Highways of the several Pa- 
rishes, Townships, &amp;c. in England and Wales, for 
the year 1866. 

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

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‘and = Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 

Baronetcies- Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3rd day of 

this instant April, for a Return relative to Peer- 
ages and Baronetcies. 

. Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 








Table. 
Post Office Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an 
(Sunday Order, dated the 16th day of March last, for Re- |’ 
ant) turns relative to the Post-Office (Sunday Delivery) 
( Scotland). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table.. 


Lord Robert Montagu presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
Order of the Lords of the Council revoking Order 
of 21st January 1868, relating to Sheep and Goats 
imported into Great Britain from Belgium, dated 
6th April 1868. 

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


Cattle Plague. 


Metropolitan Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Me- 
ne tropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill have Power 
(First Report.) 0 report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
No. 227, them from time to time to the House. 

Lord Robert Montagu reported from the said 
Committee; That they had taken Evidence on 
the said Bill, and had agreed to report the same to 
the House. 

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


_ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Board of 
Trade and the Admiralty, and other Persons, re- 
lative to the Fareham and Netley Railway Bill. 


Fareham 
and Netley 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Woodd reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had 
made an alteration in Group No. 3, 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. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
{Second 
Report. ) 
No. 130. 


Sir William Bagge reported from the Committee 
on Group A..and B. of Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Ystrad Gas and Water Bill,.they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, in order 
to explain the financial condition of the existing 
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. 


Yotrad Gas 
and Water 
Bill, 


Supply. 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 Gusiion, in order to add the 
words “ an humble Address be presented to Her 


“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to t 
add the words “ a Select Committee be appointed Sir Theophilus 
“‘to inquire into the case of Sir Theophilus John 
“ Metcalfe, c. B., as set forth in his Petition of the 
“ 24th day of February last, and printed in the 
« Appendix to the Fifth Report on Public Pe- 


thereof. 











































h April. 139 


John Metcalfe. 


“ titions on the 7th day of March last,” instead 


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 “ in the opinion of this House, the Copyhold, 

“ expenses of the Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Indosite, 

“ Commission, Inclosure and Drainage Acts, and Goumaindiens 

* Charity Commission, ought not to be borne by &amp;c. 

* the Public,” 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. 1 
Colonel Taylor, 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ tp Whitmore ; y 104. 

Mr. Goldney, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Chil ha s 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
*‘ in the opinion of this House, the expenses of the 
* Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commission, 
** Inclosure and Drainage Acts, and Charity Com- 
“ mission, ought not to be borne by the Public,” 
be added instead thereof ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Ties 


a Goldney, } 106. 
r. Childers: 
Tellers for the N oes, | amg Rha i } 105. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being 

ut; 

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, 
the expenses of the Copyhold, Inclosure, and 
Tithe Sennielen Inclosure and Drainage Acts, 
and Charity Commission, ought not to be borne by 
the Public. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, Supply- 
resolve itself into the Committee of Supply. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “a Select Committee be appointed to in- Post Office 
“¢ quire into the circumstances connected with the oo eg J. 
* removal of Anthony J. Duffy from his appoint- , 
“‘ ment of Permanent Clerk in the Circulation De- 
“ partment of the General: Post Office,” instead 
thereof. 





“Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
“ give directions, that there be laid before this | 
** House, Copy of any Despatches or Correspond- | 
* ence between the Russian Government and the | 
« Foreign Office onthe subjects of the Insurrection | 
“in Crete,.and of the condition of the Christians | 
“in Turkey in the years 1866 and 1867,” 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 


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


Saturday, 25th April, 1868: 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :— The 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 














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next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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Ways and 
Means. 


Tea, 


Ways and 
Means. 


Ecclesiastical 


* Commnis- 


sioners’ Orders 
in Council 
Bill | Lords,] 


Marriages 
(Frampten 
Mansel) Bill. 


Broughty 
Ferry Provi- 
sional Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 


Legitimacy 
Declaration 
(Ireland) Bill 
[ Lords.) 


County Courts 
(Admiralty 
Jurisdiction) 
Bill. 


Bill 94, 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Court 
Bill. 


Religious, &amp;c. 
Buildings 
(Sites) Bill, 


140 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

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 lst day of August 1868 until the 1st day 
of August 1869, on the importation thereof into 
Great Britain and Ireland; viz.: 

8. d. 
Tea- - - thelb. - 6 

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. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Sclater-Booth do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The Ecclesiastical Commissioners’ Orders in 
Council Bill was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Marriages (Frampton 
Mansel) 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 Com- 
mittee on the Broughty Ferry Provisional Order 
Confirmation Bill; 

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


The Legitimacy Declaration (Jreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment ; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the County Courts (Admi- 
ralty Jurisdiction) 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 Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
raromeey | of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 
Court Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Religious, &amp;c. Buildings (Sites) 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. 


Q4th.--25th—27th April. 






1868. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself United 
into a Committee on the United Parishes (Scot- fgrishes, 
land) Bill; and, after some spent therein, Mr. pjy), ee 
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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Stee 
a Copy of Minutes and other Papers respecting {nding 
the Organization of the late Landing Department Degen 
of Her Majesty’s Customs, and of Memorials or 
Petitions respecting the position and prospects of 
the Officers employed therein. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Church Rates 
nesday next, the Church Rates Abolition Bill, 4&gt;olition Bi, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of June next. 


Lord Hotham reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders. 
which were read, as follow : 

1, That in the case of the London and South London ana 
Western Railway Bill, Petition for additional Pro- a Western 
vision, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- ne 
pensed with. 

2. That in the case of the Brecon and Merthyr Brecon and 
Tydfil Junction Railway Bill, Petition for addi- yeaa Tydfil 
tional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be Railway Bill, 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
introduce their additional Provision accordingly, 
if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, pro- 
vided that proof be given to the said Committee 
of the consent of the shareholders of each of the 
amalgamated Companies (the Brecon Company and 
the Hereford Company) at separate meetings held 
in the same manner, and the same notice being given 
to the shareholders in each Company as is pre- 
scribed by Standing Order No. 70; that the Com- 
mittee 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 London and North London and 
Western Railway Bill, Petition of Messrs. Dale eda g 
and Stretton, for dispensing with Standing Order . 
130 in the case of the Petition of the Corporation 
of Birmingham against the Bill, the said Standing 
Order ought not to be dispensed with. 

The second Resolution, being read a second 
time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. : 


And then the House, having continued to sit 

till a quarter of an hour before One of the 

_clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Monday, 27th April, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Buckfastleigh, Totnes, Buckfastleigh, 
and South Devon Railway Bill be read the Totes, and 


° ° South Devon 
third time To-morrow. Railway Bill. 





Gardiner’s Patent Bill was read the third time. Gardiner’s 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. fled 
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 Potteries, Shrewsbury, and North Wales Potteries, 
Railway Bill was read the third time. ry 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Wales 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Railway Bill. 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. ‘ns 
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The Ruthin Water Bill was read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ruthin Water 


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


Wolborough The Wolborough Local Board Bill was read the 
Local Board third time. 
Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Abergavenny The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ha the Abergavenny and Monmouth Railway Bill, as 
" amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Hythe and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Sandgate Gas the Hythe and Sandgate Gas Bill, as amended in 
Bill the Committee ; and an Amendment was made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


West Riding The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and wag | the West Riding and Grimsby Railway Bill. 
Railway 5". Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Dee River The Dee River Company Bill was read a second 


Company Bill time; and committed. 


[Lords.] 
Lewes Water The Lewes Water Bill was read a second time; 
Bill [Zords.] and committed. 


Tower Subway The Tower Subway Bill was read a second time ; 


Bill (Lords.|_ and committed. 
Uxbridge and The Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway Bill 
Rickmans- was read a second time; and committed. 
worth Railway 
Bill [Lords.] 
Sligo Borough Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
Improvement taken before the Committee on the Sligo Borough 
_— Improvement Bill, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be referred to the Committee on the Sligo 
Borough Improvement Bill. 
Hounslow and § Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
Metropolitan taken before the Committee on the Hounslow and 
(1866) Bill Metropolitan Railway Bill, in Session 1866, be 
referred to the Committee on the Acton and 
Brentford Railway Bill. 
Standing Ordered, That Mr. Scourfield be added to the 
Orders, Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Committeeot Ordered, That Mr. Scourfield be added to the 
Selection. Committee of Selection. 
Halifax A Petition of John Crossley and Sons (Limited), 
jwreration praying that provision may be made in the Halifax 
ol Tapes Corporation Waterworks and Improvement Bill 
ment Bil, that Dean-alley shall no longer be used as a}. 
thoroughfare, but shall vest in John Crossley and 
Sons (Limited), and that the new thoroughfare, 
approved by the Local Board of Health for the 
district of the Borough of Halifax, shall be substi- 
tuted for the said Dean-alley, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills. 
Gun Barrel Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Bill. 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 additiona 
Provision in the Gun Barrel Proof Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Mewar and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table—Report from 
Railway Bill one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
(Lords.} That in the case of the Weedon and Daventry 


Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred 
VoL. 123, 


| 97th April. 











14] 


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. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bodmin and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, been 
That in the case of the Bodmin and Wadebridge [Lords ] 
proc, 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. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Carnarvon 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private and Llanberis 
Bills, That in the case of the Carnarvon and Llan- (Lord -_ 
beris 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. 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That, for the conveni- (Group 6.) 
ence of Parties, the Committee had adjourned to 
Monday 18th May, at half-past Eleven 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. 
Several Public Petitions were also presented, vise Votes 
and read; and referred to Select Committees. and Sixteent’s 
Report. 
Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 20th, eer 
21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th days of this instant ane 
April, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order made upon the 8th day of April, in Turnpike 
the last Session of Parliament, for presenting to ™s* 
Her Majesty an humble Address, that She would 
be graciously pleased to give directions, that there 
be laid before this House, a Return showing, for 
each Turnpike Trust in England and North Wales, 
the following Particulars :— 

The Names of the several Turnpike Trusts ; 

The Names of the several Parishes through 
which the Trust Road passes ; 

The Names of the Highway Divisions or 
the Highway Districts in which each such 
Parish is situated ; 

The Length of Trust Road within each such 
Parish ; 

The Average Annual Cost of the Mainte- 
nance of such Road in each Parish during the 
last Three years ; 

The Average Highway Rate in the Pound 
for the last Three years in each Parish ; 

The Rateable Value in each Parish for 
Highway purposes ; 

The additional Rate required if the Trust 
Road were repaired by the Parishes instead 
of out of the Trust Funds: 

And, Abstract showing the Total of the above 
Particulars in each Parish, was read, and dis- 
charged. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Turnpike 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased T™s* 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing,— 

The Names of Turnpike Trusts ; 
The Names of the several Parishes through 
which the Trust Road passes ; 
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en a et Nr aod ae 


- pee ene 





silldietiees amectihans See ee anh ane ee 


Voters 
(Oxford, &amp;c, 
Universities. ) 


Ordnance 
Survey and 


Topographical 
Depét. 


Royal Gun 
Factory. 


Marriages, 
Births, and 
Deaths. 


Factories. 


Education 
(Scotland. ) 


Public Records. 


Electoral 
Statistics 
(Ireland. ) 


Brewers, &amp;c. 


Irish and 


142 
The Names of the Highway Districts or 
Divisions in which each such Parish is situated ; 

The Length of Trust Road within each such 
Parish ; 

The Average Annual Cost of the Mainte- 
nance of such Road in each Parish during the 
last Three years ; 

The Average Highway Rate in the Pound 
for the last Three years in each Parish ; 

The Rateable Value in each Parish for 
Highway purposes ; 

And, the additional Rate required if the 
Trust Road were repaired by the Parishes 
instead of out of the Trust Funds; 

So far as the same can be made up from the Re- 
turns at present in the possession of the Home 
Office. 

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


Resulved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Voters on the 
Electoral Roll of the Universities of Oxford, Cam- 
bridge, and Dublin on the 1st day of January 1868. 

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. 


Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Progress of the 
Ordnance Survey aud Topographical Depét, to the 
31st December 1867. 

’ Sir John Pakington also presented, —Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3rd day of this 
instant April, for Returns relative to the Royal 
Gun Factory. 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Table of the Number 
of Marriages, Births, and Deaths registered in 
England in the year 1867. 

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 
31st October 1867. 

Copy of Third Report of Her Majesty’s Com- 
missioners appointed to inquire into the Burgh 
and Middle-Class Schools in Scotland, with an 
Appendix ; together with the General and Special 
Reports of the Assistant Commissioners. Vol I. 

Cope of Report’ on the State of Education in 


the Burgh and Middle-Class Schools in Scotland, | 


by Thomas Harvey, M.A., and A. C. Sellar, M. A., 
Assistant Commissioners appointed by the Royal 
Commission on Education in Scotland. Vol. II. 
Special Reports. 

Copy of Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the 
Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, 25th Fe- 
bruary 1868. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 23rd day of March last, for Re- 
turns relative to Electoral Statistics (Zreland). 

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


Mr. Selater-Booth presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 2lst day of November last, for 
Returns relative to Brewers, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2nd day of this 


Scotch Limited instant April, for a Return relative to the Jrish and 


Mails. 


Scotch Limited Mails. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 


27th April. 





1868. 


Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an Naval Reurwe 
Order, dated the 13th day of March last, for a 
Return relative to the Naval Reserve. 
. _— That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Divorce and 
Reading of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes wey 
Court Bill; _ 

Ordered, .That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Wednesday the 6th day of May next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Church 
Wednesday next, the Church Rates Daguiniion Repel 
Bill, was read, and discharged. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th 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 Inclosure Bill, Inclosure Bit, 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dublin (City) 
to authorize the City of Dublin Steam Packet Steam Packet 
Company to make further Arrangements for the tere: = 
Investment of their Contingenc ‘Fund, and ‘for 
other purposes; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble Duke of 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, to convey Edinburgh. 
to Her Majesty the expression of the sorrow and 
indignation with which this House has learned the 
atrocious attempt to assassinate His Royal High- 
ness the Duke of Edinburgh, while on a visit to 
Her Majesty’s loyal Australian Colonies, and of 
their heartfelt congratulations to Her Majesty on 
His preservation from mortal injury ; and to assure 
Her Majesty of the sympathy of this House in 
Her Majesty’s present anxiety, and of their earnest 
hope for the speedy recovery of His Royal 
Highness. 

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








Ordered, That the ag relative to Municipal Municipal 
Boroughs (England and Wales), which was pre- a 
sented upon the 3rd day of this instant April, be Wales.) 


printed. No. 228. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Peerages Peerages and 
and Baronetcies, which was presented upon the Baronetcies. 
| 24th day of this instant April, be printed. No, 229, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Post Post Office 
Office (Sunday Delivery) (Scotland), which was ee A 
presented upon the 24th day of this instant April, (Scotland.) 


be printed. No. 230. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Local Local Taxation 
Taxation and Expenditure, which was presented mle 
upon the 30th day of March last, be printed. No. 231. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Industrial Industrial 





and Provident Societies, which was presented upon wh gs 
the 2nd day of this instant April, be printed. "he 992 





| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Established 
‘into a Committee on the Acts relative to the yawn 
Kstablished Church in Zreland. ai 


(In the Committee. ) 


1. Question again proposed, That it is necessary 
that the Established Church of Jreland should 
cease to exist as an Establishment, due regard 
being had to all personal interests, and to all 
individual rights of property. 

Amendment proposed, to leave out from the 


first word “ That” to the end of the Question, in 
order to add the words “so long as the Union 
* between 





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31 Vicroria. 


* between Great Britain and Ireland continues to 
“* exist, it is just and consistent that the principle 
** of the Established Church should be maintained 
‘in Ireland, and its endowment on ascale suitable 
** to the wants of the population.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the proposed Resolution : 


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, 28th April, 1868: 


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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Q7th—28th April. 





143 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Military at 
to extend to Ireland the existing Law of Great (Ireland.) 
Britain respecting the presence of Military at 
Parliamentary Elections: And that Mr. Serjeant 
Barry, Major Gavin, and Mr. Esmonde do prepare 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Cotton 
for the Collection and Publication of Cotton Sta- 
tistics: And that Mr. Bazley, Mr. Milner Gibson, 

Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Watkin, and Mr. Cheetham do 
prepare and bring it in. 


ublic 


Ordered, That Mr. Liddell be added to the P 
Accounts. 


Committee of Public Accounts. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Documentary’ 
to amend the Law relating to Documentary Evi- 
dence in certain cases: And that Sir James Fer- 
gusson and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do 


| prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously ‘ 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, Copies of Despatch of the Secretary of 
| State for India to the Government of India on the 
subject of the Administration of Bengal; Of 
the Report of a Special Committee of the Council 











Capital The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
em take into consideration the Capital Punishment 
i, Within Prisons Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
A Clause (Application of Act to Jreland), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Reformatory The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(inden) pil, Mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Ireland) Bill; | P 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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 
this day. 
Petroleum Act The Petroleum Act Amendment Bill was, ac- 
Bill, = cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 
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 Comnslaien, 
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. 
Marriages The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
—. take into consideration the Marriages (Frampton 
Mansel) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Broughty The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Terry Frovi into a Committee on the Broughty Ferry Pro- 
— visional Order Confirmation Bill; and, after some 
Bill. 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. 
Hepresentation The Order of the day being read, for the Se- 
(ireland) Bu cond Reading of the Representation of the People 
(Ireland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
(ated Parishes The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
and) Bil. take into consideration the United Parishes ( Scot- 


land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

this day. 

VoL, 123. 


\H 
| of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 





of India on the same subject: And, of other 
apers relating thereto. 

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


| 
) 


} 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously (Education) 
' pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Copy of Report by Sir A. Grant, 
Director of Public Instruction at Bombay, on the 
| Note of Mr. A. Monteath on the State of Education 


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


of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Serjeant Barry presented a Bill to extend Military at 
to Ireland the existing Law of Great Britain re- Elections 
specting the presence of Military at Parliamentary 

lections: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 


Bill 95. 


nesday the 6th day of May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bazley presented a Bill for the Collection Cotton 
And the Statistics Bill. 


Bill 96, 


and Publication of Cotton Statistics: 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 6th day 
of May next; and to be printed. 





Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to amend Documentary 
the Law relating to Documentary Evidence in Evidence Bill. 
certain cases: And the same was read the first Bill 97. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Postal 
a Copy of Contract with the Hamburgh American Contract. 
Packet Company, for the conveyance of Mails No. 42. 
from Southampton to New York; together with 
Copy of Letter of Postmaster General forward- 
ing such Contract to the Treasury (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 42 IT). 
. Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the said 
aper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


And then the House, havin 
till One of the clock on 
adjourned till this day. 


continued to sit 
uesday morning, 





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NE ey 


2 ror en a ee 
pnlingnomestnttinsi ls psa teen tenaicnmanitl i — . : 


A AE 


Standing 
Orders. 


Dublin, 
Wicklow, and 
Wexford Rail- 
way Bill. 


Buckfastleigh, 
Totnes, and 
South Devon 
Railway Bill. 


Dingwall and 
Skye Railwa 
Bill | Lords. 


, Dublin (City) 


Steam Packet 
Company Bill 
[Lords.} 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway 
(Ripponden 
and Stainland) 
Bill (1865.) 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Third Report.) 


No. 130. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes 
and Sixteenth 
Report. 


Metropolis Gas 
Bill. 


East India 
(Engineers’ 
Establishment, 
&amp;c.) 


No. 234, 
Roya: Gun 
Factory. 

No. 235. 


144, 
Tuesday, 28th April, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

ORD Hotham reported from the Select Com- 

mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Dublin, Wicklow, and 
Wexford Railway Bill, Petition for additional Pro- 
vision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; that the parties be permitted to introduce 
their additional Provision accordingly, if the Com- 
mittee on the Bill shall think fit. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Buckfastleigh, Totnes, and South Devon 
Railway 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 Dingwall and Skye Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


The Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company 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 Committee on the Lancashire 
and Yorkshire Railway (Ripponden and Stainland) 
Bill, in Session 1865, be referred to the Committee 
on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill. 


Mr. Woodd reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; ‘That the 
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. 


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

Several Public Petitions were also presented, 
and read; and referred to a Select Committee. 


A Petition of the Vestry of the Parish of Saint 
Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, praying that 
they may be heard by their cna attorneys, 
agents, and witnesses upon the allegations of this 
Petition, and against the Preamble of the Metro- 
polis Gas Bill as amended, and against such of the 
clauses and provisions thereof as affect their rights 
and interests, and in support of other clauses and 
provisions for their protection and the protection 
of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Pancras, 
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 the House shall 
seem meet, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Metropolis Gas Bills; 
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. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East 
India (Engineers’ Establishment, &amp;c.), which was 
presented upon the 23rd day of March last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Royal 
Gun Factory, which was presented upon the 27th 
day of this instant April, be printed. 


28th April. 









































































1868, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Electoral Rectora 
Statistics (Ireland), which was presented upon the Statistics 


27th day of this instant April, be printed. ay 
5 aN0. a 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Brewers, Brewers, fe, 


&amp;c., which was presented upon the 27th day of jy 
this instant April, be printed. —— 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Naval Naval Reserye, 
Reserve, which was presented upon the 27th day No, 938 
of this instant April, be printed. ; 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented by Agricultural 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of the Agricul- Statistics 
tural Statistics of Jreland, for the year 1866. (iselend.) 

Copy of Sixth Report of the Commissioners ap- Trades Unions 
pointed to inquire into the Organization and Rules and other 
of Trades Unions and other Associations ; together 4**°ciations. 
with Minutes of Evidence. 

Copy of Thirtieth Annual Report of the Com- Loan Fund 
missioners of the Loan Fund Board of Ireland, Board (Ire- 
pursuant to the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 91, for 1867. 
ie "tae That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Turnpike 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of Trusts. 
this instant April, for Returns relative to Turn- 
pike Trusts. 

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


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 19th Trade in 
day of July 1866, was made from the Select Com- Animals, &amp;, 
mittee on Trade in Animals, and the Reports 
of the Cattle Plague Commissioners in 1866, 
be referred to the Select Committee on the Metro- 
politan Foreign Cattle Market Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented fast India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be pone tned x pleased (Army.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Statement showing the Number of 
Officers of each Grade in the Armies of Bengal, 
Madras, and Bombay (Staff and Local) in the year 

1868, and the probable Number of each Grade in 

each successive year to 1877 inclusive, upon the 
present System of Promotion by Length of Service, 

in the following Form :— 




















1868, 1869. | 1870, &amp;e. &amp;e. 1877. 
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slalBeeieldPsaiclaFesicls see 
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Blslalellsleisie ols lslgifoigisiale? 
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Lieutenant Colonels - 
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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, Ecclesiastical 
a Copy of Observations on Dr. Maziere Brady’s pe 
Letter to “The Times,” of the 26th day of March “ . 
1866, by the Jrish Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 
together with any Replies to the Observations 
addressed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by 
Dr. Maziere Brady. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Australian 
a Copy of any Memorials addressed to the Post- Mails 
master General relating to the present Arrangement 
for the Australian Mails, and of the Replies to 
such Memorials. 


Torais - - - | 























Resolved, 


BEE 


(Sta 


Pro} 
Imp 
(Ire 


in C 


SPoror 


South Sea 
(Queensland. ) 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Kennington 
Market Bill 
{Lords.) 


Greenock ane 
Ayrshire Rail- 
ich 
[Lords.] 


East India 
(Staff Corps.) 


Landed 
Property 
Improvement 
(Ireland) Bitl. 


Proceedings 
in Committee 
of Supply, 


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31 Vicroria. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extracts of all Correspondence 
relating to the Importation of South Sea Islanders 
into Queensland. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making and maintaining a Market in the Parish 
of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the County of Surrey ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway 
Company to make and maintain certain Railways 
and Works, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Officers who have entered the 
Indian Staff Corps from its Establishment up to 
the close of 1867, according to the following tabular 
Form :— 





1. 2. 


Name of Appointment. 








Name of Regiment. 
Civil. | 


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


Military. 





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 Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 21st day of this instant April, That the 
Resolution of the House of the 9th day of 
February 1858, relative to Proceedings in Com- 
mittee of Supply, “ That where it has been pro- 
posed to omit or reduce items in a Vote, the 
Question shall be afterwards put upon the original 
Vote or upon the reduced Vote, as the case may 
be, without Amendment,” be rescinded ; 

And the Question being again proposed:—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

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

Resolved, That when it has been proposed to 
omit or reduce items in a Vote, the Question shall 
be afterwards put upon the original Vote or upon 
the reduced Vote, as the case may be. 

Resolved, That after a Question has been pro- 
ot from the Chair for a reduction of the whole 

ote, no Motion shall be made for omitting or re- 
ducing any item. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railways (Guards and Passengers’ 
Communication) Bill ; 

VoL. 123. 


28th—29th April. 


| was, according to Order, read the third time. 














145 


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


The Order of the day being read, for taking Artizans and 
into consideration the Artizans and Labourers’ tae 
Dwellings Bill, as amended in the Committee;  ?**"* 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. . 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Established 
into a Committee on the Acts relative to the (ireland) 
Established Church in Jreland. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Question again proposed, That it is necessary 
that the Established Church of Ireland should 
cease to exist as an Establishment, due regard bein 
had to all personal interests and to all individual 
rights of property. 

Amendment again proposed, to leave out from 
the first word “ That” to the end of the Question, 
in order to add the words “so long as the Union 
* between Great Britain and Ireland continues to 
** exist, it is just and consistent that the principle 
* of the Established Church should be maintained 
“in Ireland, and its endowment on a scale suitable 
** to the wants of the population.” 

Question again proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the proposed Re- 
solution : 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


And the House havin 
Twelve of the clock on 





continued to sit till after 
ednesday morning ; 


Wednesday, 29th April, 1868 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son 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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Capital Punishment within Prisons Bill Capital 

wanes Baise 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Second Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Marriages (Frampton Mansel) Bill was, Marriages 
according to Order, read the third time. a. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Broughty Ferry Provisional Order Con- Broughty 
firmation Bill was, according to Order, read the Ferry Provi- 


je - sional Order 
third time. ; Confirmation 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 


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


The United Parishes (Scotland) Bill was, ac- United 
cording to Order, read the third time. pe - 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. rt 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Turnpike 
the Turnpike Trusts Bill, was read, and discharged. Trusts Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
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Life Policies 
Nomination 
Bill. 


Brompton, 
Chatham, &amp;c. 
Water Bill. 


Kennington 
Market Bill 
[Lords.} 


Greenock and 
Ayrshire 
Railway Bill 
{Lords.]} 


Public 
Petitions. 





Vide Seven- 
teenth Report. 


Stamford Writ. 


Non- Traders 
Bankruptcy 
(Ireland) Bill 
[ Lords. } 
Bill 98. 
Turnpike 
Trusts. 


No, 233. 


Church Rates 
Commutation 
Bill. 


Railway and 
Joint Stock 
Companies 
Accounts Bill. 


County Finan- 
cial Boards 
(No. 2) Bill. 


146 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
a Committee, this day, on the Life Policies Nomi- 
nation Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 20th day of May next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to 
sit till One of the clock on Wednesday 
morning, adjourned till this day. 








Wednesday, 29th April, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
- HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Brompton, Chatham, &amp;c. Water Bill, 
as‘amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Kennington Market Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Bill was 
read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


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


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 Stamford, 
in the room of the Right Honourable Robert Arthur 
Talbot Cecil, commonly called Viscount Cranborne, 
now Marquess of Salisbury, called up to the House 
of Peers. 


The Non-Traders Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike 
Trusts, which was presented upon the 28th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Rates Commutation 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 
To-morrow. 


The Railway and Joint Stock Companies Ac- 
counts Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the County Financial Boards (No. 2) 
Bill; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the @ 


words “a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
“ quire into the present mode of conducting the 
* Financial Arrangements of the Counties in 
“ England and Wales, and whether any alteration 
“ ought to be made either in the persons by whom 
“ or the manner in which such arrangements are 
“ now conducted,” instead thereof. 





28th—-29th April. 








uestion, in order to add the |. 








1868. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 

posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 


The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, 46 
Yeas, Mr. Whitworth: or 

Tellers for the/ Colonel Taylor, 1154 
Noes, (Mr. Whitmore : I ’ 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
* a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
“the present mode of conducting the Financial 
“ Arrangements of the Counties in England and 
“ Wales, and whether any alteration ought to be 
“made either in the persons by whom or the 
‘manner in which such arrangements are now 
** conducted,” be added instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed County 
to inquire into the present mode of conducting the Financial 
Financial Arrangements of the Counties in Eng- A‘™sements 

land and Wales, and whether any alteration ought to 
be made either in the persons by whom or the man- 
ner in which such arrangements are now conducted. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Peerage 
Reading of the Peerage (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
And a Motion being made, and the Quesiion 


_ 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 withdrawn. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways (Guards and Passengers’ (Guards and 
Communication) Bill; Pies 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time tion) Bill. 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Artizans and 
take into consideration the Artizans and Labourers’ ane sae Bill. 
Dwellings Bill, as amended in the Committee. — ?*’"é* 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Act not to apply to cases in which freeholder has 
successfully instituted proceedings and carries out 
necessary repairs):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now read 
a second time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be m Taare till 
Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Municipal 
to amend the Act of the Twenty-third and Twenty- (®4 urghe 
fourth years of the reign of Her Majesty, chapter 
Fifty, by abolishing a Rate imposed by the said Act 
on all Occupiers of Premises within the extended 
Municipal Boundaries of the City of Edinburgh: 
And that Mr. M‘Zaren, Mr. Dunlop, and Mr. 
Baxter do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, 





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31 Vicroria. 


Bjectments Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Suspension to suspend for a limited period or periods the ap- 
(Ireland. ) plication of the Law of Ejectment in Ireland to 


Agricultural Tenants holding from year to year, 
except for non-payment of Rent, or upon the sub- 
division of Farms: And that Mr. Kennedy and Mr. 
Serjeant Armstrong do prepare, and bring it in. 


Municipal Rate Mr. M‘LZaren presented a Bill to amend the Act 
(Edinburgh) of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth years of the 
mi reign of Her Majesty, chapter Fifty, by abolishing 
Bill 99. 4 Rate imposed by the said Act on all Occupiers 
of Premises within the extended Municipal Bound- 
aries of the City of Edinburgh: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 20th day of May next; 

and to be printed. 


Ejectments 
Suspension 


(Ireland) Bill. 
Bill 100. 


Mr. Kennedy presented a Bill to suspend for a 
limited period or periods the application of the Law 
of Ejectment in Jreland to Agricultural Tenants 
holding from year to year, except for non-payment 
of Rent, or upon the sub-division of Farms: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next; and 
to be printed. 


East India Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to 
(Contract an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of 
Law.) March last, for Returns relative to East India 
(Contract Law). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Thursday, 30th April, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
Railway Bills O RDERED, That the Committee on Group 2 
vamp 2.) of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Hythe and The Hythe and Sandgate Gas Bill was read the 
_ Gas third time. 
j Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


West Riding © The West Riding and Grimsby Railway Bill 
Bailwer Bh 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. 
Haverfordwest © The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Borough Bill. the Haverfordwest Borough Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Firmingham Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
(No, an mittee on the Birmingham Proof House (No. 1) 
andGon | Sill, and the Gun Barrel Proof Bill, that they 
i Proof have power to consolidate the said Bills into one 


London and Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
oo taken before the Committees on the London and 
Counties Coal. North Western and Midland Counties Coalfields 
felds Railway Railway Bill, and the Midland Railway (Ashby 


(18¢6.)” and Nuneaton, &amp;c.) Bill, in Session 1866, be re- 

: ferred to the Committee on the London and North 
Western Railway Bill. 

pate Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 

Sitter, Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 


) examined the Petitions presented upon the 27th 
VoL. 123. 


29th —30th April. 











147 


day of this instant April, and. had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported Alexander Scott’s Hospital —— ‘ 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. payee 9 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. [Zords.] 
Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Chichester 
the Chichester and Midhurst Railway Bill; That ae 
they had made provision in the Bill for cancelling mr 
a Bond, in pursuance of the Instruction of the 
House of the 23rd day of April; that they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Downpatrick - 
the Downpatrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle Rail- wor 
way Bill; That they had examined the allegations Raitway Bill. 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and made 
a verbal Amendment therein, and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Farnworth 
the Farnworth and Kearsley Gas Bill; That they a4 Bearley 
had examined the allegations contained in the ™ 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
striking out the township or hamlet of Clifton 
from the provisions thereof, and found the same, 
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 Leicester 
the Leicester Improvement, Drainage, and Markets Improvement, 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations = 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended — 
the same so as to make it 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 the Lancashire and York- Lancashire 


shire and Lancashire Union Railways Companies 24 Yorkshire 


d 
Bill, with Amendments. Union Railways 


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


Mr. Dodson reported the Lancashire and York- Lancashire 
shire Railway Bill, with Amendments. and Yorkshire 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ®#i!way Bill. 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Merthyr Tidvil Sti- Merthyr Tidvil 
pendiary Magistrate Bill, with Amendments. oe 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table 33°" 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Midland _ 
Midland Railway Billi; That they had examined Railway Bill. 
the allegations contained in the Prapaiis of the 
Bill, and amended the same by striking out the 

aragraph relating to the acquisition by the Mid- 
load and London and North Western Railway 
Companies, of additional Lands at Huddersfield, 
in order to make the same consistent with the pro- 
visions 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. 

U2 Mr. 














































































Peterborough 
Gas Bill. 


Portsmouth 
(Borough) 
Water Bill. 


Waterford 
Harbour Bill 


Railway Bills 
(Group 5.) 


Cheshire Lines 
Bill, 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes 
and Seven- 
teenth Report. 


Naval Reserve. 


Tulla Union. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Promissory 
Oaths Bill 
[Lords.] 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles. 


Victoria. 














































148 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Peterborough Gas Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same so as to describe more 
accurately the objects of the proposed Under- 
taking, and found the same, 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 Portsmouth (Borough) Water Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same so as to 
make it consistent with the provisions of the Bill 
as submitted to and monet | 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 Waterford Harbour 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Woodd reported from the Committee on 
Group 5 of Railway Bills; That, for the conveni- 
ence of parties, the Committee had adjourned till 
Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Woodd reported the Cheshire Lines 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. 

Several Public Petitions were also presented, 
and read; and referred to Select Committees. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Report, by Captain Gardner, of his 
Inspection of the Royal Naval Reserve during 
February and March 1868: And, of the Re- 
port of Rear Admiral Tarleton to the Admiralty 
on the Returns and Reports from Drill Ships of 
Naval Reserve Men drilled during the year 1867. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Correspondence between the Poor 
Law Commissioners and the Guardians of the Poor 
of the Tulla Union respecting the Religion of a 
Foundling Child in that Union that the Master of 
the Union had got baptized a Roman Catholic; 
together with the Letters addressed to the Poor 
Law Commissioners on the subject by the Roman 
Catholic and Protestant Chaplains of the Union. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend the Law relating to Promissory Oaths ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords request that this House will be 
Sem to give leave to Sir Colman O’Loghlen, 

aronet, a Member of this House, to attend, in 
order to his being examined as a Witness before 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships in the present Session of Parliament on 
Ecclesiastical Titles in Great Britain and Ireland. 


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— A Copy of further Correspondence re- 
specting and arising from the Non-enactment of 
the Appropriation Act in Victoria (in continuation 
of Papers presented March 1868). 





30th April. 











1868. 


Copy of Annual Report on the Convict Esta- Convict 
blishment at Gibraltar, for 1867. Establishment 
pe lrtereds That the said Papers do lie upon the ‘“ibrltr.) 

able. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Parishes, 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2nd day of this 
instant April, for a Return relative to Parishes. 

- — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented,— Return to an Or- Railway Bills, 
der, dated the 20th day of March last, for a Return 
relative to Kailway Bills. 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of this Fareham and 
instant April, for a Return relative to the Fareham Jaley Railway 
and Netley Railway Bill. : 

Mr. Stephen Cave also presented, pursuant to the Railways 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy —" 
of Warrant of the Board of Trade, authorizing the” 
abandonment of the Cowes and Newport Extension 
Railway, Branch Railway and Works, in pursu- 
ance of the Abandonment of Railways Act, 1850, 
and the Railway Companies Act, 1867; and Re- 
port thereon. 

Copy of Warrant of the Board of Trade, autho- 
rizing the abandonment of the Isle of’ Wight Rail- 
way, Central and Western Lines, in pursuance 
of the Abandonment of Railways Act, 1850, and 
the Railway Companies Act, 1867; and Report 
thereon. 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an East India 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of (Education) 
this instant April, for a Return relative to East 
India (Education). 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Ritual _ 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Second Report ©o™™s0 
of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 
Rubrics, Orders, and Directions for regulating the 
course and conduct of Public Worship, &amp;c. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Contract Law), which was presented upon the (Contract 
29th day of this instant April, be printed. ad 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Roman 
. That the Oath taken by Roman Catholic Catholic Oath. 
{embers previous to the alteration of their Oath 
in 1866 be read by the Clerk at the Table :—It 
passed in the Negative. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Established 
into a Committee on the Acts relative to the Esta- taba 
blished Church in Jre/and. (Wee 


(In the Committee. ) 


1. Question again proposed, That it is necessary 
that the Established Church of Jreland should 
cease to exist as an Establishment, due regard 
being had to all personal interests and to all indi- 
vidual rights of property ; 

yen. mein again proposed, to leave out from 
the first word “ That” to the end of the Question, 
in order to add the words “ so long as the Union 
“ between Great Britain and Ireland continues to 
“ exist, it is just and consistent that the principle 
“of the Established Church should be maintained 
‘in Ireland, and its endowments on a scale suit- 
** able to the wants of the population.” 

Question again proposed, That the words 1% 
posed to be left out stand part of the proposed Re- 
solution :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Original 










31 Vicrortia. 


30th April_—1st—4th May, 149 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Vagrant Act 
to amend the Act for punishing idle and disorderly Amendment. 
Persons and Rogues and Vagabonds so far as 

relates to the use of Instruments of Gammg: And 

that Mr. Pease, Mr. Akroyd, and Mr. Liddell do 

prepare, and bring it in. 


Original Question put; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ ty yd g 


Tellers for the Noes, ye Neein aylor, } 265. 


} 330. 


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, 1st May, 1868: 


Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee had 
made Progress in the Matter to them referred; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

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


Land Writs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Registration mittee on the Land Writs Registration (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill. Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 11th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 

Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Session (Seot- Reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; 

land) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 11th day of this instant May. 

Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Justiciary - Reading of the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill ; 

(Scotland) Bill. “Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 11th day of this instant May. 

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

oon) mittee on the Registration of Writs (Scotland) 

res Bill; 

- aan Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 11th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 

Boundary Bill. ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Boundary Bill ; 

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

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

of the _— mittee on the Representation of the People 

( — ( Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 11th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 

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

(indent) pun, Mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Jreland) Bill; 

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

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

—_— mittee on the Petroleum Act Amendment Bill; 

i Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 14th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 

Documentary The Documentary Evidence Bill was, according 

Bridence Bill to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 

ean Rates § The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Bi," ~Reading of the Church Rates Commutation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 

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


to amend the Laws relative to the Coast and Deep 

Sea Fisheries of Ireland: And that Mr. Blake, 

Colonel Annesley, Lord Claud John Hamilton, 

and Mr. Kavanagh do prepare, and bring it in. 
Vow. 123, 


proposed, That Sir Matthew White Ridley be 
discharged from further attendance 4n the Select 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill. 

Committee on the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle 

Market Bill :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 

Monday next. 


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. 


Mr. Biake presented a Bill to amend the Laws Sea Fisheries 
relative to the Coast and Deep Sea Fisheries of (Ireland) Bill, 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time; _ Bill 101. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 

nesday the 10th day of June next; and to be 

printed. 


Mr. Pease presented a Bill to amend the Act Vagrant Act 
for punishing idle and disorderly Persons and Amendment 
Rogues and Vagabonds so far as relates to the use _. 

of Instruments of Gaming: And the same was read Bill 102. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Three of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 








Monday, 4th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
IR John Hanmer reported from the Committee South Eastern 
on Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the = esas 

case of the South Eastern and London, Brighton, gocth Coast 
and South Coast Railway Companies Bill, they Railway Com- 
had examined the allegations contained in the Panies Bill. 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
reciting the approval of the Agreement with the 
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, 
for their admission into the working union, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee London, 
on Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Senge and 
the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Reitway Bill, 
Bill, they had examined the allegations con- : 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same by striking out an allegation that it is 
expedient that preferential shares and stock should 
confer a qualification for the office of director, and 
found the same, 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 Hanmer reported from the Committee South Eastern 
on Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case of = rege P 
the South Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dee Ge 
Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways don, Lewes, 
( Abandonment) Bill, they had examined the allega- owes mcs 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and (Ahsndon- 
amended the same by reciting more briefly the ment) Bill. 


circumstances which’ prevent the Companies pro- 





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150 


ceeding with the construction of the Railway and 
the expediency for its abandonment, and found 
the same, 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. 


4th May. 





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1868. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence London ang 
taken before the Committee on the London and vee Western 
North Western Railway (Buzton, Chapel-en-le- (Buxte, 
Frith, and Sheffield Railway) Bill, in the last Chapel-en.le. 


Session of Parliament, be referred to the Com- Frith, and 


mittee on the London and North Western Railway marry 
Bill. (1867.) 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Metropolitan 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Foreign Cattle 
upon the 30th day of April last, that Sir Matthew Market Bill, 
White Ridley be discharged from further attendance 
on the Select Committee on the Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle Market Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign Cattle 
a Copy of Letter and Report relative to the Landing (Ireland.) 
and Movement of Spanish and Portuguese Cattle No. 240, 
in Ireland. 

Lord Robert Montagu accordingly presented the 


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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from North and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, South Western 
That in the case of the North and South Western  arramn 
Junction Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, [Zoras.} 
and referred on the First Reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, 
and which are applicable thereto, have been vom- 
plied with. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Kennington 
Market Bill 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, [Lords.] 


That in the case of the Kennington Market Bill, 
originating in the Lords, and referred on the First 


Public Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
nal Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
Report.) examined the Petitions presented upon the 28th, 
29th, and 20th days of April last, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
County Down Mr. Dillwyn reported the County Down and 
sna Belfast Borough Bill, with Amendments. 
owen Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 
Standing Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the Select 
Orders. Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu-| said Paper. 
tions; which were read, as follow : 
Gun Barrel 1. That in the case of the Gun Barrel Proof 
Proof Bill. Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
Provision accordingly, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit, provided that proof be given 
that notice of the intended application for additional 
Provision has been published in the London Gazette 
of the 31st March 1868, and once in each of three 
successive weeks in a London daily newspaper, 
and once in each of three successive weeks in a 
Birmingham newspaper ; that the Committee on 
the Bill do report how far such Order has been 
complied with on the Report of the Bill. 
Thames 2. That in the case of the Thames Embankment 
ee (North and South) Bill, Petition of Marquess of 
South) Bill, Salisbury, for dispensing with Standing Order 130 


in the case of his Petition against the Bill, the 
said Standing Order ought to be dispensed with. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Abergavenny 
and Monmeuth 
Railway Bill, 


The Abergavenny and Monmouth 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. 


Fareham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Netley the Fareham and Netley Railway Bill, as amended 
Railway Bill. . ° 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Leamington The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— — the Leamington Priors Local Board of Health Bill, 
Health Bill, 28 amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


New Kilmain- The House preceeded to take into consideration 
oy Township the New Kilmainkam Township Bill, as amended 
ill. . ° 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Slough Water The House proceeded to take into consideration 
= the Slough Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Uarnarvon — The Carnarvon and Lianberis Railway Bill 
and Lianberis was read a second time; and committed. 

Railway Bill 

[ Lords. | 

London Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
Tramway and taken before the Committee on the London 
srt dng d Dispatch C Bill, in Sessi 
Conpany Bill Tramway an ispatch Company Bill, in Session 
(1861) 1861, be referred to the Committee on the Liver- 


pool Tramways Bill. , 








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 pee yo 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, "4 49") 
That in the case of the Greenock and Ayrshire {Lords.] 
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. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dablin (City) 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, rer Packet 
That in the case of the Dublin (City) Steam Packet Bill fLords] 
Company Bill, originating in the Lords, and re- 
ferred on the First Reading thereof, no Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into are appli- 
cable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table-—Report from London and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, pear -hede 
That in the case of the London and North Western, pate Wales, 
and Knighton, Central Wales, and Central Wales and Central 


Extension Railway Companies Bill, originating a eee 


in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading companies 
thereof, the Standing Orders not previously in- Bill [Lords] 


; 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 Vale of —_ 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, treraet 
That in the case of the Vale of Towy Railway 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not 


previously 


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31 Vicroria. 


previously inquired into, and which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Fifteenth 
Report of the Charity Commissioners for England 
and Wales, with an Ticsatie, 1867. 

. —- That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


ity 
wn A 


Court of Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 

oo a.) Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of 

—. March last, for a Return relative to the Court of 
Session ( Scotland). 

Counties Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of March 

(Ireland. ) last, for a Return relative to Counties (Jreland). 

Area, Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March 

———, last, for a Return relative to Area, Population, &amp;c. 

de, (Ireland.) (Ireland). 

Metropolitan © Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant 

Police. to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
Accounts showing the Sums received and expended 
for the purposes of the Metropolitan Police, Police 
Superannuation Fund, Public Carriages and Po- 
lice Courts, between the lst January 1867 and 
the 31st March 1868. 

Bankruptcy Returns from the Official Assignees of the Court 


and Inseyo"cY of Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Ireland, showing 
—_— the State of every Bankruptcy and Insolvency 
under their charge, for the year ending on the 
31st day of December 1867. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Railways Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s 
(Ireland.) = Command,— Copy of Report of the Commissioners 
appointed to inspect the Accounts, and examine 
the Works of Railways in Ireland. 
National Eleventh Report of the Trustees of the National 
— Portrait Gallery to the Lords of Her Majesty’s 
” Treasury, 1868. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Army. Sir John Pakington presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Return of 
Officers who have been allowed to receive their 
Half-pay, since the Ist April 1867 to the 31st 
March 1868, with Civil Situations, under the pro- 
visions of the Act 30 &amp; 31 Vice. c. 120. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Poor Law The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
(Mr. Catch.) by the Clerk of the ines = Bees to an Order, 
dated the 26th day of March last, for a Return 
relative to the Poor Law (case of Mr. Catch). 
Temporary The following Paper, pursuant to the Report of 
ws, the Select Committee on Expiring Laws, in Session 
1866, was also laid upon the Table by the Clerk 
of the House,—Register of Temporary Laws for 
the Third Session, Nineteenth Parliament of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
(31 &amp; 32 Victoria, 1868). 
Parishes, Ordered, That the Return relative to Parishes, 
No. 114, which was presented upon the 30th day of April 
last, be printed. 
Railway Bills. Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway 
No. 242, Bills, which was presented upon the 30th day of 
April last, be printed. 
rev Ordered, That the Papers relative to Railways 
ae) (Abandonment), which were presented upon the 


No. 203, 30th day of April last, be printed. 


a India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
Roar (Education), which was presented upon the 30th 
0. 244, 


day of April last, be printed. 


4th May. 


151 


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


and read; and referred to Select Committees. and Eigh- 
teenth Report. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Railway Com- Metropolitan 

pany, praying that provision may be made in the Railway Bill. 
etropolitan Railway Bill, with reference to the 

Capital of the said Company, and other Arrange- 

ments connected with the Undertaking of the 

Petitioners, was presented, and read; and referred 

to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of ‘t¢ Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

' The Lords have agreed to the Prisons (Com- 
pensation to Officers) Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Oyster and Mussel 
Fisheries Bill, without any Amendment. 


Prisons (Com- 
pensation to 
Officers) Bill. 


Oyster 

and Mussel 
Fisheries Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Burry Port and Burry Port 
Gwendreath Valley Railway Bill, without any dreath Valley 
Amendment. Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Legitimacy 
by this House tothe Legitimacy Declaration (Jre- Declaration 


, : I Bi 
land) Bill, without any Amendment. pers 2 


The Lords have agreed to the Marylebone Marylebone 
( Stingo-lane) Improvement Bill, with an Amend- — 
ment; to which the Lords desire the concurrence gi, 
of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Partition Bill 
to amend the Law relating to Partition; to which [4°r4*] 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Calverley 
Act for dissolving the Calverley Gas Company a wy rang 
(Limited) and the Horsforth Gas Company, and Biii [ZLords.] 
incorporating a Company for supplying with Gas 
certain parts of the Parishes of Calverley, Guiseley, 
and Addle, in the West Riding of the County of 
York; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Morley Gas 
for authorizing the Morley Gas Company to raise Bil! [Lords] 
further Moneys, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Yeadon and 
for dissolving and re-incorporating the Proprietors Guiseley Gas 
of the Yeadon and Guiseley Gas-light and Coke ~ —— 
Company, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Mr. Floyer reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group F. of Private Bills; That, at the meeting (Group F.) 
of the Committee this day, a Letter was received 
from Captain Pack- Beresford, one of the Members 
of the said Committee, stating that he was unable, 
on account of illness, to attend the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Captain Pack-Beresford be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the said Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return relating to Ships detained as Slave 
Traders by Her Majesty’s Ships in 1867; and 
showing, in parallel Columns, Date of Capture, 
by what Ship, where Captured, Name of Vessel, 
from what Place, what Colours, Gondition of Ves- 
sel, Number of Slaves, Number of Crew, Condition 
of Slaves and Crew. 


Slave Trade. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Record of 
Returns of the Number of Titles now registered Title, e 
or recorded, under separate folios of the Record of — 
Title, pursuant to the Act 28 &amp; 29 Vie. c. 88, and 
also of the Value of the Estates so recorded, and 





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Commercial 
Reports. 


Manufactures, 
Commerce, 
&amp;e. 


Trade 
Accounts 
(Foreign 
Countries.) 
No, 151. 


Pilotage. 


Duke of 
Edinburgh. 










152 


the estimated Amount of Mortgages and Charges 
recorded as affecting these Estates, distinguished 
as follows :— 





Estimated Amount 


Number of | Value Mort om &amp;c 
‘ f Estate: gag . 
Year. i. Tome Registered against 
Recorded. ~ all the 


Recorded, foreguing Property. 


4th May. 





From commencement 
of Act to 3lst De- 
cember 1866. 

From Ist January to 
31st December 1867. 

From Ist January to 
30th April 1868. 














Of the Number of former Conveyances of the 
Incumbered or Landed Estates Courts which have 
been recorded, pursuant to the Fifty-first Section 
of the tes Act, and which are included in 
the foregoing enumeration, and the Number of 
such Conveyances which, although ordered to be 
recorded under said Section, have not yet been 
actually recorded, with the real or estimated 
Value of the Estates comprised under such Con- 
veyances :— 





Number Real 
of or Estimated 
Conveyances. Value. 





Conveyances actually recorded - 


Recording ordered, but not yet 
completed - - ~ - 











And, of the Number of Certificates granted 
by the Court for the issue of Debentures under 
“The Land Debenture Act (Jreland) 1865,” the 
28 &amp; 29 Vie. c. 101, and the Number of Deben- 
tures actually issued. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Commercial Reports received 
at the Foreign Gitice from Her Majesty’s Consuls 
in 1868. No. 4, 1868. 

Copy of Reports by Her Majesty’s Secretaries 
of Embassy and Legation on the Manufactures, 
Commerce, &amp;c. of the Countries in which they re- 
side. No. 2, 1868. 

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


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Trade Accounts for Foreign Countries, 
for the two Months ended 29th February 1868. 


Mr. Stephen Cave also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,— Abstract of 
Returns relating to Pilots and Pilotage in the 
United Kingdom (year ending 3lst December 
1867), in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 408 of Session 1867. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Trade Accounts for Foreign 
Countries be printed, 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to 
the House, That their Address of the 27th day of 
April last, relative to the attempt to assassinate the 
Duke of Edinburgh, 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 : 

Treceive with deep satisfaction yoursympathising 
Address. 

The attempt upon the life of My Son, the Duke 
of Edinburgh, has, I feel sure, only further aroused 
the loyalty of My Australian Subjects, so heartily 
displayed in His reception, 

i am very sensible of the Divine Protection 














1868. 


afforded Him; ‘and in My anxiety still trust in 
it; while in this, as in all trials, I derive consola- 
tion and support from the affectionate attachment 
of My Parliament and People. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was Adjournment, 


roposed, That this House do now adjourn:— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The House, accordin 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. 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 1868, 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 ofallsuch Property, Profits, and Gains (except 
those chargeable under Schedule (B.) of the said Act), 
the Rate or Duty of Sixpence. 

And for and in respect of the occupation of Lands, 
Tenements, 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 Three pence, and 
In Scotland and Ireland respectively, the Rate or 
Duty of Two pence farthing. 


Subject to the provisions contained in Section 3 of 


the Act 26th Vietoria, chapter 22, for the exemp- 
tion of persons whose whole Income from every 
source is under £.100 a year, and relief of those 
whose Income is under £.200 a year. 


2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That, Exchequer 
good the Supply granted to Her Ma- Bonds. 


towardsmaking g 
jesty, the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 
be authorised to raise any sum of money, not 
exceeding One million pounds sterling, by an issue 
of Exchequer Bonds ; 

Amendment proposed, to leave out from the 
words “ authorized to,” to the end of the proposed 
Resolution, in order to add the words “ suspend so 
* muchof the payment of the Terminable Annuities 
* created in 1866 till the year 1885 as may amount 
“to the difference of the annual payment made 
“on their account, and of the interest of the 
« £.24,000,000 Stock for which they were ex- 
“ changed, that is to say, a sum of £, 1,005,000.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the proposed Resolution : 
—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Resolved, That the principal of all Exchequer 
Bonds which may be so issued shall be paid off at 
par at any period not exceeding twelve months 
from the date of such Bonds. 

4, Resolved, That the interest of such Exchequer 
Bonds shall be payable half-yearly, and shall be 
charged upon and issued out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom, or the growing 
produce thereof. 


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 Wednes- 
day next, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 

The 


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31 Vicrortia. 


Representa- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
tim ofthe Reading of the Representation of the People 
People” (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Boundary The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Boundary Bill; 
Resolved, That this Binase will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Electric The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Telegraphs Reading of the Electric Telegraphs Bill ; 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Election The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Petitions. mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt 
ind ties xt. Practices at Elections Bill; 
Elections Bill. Aesolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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. 


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

Schools (Ire- mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Ireland) Bill; 

land) Bill. Resolved, Tkat this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

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


Supply. 


Non-Traders 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


ned Reading of the Non-Traders Bankruptcy (Jreland) 
Bill {Zords.] Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Established The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) mittee on the Acts relative to the Established 


Church in Jreland; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


County Courts 


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


mittee on the County Courts ( Admiralty Jurisdic- 


ee) tion) Bill: 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Poor Law Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
veaan) at, for the amendment of the Law for the Relief of 
* the Poor in Ireland, by substituting an Union 
Rating for the present system of Rating by Elec- 
toral Divisions: And that Mr. Serjeant Barry and 
Major Gavin do prepare, and bring it in. 
County Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(irclasay &amp;c. Returns from County Surveyors in Jreland,— 


Of Number of Assistants and their Salaries ; 

Of Number of Miles of Road under Charge ; 

Of Number of Miles of New Road made since 
his Appointment ; 

Of Number of Miles of New Road made since 
1840; 

And, of Amount expended on Construction, 
Maintenance, and Repairs of Roads, Bridges, 
and other similar Works under charge of 
County Surveyor in each year since 1840: 

From Secretaries of Grand Juries in Jre- 





land,— 

Of Number of Forms of Tender furnished 
to Contractors in the year 1867, and the 
Number of these filled up at Secretaries’ 
Office ; 


4th May. 





153 


Of Number of Forms of Application for Pay- 
ment furnished to Contractors in the year 
1867, and Number of these filled up at Se- 
cretaries’ Office ; 

Of Number of Forms of Recognizances fur- 
nished to Contractors, &amp;c. in 1867, and the 
Number of these filled up at Secretaries’ 
Office ; 

Of Fees charged for (1st) Blank Forms, (2nd) 
Filling-up ; 

Of Number of Cesspayers eligible to sit at 
each Presentment Deciens in the County ; 
Of Number who in 1867 did sit at each Pre- 

sentment Sessions ; 

And, of Number of Magistrates who in the 
same year attended each Presentment Ses- 
sions, stating separately for each Barony at 
the Spring and Summer Term: 

From Clerks of the Peace in Jreland,— 

If a Professional Man, state so ; 

Are the Duties discharged in Person, or by 
Deputy ; and if by Deputy, what Salary 
does he receive ; 

And, Number of Criminal Indictments at all 
the Quarter Sessions in your County in 
each year from 1840 to 1844, from 1850 to 
1854, and from 1860 to 1867, both extremes 
in each case inclusive : 

And, Return and Queries for Clerk of the 

Crown in Jreland,— 

If a Professional Man, state so; 

Do you discharge your Duties in Person or 
by Deputy ; 

And, Number of Criminal Indictments in 
your County at each Assizes in each year 
from 1840 to 1844, from 1850 to 1854, and 
from 1860 to 1867, both extremes in each 
case inclusive. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, purials in 

a Return of all written Statements of the Causes Churchyards 
of refusing permission to any Clergyman or Mi- (eland.) 
nister of any Church or Congregation, not being 

of the Established Church of Ireland, to officiate 

in any Churchyard at a Funeral, under the pro- 

visions of 5 Geo. 4, c. 25, together with Copies 

of all such Documents transmitted to the Lords 
Lieutenant of Jreland, since the passing of the 

said Act. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Wednesday next, the Elementary Education Bill, Edweetion™ 
was read, and discharged. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 24th day of June next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into paitway ana 
a Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Rail- Joint Stock 
way and Joint Stock Companies Accounts Bill, Fe see 
was read, and discharged. ee 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 24th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Sir Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- pajtway Bills 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That, there (Group 7.) 
being no business for their consideration, they had 
adjourned to Wednesday next, at Eleven of the 
clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Serjeant Barry presented a Bill for the 
amendment of the Law for the Relief of the Poor (Ireland) 
in Ireland, by substituting an Union Rating for Amendment 
the present system of Rating by Electoral Divi- ill 103. 
sions: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday the 





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154 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of the 
30th day of April last, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will give leave to Sir Col- 
man O’ Loghien, Baronet, a Member of this House, 
to attend their Lordships, in order to his being 
examined as a Witness before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by them in the present Session 
of Parliament on Ecclesiastical Titles in Great 
Britain and Ireland. 

And Sir Colman O’Loghlen being present in his 
place, declared that he was willing, with leave of 
the House, to go to the House of Lords, as desired 
: by their Lasdthies. 

Resolved, That Sir Colman O’Loghlen have leave 
to ga to the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them that this House hath given leave 
to Sir Colman O’Loghlen to go to the House of 
Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if he think fit : 
And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles. 








Tuesday, 5th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


a if LEXANDER Scott's Hospital Estate Bill 
“iene” was read the third time. 
Bill [Lords.] | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Brompton, The Brompton, Chatham, &amp;c. Water Bill was 
Wathame® read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

Haverfordwest The Haverfordwest Borough Bill was read the 


Borough Bill. third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Brentford Gas The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill. the Brentford Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
A Clause (for the protection of Water Pipes) 
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. 


Cheshire Lines The House proceeded to take into consideration 


= the Cheshire Lines Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Chichester The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Due the Chichester and Midhurst Railway Bill, as 
* amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Cork Improve- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ment Bill. the Cork Improvement Bill, as amended in the | P 
yr and Amendments were made to the 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Downpatrick, | The House proceeded to take into consideration 


— and the Downpatrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle Rail- 
Railway Bil, Wy Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Farnworth The House proceeded to take into consideration 
_ — the Farnworth and Kearsley Gas Bill, as amended 


in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


4th—5th May. 








1868. 


The House procecded to take into consideration 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Lancashire 
Union Railways Companies Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. - 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Leicester Improvement, Drainage, and Markets 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 

the Worthing ee Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ystrad Gas and Water Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Weedon and Daventry Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


The Calverley and Horsforth District Gas Bill 
was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Morley Gas Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Yeadon and Guiseley Gas 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 Committee on the Dundee New 
Gas Bill, in Session 1846, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Dundee Gas (Nos. 1 and 2) Bills. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committee on the Itchen Bridge 
and Roads Bill, in Session 1851, and the Jtchen 
Bridge Bill, in Session 1863, be referred to the 
Committee on the /tchen Bridge Bill. 


Mr. Woodd reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That the 
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. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
the General Sewage Utilization (ireland) Bill; 
That the parties promoting the Bill had’ stated to 
the Committee that it was not their intention to 
roceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Glasgow and South 
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 Great Northern Railway Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by omitting 
the paragraphs with relation to the transfer of the 
Bradford, Eccleshill, and Idle, and Idle and Shipley 
way 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
and 

Union Rail. 
ways Com. 
panies Bill, 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway Bill, 


Leicester 
Improvement, 
Drainage, and 
Markets Bill, 


Worthing Gas 
Bill. 


Ystrad Gas 
and Water 
Bill. 


Weedon 

and Daventry 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 
Calverley 
and Horsforth 
District Gas 
Bill [Lords.} 


Morley Gas 
Bill [Lords.} 


Yeadon and 
Guiseley Gas 
Bill [Lords.} 


Dundee New 
Gas Bill 
(1846. ) 


Itchen Bridge 
an 

Bill (1851), 
&amp;e. 


Kailway and 
Canal Bills 
(Fourth 
Report. ) 


No. 130. 


General 
Sewage Utili- 
zation (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Glasgow and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
Bill. 





Ssermwmradcdye 


il, dl, tel il 





as 


land.) (Seot- of Session (Scotland), which was presented upon 


$1 Victoria. 


Railway Companies, to the Great Northern 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 from the Committee on 
the Humber Conservancy Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by reciting the 
expediency of confirming the agreement which was 
set forth 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. 


Humber 
Conservancy 
Bill. 


Merthyr Tydfil 


hy Mr. Dodson reported the Merthyr Tydfil Gas 
Gas Bi. 


Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


qowerSubway Mr. Dodson reported the Tower Subway Bill, 
Bill [Lords.] without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Private Bills Ordered, That the Committee on Group E. of 
(Group E.) Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 
Lancashire Mr. Woodd reported from the Committee on 
_ -— Group 5 of arta 9 Bills; That in the case of the 
Loodon and Lancashire Union Railways and London and North 


North Western Western Railway Companies Bill, they had exa- 

oy ga mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by striking out 
all that related to the proposed transfer of the 
undertaking of the Lancashire Union Railways 
Company to the London and North Western Rail- 
way Company, the provisions in reference to which 
object were withdrawn from the Bill as passed b 
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. 


Great Western Sir Edward Colebrooke reported from the Com- 


(Divideds) mittee on Group 3 of =e Bills; That in the 
(No.2) Bil, case of the Great Western Railway (Dividends) 


(No. 2) Bill, in pursuance of the Order of the 
House of the 2nd day of April, it had been 
proved to the satisfaction of the Committee that 
notice of the intended application to Parliament 
for the said Bill, had been published once in two 
London Newspapers previous to the First Reading 
of the Bill, and once also in the same two news- 
papers previous to the Second Reading of the Bill, 
and in the London Gazette of the 3rd day of 
April; that they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same by striking out the recital with reference 
to the expediency of authorizing a further issue 
of stocks and shares in payment of dividends, in 
order to make it consistent with the provisions 
of the Bill as amended, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


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

hey Votes A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; 

teenth Report, 224 referred to a Select Committee. 

Court of 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court 
No. 101, the 4th day of this instant May, be printed. 


5th May. 


155 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Counties Counties 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 4th day (!reland.) 
of this instant May, be printed. . No, 245. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Area, Ares, 
Population, &amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented Population, 


upon the 4th day of this instant May, be printed. rae oe 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Metropolitan 
Metropolitan Police, which were presented upon Police. 
the 4th day of this instant May, be printed.” No, 247. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the National 
National Portrait Gallery, ;which was presented Portrait 


is 1 ° allery. 
upon the 4th day of this instant May, be printed. Ne. oe8. 


Ordered, That the Return rebative to the Poor Poor Law 
Law (case of Mr. Catch), which was presented (Mr. Catch.) 
upon the 4th day of this instant May, be printed. - No. 249. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Temporary Temporary 
Laws, which was presented upon the 4th day of 4*¥* 
this instant May, be printed. No. 250. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative Pwilotage, Pilotage. 
which was presented upon the4th day of this instant No. 251. 
May, be printed. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Soane’s 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table M¥seu™- 
by the Clerk of the House,—Statement of the 

Funds of the Museum of the late Sir John Soane 

on the 5th of January 1868. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Turnpike 
the Turnpike Trusts Bill, was read, and dis- Trusts Bill. 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th 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 Petty Sessions Petty Sessions 
and Lock-up Houses Bill, without any Amend- = Lock-up 
ment. ouses Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Devon Valley Devon Valley 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. Railway Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Loughborough Loughborough 
Gas Bill, without any Amendment. Gas Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the North London North London 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. Railway Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Leeds New 
for authorizing the Leeds New Gas Company to “#s Bill 
raise further Money and acquire additional Lands, (aay 
and for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s New Zealand. 
Command,—Copy of Papers relating to certain 
allegations respecting the treatment of Native 
Prisoners and others in New Zealand. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was Adjournment. 
proposed, That this House do now adjourn :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Telegraphic 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased iat 
to give directions, that there be laid before this India, &amp;c.) 
House, a ps | of Correspondence and Papers 
relating to the Establishment of Telegraphic Com- 
munication between India, Singapore, China, and 
Australia, since the 21st day of February 1865 (in 
continuation of Papers presented in the Session 
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. 





Vo. 123. 


x2 Resolved, 























































































































Military 
Education. 


East India 
Civil Service. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
( Metropolis.) 


Corporation 
of London. 


Stockbrokers 
(Ireland.) 


Judgments 
Extension 
Bill. 


156 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that a Royal Commission 
composed of iiditary and Civilian Members be 
appointed to inquire into the present state of 
Militar Education in this Country, and more 
es ecially into the Training of Candidates for Com- 
missions in the Army, and into the Constitution, 
System of Education, and Discipline of the Royal 
Military Academy at Woolwich, and of the Royal 
Military College at Sandhurst, as well as into the 


.Rules and Regulations under which Candidates 


are admitted into those Colleges, 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House, whilst cordially ap- 
proving of the system of open competition for 
appointments in the East India Civil Service, is of 
— that the people of India have not a fair 
chance of competing for these appointments as long 
as the examinations are held nowhere but in 
London; this House would therefore deem it 
desirable that, simultaneously with the examination 
in London, the same examination should be held 
in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ com- 
“ petition” to the a of the Question, in order to 
add the words “as regards the appointment of 
** untried young men to the East India Civil Service, 
* is of opinion that natives of India who have proved 
* in the Uncovenanted Service or otherwise their 
** superior fitness for situations at present held 
“exclusively by members in the Covenanted 
“ Service should be appointed to them without 
* undergoing a competing examination,” instead 
thereof. 

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


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


Wednesday, 6th May, 1868 : 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the establishment of Municipal 
Corporations within the Metropolis: And that 
Mr. Mill, Mr. Thomas Hughes, Mr. Tomline, Mr. 
Buxton, and Mr. Layard do prepare, and bring it 
in, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the creation of a Corporation of London: And 
that Mr. Mill, Mr. Thomas Hughes, Mr. Tomline, 
Mr. Buxton, and Mr. Layard do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Act passed in the Session of Parlia- 
ment held in Jreland in the Thirty-ninth year of 
the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, 
intituled, “ An Act for the better Regulation of 
Stockbrokers”: And that Mr. Pim and Sir 
Benjamin Guinness do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Judgments Extension Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Aud a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be committed to a 
Select Committee ; 


And Notice being taken, that Forty Members 
were not present:—The House was told by Mr. 
Speaker ; and Forty Members not being present, 


5th—6th May. 





1868. 


and it being then a quarter of an hour before One 
of the clock on Wednesday morning :—The House 
was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question 
first put, till this day. 











Wednesday, 6th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
T HE House proceeded to take into considera- Eastbourne 
tion the Eastbourne Gas Bill, as amended in Gas Bill. 
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 Midland _ 
the Midland Railway Bill, as amended in the ®#ilway Bil, 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Leeds New Gas Bill was read the first time. Leeds New 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 7 a 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. (Lorde. 


The Order, That the Bodmin and Wadebridge Bodmin ana 
Railway Bill be read a second time, was read, and bs esr 
discharged. [Lords } . 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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 Nine- 
teenth Report, 
Mr. Pim presented a Bill to amend the Act stockbrokers 
passed in the Session of Parliament held in Jre- (Ireland) Bill, 
land in the Thirty-ninth year of the reign of his Bill 104. 
Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An 
Act for the better Regulation of Stockbrokers” : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Tuesday next; and 
to be printed. 


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


mittee on the County Courts (Admiralty Juris- svdioties) 
diction) Bill; Bill. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Rates 
Reading of the Church Rates Commutation Bill; —— 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Electric 
the Electric Telegraphs Bill, was read, and dis- Telestaphs 
charged. ™ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Mines Assessment Bill was, according to Mines 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Assessment 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
the 20th day of this instant May. 


The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Court Bill Sern - 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and (tes Court 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, piu. 


for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second et 
Reading of the Military at Elections (Ireland) Bill; (eejand) Bill 
8 5; s 2 (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Tuesday next. 


The Cotton Statistics Bill was, according to Cotton 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Statistics 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 





next. 
The 


EYEE 


wD 


ome — hE wl 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings 
Bill. 


Ejectments 
Suspension 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Ways and 
Means, 


Supply. 


Sunday 
Trading Bill, 


Landed 
Property 


Improvement 
(Ireland) Bill. 


31 Vicroria. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 29th day of April last, That the Clause 
(Act not to apply to cases in which freeholder has 
successfully instituted proceedings and carries out 
necessary repairs), which was offered to be added 
on consideration of the Artizans and Labourers’ 
Dwellings Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
now read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed ;—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate :—And 
the said Motion and Clause were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Act not to apply to cases in which defects 
are caused by 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. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 7, 1. 21, by leaving out the word 
“ surveyors,” in order to insert the word “ sur- 
veyor,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ surveyors” stand part of the Bill :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in the First Schedule, Table A, by 
leaving out from the words “ The City of London 
and the Liberties thereof” to the end of line 10; 

And objection being taken, that the proposed 
Amendment would vary the incidence of taxation, 
Mr. Speaker declined to put the Question. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in the First Schedule, Table A, by 
leaving out from the words “ The Metropolis,” in 
line 13, to the end of line 21, in order to insert the 
words— 


‘* The Vestries and | The general rate | TheClerk,” 

Local Boards re-| leviable under 

spectively. ‘The Metropo- 

lis Management 
Act, 1855.’ 
instead thereof :— 

But it appearing that the proposed Amendment 
would vary the incidence of taxation, Mr. Speaker 
declined to put the Question. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Ejectments Suspension (Ireland) | 
Bill; | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant May. | 

{ 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee of Supply ; | 

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


| 
| 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Sunday Tsdine 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 Landed Property Improvement 
(Jreland) Bill ; 

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

VoL. 123. 





6th May: 


157 





Mr. Sclater- Booth reported from the Committee Ways and 


of Ways and Means, several Resolutions; which 
were read, as follow: 


eans. 


1. That, towards raising the Supply granted Income Tax. 


to Her Majesty, there shall he charged, col- 
lected, and paid for one year, commencing on 
the 6th day of April 1868, 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 Sixpence. 

And for and in respect of the occupation of Lands, 
Tenements, 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 Three pence, and 
In Scotland and Jreland respectively, the Rate or 
Duty of Two pence farthing. 
Subject to the provisions contained in Section 3 of 
the Act 26th Victeria, chapter 22, for the exemp- 
tion of persons whose whole Income from every 
source is under £.100 a year, and relief of those 
whose Income is under £.200 a year. 


2. That, towards making good the Supply granted a gee 


to Her Majesty, the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to raise any sum of 
money, not exceeding One million pounds sterling, 
by anissue of Exchequer Bonds. 

3. That the principal of all Exchequer Bonds 
which may be so issued shall be paid off at par at 
any period not exceeding twelve months from the 
date of such Bonds. 

4. That the interest of such Exchequer Bonds 
shall be payable half-yearly, and shall be charged 
upon and issued out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom, or the growing produce 
thereof. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill pur- 
suant to the Resolution which, upon the 24th day 
of April last, was reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, That they do make Provision 
therein pursuant to the first of the Resolutions now 
cnet and agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
subsequent Resolutions: And that Mr. Dodson, 





| mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Sclater- 
Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Acton and Brentford A 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. - 

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


cton and 
rentford 
Railway Bill. 


Sir Edward Colebrooke reported from the Com- London and 


case of the London and South Western Railway 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same by omitting all the recitals relating to certain 
proposed works in connection with the Charin 

Cross Railway, the powers for constructing a 
works having been omitted from the Bill as laid 
before the Committee, and also by striking outthe 
recitals relating to the proposed abandonment of 
part of the Company’s authorized Extension Rail- 
way to Great Torrington, and the construction of 
a Railway in substitution for part of the Railway 
proposed to be abandoned, the corresponding powers 
having been struck out of the Bill. by the Com- 
mittee, and by making other verbal alterations to 
make the Preamble consistent with the Bill as 


x3 passed 


; South Western 
That in the Railway Bill. 






































































158 


passed by the Committee, and found the Preamble, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Sir Edward Colebrooke further reported from the 
Committee; That they had altered certain pro- 
visions of the Bill for the protection of the Peti- 
tioners: (1) Honourable Mark George Kerr Rolle, 
and others; (2) Owners, &amp;c. on line of Railway 
between Bideford and Great Torrington ; (3) James 
Peard Ley, and that with respect to such Peti- 
tioners, they are unanimously of opinion that they 
have been unreasonably subjected to expense in 
defending their rights proposed to be interfered 
with by the Bill, and are entitled to recover from 
the Promoters of such Bill, viz. the London and 
South Western Railway Company, their whole 
costs in relation thereto. 

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


Sir Edward Colebrooke reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That, for 
the convenience of Parties, the Committee had 
adjourned to Friday the 15th of May, at half-past 
Two of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 3.) 








Thursday, 7th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
ORPE RED, That the Committee on Group 
K. of Private Bills have leave to sit this day 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Private Bills 
(Group K.) 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany, praying that provision may be made in the 
Great Western Railway Bill for confirming an 
agreement between the Severn Commissioners 
Canal Company, and the Great Western Railway 
Company, and for giving effect to the objects and 
purposes thereof, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill, 


Sir John Johnstone reported from the Committee 
on Groups G. and H. of Private Bills; That the 
parties promoting the Dundee Gas (No. 1) Bill had 
stated that the evidence of John Guthrie Smith, 
John Dunning, and William Richardson was essen- 
tial 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 Guthrie Smith, John Dunning, and Wil- 
liam Richardson do attend the said Committee on 
Monday the 11th day of May, at Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That John Guthrie Smith, John Dun- 
ning, and William Richardson do attend the said 
Committee upon Monday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 


Private Bills 
(Groups G. 
and H.) 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Mary- 
lebune ‘ Stingo-lane) Improvement Bill; and the 
same was twice read, a eed 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. 


New Kilmaine The New Kilmainham Township Bill was read 
ham Township the third time. 
om. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Marylebone 
(Stingo-lane) 
Improvemeut 
Bill. 


6th—7th May. 








1868. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dartford 
the Dartford Water Bill, as amended in the Com- W*ter Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Peterboro 
the Peterborough Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Gas Bill, 
mittee; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Thames Embankment (North Thames 
and South) Bill, the Thames Embankment ( Chel- Embankment 
sea) Bill, and the Park-lane Improvement Billi, be eee Bil be 
referred to the Committee on Group 1 A. of Rail- ; 


way Bills. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 7 of Railway Billy 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five (Group 7.) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Mill presented a Bill to provide for the Municipal 
establishment of Municipal Corporations within poe eee rs 
° etropolis) 
the Metropolis: And the same was read the first Bin, 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon ij] 105, 
Wednesday the 17th day of June next; and to be 


printed. 


Mr. Mill presented a Bill for the creation of a Corporation 
Corporation of London: And the same was read 1 aaa 
the first time. Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- *" 1% 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 


printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Barry Railway Bill, Barty Railway 
without Amendment. - 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Bristol and 
Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill; That they had Exeter Rail 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble “*” ae 
of the Bill, and amended the same by more cor- 
rectly reciting the particulars of the statement of 
accounts 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. Dodson reported the Dingwall and Skye Dingwall.and 
Railway Bill, with an Amendment. Skye Railway 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Bel (Loree 

and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Great Marlow Railway Great Marlow 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Lewes Water Bill, Lewes Water 
without Amendment. Bill [Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Oxford Police Bill, Oxford Police 
with Amendments. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Teign Valley Railway Teign Valley 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
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. 

Several Public Petitions were also presented, yiae votes 
and read; and referred to a Select Committee. and + 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Contagious 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — Act 
to give ‘directions, that there be laid halts this (1866) 

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nt 


—_— 


Partition Bill 
{Lords. | 
Bill 107. 


Exchequer 
Bonds. 
No, 243. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Army (Breech- 
loading Arms.) 


Harbours of 
Refuge.) 


No, 252. 


London 

and North 
Western Rail- 
way Bill, 


Orders of 


Removal, 


$1 Vicrortia. 


House, a Copy of a Memorial to the Lord President 
of the Council, from the President of the Royal 
College of Physicians and others, respecting the 
Extension of the “ Contagious Diseases 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. 


The Partition Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of Exchequer Bonds payable in the 
year ending 31st March 1869 unprovided for. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

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


Ordered, That Sir Matthew White Ridley have 
leave of absence till the 25th day of this instant 
May, on account of ill health. 


Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Reports on Breech-loading 
Arms, by a Special Sub-Committee of the Ordnance 
Select Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


Ordered, 'That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Quarterly Reports of the Engineers in 
Charge of the Works at the Harbours of Refuge 
at Dover, Alderney, Portland, and Holyhead, for 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1868 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 357, of 
Session 1867). 

Mr. Stephen Cave accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Mr. Woodd reported from the Committee on 
Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
London and North Western Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by striking out 
the recitals with reference to the footbridge over 
Hotham-street, Liverpool, the agreements with the 
North Staffordshire Railway Company, the vesting 
in the London and North Western and Manchester, 
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies of 
the portions of Railway in the Bill called the 
Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, and the running 
powers connected therewith, and the raising of 
additional capital by the Company, and by adding 
a recital in reference to the agreement with the 
Midland Railway Company, confirmed by the 
Bill, and by otherwise verbally amending the 
same, and found the same, as amended, to be true: 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


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159 


Removal of Scotch and Irish Paupers, and Paupers 
belonging to the Channel Islands and the Isle of 
Man, during the same period (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 12, of Session 1865). 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an British 
Order, dated the 23rd day of April last, for Ac- Museum. 


counts relative to the British Museum. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Trades’ Unions 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Seventh Re- and other 


port of the Commissioners appointed to inquire 
into the Organization and Rules of Trades’ Unions 
and other Associations; together with Minutes of 
Evidence. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Registry 
of Deeds 


Order, dated the 1st day of April last, for Returns 
relative to Registry of Deeds —— 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to East India 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day (Bengal.) 


of April last, for Returns relative to East India 
(Bengal). 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Established 
into a Committee on the Acts relative to the Church 


Established Church in Ireland. 
(In the Committee.) 


2. Resolved, That, subject to the foregoing con- 
siderations, it is expedient to prevent the creation 
of new personal interests by the exercise of any 
public patronage, and to confine the operations of 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland to 
objects of immediate necessity, or such as involve 
individual rights, pending the final decision of 
Parliament. 

3. Resolved, That an humble Address be pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, humbly to pray that, with 
a view to preventing, by legislation during the 
present Session, the creation of new — in- 
terests through the exercise of any public patron- 
age, Her Majesty would be — pleased to 
place at the disposal of Parliament, Her interest 
in the temporalities of the Archbishoprics, Bishop- 
rics, and other Ecclesiastical Dignities and Bene- 
fices in Ireland, and in the custody thereof. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That when 
the Anglican Church in Ireland is disestablished 
and disendowed, it is right and necessary that the 
Grant to Maynooth and the Regium Donum be 
discontinued; and that no part of the secularised 
funds of the Anglican Church, or any State funds 
whatever, be applied in any way, or under any 
form, to the endowment or furtherance of the 
Roman Catholic Religion in Jreland, or to the 
establishment or maintenance of Roman Catholic 
denominational schools or colleges: 

Amendment proposed, to leave out from the first 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Number of Orders of Re- 
moval from Unions and Parishes, signed by 
Justices and executed in England and Wales, 
during the year ending the 25th day of March 
1868 ; stating the Number of Persons removed, 
the Nature of alleged Settlement, and the Amount 
of Expenses incurred in the Removal, including 
the Cost of obtaining the Orders, serving the same, 
and Travelling Expenses of the Paupers removed, 
but not the Cost of Relief before reas ; dis- 
tinguishing the Orders so executed from or to 
Parishes not in Union and between different 
bag sotns also the Number of Orders of 

OL. e 


word “ That” to the end of the proposed Resolu- 
tion, in order to add the words “ when legislative 
‘* effect shall have been given to the First Resolu 
“tion respecting the Established Church of Jre- 
** Jand, it is right and necessary that the Grant to 
* Maynooth and the Regium Donum be discon- 
“ tinued.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 
The Committee divided. 
} 85. 
} 198. 


Mr. Lamont : 


Tellers for the N oc,{ Sir Jokn Gran 


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Tellers for the Yeas, Mr Aytoun, 
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160 7th—8th May. | 1868. 


Question proposed, That the words “ when le- 
“ gislative effect shall have been given to the First 
7 Resolution respecting the Established Church 
“‘ of Ireland, it is right and necessary that the 
“ Grant to Maynooth and the Regium Donum be 
** discontinued,” be added, instead thereof. 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, by adding, at the end thereof, the 
words “ due regard being had to all personal in- 
* terests.” 

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

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, as amended, by adding, at the end 
thereof, the words “ and that no part of the En- 
“ dowments of the Anglican Church be applied to 
“‘ the endowment of the institutions of other reli- 
** gious communions,” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Question put, That those words be there added; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Greene, } 

Yeas, Colonel Stuart : 
Tellers for the/ Mr. Whitbread, 1 
Noes, Sir Colman O’Loghlen:  § 

Before the Tellers reported the numbers, Mr. 
Holden, Member for Knaresborough, came to the 
Table, and stated, that he had been in the House 
when the Question was put, but not having heard 
it, he had not voted:—Whereupon the Chairman 
again stated the Question, and the Honourable 
Member declared himself with the Yeas. 

The Tellers accordingly declared the numbers: 
Yeas, 97. Noes, 132. 

Question, That the words “when legislative 
* effect shall have been given to the First Reso- 
“Jution respecting the Established Church of 
“ Treland, it is right and necessary that the 
* Grant to Maynooth and the Regium Donum 
“ be discontinued, due regard being had to all 
“ ee interests,” be added to the word 
to. 





hat” in the original Question put, and agreed 


4, Original Question, as amended, That when 
legislative effect shall have been — to the First 
Resolution respecting the Established Church of 
Treland, it is right and necessary that the Grant to 
Maynooth and the Regium Donum be discontinued, 
due regard being had to all personal interests 
put, and agreed to. 

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 now received. 

‘Mr. Dodson accordingly reported several Reso- 
lutions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. That it is necessary that the Established 
Church of Jreland should cease to exist as an 
Establishment, due regard being had to all personal 
interests and to all individual rights of property. 

2. That, subject to the foregoing considerations, 
it is expedient to prevent the creation of new per- 
sonal interests by the exercise of any public patron- 
age, and to confine the operations of the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners of Ireland to objects of 
immediate necessity, or such as involve individual 
rights, pon the final decision of Parliament. 

3. That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, humbly to.pray that, with a view to pre- 
venting, by legislation during the present Session, 
the creation of new — interests through the 
exercise of any public patronage, Her Majesty 
would be, graciously pleased to place at the disposal 











of Parliament, Her interest in the temporalities of 
the Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, and other Eccle- 
siastical Dignities and Benefices in Jreland, and in 
the custody thereof. 

4, That when legislative effect shall have been 
given to the First Resolution respecting the Esta- 
blished Church of Ireland, it is right and necessary 
that the Grant to Maynooth and the Regium Donum 
be discontinued, due regard being had to all per- 
sonal interests. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Established 

to Her Majesty, humbly to pray that, with a view (lrelan 

° 5 ee ° eland.) 
to preventing, by legislation during the present 
Session, the creation of new personal interests ! 
through the exercise of any public patronage, Her 
Majesty would be graciously pleased to place at 
the disposal of Parliament, Her interest in the 
temporalities of the Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, 
and other Ecclesiastical Dignities and Benefices in 
Ireland, and in the custody 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Representa. 
Reading of the Representation of the People - re 
(Ireland) Bill; tend) BL 

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

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


Friday, 8th May, 1868: 


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

The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed toa Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Boundary 
mittee on the Boundary Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, nag to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


£.600,000, to pay off and discharge Exchequer 
Bonds. 


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 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Documentary 
into a Committee on the Documentary Evidence ®videnee 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 


ported, That the Committee had gone through es 



























































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31 Vicroria. 


Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 


Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Election The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ory ol , mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt 
Practices , Practices at Elections Bill; 
Elections Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Reformatory © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


ny ee mittee on the Reformatory Schools (/re/and) Bill; 
land) Bi. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Vagrant Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Vagrant Act Amendment Bill; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words ‘* upon 
* this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time: —The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Tuesday the 19th day of this instant 
May. ' 


Divorceeand ©§ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Matrimonial, mittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 
Bill. Court Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Sunday The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Trading Bil. mittee on the Sunday Trading Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Landed The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
a a ‘Reading of the Landed Property Improvement 


(Ireland) Bill. (Zreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Representa A Motion being made, That this House will, 
Sole (oseb. this day, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 


land) [Univer- Sider of authorizing the payment, out of monies to 

sity Election be provided by Parliament, to every Vice Chan- 

Expenses.) cellor of a University in Scotland to whom a Writ 
for the Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment may be directed, under the provisions of any 
Act of the persent Session for the Amendment 
of the Representation of the People in Scotland, 
of the amount of such charges for executing such 
Writ as are allowed to Sheriffs under the existing 
Law in the case of Elections for Counties or 
Burghs ; 

The Lord Advocate, 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. 


Chichester Mr. Floyer reported the Chichester Cattle Market 
Bae” Market Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


North British Sir Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- 


Bett cence mittee on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the 
fates Bill, &lt; of the North British Railway (Forth River 
OL. 123. 


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161 


Railway) Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same by striking out so much as related to 
a proposed Railway over the River Forth at Alloa 
in lieu of another Railway already authorized 
which had not been proved to the satisfaction 
of the Committee, =k by making consequential 
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. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had pe a ee th 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 4th oven 
and 5th days of this instant May, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


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, 8th May, 1868. 

PRAYERS. 

ORD Hotham reported from the Select Com- standing 

4 mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; °rders. 
which was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the North and South North and 

Western Junction Railway Bill, Petition of South Westem 
Messrs. Wyatt and Metcalfe, for dispensing with o- Bll 
Standing Order 130 in the case of the Petition of [Zords.] 
“ William Thomas King Church and others” against 
the Bill, the said Standing Order ought not to 
be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group E. of Private Bills 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of (Group E.) 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Dudley Fortescue reported the Halifax Halifax 
Corporation Waterworks and Improvement Bill, Corporation 


‘ ? Wate ks 
with Amendments. aa ieneee 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, ment Bill. 


Mr. Dudley Fortescue reported from the Com- North 
mittee. on Group E. of Private Bills; That the Woolwich and 
parties promoting the North Woolwich and Silver- Dealanes: 
town Drainage Bill had stated to the Committee Bill 
that it was not their intention to proceed with the 
same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Brentford Gas Bill was read the third es Gas 
time. : 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Cheshire Lines Bill was read the third time. Cheshire 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Lines Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Chichester and Midhurst Railway Bill was Chichester 
read the third time. pe Ra 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. od 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Cork Improve- Cork Improve- 
ment Bill be now read the third time ; ment B 
Mr. Henry Baillie, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, a 
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162 


been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
eoncerned, 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 Mayor, Aldermen, 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Cork to make a 
diversion in the Line of the Cork, Blackrock, and 
Passage Railway ; to authorize Agreements with 
the Harbour Commissioners to define and extend 
the Powers of the Corporation in reference to 
Water Supply and matters of Local Government, 
to raise further Moneys; to alter and amend the 
existing Acts relating to the Borough, and for 
other purposes. 

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


Downpatrick, The Downpatrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle 
—— and Railway Bill was read the third time. 
Railway Bil.  Aesolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Farnworth The Farnworth and Kearsley Gas Bill was read 


and Kearsley the third time. 
_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lancashire The Lancashire and Yorkshire and Lancashire 
—_ee rt, Union Railways Companies Bill was read the 
Union Railways third time. 
Companies Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lancashire — The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill was 
Railvay 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. 
Leamington The Leamington Priors Local Board of Health 


Priors Local ° . . : 
‘Board of Bill was read the third time. 


Health Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Leicester The Leicester Improvement, Drainage, and 


stg Markets Bill was read the third time. 
Markets Bill,  ‘tesolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Slough Water Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for supplying with Water the 
Parishes, Townships, and places of Slough, Upton- 
cum-Chalvey, Stoke Poges, Langley, Datchet and 
Farnham Royal, in the County of Buckingham, and 
for other purposes. 

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


Slough Water 
Bill. 


Tower Subway 


A Motion being made, That the Tower Subway 
Bill | Lords.] 


Bill be now read the third time; 

Mr. Henry Baillie, 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. 


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1868. 
The Worthing Gas Bill was read the third Worthing Gas 
time. F 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Ystrad Gas and Water Bill was read the Ystrad Gas 
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 Merthyr Tidvil 
the Merthyr Tydvil Stipendiary Magistrate Bill, Stipendiary 
as amended in the Committee. Magistrate 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Portsmouth 
the Portsmouth ( Borough) Water Bill, as amended sey 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Several Public Petitions were 


rere and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. Petitions, 


Vide Nine- 
, teenth Report. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Fare- Fareham and 
ham and Netley Railway Bill, which was presented N¢tley Rail- 


“ way Bill. 
upon the 30th day of April last, be printed. No. 253. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the British British 
Museum, which was presented upon the 7th day Museum. 
of this instant May, be printed. No. 254. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Re- Registry 
gistry of Deeds (Dublin), which was presented of Deeds 


upon the 7th day of this instant May, be printed. ae 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Bengal), which was presented upon the 7th day (Bengal.) 
of this instant May, be printed. No. 256. 





Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Or- Taxes (Courts 
der, dated the 24th day of March last, for a Return of Appeal.) 
relative to Taxes (Courts of Appeal). 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of April Customs 
last, for a Return relative to the Customs (Land- — 

: partment.) 
ing Department). 

eturn to an Order, dated the 28th day of April Australian 
last, for a Return relative to the Australian Mails. Mails. 

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


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

Orders in the case of the Petition for addition 
Provision in the Metropolitan Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 

Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented — 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ‘sseoatatiens) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of a Letter from the Military Com- 
mittee of the Devon County Volunteer Association 
to the Under Secretary of State for War, dated 
the 12th day of April 1863, and a Memorial from 
the Council of the same Association, dated the 5th 
day of March 1868; with the Answers. 

Ordered, That 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 Vebunteee 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased rer er 
to give directions, that there be laid before this we.) 
House, Returns of the several Volunteer Corps in 
Great Britain, stating in each case, the Maximum 
Establishment; the Number of Enrolled Mem- j 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Marriages 
(Frampton 
Mansel ) Bill. 


Medical 


Practitioners to amend the Law relating to Medical Practi- 
(Co — Bill tioners in the Colonies; to which the Lords desire 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Court 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Army 
{Payments.) 


Infectious 
8. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 





31 Victoria. 8th—9th May. 163 


bers; the Number of Efficients; the Number of 
Efficients entitled to an extra Certificate; distin- 
guishing the Consolidated Corps entitled to an 
Adjutant from the Administrative Regiments ; 
and under each Administrative Regiment, stating 
the several Corps composing it, with the Head 
Quarters of each Regiment and Corps, stating also 
the Total Numbers of Men under each Head in 
each County ; the Numbers to be founded on the 
Annual Return due the Ist day of December 
1867 : Of all Reviews and Field Days sanc- 
tioned in the year 1867, at which not fewer than 
One thousand Volunteers were present; stating 
the Regiments and Corps, and the Number of Men 
belonging to each present on each occasion :—— 
And, the like Return as to any Camps attended 
by Volunteers. 

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





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Marriages ( Framp- 
ton Mansel) Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


the concurrence of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 
Court Bill ; 

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


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

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair, 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ in the opinion of this House, it would be 
“ advantageous and convenient to substitute a_ 
“ system of weekly in lieu of daily payments to 
“ those non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers of 
“the Army whose previous conduct might war- 
“rant the extension of this indulgence,” 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, praying that She will be gra- | 
* ciously pleased to cause such inquiry to be insti- | 
“tuted into the spread of disease by infection 
** (distinguished from contagion) as may tend to| 
** check legislation and action in cases unsupported | 
** by the evidence, which in times of excitement 
*‘ saves a people from the commission of great 
** crimes or great follies,” 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 iously 
“ pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 

VoL, 123, 








“ this House, Copy of all the Communications re- 
** ceived in reply to the Circular sent in February 
* 1866 to certain Turnpike Trustees referred to 
“in p. 9 of the Seventeenth Report on Turnpike 
* Trusts, of which Extracts are therein given, to- 
“ gether with the names of the Correspondents,” 
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 “ two Members of this House and Fortifications. 
* another Civil Engineer should be added to the 
** Committee appointed to consider the question of 
“ the Fortifications for the defence of the United 
** Kingdom and of the Colonies, and that arrange- 
**ments shall be made to stop, as far as possible, 
“all further outlay until that Committee shall 
* have reported to this House,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ in the opinion of this House, no fur- Fortifications. 
** ther outlay on the Fortifications for the defence 
** of the United Kingdom and of the Colonies, ex- 
“ cept such as may be absolutely necessary under 
*¢ existing Contracts, or to complete works which 
** cannot be suspended without serious inconveni- 
* ence, ought to be incurred until the Report of 
“the Committee recently appointed shall have 
* been laid before this House,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ ge a } 9 
Tellers for the Noes, on O' Beirne, } 4 
r. Bazley : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 


3 


8. 


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


Saturday, 9th May, 1868: 


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

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth: 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.600,000, be Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and discharge Bonds. 
Exchequer Bonds, which will become due and 

ayable during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1869. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of ‘Ways and Means. soume, 
(In the Committee. ) 

1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Exchequer 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Commissioners 5°"4* 
of Her Majesty's Treasury be authorized to raise 
any sum of money, not exceeding £.600,000, by 
an issue of Exchequer Bonds, 

¥2 2. Resolved, 








































































Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Documentary 
Evidence Bill. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People (Scot- 
land) [Univer- 
sity Election 
Expenses. } 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings Bill. 


164 


2. Resolved, That the principal of all Exchequer 
Bonds which may be so issued shall be paid off at 
par at any period not exceeding five years from 
the date of such Bonds. 

3. Resolved, That the interest of such Exchequer 
Bonds shall be payable half-yearly, and shall be 
charged upon and issued out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or the growing produce thereof. 

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 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 Com- 
mittee. 


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 Monday next. 


The Documentary Evidence 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 Representation of the People 
( Scotland) [University Election Expenses]. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
payment, out of Monies to be provided by Parlia- 
ment, to every Vice Chancellor of a University in 
Scotland to whom a Writ for the Election of a 
Member to serve in Parliament may be directed, 
under the provisions of any Act of the present 
Session for the Amendment of the Representation 
of the People in Scotland, of the amount of such 
charges for executing such writ as are allowed 
to Sheriffs under the existing Law in the case of 
Elections for Counties or Burghs. 

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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 
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 words “ now read the 
“third time” and adding the words “ re-com- 
* mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
“the purpose of amending the Schedule,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“now read the third time” stand part of the 
Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time: —The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


- Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


8th—9th May. 















































1868. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- sunday 
mittee on the Sunday Trading Bill ; Trading Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — 
to give directions, that there be laid before this °° 
House, a Copy of Correspondence between the 
Secretary of State and the Government of India 
relative to the Appointment of an Acting Chief 
Justice of the High Court of Calcutta in 1864 and 
1865, and also with the Government of Bombay 
relative to the Appointment of an acting Chief 
Justice of the High Court of Bombay in 1868 ; 
with other Papers connected with 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 East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Lieutenant 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Grey.) 
House, a Copy of Despatches from the Government 
of India in Political Department, dated the 7th 
day of December 1867 (No. 175), and in March 
1868 (No. 36), with Enclosures, relative to the 
Seizure of Lieutenant Grey by Koura Khan, a 
Belooch 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Weights ana 
to amend the Acts relating to Weights and rere 
Measures in Scotland: And that Mr. Craufurd — 
and Sir Edward Colebrooke do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Jurors’ 
to give Relief to Jurors who may refuse or be un- Affirmations 
willing, from alleged concientious motives, to be (Scotland) 
sworn in Civil or Criminal Proceedings in Scotland: 
And that Mr. Craufurd and Mr. Dunlop do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Judgments Extension Bill Judgments 


be committed to a Select Committee. a 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to grant Customs and 
certain Duties of Customs and Income Tax: And a Tax 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to Bill 108. 
be read a second time upon Tuesday next; and to 


be printed. 


Mr. Craufurd presented a Bill to amend the Weights and 
Acts relating to Weights and Measures in Scot- Measures 
land: And the same was read the first time ; and }3i, 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 31) 199, 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Craufurd presented a Bill to give Relief to Jurors’ 
Jurors who may refuse or be unwilling, from — 
alleged conscientious motives, to be sworn in = ) 
Civil or Criminal Proceedings in Scotland: And py 449, 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next; and 


to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon tea Fisheries 
Wednesday the 10th day of June next, the Sea (Ireland) 
Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 24th day of June next. ins 

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Blectric The Order for reading a second time, upon 
telegraphs Monday next, the Electric Telegraphs Bill, was 
Bill. read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday, the 18th day of this instant May. 
And then the House, having continued to 
sit till half an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 
Monday, 11th May; 1868. 
PRAYERS. 
Shannon QRDERED, That the Select Committee on | 
River. the Shannon River have leave to sit this day | 
till Five of the clock, during. the sitting of the | 
House. | 
Public Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select | 
Petitions Committee on Public Petitions; That they had | 
a examined the Petitions presented upon the 6th, 
7th, and 8th days of this instant May, and had | 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | 
and be printed. 
Private Bills Ordered, That the Committee on Group E. 
(Group E.) of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 
Eastbourne The Eastbourne Gas Bill was read the third 
Gas Bill. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Lewes Water The Lewes Water Bill was read the third time ; 
Bill [Lords] and a verbal Amendment was made to the 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. 
Midland The Midland Railway Bill was read the third 
Railway Bill. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Peterborough = The Peterborough Gas Bill was read the third 
Gas Bill. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
ae lery The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bil, the Acton and Brentford Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
my Railway The House proceeded to take into consideration 
: the Barry Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Chichester Gas Ordered, That the Chichester Gas Bill, as 
amended in the Committee, be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow. 
many Down The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Borough Bil, the County Down and Belfast Borough Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
VoL. 123. 





8th—GQth—11th May. 


the Glasgow and South Western Railway Bill, as 


amended in the Committee. 


the Great Northern Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 


the Great Western Railway (Dividends) (No. 2) 


| Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 






















































165 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Great Northern 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Gre t 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Gout Western 
Railway 
(Dividends) 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. (No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Humber 
the Humber Conservancy Bill, as amended in the Conservancy 
Committee. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time: 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London, 
the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway je grey 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the South Eastern, and Zondon, South Eastern, 
Brighton, and South Coast Railway Companies aot mien 
South Coast 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern, 
the South Eastern, and London, Chatham, and aie a 
Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways pover (London, 
(Abandonment) Bill, as amended in the Committee. Lewes, and 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, Brighton) Rail- 
ways (Aban- 


donment) Bill. 
The Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company Bill Dublin (City) 
was read a second time; and committed. oo Packet 
ompany Bill 
jLords.] 
The Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Bill was Greenock 
read a second time; and committed. = Ayrshire 
ailway Bill 
| Lords.] 
The Kennington Market Bill was read a second Kennington 
time ; and committed. Market Bill 
{Lords.] 
The London and North Western, and Knighton, London and 


Central Wales, and Central Wales Extension Rail- North Western, 
° ° ‘ and Knighton, 
way —" Bill was read a second time; and Central Wales, 
committed. and Central 
Wales Extension Railway 
Companies Bill | Lords.] 


Ordered, That the North and South Western North and 
Junction Railway Bill be read a second time pated 
To-morrow. ee 

y 
[Lords.] 

The Vale of Towy Railway Bill was read a Vale of Towy 
second time ; and committed. Railway Bill 

[Lords.] 

Mr. Woodd reported from the Committee on Liverpool _ 
Group 5 of Railway Bills; Thatin the case of the Tramways Bill. 
Liverpool Tramways Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same by inserting a recital stating 
the capital of the Company, so as to make them 
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 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. ca 

Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- Welling- 
mittee on Group (C.) of Private Bills; That the poroush Water 





Parties promoting the Wellingborough Water Bill ™ 
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166 


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. 


Private Bills Mr. Floyer reported from the Committee on 

(Group F.) Group F. of Private Bills; That, for the conve- 

nience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned to 
Wednesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Birmingham Mr. Floyer reported from the Committee on 

Proof House Group F’. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 

(Not) Eel re) Birmingham Proof House (No. 1) Bill, and the 

Proof Bil. Gun Barrel Proof Bill, they had, pursuant to the 

Instruction of the House, consolidated the said 

Gun Barrel _ Bills into one Bill, “ for the repealing of the Gun 

— Houses Barrel Proof Act, 1855, and for making other 


Universities 
(Ireland. ) 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Colonies. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


Provisions in lieu thereof, and for altering the 
constitution of the Guardians of the Birmingham 
Proof House, and for better insuring the due 
Proof of Gun Barrels, and for other purposes ;” 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill so 
consolidated, and verbally amended the same, and 
found the Preamble, as so consolidated and 
amended, to be true; and had made Provision in 
‘the Bill, pursuant to a Resolution of the House of 
Tuesday the 28th day of April; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Persons qualified to 
form a Parliamentary Constituency in the Queen’s 
University in Jreland on the supposition that the 
Franchise is founded on the Degree of M.A. and 
the higher Degrees: Of the Number of Per- 
sons qualified to form a Parliamentary Consti- 
tuency in the Queen’s University in Jreland, on the 
supposition that the Franchise is founded on the 
Degree of B. A. and the higher Degrees : And, 
similar Returns for the University of Dublin. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Cost of last Revision of the 
School Books published by the Commissioners of 
National Education in Jreland ; and Time occupied 
in said Revision: —Copies of any Statement or 
Memorial on the subject of these Revised Books 
presented to the Lord Lieutenant or the Commis- 
sioners of Education by the Elementary Educa- 
tion Committee of the General Assembly of the 
Presbyterian Church in Ireland :—— Of any Letter 
or Protest of any Member or Members of the Na- 
tional Board regarding said Books:——And, of 
the final Resolution of the Commissioners with 
respect to them. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Annual Cost of the several 
Colonies of the British Empire at the Expense of 
the British Exchequer (in continuation of, and in 
the same form as, Parliamentary Paper, No. 240, 
of Session 1, i859). 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Petition for additional 
provision in the Great Western 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. 





11th 











May. 


Sir Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same by altering the recitals of a portion thereof 
in i. a to the capital of the Company, 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 there- 
unto. 

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


1868. 


Sir Francis Goldsmid reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Caledonian Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by stating that 
it is expedient to confer powers on the Company 
to acquire by Agreement a piece of land near 
Edinburgh for station purposes, instead of stating 
that it is expedient to confirm an agreement for 
the acquisition thereof, and by striking out so 
much of the Preamble as relates to certain lands 
at Blythswoodholm, and by altering to the extent 
of £.150 the amount of stock in the Crieff and 
Methven Junction Railway Company which the 
Company seek power to hold, and 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. 


Mr. Dudley Fortescue reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group E. of Private Bilis; That in the 
case of the Tynemouth (Borough) Quays and Im- 
provements Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same by inserting a statement of reasons show- 
ing that the Works proposed to be sanctioned will 
conduce to the sanitary improvement of the Bo- 
rough of Tynemouth, and the convenience of the 
traftic thereof, and found the same, 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 Stanley presented,— Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of March 
last, for Returns relative to Weights and Mea- 
sures, &amp;c. 

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


Sir John Pakington presented, pursuant to the Army Reserve. 


directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of 
Regulations for the Discipline and Payment of the 
Army Reserve. War Office, 9th May 1868. 


Copy of Regulations for the Discipline and Pay- Militia Reserve. 


ment of the Militia Reserve. 
May 1868. 

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


ar Office, 9th 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of 
March last, for a Return relative to Reformatory 
and Industrial Schools. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 27th day of April last, for a Return relative to 
Voters ( Ozford, &amp;c. Universities). 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of March 
last, for Returns relative to Agricultural Holdings 
(Ireland). 

Return 


Dublin, 
Wicklow, ang 
Wexford Rail. 
way Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway Bill, 


Tynemouth 
(Borough) 


Quays and 


Improvements 
Bill. 


Weights and 
Measures, &amp;c. 


Reformatory 
and Indus 
Schools. 


Voters 
(Oxford, &amp;¢. 
Universities. 
Agricultural 
Holdings 
(Ireland. 























31 Vicrorta. 


Poor Law Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of April 
Valuation last, for Returns relative to Poor Law Valuation 
(Ireland) = (Treland), 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 
Customs Ordered, That the Return relative to the Customs 
(laniing + (Landing Department), which was presented upon 
ent.) the 8th day of this instant May, be printed. 
No. 257. 

texes (Courts Ordered, That the Return relative to Taxes 
of Appeal.) (Courts of Appeal), which was presented upon the 


No. 258. 8th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Bast India Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to 
(Chief an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of 
jutices-) this instant May, for a Return relative to Kast 
India (Chief Justices). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
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: 
Local Govern- The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern- 


ment Supple- ment Supplemental Bill, without any Amend- 
2 ment. 

Grand Junction The Lords have agreed to the Grand Junction 
Water Bil. © ‘Water Bill, without any Amendment. 


11th—12th May. 





Newquayand The Lords have agreed to the Newquay and 
Cornvar cane: Cornwall Junction Railway Bill, without any 
Bill, ¥ Amendment. 
Iifracombe The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
oa for the Abandonment of the Undertaking of the 
‘ Ilfracombe Railway Company, and for the Dissolu- 
tion of that Company, and for other purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 
Supply. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee. ) 


1, Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,036,634, be granted to 
Her Majesty, io defray the Charge of Wages to 


Seamen and Marines, which will come in course | 


of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1869 : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Item of £. 525,725, for Wages, &amp;c. to 
Marines, be reduced by the Sum of £.60,000 ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mfr —, : 


- ‘Tellers for the Noes, yt Noel” 
Original Question again proposed : 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 

posed, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,016,634, be 

granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

Wages to Seamen and Marines, which will come 

in course of payment during the year ending on 

the 31st day of March 1869 :—Motion, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,335,842, 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 3lst day of March 1869: 

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. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


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167 


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


Tuesday, 12th May, 1868: 


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- Flection 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt Petitions 
Practices at Elections Bill; feiinveam 5 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Elections Bill. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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 granted Exchequer 
to Her Majesty, the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Bonds. 
Treasury be authorized to raise any sum of money, 
not exceeding £. 600,000, by an issue of Exchequer 
Bonds. 

2. That the principal of all Exchequer Bonds 
which may be so issued shall be paid off at par 
at any period not exceeding Five years from the 
date of such Bonds. 

3. That the interest of such Exchequer Bonds 
shall be payable half-yearly, and shall be charged 
upon and issued out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
or the growing produce thereof. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gen- 
tlemen appointed to oon and bring in a Bill, 
pursuant to the Resolutions which, upon the 6th 
day of this instant May, were reported from the 
Committee of Ways and Means, that they do make 
provision therein pursuant to the Resolutions now 
reported, and agreed to. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land Writs 
into a Committee on the Land Writs Registration fore 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bill. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson gj) 111. 
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 Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill ; ed) a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day —— for the Second Court of 

as of the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) ‘Seodand) on. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Representation 
Representation of the People (Scotland) [ Univer- phere 
sity Election Expenses|,a Resolution ; which was [University 
read, as followeth: Election 

That it is expedient to authorize the payment, =*Pes*] 
out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, to 
every Vice Chancellor of a University in Scotland 
to kent a Writ for the Election of a Member to 
serve in Parliament may be directed, under the 
provisions of any Act of the present Session for 
the Amendment of the Representation of the 

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168 


People in Scotland, of the amount of such charges 
for executing such Writ as are allowed to Sheriffs 
under the existing Law in the case of Elections 
for Counties or Burghs. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to, 


Representation The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of the People mittee on the Representation of the People ( Scot- 
emaaey Se land) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Reformatory The Order of the dav being read, for the Com- 

— mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Zre/and) Bill; 

— Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

a and 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. 


Petit Juries The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Petit Juries (Jre/and) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


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


of Writs (Scot- , jttee . . ° 
land) a a on the Registration of Writs (Scotland) 
&gt; 


Lords. 

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

Non-Traders The Order of the day being read, for the Se- 

Bankruptcy = cond Reading of the Non-Traders Bankruptcy 

(Ireland) Bill . 

{ Lords. | (Ireland) Bill ; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

this day. 


Partition Bill © The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


(Zords.] Reading of the Partition Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
County The Select Committee on County Financial Ar- 
Financial rangements was nominated of Colonel Wilson 


pea. Patten, Mr. Scourfield, Mr. Wyld, Mr. Henniher- 
Major, Lord Henley, Sir William Gallwey, Mr. 
Kendall, Mr. Neville-Grenville, Mr. Henry Austin 
Bruce, Admiral Duncombe, Mr. Hibbert, Mr. 
Hodgkinson, Mr. Kavanagh, Mr, Read, and Mr. 
Heneage ; with Power to send for persons, papers, 


and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Poor Law Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
_— a Copy of a Report recently issued by Mr. W. 
‘ancras. ) ° 4 
Wyatt, Chairman of the Saint Pancras Board of 
Guardians. 
Judgments A Motion was made, and the Question being 


Extension Bill. roposed, That Mr. Craufurd be one of the Mem- 
oe of the Select Committee on the Judgments 
Extension Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn :—It 

assed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That Mr. Craufurd 
be one of the Members of the Select Committee 
on the Judgments Extension Bill:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr, Huddleston be one other 
Member of the said Committee :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being put, That the Debate be now adjourned :— 


It passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That Mr. Huddle- 


11th—12th May. 





1868. 


ston be one other Member of the said Committee: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Moncreiff, the Lord Ad- 
vocate, Mr. Attorney General for /reland, Mr. Law- 
son, Colonel French, Sir Charles Lanyon, Mr. 
Graves, and Mr. Murphy were nominated other 
Members of the said Committee. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. ‘ 


Mr. Sclater- Booth presented a Bill for raising a Exchequer 
Sum by Exchequer Bonds, for the Service of the TY 
year ending on the Thirty-first day of March One ve 600,000) 
thousand eight hundred and Sixty-nine: And the Bij) 339 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be ‘ 
read a second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s New Courts 
Command,—An Estimate of the Sum required to % Justice. 
enable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s No. 259, 
Treasury to make the necessary Advances during 
the year ending 31st March 1869, for the Purchase 
of a Site, and for other Expenses for the New 
Courts of Justice and Offices belonging thereto ; 
the Amount of such Advances to be repaid to the 
Consolidated Fund out of the Surplus Interest 
Fund of the Court of Chancery. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted Abyssinian 
towards defraying the Expenses of the Expedition /yPedition 


to Abyssinia, beyond the Ordinary Grants of Par- Credit.) 
liament. No. 260 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Tuesday, 12th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


QRPE RED, That the Committee on Group Private Bills 
E. of Private Bills have leave to sit this day (Group E.) 

till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 

House. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Clonmel, Lismore, and Clonmel, 
Dungarvan Railway Bill, with an Amendment. —- 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Glastonbury 
Glastonbury and Street Tramway Bill; That they #4 nscny 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- aera 
amble of the Bill, and verbally amended the same, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Llynvi Valley, 
Llynvi Valley Gas Bill; That they had examined © Bill. 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same by striking out the re- 
cital that it was expedient the Llynvi and Ogmore 
Railway Company should be empowered to sub- 
scribe to and take and hold shares in the Company, 
in order to make the same consistent with the pro- 
visions of the Bill as submitted to and pinna 4 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 Midland and London ailtend - 
and North Western Railway Companies Bill, with (meter 
Amendments. Railway Com- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; panies Bill. 








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North British Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
BRallwey, North British Railway (General Powers) Bill; 
ees) Bil, That ae had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same by correcting the description of the termini 
of a certain Railway, and striking out reference 
to several provisions which were withdrawn from 
the Bill, and by making verbal alterations, and 
found the same, as poems. 4 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. 


faint Mary Mr. Dodson reported the Saint Mary Church 
Church Local Local Board Bill, with Amendments. 
Beard Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Wolverhamp- Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
ton — Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway Bill; That 
= "*Y they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
striking out the recital as to diverting a certain 
road and footpath in the Township of Willenhall ; 
and in pursuance of the Resolution of the House 
of the 24th day of February last had omitted the 
recital as to the construction of a short Branch 
Railway in the Township of Wednesfield, and found 
the same, 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. 


Merthyr Tidvil The Merthyr Tidvil Stipendiary Magistrate Bill 
Stipendiary = 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. 
Portsmouth The Portsmouth (Borough) 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. 


Bristol and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Exeter Rail- the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill, as amended 
no in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Dingwalland © The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Skye Railway the Dingwall and Skye Railway Bill, as amended 
Bill [Lords] in the Committen, 

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 Bill, as 
Railway Bill. amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Merthyr Tydfil Gas Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Merthyr Tydfil 
Gas Bul.” 


North British © The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(Forth River the North British Railway (Forth River Railway) 
Railway) Bill, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


a The House proceeded to take into consideration 
“&lt;i the Waterford Harbour Bill, as amended in the 
ei and an Amendment was made to the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Chichester Gas Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 

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12th May. 169 


being proposed, That the Bill be now taken into 
consideration ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ now taken 
into consideration,” and adding the words “ re- 
“committed to the former Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to South Eastern, 
take into consideration the South Eastern, and = London, a 
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Hag any 

Companies Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway Com- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. nies Bill. 


The North and South Western Junction Rail- North and 


: : South Western 
way Bill was, according to Order, read a second Jiction Rail. 


time ; and committed. way Bill 
[Lords. | 
The Ilfracombe Railway Bill was read the first Ilfracombe 
time. 7 Lende — 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Dillwyn reported from the Committee on Sligo Borough 
Group K. of Private Bills; That in the case of — aa 
the Sligo Borough Improvement Bill, they had ~ 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by omittin 
therefrom the allegations as to the propose 
enlargement of the jurisdiction of the Justices of 
the Peace for the Borough in civil cases, and as 
to the expediency of empowering the Corporation 
to levy tolls on the River Garvogue, and by naming 
the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland as 
the parties to approve of certain Agreements 
instead of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the 
provisions of the Bill having been altered in 
accordance therewith, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read; Vide Votes 
and referred to a Select Committee. and Twentieth 
Report. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, West India 
a Copy of Correspondence since October last Mails. 
between the Treasury, Post Office, and West India 
and Pacific Steam Company relative to the Con- 
veyance of Mails to the West Indies. 


Lord Robert Montagu reported from the Select Metropolitan 
Committee on the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill; That they had taken further evi- (Second 
dence on the matters to them referred, and directed Report.) 
him to report the same to the House. No. 261. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Reformatory Reformatory 
and Industrial Schools, which was presented upon — 


100) - Is, 
the 11th day of this instant May, be printed, No. 262. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Poor Law 
Law Valuation (Ireland), which was presented Valuation 


upon the 11th day of this instant May, be printed. ewe 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East East India 
India (Chief Justices), which was presented upon ( a ) 


— . Jus 
the 11th day of this instant May, be printed. No. 264. 


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- colonial 
mand,—Returns of the Names of Colonial Bishops; Bishops. 








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stating the Salaries of each, so far as known to the 
Colonial Department (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 575 of Session 1867). 

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


Volunteers Sir John Pakington presented,—Return to an 
(Devon Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this 
Association.) instant May, for a Baan relative to Clete 
(Devon Association). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Committals Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
(Scotland.) Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of 
March last, for a Return relative to Committals 
( Scotland). 

Voters Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
Oxford, &amp;c. dated the 27th day of April last, for a Return 
niversities.) relative to Voters (Ozford, &amp;c. Universities). 

Contagious Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 

Diseases Act the 7th day of this instant May, for a Return re- 

weeny lative to the Contagious Diseases Act (1866). 

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

House of Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 

jo. House of Commons (Arrangements) have Power 

ments.) to report their Opinion and Observations there- 
No. 265, Upon to the House, together with the Minutes of 

the Evidence taken before them. 
Mr. Headlam reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the Matters to them 
referred, and come to several Resolutions, which 
they had directed him to report to the House, with 
their Observations: together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them, and an Ap- 

endix. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Established The Comptroller of the Household reported to 
Urelond.) the House, That their Address of the 7th day of 


this instant May, relative to the Established 
Church in Jreland, 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, 
with a view to preventing, by legislation during the 
present Session, the creation of new personal in- 
terests through the exercise of any public patron- 
age, 1 would place at the disposal of Parliament 
My interest in the Temporalities of the Arch- 
bishoprics, Bishoprics, and other Ecclesiastical Dig- 
nities and Benefices in /reland, and in the custody 
thereof. 

Relying on the wisdom of My Parliament, I 
desire that My interest in the Temporalities of the 
United Church of England and Ireland, in Ireland, 








1868. 


The Lords have passeda Bill, intituled, An Act Alexandra 
for amending the Provisions of “ The Alexandra (Newport) 
(Newport) Dock Act, 1865,” with respect to the 57%, in} 
borrowing Powers of the Alexandra (Newport) 

Dock Company, and for other purposes ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Waterloo 
to extend the Powers of the Waterloo and White- nd Whitehau 

° ° . lway Bill 
hall Railway Company, with respect to a portion (fords,} 
of their authorized Undertaking; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Devon 
for authorizing the Devon and Cornwall Railway 40d Cornwall 
Company to alter the Line and Levels of Parts of Chords Bill 
their Railways, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Althusen’s 
toconfer upon Christian Allhusen all the Rights, Tey 
Privileges, and Capacities of a Natural-born Sub- LLevded 
ject of Her Majesty the Queen; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- public 
posed, That those who conduct the Audit of Public Accounts. 
Accounts on behalf of the House of Commons 
ought to be independent of the Executive Govern- 
ment and directly responsible to this House; and 
that, inasmuch as the Appointment, Salaries, and 
Pensions of the Officers entrusted with the con- 
duct of such Audit are more or less under the 
control of the Treasury, the present System is 
one which imperatively calls for revision :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Local Charges 
wer, That, inasmuch as the Local Charges on &gt; a 

eal Property have of late years much increased, ©?" 
and are annually increasing, it is neither just nor 
politic that all these Burdens should be levied 
exclusively from this description of Property :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on County County 
Financial Arrangements do consist of Seventeen Financial 
Members. Arrangements. 

Ordered, That Lord Edward Cavendish and Mr. 

Dent be added to the Committee. 


The Stockbrokers (Jreland) Bill was, according Stockbrokers 
to Order, reada second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


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

mittee on the County Courts (Admiralty Juris- (Admiraliy 
ee . urisdiction) 

diction) Bill ; Bill. 

And a Motiou 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 


may not stand in the way of the consideration, | the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
by Parliament, of any measure relating thereto, |‘ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 


that may be introduced in the present Session. 


Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
the’r Clerks, as followeth : 

Perth and The Lords have agreed to the Perth and Brechin 

—— Provisional Orders Confirmation Bill, without any 

Orders Con- Amendment. 

firmation Bill. 

Capital The Lords have agreed to the Capital Punish- 

wg ment within Prisons Bill, without any Amend- 

Bill. ment. 

Athenry and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


_—ee to enable the Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway 
[Lords. Company to make Arrangements with other Com- 
anies, and for other purposes ; to which the Lords 

esire the concurrence of this House. 





“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


And the House agoen, continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Wednesday, 13th May, 1868: 


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. 
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Church Rates The Order of the day bein 
— cond Reading of the Church 
. Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


read, for the Se- 
tes Commutation 


Military 
at Elections 
(Ireland) Bil 


The Order of the day being read, for the Se- 
;, cond Reading of the Military at Elections (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question:—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Bagwell, 

Yeas, \Sir Colman O’Loghlen : 

Tellers for they Mr. Vance, 

Noes, Mr. Henry Surtees: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

_ And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Question ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “now” stand part of the Question :— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 


day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Se- 
cond Reading of the Landed Property Improve- 
ment (Ire/and) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


} 37. 
57. 


Landed 
Property 
Improve- 

ment (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Divorce and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ee mittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 
Bil Court Bill; he Yi 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Customs and The Customs and Income Tax Bill was, accord- 


— Tax ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 

Supply. Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

Wages to 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,036,634, be 

Seamen and 


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 1869. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,335,842, be 
— to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

ictuals and Clothing for Seamen and Marines, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1869. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


ines. 


Victuals and 
Clothing. 


Reformatory 


Schools (ine The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
land) Bill, 


— on the Reformatory Schools (Ireland) 


Resulved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
— resolve itself into the said Committee. 
OL. 123, : 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Second petit Juries 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Non-Traders~ 
_" of the Non-Traders Bankruptcy (Jreland) rand) Bi 
; Lorda. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time * . 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Exchequer Bonds (£.1,600,000) Bill was, mxchequer 
according to Order, read a second time; and Bonds 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, mena 
for this day. : 


The Promissory Oaths Bill was read the first Promissory 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Crerdoy 
Thursday the 21st day of this instant May; and pons 


to be printed. 


A Petition of Electors of the City of Bristol, Bristol 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for am 
the said City, was presented, and read (vide Ap- 
pendix to Votes, No. 1). 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pubtic 
a Copy of the Report of the Commission appointed Departments 
by Treasury Minute of the 23rd day of November Accommods- 
1866, toinquireinto the question of Accommodation 
of Public Departments. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Lord Robert Montagu presented, by Her Ma- Whitworth’s 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Minute of the Com- Scholarships. 
mittee of Council on Education on Mr. Whitworth’s 
offer to endow Scholarships. 

Ordered, That the a 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 Wednesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Wednesday, 13th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

_ Order of the day being read, for re~ Chichester 
suming the adjourned Debate on the Amend- Gas Bill. 

ment which, upon the 12th day of this instant May, 
was proposed to be made to the Question, That 
the Chichester Gas Bill be now taken into consi- 
deration; and which Amendment was, to leave 
out the words “ now taken into consideration,” in 
order to add the words “re-committed to the 
“* former Committee,” instead thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of 
the Question:—The House resumed the said ad- 
journed Debate :—And the said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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 roe 

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Athenry and The Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway Bill 
Ennis Junction was read the first time. 


fama Dil Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Alexandra The Alerandra (Newport) Dock Bill was read 
Newport) _ the first time. 
[ lords] Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
; miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Waterloo The Waterloo and Whitehall Railway Bill was 


and Whitehall ead the first time. 


tnonds _ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Devon The Devon and Cornwall Railway Bill was read 


and Cornwall the first time. 


(Lorde = Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Allbusen’s Allhusen’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 


Naturalization time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Bill [Lords.] 


Saint Pancras Ordered, That the Saint Pancras Ecclesiastical 
—— Regulation Bill be re-committed to the former 
Bi «60s Committee :—And that they have leave to sit and 


proceed upon Friday next. 


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

Vide Twenty- 

first Report. 


Coals, Cinders, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

and Culm, sc, 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 1867; distinguishing the Quantity shipped at 
each of the said Ports as compared with the year 
1866: Of the Quantities and Declared Value 
of Coals, Cinders, and Culm, and Patent Fuel, 
exported from the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land, and Ireland, to Foreign Countries, and the 
British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1867 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1866; 
also distinguishing the Ports of ihe United King- 
dom from which the same were shipped: -—- Of 
the Quantities of Coals, Cinders, and Culm, and 
Patent Fuel, exported from the United Kingdom, 
in the year 1867, with the Rate and Amount of 
Duty thereon : —— Of the Quantities of Coals and 
Patent Fuel brought Coastways, by Inland Navi- 
gation, and by Railway into the Port of London, 
during the year 1867, comparing the same with 
the Quantities brought during the year 1866: 
And, of the Quantities of Coals and Patent Fuel 
imported into the various Ports of the United 
Kingdom. 








Ordered, That the Returns relative to Voters 
( Oxford, &amp;c. Universities), which were presented 
upon the 11th and 12th days of this instant May, 


Voters 
(Oxford, &amp;c. 
Universities.) 


No. 241. be printed. 
Contagious Ordered, That the Return relative to the Con- 
seen) Act tagious Diseases Act (1866), which was presented 
ty ogg, Upon the 12th day of this instant May, be printed. 
Australian Ordered, That the Return relative to Australian 


Mails. Mails, which was presented upon the 8th day of 


No. 267. this instant May, be printed. 
— Ordered, That the Return relative to Volunteers 
“oe (Devon Association), which was presented upon 
nny the 12th day of this instant May, be printed. 
Weightsand = The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Measures 


Metric Reading of the Weights and Measures (Metric 
Syotem) Bil, System) Bill; 


13th May. 























1868. 


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 ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Ewart, } 217 

Yeas, Mr. Graves: 4 

Tellers for the f Mr. Beresford Hope, } 65 

Noes, (Mr. Hardcastle : : 

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 Ist day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second County Finan. 
Reading of the County Financial Boards (No. 1) cia! Boards 
Bill; (No. 1) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Oxford ana 
ala of the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Haren 
ill ; 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 proposed, That the word 
** now” stand part of the Question:—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways (Guards and Passengers’ pent 
Communication) Bill; Communica. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time tion) Bill. 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cotton __ 
into a Committee on the Cotton Statistics Bill ; Sttistics 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 Friday 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sunday _ 
mittee on the Sunday Trading Bill; Trading Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Jurors’ Affirmations (Scotland) Bill was, Jurors’ 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- —— 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for — ) 
To-morrow. 


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

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


The Order of the day, being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; , Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. i 
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Stock brokers 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Military at 
Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Court 
Bill. 


Customs and 
Income Tax 
Bill. 


Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bonds 

(£. 1,600,000) 
Bill. 


Telegraphic 
Communica- 
tions (East 
India.) 


Staffordshire 
Potteries 
Water Bill. 


Metropolis 
Gas Bills, 


Metro: is 
Gas Bin 


Bill 115. 


City of 
Lond 
Bi on Gas 


31 VicToRIA. 


The Order of the day: being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stockbrokers (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 12th day of this instant May, was pro- 

osed to be made to the Question, That the 
Military at Elections (Jreland) Bill be now read 
a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Tuesday the 26th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 
Court Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs and Income 
Tax 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 
To-morrow. 


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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Exchequer Bonds 
(£.1,600,000) 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 
To-morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Two Memorials to the Governor 
General from the Commercial Communities of 
Calcutta and Bombay, on the subject of Tele- 
sees Communications, together with other 

espatches and Papers on the same subject. 

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


Lord George Cavendish reported the Stafford- 
shire Potteries Water Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Metropolis Gas Bills have Power to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them to the 
House. 

Mr. Cardwell reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the Metropolis Gas Bill, 
and taken Evidence thereon, which they had 
directed him to report tothe House, and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and had amended the Title, as followeth: “A Bill 
to amend the Metropolis Gas Act, 1860, and to 
make further Provision for regulating the Supply 
of Gas to the City of London, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith.” 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 

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173 


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. Cardwell reported from the Select Com- Imperial Gas 
mittee on the Metropolis Gas Bills; That the Bill 
Parties promoting the Imperial Gas Bill had stated 
to the Committee, that it was not their intention 
to proceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Select Com- Gas Light 
mittee on the Metropolis Gas Bills; That, in the 2d Co 
case of the Gas Light and Coke Company Bill, Congeny aa. 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Henry B. Sheridan presented a Bill to amend tnvestment of 
the Investment of Trust Funds Act: And the Trust Funds 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be a 
read a second time upon Tuesday next; and tobe pin yg, 


printed. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, pursuant to East India 
the directions of several Aets of Parliament,—Fi- (Finance and 
nance and Revenue Accounts of the Government j comer 
of India, for the year 1866-67; and Estimate of 
Revenue, Expenditure and Cash Balances for 
1867-68, with a Comparison of the two years. 

1, An Account of the Receipts and Disburse- East India 
ments of the Home Treasury of the Government — , 
of India, from Ist May 1866 to the 3lst March ““™™™*) 
1867 :—2. An Estimated Account of the Receipts 
and Disbursements of the Home Treasury of the 
Government of India, from 1st April 1867 to 31st 
March 1868:—3. An Account of the Debts and 
Credits in England of the Government of India on 
31st March 1868 :—4. A List of the Establishment 
of the Secretary of State in Council of Jndia, and 
the Salaries and Allowances payable in respect 
thereof, on 3lst March 1868 :—5. An Account of 
new or increased Salaries, Establishments, or Pen- 
sions granted or created in Great Britain, between 
1st April 1867 and 31st March 1868 :—6. Allow- 
ances, Compensations, and Superannuations granted 
between Ist April 1867 and 31st March 1868, under 
Act 21 &amp; 22 Vie. c. 106:—7. Compensations 
granted to the Families of Deceased Officers of 
the East India Company’s late Maritime Service, 
in the form of Annuities, between 1st April 1867 
and 3lst March 1868, under Act 3 &amp; 4 Wiil. 4, 

c. 85. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 

Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Electric 
day next, the Electric Telegraphs Bill, was read, Telegraphs 
and discharged. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 25th day of this instant May. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the ara 
; ; ; ; wa: ° 
Lords to the Indian Railway Companies Bill be ound om 


taken into consideration To-morrow; and be~ .. 
printed. ] Bill 114. 
And then the House adjourned till To- 
morrow. 





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Se Resse Pate Fe 

































Dundee 
Reclamation, 
Esplanade, 
and Street 
Bill. 


Carnarvon 
and Llanberis 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Dee River 
Company Bill 
[Lords.| 


Weedon 

and Daventry 
Railway Bill 

{ Lords.] 


Uxbridge and 
Rickmane- 
worth Railway 
Bill [Lords.] 


Public 
Petitions 


Twentieth 
neon ) 


Leeds New 
Gas Bill 
[Lords.] 


Yeadon and 
Guiseley Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 


Calverley 

and Horsforth 
District Gas 
Bill [Lords.} 


Acton and 
Brentford 
Railway Bill. 


County Down 
and Belfast 


Borough Bill. 
Fareham 


and Netley 
Railway bill. 


Glasgow and 


174 
Thursday, 14th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Dodson reported the Dundee Reclamation, 
Esplanade, and Street Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Carnarvon and Llan- 
beris Railway Bill, without Amendment. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Dee River Company 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Weedon and Daventry 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Uxbridge and Rick- 
mansworth Railway Bill, without Amendment. 

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 exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 11th and 
12th days of this instant May, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Leeds New Gas Bill, 
originating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof, no Standing Orders, not pre- 
viously inquired into, are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Yeadon and Guiseley 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. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Calverley and Horsforth 
District Gas 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. 


The Acton and Brentford Railway Bill-was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Ordered, That the County Down and Belfast 
Borough Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 


The Fareham and Netley Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Glasgow and South Western Railway Bill 


South Western 2. read the third time. 


Railway Bill. 





14th May. 








1868. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do-carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence.. 


The Great Northern Railway Bill was read the Great North. 

third time. ern Railway 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 3! 

Title be, An Act to authorise the construction by 

the Great Northern Railway Company of a New 

Road in the Town of Leeds, and for other pur- 

poses. . 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Western Railway (Dividends) (No. 2) Great Western 
Bill was read the third time. Railway 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ( 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


( Dividends) 
No. 2) Bill, 


A Motion being made, That the Humber Con- Humber 
servancy Bill be now read the third time ; a 

Mr. Horsman, 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 London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail- London, 
way Bill was read the third time. an ee 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Eastern and London, Chatham, and South Eastern, 
Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways Poet mca 
(Abandonment) Bill was read the third time. Dover (Lon- 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. don, Lewes, 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 8"4, Brighton) 


° ° Railways 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. (Abandon. 


ment) Bill. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Halifax _ 
the Halifax Siopaetien Waterworks and Im- (prporalice 
provement Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Improve 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. ment Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That Captain White be discharged from Railway Bills 
further attendance on Group 3 of Railway Bills, (tur 5) 


Lord Grorge Cavendish reported from the Com- Warrington 
mittee on Group C. of Private Bills; That in the Water Bill 
case of the Warrington Water Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and verbally amended the same, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. enaennit 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read; vide Votes 


: and Twenty- 
and referred to a Select Committee. first Report. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Oxford and 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, armee = 
upon the 13th day of this instant May, was pro- pi. 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Ozford 
and Cambridge Universities Bill be now read a 
second time ; ’ 

Ordered, That the Debate: be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 1st day of July next. 

Ordered, 





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Lee River 
Conservancy 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Broughty 
Ferry 
Provisional 
Order Con- 


firmation Bill. 


Lewes Water 
Bill [Lords.] 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Holywell 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Statutes at 
Large. 


Telegraphic 
Communica- 
tions (East 
India.) 


No. 269. 


Copper, &amp;c. 


Superannua- 
tions, 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland.) 


Tulla Union. 


Record of 
Title, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. 


) 


East India 


i 
Accounts. ) 


No.:270. 


31 Vicrortia. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Lee 
River Conservancy Bill have leave to sit this day 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


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 Broughty Ferry 
Provisional Order Confirmation Bill, without any 
Amendment. 





The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made | . 


by this House to the Lewes Water Bill, without 
any Amendment. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Waterford and Limerick Railway | 
Company to raise additional Capital, and for other | 
purposes; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
to authorize the Holywell Railway Company to 
divert and relinquish their authorized Railway, | 
and to construct other Railways in substitution | 
thereof, and for other purposes; to which the Lords | 
desire the concurrence of this House. | 

Ordered, That Captain White have leave of ab-| 
sence for three weeks ;—and, Captain Grosvenor, | 
a week, on account of 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 a Letter, dated the 6th day of 
May 1868, addressed to the Secretary of State for | 
the Home Department by Sir John George Shaw | 
Lefevre, Clerk of the Parliaments, on the subject | 
of printing the Statutes at Large; and the 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. 


Sir Stafford Northcote preseuted,— Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of this | 
instant May, for a Return relative to Telegraphic | 
Communications (East India). 

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


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 24th day of February last, for a 
Return relative to Copper, &amp;c. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
a Treasury Minute, dated May 1868, granting a 


14th May. 





Special Superannuation Allowance to the Right 
onourable Sir J. M‘ Neill, a.c.B., Chairman of 
the Board of Supervision of Poor in Scotland. | 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 28th day of April last, for a 
Return relative to the Ecclesiastical Commission 
(Jreland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of 
= last, for a Return relative to Tulla Union. 

eturn to an Order, dated the 4th day of this 
instant May, for Returns relative to Record of 
Title, &amp;c. (Ireland). 
- ape That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East 
India (Finance and Revenue Accounts), which 
were presented upon the 13th day of this instant 
May, be printed. 

OL. 123. 








175 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East = India 
ome 
Accounts.) 


India (Home Accounts), which were presented 
upon the 13th day of this instant May, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Boundary Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Preamble be 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 Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


B 
B 


No. 271. 
oundary 
ill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. £.106,000, for the purchase of a Site and for 
other Expenses for the New Courts of Justice and 
Offices belonging thereto. 

2. £.3,000,000, for the Expenses of the Expe- 
dition to Abyssinia. 

3. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.102,915, 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 1869, 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 accommodation of Public De- 
partments, and Charges attendant thereon : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Item of £. 1,470, for the erection 
of a House for the Professor of Theology of King’s 
College, Aberdeen, and for Rent of i during 
such erection, be omitted from the proposed Vote: 
—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

4. £. 13,000, to complete the - for the Supply 
and Repair of Furniture in the Public Depart- 
ments. 

5. £.122,524, to complete the Sum for the Royal 
Parks and Pleusure Gardens. 

6. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.47,936, 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 
1869, for the Buildings of the Houses of Parlia- 
ment: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Item of £.330 for Pedestals to Statues 
in Westminster Hall, for Iron Gates to Royal 
Court, and for a Drinking Fountain in New Palace 
Yard, be omitted from the proposed Vote ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Osborne, 7 


Tellers for the Yeas, i Tike f 76. 
Tellers for the N ontee eee lor, } 234. 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

7. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.1,135, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Charge which will come in course of pa t 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1869, for the Maintenance and Repairs of Embassy 
Houses Abroad: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 135, be granted 
Z4 to 





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Mined esas = 3 


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TROP RRLES 



































Customs and 
Income Tax 
Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bonds 

(£. 1,600,000) 
Bill. 


County 

General 

Assessment 
Scotland) 
ill. 


Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Governor 
General of 
India Bill. 


Petroleum Act 


Amendment 
Bill, 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


176 


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 1869, for the Maintenance and Repairs 
of Embassy Houses Abroad :—Motion, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

8. £.19,512, to complete the Sum for Fittings 
and Furniture for the New Office for the Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





continued to sit till after 
riday morning ; 


And the House ey 
Twelve of the clock on 


Friday, 15th May, 1868 : 


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 in the said Committee. 


The Customs and Income Tax Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Exchequer Bonds (£. 1,600,000) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of One million 
six hundred thousand pounds, by Exchequer 
Bonds, for the Service of the Year ending on the 
Thirty-first day of March One thousand eight 
hundred and Sixty-nine. 

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 County General Assessment ( Scot- 
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 Government of India Act Amend- 
ment Bull; 

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 Governor General of India 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 Petroleum Act Amendment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monda 
the 25th day of this instant May, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Representation of the People ( Jreland) 
Bill; 

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


The Order of the day beiug read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 





14th-—15th May. 








1868. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Indian 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Railway Com. 
the Lords to the Indian Railway Companies Bill; °*™* - 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Partition Bill was, according to Order, read Partition 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of Bil! [Lords] 
the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


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

mittee on the onandliie Leasehold Conversion une 

(Jreland) Act Extension Bill; (Ireland) 4 Act 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Extension Bil, 

the 9th day of June next, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into County Courts 


consideration the County Courts (Admiralty Girlediont, 
Jurisdiction) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; jj), ae 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Jurors’ 
mittee on the Jurors’ Affirmations ( Scotland) Bill; ———— 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stockbrokers 
mittee on the Stockbrokers ( Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bal 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Divorce and 
mittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Mtrimonial 
. Causes Court 
Court Bill; Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased we 4 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Conditions the India Office 
omy relative to Beer supplied to the Troops in 

ndia, 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in Bill Unclaimed 
for the Appropriation of certain Unclaimed Shares —_' 
of Prize oe acquired by Soldiers and Seamen ‘ 
in India: And that Sir Stafford Northcote and 
Sir James Fergusson do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Established 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to aa 
prevent, for a limited time, new Appointments in ({relan®s 
the Church of Jreland, and to restrain, for the 
same period, in certain respects, the proceedings 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Jreland :— 

And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Gladstone, Sir George Grey, 


and Mr. Lawson do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was Adjournmett 
proposed, That this House do now adjourn :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill to | nag for a Betablishel 

limited time, new Appointments in the Church of (ireland) Bill, 

Ireland, and to restrain, for the same period, in Bill 117. 
certain 








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a= = 


31 Vicrortia. 


certain respects, the proceedings of the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners for Jreland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of further Correspondence between the 
Treasury and the Postmaster General relating to 
No. 272. the Electric Telegraphs Bill. 

Mr. Selater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


And then the House, having continued to 
sit till One of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


Electric 
Telegraphs 
Bill. 








Friday, 15th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
Railway Bills O RDER ED, That the Committee on Group 1 


(Group 1.) of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 

Private Bills | Ordered, That the Committee on Group E. of 

(GroupE.) Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 

Maryport Sir John Johnstone reported the Maryport Dis- 


District - trict and Harbour Bill, with Amendments. 
Harbour Bill." Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Maryport Sir John Johnstone reported from the Com- 
Improvement mittee on Group G. and H. of Private Bills; That 
aie they had proceeded to examine the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Maryport Im- 
provement and Harbour Bill, but that the Parties 
promoting the said Bill had stated to the Com- 
mittee that it was not their intention to proceed 

with the same. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Llanelly Sir John Johnstone reported from the Com- 

Harbour mittee on Group G. and H. of Private Bills; 

That in the case of the Zianelly Harbour Im- 
provement Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by omitting all the recitals which were 
irrelevant to the extension of the time for the 
execution of the works and the expediency of 
amending the borrowing powers, 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. 


Glasgow Sir John Johnstone reported the Glasgow Court 
Court Houses Houses Bill, with Amendments. 
7. Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Great Western Sir Edward Colebrooke reported from the Com- 
Railway Bill. mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Great Western Railway Bill, they 
had made provision in the Bill in pursuance of 
the Resolution of the House of the 11th day of 
May; that they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same by substituting a new recital with reference 
to the Severn Navigation, and making other slight 
alterations therein, in order 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 Amendments there- 
unto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
VoL, 123. 








14th—15th May. 177 


Lord Hotham reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Metropolitan Railway Metropolitan 
Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the Stand- Railway Bill. 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
Provision accordingly, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit. , 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill was read Bristol and 
the third time. . Exeter Rail- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Sec 

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


The Dingwall and Skye Railway Bill was read Dingwall and 
the third time. Skye Railwa 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 3” (“ore 
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 London and South Western Railway Bill London ana 
was read the third time. South Wester 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ®#iway Bill. 
Title be, An Actto extend the Time for completin 
certain of the authorized Works of the Zondon an 
South Western Railway Company, and for other 
purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Merthyr Tydfil Gas Bill was read the third Merthyr Tydfil 
time. Gas Bill. 
Resolved That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North British Railway (Forth River Rail- North British 
way) Bill was read the third time. Railway 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the {ittway) Bill 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Abandonment of : 
certain portions of the Railways authorized by 
* The North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow 
(Bridge of Forth) Railways Act, 1865,” also an 
extension of time for the compulsory purchase of 
Lands and the completion of other portions of the 
said Railways, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Eastern, and London, Brighton, and South Eastern, 
South Coast Railway Companies Bill was read the = —ao a 
third time. Sowh Coast 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Com- 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Pavies Bill. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Waterford Harbour Bill was read the Waterford 
third time. Harbour B 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The County Down and Belfast Borough Bill County Down 
was, according to Order, read the third time. ete 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


ill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chichester 
the Chichester Cattle Market Bill, as amended in a Market 
the Committee; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

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eae pe ge mere 


Pee 







































London and 


North Western 


Railway Bill. 


Oxford Police 
Bill. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway Bill 
[Zords.] 


Holywell 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Bristol and 
North Somer- 
set Railway 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes 
and Twenty- 
first Report. 


Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


178 


Ordered, That the London and North Western 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ozford Police Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

A Clause (Appointment of members of Police 
Committee) 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 Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill was 
read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Holywell Railway Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, That in the case of the Bristol and North 
Somerset 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 Public Petition was also presented, and read; 
and referred to a Select Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that the Return relative to the 
Abyssinian Expedition (Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 206, of the present Session) be amended, in 
the following Form:—Return showing the Num- 
ber of European Officers with each Native Regi- 
ment in the Expedition to Abyssinia, and the 
Number of Native Commissioned and Non-Com- 
missioned Officers. and Rank and File with each 
Regiment ; with corresponding Lists of the Eu- 
ropean Officers :-— 



























































a 
European Officers. 8 Natives. 
a _—— 
Belonging to the Cadre | Attached from the Staff . 
of the Regiments with | Corps, other Regiments 3 a | 2 
which they are serving. on the General List. | € g |° 
Regiments. .) &amp;|% 
E e , Tolan 
Z 8 g g 5 2&amp; 
ellis) lélefals} |eel4| i 
C/S/Si8/./S/S/S1281. (48 lal de 
SiB/2/3/2/31/512/3)2) 22) 2) 38 
EldigiSlelals[s2lSel&amp;l&amp;*|Sslz2 
Ordered, That the said Address be nese to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House asare 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 
, ene ag Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
ceed a Copy of a Document issued by the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for Jreland, entitled “ Observations 
on Dr. Brady’s Letter to the ‘ Times.’” 
Navy (The Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Po at a Copy of the Controller’s Report on the Three 


Trials lately concluded of the “ Warrior,” “* Mino- 
taur,” and “ Bellerophon.” 


15th May. 








1868. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Harbour 

a Return of Applications for Loans under the 1s. 
Provisions of the Harbour and Passing Tolls, &amp;e. 

Act, 1861, which have been decided on by the 
Public Works Loan Commissioners, with the Ke- 
sult; and stating the Amount of the I.oan applied 

for and granted, the Rate of Interest charged, and 

the Nature and Object of the Works in each case; 

the said Return to be made up to the 3lst day of 
December 1867. inclusive (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper No. 128, of Session 1866). 


ro ee Sot Or Oo 


i&gt; 


Mr. Monk reported the Saint Pancras Ecclesias- Saint Pancras 
tical Regulation (re-committed) Bill, with further Feclesiastical 
Amendments. ~ mee 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon County Finan. 
Wednesday next, the County Financial Boards od a 
(No. 1) Bill, was read, and discharged. hada 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of June next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Copper, Copper, &amp;. 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 14th day of No. 273, 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Eccle- Ecclesiastical 
siastical Commission (Jreland), which was pre- Commission 
. } (Ireland.) 
sented upon the 14th day of this instant May, be nn 
printed. =” 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tulla Tulla Union. 
Union, which was presented upon the 14th day of No, 275, 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Record Record of 
of Title, &amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented upon Title, &amp;e. 


the 14th day of this instant May, be printed. empeaet 
No. 276. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- North German 
mand,—Copy of Despatch from Lord Augustus Confederation 
Loftus, inclosing Copy of a Treaty of Commerce — 
and Navigation between the North German Confe- 
deration and Spain, signed at Madrid, March 


30th, 1868. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Emigration. 


Command,—Copy of Twenty-eighth General Re- 
port of the Emigration Commissioners, 1868. 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Trades’ Unions 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Eighth Re- and other 
port of the Commissioners appointed to inquire 4%?" 
into the Organization and Rules of Trades’ Unions 
and other Associations; together with Minutes 
of Evidence. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Statutes at 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of Larse. 
this instant May, for a Return relative to the Sta- 
tutes at Large. 

Ordered, That the said Return 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 agreed to the Industrial Schools Industrial 


(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment. fireland) Bil 


The Lords have agreed to the Buckfastleigh, Buckfastleigh, 
Totnes, and South Devon Railway Bill, without Ly and 


any Amendment. 7. ; Railway Bill. 
) 





Saint 

Sav jiour’s, 
Southwark, 
Chaplaincy 
Bill. 
Lambeth 
Market Bill 
[Lords.] 


Supply. 


Royal 
Residence in 
Ireland. 





31 Vicrortia. 


15¢h—16th May. 


179 


The Lords have agreed to the Saint Saviour’s, | 31st day of March 1869, of a Grant in aid of the 


Southwark, Chaplaincy Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
for making and maintaining a Market in the Bo- | 
rough of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey; to | 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this | 
House. 


! 


| 


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, humbly representing to Her Majesty 
“ that it would conduce to the advantage of the 
** Crown and the good Government of Ireland, 
* and tend to allay jealousy and discontent in that 
“country, if Her Majesty had a permanent resi- 
* dence in Ireland, and that this House, feeling 
* deeply its importance, will cordially co-operate 
* with Her Majesty in any steps She may be gra- 
* ciously pleased to take to carry out so desirable 
“ an object,” 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. £.32,760, to complete the Sum for the Pur- 


) 
| 











chase of Land and Houses near the Downing-street 
Site for Public Offices. 


2. £.11,764, to complete the Sum for the Pro- 


bate Court and Registries. 

3. £.23,000, to complete the Sum for the Public 
Record Repository. 

4, £.44,000, to complete the Sum towards the 
Purchase of a Site for the Enlargement of the 
National Gallery. 

5. £. 22,000, to complete the Sum towards the 
Expense of a Building for the University of London. 

6. £. 8,000, to complete the Sum for the Repair 
and Restoration of the Chapter House at West- 
minster. 

7. £.25,400, to complete the Sum for the Ac- 
quisition of Lands for the purposes of the New 
Palace at Westminster, and further Embankment 
of the Thames. 

8. £.51,000, to complete the Sum for rebuild- 
ing the Wings of Burlington House and for New 
Buildings for the occupation of various Learned 
Bodies. 

9. £.23,905, to complete the Sum for One-half 
of the Expense of erecting, improving, and main- 
taining Court Houses or Offices for the Sheriff 
Courts in Scotland. 

10. £. 31,252, to complete the Sum for Contri- 
butions in aid of Local Assessments for the Relief 
of the Poor, in respect of certain Descriptions of 
Government Property. 

11. £.77,470, to complete the Sum for erecting 
and maintaining certain Works and Buildings at 
the Post Office and Inland Revenue. 

12. £.10,000, to defray the Charge for erecting 
New Offices in Downing-street for the Secretaries 
of State for the Home and Colonial Departments. 

13. Motion made, and Question proposed, 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 





Vou. 123. 


New Buildings for the University of Glasgow: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, 
and ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

14, £.3,200, to complete the Sum for the Wel- 
lington Monument. 

15. £. 1,000, to complete the Sum for the erec- 
tion of a Monument in Westminster Abbey to the 
Memory of the Right Honourable Viscount Pal- 
merston. 

16. £. 133,259, to complete the Sum for erect- 
ing, repairing, and maintaining the several Public 
Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Ireland. 

17. £.6,000, to complete the Sum for the Pur- 


| chase or Erection of Buildings for the Queen’s 
| University in Zreland. 


18. £.4,300, to complete the Sum for the Re- 
storation of the Works of the Ulster Canal. 

19. £.7,500, to complete the Sum on account 
of the Expense of constructing Portland Harbour. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Saturday, 16th May, 1868: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order 
of the day for receiving the Report from the Com- 
mittee of Supply, resolve itself into the Committee 
of Ways and Means. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth reported from the Committee 
of Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, 
as follow: 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 106,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty 
to make the necessary Advances during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1869, for the Pur- 
chase of a Site and for other Expenses for the New 
Courts of Justice and Offices belonging thereto. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding f. 3,000,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expenses of the Expedition to Abyssinia beyond 
the ordinary Grants for 1868-9. 

3. 'That a Sum, not exceeding £.102,905, 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 1869, 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 Accommodation 
of Public Departments, and Charges attendant 
thereon. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,000, 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 1869, for the Supply and 
Repair of Furniture in the Public Departments. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 122,524, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 

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Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


New Courts 
of Justice. 


Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


Public 
Buildings, &amp;c. 


Furniture 
(Public De- 
partments.) 


Royal Parks 
and Pleasure 
Gardens. 











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in course of payment during the year ending on | ported, That the Committee had gone through Ht 
the 31st day of March 1869, for the Royal Parks | the Bill, and directed him to report the same Co 
and Pleasure Gardens without Amendment 4 ; We 
7 ndment. 
Houses of 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.47,936, be Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time = 
Parliament. ranted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum | upon Monday next. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come | : coc . 
in course of pa ment during the year ending on | Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Pier and Har. Ca 
the 3lst day of March 1869, for the Buildings of , solve itself into a Committee to consider of con- ae See Ra 
the Houses of Parliament. | firming certain Provisional Orders made by the ong cmatien, 
Embassy 7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,135, be | Board of Trade under “ The General Pier and 
Houses granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Harbour Act, 1861,” and of amending the said Act: Cs 
Abroad. necessary to defray the Charge which will come|—The House accordingly resolved itself into the : 
in course of payment during the year ending on| Committee. ’ {L 
the 3lst day of March 1869, for the Maintenance (In the Committee.) 
and Repairs of Embassy Houses Abroad. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move ¢ 
Sew Foreign 8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.19,512, be! the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for D 
(Rittings and granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the R 
Furniture. ) aaa oe ti ich wie os | Board of Trade under “The General Pier and 
Se a ee une car encing 2) Harbour Act, 1861,” relating to Brightlingsea, 
the 31st day of March 1869, for Fittings and Fur- Clevedon, Morecambe, Mousehole, Instow, Saltburn- : 
niture for the New Office for the Secretary of by-the-Sea, and Southport, and to amend “ The Bi 
State for Foreign Affairs. General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861.” 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, Resoluti b q " : 
were agree d to. esolution to be reported. GI 
an 
ty a tT 
Ways and The House, according to Order, resolved itself = a 0 on Mr. we 
Means. into the Committee of Ways and Means. Ressiutian ee Se ee ae 
(In the Committee.) mgt That the oo be now received. 
Consolidated Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Mr. Dodson accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
— granted to Her Majesty for the Service of the = os nag yy om . 
year ending the 31st day of March 1869, the Sum H . That | a ong ” na 1 - + Bill f a . 
of Seventeen million pounds be granted out of the nase se re Py ewe i Ovden 7 "1 b i | 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of| 5" 07 of Trade undev “The General Pies and 
a oard of Trade under “ The General Pier and 
Great Britain enti Ireland. Harbour Act, 1861,” relating to Brightlingsea 
* - 9 &gt; ’ 
Resolution to be reported. Clevedon, Morecambe, Mousehole, Instow, Saltburn- 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- - aati hs == ew per — er - u 
: % : 
te That the Committee had come to a moved th e Hous ies ordingly. alae ida q 
: rdered, Lhat leave be given to bring 1n the Dill: ‘2 
ae the Report be received upon! 44 that Mr. Stephen Cave and Mr. Sclater-Booth : 
Mr. Dodson also acquainted the House, that he ao. pongenn, ee tang © te. y 
was directed to move, That the Committee may Mr. Dudley Fortescue reported the Bradford Bradford L 
have leave to sit again J eg . W k N 
Resolved, That this House will upon Monday ene ane GE Sey, St aN ond Imgoones R 
; ont . iat ° if . ments. ment Bill. P 
| next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Weights and ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Second| And then the House, having continued to sit i 
sGeotiend) Reading of the Weights and Measures (Scotland) till half an hour after Twelve of the clock : 
IL Bill; on Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time next. 
upon Thursday next. —_—- 
S 
Cotton The House, according to Order, proceeded to Monday, 18th May, 1868. y 
oo take into consideration the Cotton Statistics Bill, y ds : 
; as amended in the Committee. PRAYERS. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time R. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
/ P ~ 
upon Monday next. Committee on Public Petitions; That they rece ‘ 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the Sbopert ( 
City of The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 13th, 14th, and 15th days of this instant. May, and I 
London Gas mittee on the City of London Gas Bill; had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
: Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday House. h 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ’ 
and be printed. ! 
Jurors’ The House, according to Order, resolved itself} Wr. Srenh ted a Bill f firming Pier and H 
(Scotland) into a Committee on the Jurors’ Affirmations scieteteeinans sheds nl ~ the “Board of bont Orders , 
Bill. (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent) ‘Trade under “ The General Pier and Harbour 9° iL 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr.| aot 1861.” relatine to Brightlingsea, Clevedon oe 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had gone Morecambe Mousehole, Instow Saltburn-by-the-Sea, om 1 1 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the | ind Southport: and for amending “The General 
— ery Sager _, .. | Pier and Harbour Act, 1861”: And the same was 
tte at the Bill be read the third time | yead the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
upon Monday next. tithe upon Thursday next; and to be printed. l 
Stockbrokers The House, according to Order, resolved itself} The Chichester Gas Bill was read the third time. Chichester Gas 
Ireland) Bill. into a Committee on the Stockbrokers (Jreland)| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re-| Lords, and desire their concurrence. mm 
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31 Vicrorta. 
The Halifax Corporation Waterworks and Im- 


alifax 

Corporation provement Bill was read the third time. 

Wateweove- . esolved, That the Bill do pass. 

ent Bill. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Caledonian Ordered, That the Caledonian Railway Bill, as 

Railway Bill. mended in the Committee, be taken into conside- 
ration To-morrow. 

Carnarvon The House proceeded to take into consideration 

snd Lianberis. the Carnarvon and Lianberis Railway Bill. 

iy) «Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Clonmel, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Lismore, and the Clonmel, Lismore, and Dungarvan Railway 

vieay Bil. Dill, as amended in the Committee. 

. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
GasLight and § Ordered, That the Gaslight and Coke Company 
Coke Company Bij], as amended in the Committee, be taken into 
- consideration upon Thursday next. 

Glastonbury The House proceeded to take into considera- 
and Street = tion the Glastonbury and Street Tramway Bill, as 
Tramway Bill. amended in the Committee. 

A Clause ( Passengers’ Luggage) 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. 
Great Marlow . The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railway Rill. the Great Marlow Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee; and an Amendment was made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Lancashire The House proceeded to take into consideration 
henna ag the Lancashire Union Railways Bill, as amended 
(changed from in the Committee. 

—— Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


ways and London and North Western Railway Companies.’’) 


Midland and The House proceeded to take into considera- 
London and = tion the Midland and London and North Western 
lly vnnag Railway Companies Bill, as amended in the Com- 
panies Bill. mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
North British The House proceeded to take into consideration 
wi the North British Railway (General Powers) Bill, 


P +, as amended in the Committee. 
mm) Oe. - Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Saint Ivesand | ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— Cornwall the Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction Rail- 
way Bill. Rail- way Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Seint Mary The House proceeded to take into considera- 
eee tion the Saint Mary-church Local Board Bill, as 
ill. ° : 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
— Valley Ordered, That the Teign Valley Railway Bill, 
ailway Bill. 3 amended in the Committee, be taken into con- 

sideration To-morrow. 
Tynemouth The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(Borough) 


Quays eng the Tynemouth (Borough) Quays and Improve- 
Improvements Ments Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Uxbridge and 


; The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Rickmansworth 


the Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway Bill. 


ina Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Wolverham The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ton and Walsall the Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway Bill 
- . ip on an aisa a way 3 as 
Ralleey Bill, ended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
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181 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to London and 

take into consideration the London and North Ng ye 

Western Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 

(Level Crossings at Bolton): And the said Clause 

was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 

being proposed, That the said Clause be now read 

a second time :— And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 

Thursday next. 


Allhusen’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Allhusen’s 
time ; and committed. Bill [Lede], 
The Lambeth Market Bill was read the first time. Lambeth 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- tla} 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills. , 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table—Report from Alexandra 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, A, 
That in the case of the Alexandra ( Newport) Dock [ Lords] 
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 Ilfracombe 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Spee Bill 
That in the case of the Ilfracombe Railway Bill, "1 
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 Waterloo 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, a Ray 
That in the case of the Waterloo and Whitehall | Lords.) 
Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, and re- 
ferred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and whic 
are applicable thereto, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Floyer reported the Jtchen Bridge Bill, with Itchen Bridge 
Amendments. = 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant worcester 
to the Clerk of the hone, to make out a New County (East- 
Writ for the electing a Knight of the Shire, to — 
serve in this present Parliament for the Eastern ~ 
Division of the County of Worcester, in the room 
of the Honourable Frederick Henry William Gough 
Calthorpe, now Baron Calthorpe, called up to the 
House of Peers. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Shannon River, 
Shannon River have Power to report their Ob- No. 277. 
servations 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 directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken betore them, and an Appendix. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on Groups G. and Private Bills 
H. of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till (Gras 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


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- 





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Message from 
the 


borough 


Board 
Bill. 


Belfast Central 


Railway Bill 
[Lords,] 


Naval Reserve. 


Navy (The 
“ Warrior,” 
&amp;c.) 


Oaths, &amp;c. 


Prisons 
(Religious 
Instruction.) 


East India 
(Lieutenant 
Grey.) 


Harbour 
Loans. 


Statutes at 


No, 278. 
Committals 
(Scotland. ) 

No. 279. 
Whitworth’s 
Scholarships. 

No. 194, 
Public Depart- 


ments Ac- 
commodation. 


No. 281. 
Railway Bills 
(Group 6.) 


182 18th 


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 Loughborough 
Local Board Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to empower the Belfast Central Railway Com- 
any to construct new Railways and Tramways, 
and a Central Station, and to abandon Portions of 
their authorized Undertaking, and for other pur- 
poses; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Rent-charge in lieu of Tithes 
arising in Parishes or Townships in the County of 
Derby, which were awarded to the Dean and Chap- 
ter of Lichfield on the Commutation of such Tithes, 
giving each Parish or Township separately : 
Of the Population of each Parish or Township in 
1861 :——Of the Annual Income of the Incumbent 
of such Parochial Cure : And, in whose pre- 
sentation such Incumbency is. 

Ordered, That 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 Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 30th day of April last, for Returns 
relative to the Naval Reserve. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this 
instant May, for a Return relative to the Navy 
(The “ Warrior,” &amp;c.) 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented,— 
Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
dated the 26th day of March last, for Returns 
relative to Oaths, &amp;c. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 27th day of March last, for Returns relative to 
Prisons (Religious Instruction). 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of 
this instant May, for a Return relative to East 
India (case of Lieutenant Grey). 

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


Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 15th day of this instant May, 
for a Return relative to Harbour Loans. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the 
Statutes at Large, which was presented upon the 
15th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Committals 
( Scotland), which was presented upon the 12th day 
of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Whitworth’s 
Scholarships, which was presented upon the 12th 
day of this instant May, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Public 
Departments Accommodation, which was presented 
upon the 12th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That, for the conveni- 





1868. 


May. 


ence of Parties, the Committee had adjourned to 
Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. . 


Ordered, That the Orders of the Day be post- Orders of 
poued till after the Notice of Motion relative to the Day. 
oundaries of Boroughs. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Boundaries of 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed Boroughs. 
to consider the Boundaries of the following 
Boroughs, as laid down by the Boundary Commis- 
sioners, and to report what, if any, alterations 
should be made therein :— 





Birkenhead. Northampton. 
Birmingham. Nottingham. 
Bolton-le-Moors. Oldham. 
Bristol. Portsmouth. 
Cheltenham. Preston. 
Chester. Reading. 
Derby. Salisbury. 
Gateshead. South Shields. 
Gloucester. Tynemouth, 
Greenwich. Warwich. 
Hastings. Wigan. 
Lambeth. Windsor. 
Liverpool. 
Manchester. Chelsea and Kensing- 
Marylebone. ton. 
Newport (Isle of Darlington. 
Wight). Middlesborough. 
Newport ( Monmouth- Stalybridge ; 
shire). 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ as laid down 
** by the Boundary Commissioners.” 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out the word “ Derby.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ Derby,” stand part of the Sostien :—It passed 
in the , Hse -neag 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by inserting, after the word 
“ Wigan,” the word “ Wilton.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
** Wilton” be there inserted :—It was resolved in 
the Aflirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the Boundaries of the following Bo- 
roughs, as laid down by the Boundary Commis- 





sioners, and to report what, if any, alterations should . 
be made therein :— 
Birkenhead. Nottingham. 
Birmingham. Oldham, 
Bolton-le- Moors. Portsmouth, R 
Bristol. Preston. ‘ 
Cheltenham. Reading. B 
Chester. Salisbury. 
Gateshead. South Shields. 
Gloucester. Tynemouth, 
Greenwich. Warwick. 
Hastings. Wigan. 
Lambeth. Wilton. 
Liverpool. Windsor. 
Manchester. 
Marylebone. Chelsea and Kensing- 
Newport (Isle of ton. 
Wight). Darlington. 
Newport( Monmouth- Mi ddlesborough. 
shire). Stalybridge. 
Northampton, 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That all Petitions presented to 
the House relative to the said Boroughs be referred 
to the Committee, and that the Committee have 





Power 


Boundary Bill. 


Representation 
of the People 
Scotland) 


31 Victoria. 


Power to receive and call for Maps, Memorials, 
Reports, Papers, and Records concerning the said 
Boroughs, and to confer with the Boundary Com- 
missioners and those employed under them in their 
inquiries ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“and to call for further evidence, if they shall 
“ think fit.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added: —The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the 
words “ and with the Members of the Counties and 


“* Boroughs affected.” 


And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added:—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
last Amendment, by adding, at the end thereof, 
the words “ provided that they shall not entertain 
** any question for the contraction of Boundaries.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added:—The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being 

ut 5 

. Ordered, That all Petitions presented to the 
House relative to the said Boroughs be referred 
to the Committee, and that the Committee have 
Power to receive and call for Maps, Memorials, Re- 

rts, Papers, and Records concerning the said 
Senco, and to confer with the Boundary 
Commissioners and those employed under them 
in their inquiries, and with the Members of the 
Counties and Boroughs affected. 

Ordered, That the Committee do sit dedie in diem. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Committee do consist of 
Five Members; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “Five,” and 
inserting the word “ Seven,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ Five” stand part of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Committee do consist of Five 
Members. 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Mr. Walpole, Sir William Stirling-Mazxwell, Mr. 
Whitbread, Mr. Austin Bruce, and Mr. Kirkman 
Hodgson. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Boundary 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 (Scot- 
land) Bill ; 

And a Motion was made, and the Question 
being proposed, That it be an Instruction to the 
Committee that, instead of adding to the numbers 
of the House, they have power to disfranchise 
Boroughs in England having, by the Census Re- 
turns of 1861, less than 5,000 inhabitants ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word 
“ power” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ to take one seat from Boroughs 
“in England returning two Members, and having, 
“ by the Census Returns of 1861, less than 12,000 
* inhabitants,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
peguowns to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

he House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

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183 


Tellers for the f Mr. Bazter, jar 7. 


Yeas, Mr. Whitbread : 
Sir Rainald Knightley, 

Tellens for thn J Sir William Stirling-Maz- : ota 

well; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee that, instead of adding to the numbers of 
the House, they have power to disfranchise 
Boroughs in England having, by the Census Re- 
turns of 1861, less than 5,000 inhabitants. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
_— proposed, That Mr. Speaker db now leave 
the Chair ; 


Noes, 


An Amendment was proposed to be made tothe 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” 
to the end of the natin, in order to add the 
words “no arrangement respecting additional 
“* Members can be just or satisfactory which does 
“ not treat Scotland, as respects the number of its 
‘* Representatives in Parliament, as an integral 
“ portion of the United Kingdom, entitled to be 
“placed on a footing of perfect equality with 
“ England and Ireland, in proportion to its present 
*“ population and the Revenue which it yields to 
“ the National Exchequer, as compared with the 
** present population and Revenue of England and 


|“ Lreland ; and that to establish this equality at 


* least fifteen additional Members should now be 
** provided for Scotland,” 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. 

Ciause, N° 1, agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 2, disagreed to. 

Criause, N° 3 (Occupation Franchise for 
Voters in Burghs). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 1, to leave out 
the word “ caelea? in order to insert the word 
“dn” 

Question proposed, That the word “ twelve,” 
stand part of the Clause: —Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 5, to 
leave out from the words “‘has during the time of 
such occupancy,” to “ Fifteenth day of May,” in 
1. 11, both inclusive. 

Question put, That the words “ has during the 
time of such occupancy” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Colonel Taylor, 
Tellers for the Yeas, iin. emis s 96. 


Tellers for the Noes, Som a, } 118 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 11, to 
insert the words “ is and has ben for a period of not 
“ less than twelve months next preceding the last 
‘ day of July, an inhabitant occupier, as a lodger, 
“ of part of any dwelling-house, such part being of 
** the annual value of ten pounds or upwards.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted : 

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. 

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184 18th—19th May. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.37,100, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge which will come in course of 

ayment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
Stich 1869, for aw Charges, and for the Salaries, 
Allowances, and Incidental Expenses, including 
Prosecutions relating to Coin, in the mee ea 
of the Solicitor for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave tositagain:— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.163,776, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge which will come in course of 

ayment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1869, for Prosecutions at Assizes 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 thé same 
Act, and certain other Expenses of the same Class: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 162,776, 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 1869, for Prosecutions at 
Assizes and Quarter Sessions, formerly paid out 
of County Rates, including Adjudications under 
the Criminal Justice Act, Sheriffs’ Expenses, Sa- 
laries in lieu of Fees to Clerks of Assize and other 
Officers, and for Compensation to Clerks of the 
Peace under the same Act, and certain other Ex- 
penses of the same Class : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again——-put, and negatived. 

Question, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 162,776, 
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 1869, for Prosecutions at 
Assizes and Quarter Sessions, formerly paid out 
of County Rates, including Adjudications under 
the Criminal Justice Act, Sheriffs’ Expenses, Sa- 
laries in lieu of Fees to Clerks of Assize and other 
Officers, and for Compensation to Clerks of the 
Peace under the same Act, and certain other Ex- 
penses of the same Class——put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. £.231,000, to complete the Sum for the Po- 
lice in Counties and Boroughs in England and 
Wales, and for the Police in Scotland. 

4. £.49,283, to complete the Sum for the Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the Superior Courts of 
Common Law. 

5. £.18,346, to complete the Sum for Miscella- 
neous Legal Charges in England. 

6. £.210,070, to complete the Sum for the 
Maintenance of Prisoners in County and Borough 
Prisons, of Juvenile Offenders in Reformatories 
and Industrial Schools, and of Criminal Lunatics 
in Private Asylums in Great Britain. 

7. £.433,674, to complete the Sum for the Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the County Courts. 

8. £.28,950, to complete the Sum for the Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the Police Courts of London 
and Sheerness. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again-— 
put, and negatived. 


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1868. 


9. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.165,524, 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 1869, for the Metropolitan Police: 

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. 

10. £.130,891, to complete the Sum for the 
Convict Establishments in the Colonies. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Tuesday, 19th May, 1868 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions, 

Ordered, That 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. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1, That a Sum, not exceeding £.32,760, be Public Ofices 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Site. 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Purchase of Land 
and Houses near the Downing-street Site for 
Public Offices. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,764, be Probate Court 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 2"4 Registries. 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for Expenses connected 
with the Probate Court and Registries. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,000 be Public Record 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Repository. 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for enlarging the Public 
Record Repository, and providing the necessary 
Fittings. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 44,000, be National 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- a 

° ° - Enlargement 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in gite, 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, towards the Purchase of 
a Site for the Enlargement of the National Gallery. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.22,000, be University 
granted to Her Majesty to complete the Sum ne- of London. 
cessary todefray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, towards the Expense of 
a Building for the University of London. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,000, be Chapter House 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- #* Wes 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Repair and Re- 
storation of the Chapter House at Westminster. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,400, be New Palace st 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- pas memes 
cessary to defray the me which will come in Embankment 

e year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the acquisition of 
Lands for the purposes of the New Palace at West- 
minster, and further Embankment of the Thames. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 51,000, be Burlington 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- House, kee 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
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Court Houses 


or Offices, 
Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland. ) 


Assessments, 
Government 
Property. 


Post Office 
and Inland 
Revenue 

Buildings. 


New Offices, 
Downing- 


Glasgow 
University. 


Wellington 
Monument. 


Palmerston 
Monument. 


Public 
Buildings 
(Ireland. ) 


Queen's 
University 
(Ireland.) 


Ulster Canal. 


Portland 
Harbour. 


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course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for rebuilding the Wings 
of Burlington House and for New Buildings forthe 
occupation of various Learned Bodies. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,905, 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 1869, for One-half of the Ex- 
pense of erecting, improving, and maintaining 
Court Houses or Offices for the Sheriff Courts in 
Scotland. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 31,252, 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 1869, for Contributions in aid 
of Local Assessments for the Relief of the Poor, 
and for other purposes, in respect of certain de- 
scriptions of Government Property. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 77,470, 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 1869, for erecting and main- 
taining certain Works and Buildings at the Post 
Office and Inland Revenue. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,000, 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 1869, for 
erecting New Offices in Downing-street for the 
Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial 
Departments. 

13. 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 1869, of a 
Grant in aid of the New Buildings for the Uni- 
versity of Glasgow. 

14, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,200, 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 1869, for the Wellington Monument. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,000, 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 1869, for the erection of a Mo- 
nument in Westminster Abbey to the Memory of 
the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 133,259, 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 1869, for erecting, repairing, 
and maintaining the several Public Buildings in 
the Department of the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Ireland. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,000, 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 onthe 31st 
day of March 1869, for the Purchase or Erection 
of Buildings for the Queen’s University in Ireland. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,300, 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 1869, for the Restoration of the 
Works of the Ulster Canal. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,500, 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 1869, on account of the Expense 
of constructing Portland Harbour. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Election 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt a ‘ 
Practices at Elections Bill; Pontion a2 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Elections Bill. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Land Writs 
mittee on the Land Writs Registration (Scotland) Resistration 
Bill ; " , ane 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill ; oa) Ba 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ; 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
a of the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) (Scotland) 
’ 1 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second County 
Reading of the County General Assessment (Scot- yl 
land) Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Government 
Reading of the Government of India Act Amend- —— 
ment Bill; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Governor 
Reading of the Governor General of India Bill; General of 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time emeceees 
upon Thursday next. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Reformatory 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Ireland) Bill; Schools (Ire- 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ) 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Petit Juries 
Reading oi the Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill; taeda 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Mr. Dodson 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 for the Service of the year ending *™ 
the 3lst day of March 1869, the Sum of Seven- 
teen Million Pounds be granted out of the Con- 
solidated 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. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Sclater-Booth 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 Wednes- 

day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration 
into a Committee on the Registration of Writs of Writs 
( Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Sin ta) 
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. 
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County Courts The Order of the day being read, for coy, into 
= ralty —_ consideration the County Courts ( Admiralty J uris- 
Bill. ™) diction) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 
Divorce and The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 
— caart into a Committee on the Divorce and Matrimonial | 
Bill. Causes Court Bill; and, after some time spent 
Bill 119. 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. 
Cotton The Cotton Statistics Bill was, according to 


Statistics 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the City of London Gas Bill; | 
and, after some time spent therein, 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. 


City of London 
Gas Bill. 


Jurors’ 
Affirmations 


_— 


The Jurors’ Affirmations (Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Stockbrokers The Stockbrokers (Jre/and) Bill was, according 
(Ireland) 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. 


Law Costs 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Sums paid for Law Costs, Salaries, 
Travelling, and all other Expenses incidental to 
the Legal Business in Jreland of the Customs and 
Merchant Shipping Department of the Board of 
Trade since the removal from Jreland of the late 
Solicitor to the Board of Customs, distinguishing 
the Costs, Salaries, and other Expenses incurred 
for the Customs from those incurred for the Board 


of Trade. 


Railways 
(Ireland) Acts 
Amendment. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend “ The Railways (Jreland) Act (1851),” 
“‘ The Railways (/reland) Act (1860),” and “ The 
Railways (Ireland) Act (1864),” as to the Trial of 
Traverses: And that Mr. Serjeant Barry and Mr. 
Sullivan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental (No 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
2) to confirm certain Provisional Orders under “ The 
“Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to the 


Districts of Southampton, Bradford, Whitchurch | 


and Dodington, Royton, Kendal, and Sunderland: 
And that Sir James Fergusson and Mr. Secretary 
Gathorne Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 


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

ment Supple- to confirm acertain Provisional Order under “ The 

mental (No. 3.) Toca] Government Act, 1858,” relating to the 
District of Tunbridge Wells: And that Sir James 
Fergusson and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


any A Motion gre, parva That this House will, this 
(ireland) day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 
{Expenses.] Of authorizing the Payment, out of Monies to be 


18th—19th May. 





1868. 


provided by Parliament, of part of the Expense of 
the Recapture of any Offender who may escape 
from a Reformatory School, in pursuance of the 
provisions of any Act of the present Session to 
amend the law relating to Reformatory Schools in 
Ireland ; 
The Earl of Mayo, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 


_ been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 


recommends it to the consideration of the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to confirm Local Govern. 
certain Provisional Orders under “ The Local ment Supple 
Government Act, 1858,” relating to the Districts — (No. 2) 
of Southampton, Bradford, Whitchurch and Dod- Bill - 
ington, Royton, Kendal, and Sunderland: And the = 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time upon Thursday next; and to 


be printed. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to confirm Local Govern- 
a certain Provisional Order under “ ‘The Local ment Supple. 
Government Act, 1858,” relating to the District — (No. 3) 
of Tunbridge Wells: And the same was read the py 121 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time , 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill for the Unclaimed 
appropriation of certain Unclaimed Shares of Prize Prize Money 
Money acquired by Soldiers and Seamen in India: ("4'*) Bill 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered Bill 122, 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to apply a Consolidated 
Sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of Fand 
the year ending on the Thirty-first day of March, lee: 
One thousand eight hundred and Sixty-nine: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 


be read a second time this day. 


Mr. Serjeant Barry presented a Bill to amend Railways 
“* The Railways (Jre/and) Act (1851),” “ The Rail- 5 esrme n 
ways (Ireland) Act (1860),” and “ The Railways gin, 
(Ireland) Act (1864),” as to the Trial of Traverses: iJ] 193, 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lunatic 
a Copy of the Reports made by the Exchequer and (aoland) 
Audit Department, and by the Public Accounts 
Commissioners, and Correspondence relating to 
the Examination of the Accounts of Lunatic Asy- 
lums in Jreland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Superannus- 
a Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated the 28th day tons. 
of March 1868, granting a Special Superannuation 
or Compassionate Allowance to William Hudson, 
a Hired Labourer in the Admiralty Department. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Ecclesiastical 
Wednesday next, the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, Tits 5! 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 9th day of June next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Municipal Rate 
Wednesday next, the Municipal Rate (Edinburgh) (Batabengh) 
Bill, was read, and dischar “4 = 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of June next. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Poor Law 
the Poor Law (Jreland) Amendment Bill, was mes 
read, and discharged. Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





upon Tuesday next. 
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Church Rates The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
Commutation the Church Rates Commutation Bill, was read, 
= and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday 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, 19th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


Chichester HE Chichester Cattle Market Bill was read 
= Market the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Oxford Police The Oxford Police 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. 


Dundee The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Reclamation, the Dundee Reclamation, Esplanade, and Street 


smn Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Staffordshire | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
seg the Staffordshire Potteries Water Bill, as amended 
ater in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Caledonian The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Railway Bill. consideration the Caledonian Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


Teign Valley The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Railway Bill. take into consideration the Teigu Valley Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(As to agreements between the Landowners and 
the Company for the purchase of Land):—And 
the said Clause was brought up, and read a first 
and second time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be added to the 
Bill; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
j Mr. Treeby, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) 14 r. Henry Surtees:} 80 
Sir Lawrence Palk, 
Tellers for the Noes,\ WK ehewich : } 44, 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Calverley The Calverley and Horsforth District Gas Bill 
7s Horsforth was read a second time ; and committed. 
trict Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 
te tew The Leeds New Gas Bill was read a second 
[Lorde. time ; and committed. 
Yeadon and The Yeadon and Guiseley Gas Bill was read a 


Bill Ler at second time; and committed. 


Belfast Central 


The Belfast Central Railway Bill was read the 
nae Bill ‘ 


first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Salford Mr. Floyer reported the Salford Hundred and 
mers Manchester (City) Courts of Record Bill, with 


(City) Courts Amendments. 
of Record Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
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187 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Barrow-in- 
Barrow-in-Furness Corporation Bill; That they nore 
had examined the allegations contained in the Bil 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 
striking out the recitals that it was expedient that 
provisions should be made for the appointment, 
employment, and regulation of a police force for 
the purposes of the Borough, and that the Cor- 
poration should be authorized to provide and 
regulate a fire brigade in and for the Borough, 
and found the same, 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 Caversham 
Caversham Bridge Bill; That they had examined Bridge Bill. 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same so as to make it con- 
sistent with the circumstances of the case submitted 
to them, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Kington and 
Kington and Eardisley Railway Bill; That they a 
had examined the allegations contained in the” 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same with 
reference to an agreement entered into between 
the Kington and Eardisley Railway Company, and 
the Great Western Railway Company, and the 
Leominster and Kington 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. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Saint Leonard 
Saint Leonard and Saint Mary Magdalen Church 84 Saint 
Districts Bill; That they had examined the Mary, Magde- 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, Districts Bin. 
and amended the same by adding more accurate 
recitals, and found the same, 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 Pontypool, Cuerleon, Pontypool, 
and Newport Railway Bill, with Amendments. —— 

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


Mr. Dedson reported from the Committee on the Portsmouth 
Portsmouth Camber Quays Bill; That they had a Quays 
of the Bill, and amended the same so as to make 
it consistent with the Provisions of the Bill as 
submitted to them, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Reading Local 
Reading Local Board of Health Bill; That they erg 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same by settin 
forth the financial position of the Company, an 
found the same, 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 Reading 
Reading Water Bill; That they had examined the Water Bill 
aliegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by reciting that plans, 
sections, and a book of reference thereto of the 

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proposed works had been deposited with the Clerk 
of the Peace for the County of Berks, 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. 


Stourbridge Mr. Dodson reported the Stourbridge Railway 
Railway Bill. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Tottenham Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
and Hamp- = T’ottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Bill; 
allway 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 existing powers of sale or transfer to the 
Great Eastern Railway Company and the Mid- 
land Railway Company, jointly, being made exer- 
cisable by and with either of those Companies 
alone, and the other recitals consequent thereon, 
in order to make the same consistent with the pro- 
visions 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. 


Clyde _ Sir John Johnstone reported the Clyde Naviga- 
— tion Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Private Bills 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- 
(Group C.) 


mittee on Group C. of Private Bills; That, for 

the convenience of Parties, the Committee had 

adjourned to Thursday next, at Two of the clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


East London =&gt;: Mrr, Dent reported from the Committee on Group 
Railway Bill. ] of Railway Bills; That in the case of the East 
London Railway Bill they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same by inserting a recital of 
an agreement which had been entered into between 
the Company and the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway Company, and which was proposed 
to be confirmed by the Bill, and by striking out 
the recitals relating to the agreement between the 
Company and the Great Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, in order to make the Preamble consistent 
with the provisions of the Bill as passed by the 
Committee, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dent reported the Metropolitan and Saint 
John's Wood Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Metropolitan 
and Saint 

John’s Wood 
Railway Bill. 


London and Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on 
Blackwall Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Railway Bil. &gt; ondon and Blackwall Railway Bill they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by omitting the 
recital as to the Great Eastern Railway Company, 
with regard to which it is not intended to alter or 
interfere with the existing powers and arrange- 
ments, and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Mr. Dent further reported from the Committee; 
That they had altered certain provisions of the Bill 
for the protectiun of the Petitioner George Burney, 
and that with respect to such Petitioner they are 


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1868. 


unanimously of opinion that he has been unreason- 
ably subjected to expense in defending his rights 
proposed to be interfered with by the Bill, and is 
entitled to recover from the Promoters of such Bill 
the costs incurred by him in appearing before the 
Committee from May 12th to May 15th inclusive. 

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


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ow 


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 toa Select Committee. and Twenty. 
second Keport, 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Corporation 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, of London 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Corporation of London 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Coolie 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased "istration, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Memorial to the Governor of 
Hong Kong from the Chief Justice of Hong Kon 
and the Honourable Mr. Whittall, on Coolie Emi- 
gration : And, of Reply of the Governor 
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, Navy (Beef.) 
Returns of the Number of Tierces of Beef cured, 
average Cost per Tierce of 304 Pounds, including 
Package, Salt, and Labour, at Her Majesty’s 
Victualling Yard, Deptford, for supplying the 
Navy, for the last Five Years, distinguishing each 
Year; and average Price obtained during each of 
the last Five Years, for Old Beef sold, per Tierce 
of 304 Pounds :——And, of the Number of Pounds 
of Preserved Boiled Beef prepared at the Royal 
Victoria Yard, Deptford, per annum, during the 
last Three Years, and the average Cost Price of 
the same per Pound, including Tin Canister, 
Wooden Case, Labour, Paint, Wear and Tear 
of Plant, &amp;c., and Commission or Salary for su- 
perintending the preparation of the same. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Benefices 
a Return of the Clerical Benefices in Jreland in (Ielaed.) 
the possession of Private Patrons, in a Tabular 
Form, specifying the Parish in which each such 
Benefice is situated, the Name of the Patron, and 
the Annual Value in each case. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law. 
Returns of the Number of Paupers in the whole 
of England and Wales receiving In-door and Out- 
door Relief in each of the Ten years preceding 
the year commencing at Lady Day 1867: ——Of 
the Total Expenditure for the Relief of the Poor 
in each of those years, and the Total Amount paid 
out of the Poor Rate for County and Police Rates, 
and for other purposes not connected with Poor 
Relief: Similar Returns for the Metropolis 
only :———And, Return of the Number of Pauper 
Lunatics chargeable to the Poor Rate in County 
Asylums and Licensed Houses in each of the same 
Ten years, not being Criminai Lunatics. 





Lord Henry Lennox presented, by Her Majesty’s Greenwich 
Command,— Copy of Report of the Committee a 
appointed to inquire into the present System of 
Seedeniens of Greenwich Hospital and Schools ; 
with the Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 











Table. 
Mr. 


Fire 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland. ) 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Police 
Barracks 
(Ireland.) 


Naval Reserve. 
No. 282. 


Navy (The 
“ Warrior,” 
&amp;c.) 

No. 283. 
Oaths, &amp;c. 


No. 191-I. 


Prisons 
(Religious 
Instruction.) 


No, 284, 
East India 


' (Lieutenant 


Grey.) 

No. 285. 
Harbour 
Loans, 


No. 286. 


Agricultural 
Holdings 
(Ireland.) 


No. 287. 


Army (Sale 
and Purchase 
of Commis- 
sions, ) 


Agriculture. 


31 Vicroria. 19th 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 2nd day of April last, for Returns 
relative to Fire Insurances. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this 
instant May, for a Return relative to Lunatic 
Asylums (Ireland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this 
instant May, for a Return relative to Super- 
annuations. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
a Treasury Minute, dated 28th April 1868, grant- 
ing a Special Superannuation Allowance to Ed- 
mund Green, a Warder in the Convict Establish- 
ment, Western Australia. 

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





Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 2nd day of April last, for Returns 
relative to Police Barracks (Ireland). 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Naval 
Reserve, which was presented upon the 18th day 
of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
(The “ Warrior”, &amp;c.), which was presented upon 
the 18th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Oaths, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 18th day of this 
instant May, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Prisons 


(Religious Instruction), which was presented upon 
the 18th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(case of Lieutenant Grey), which was presented 
upon the 18th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Harbour 


Loans, which was presented upon the 18th day of 


this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Agricul- 
tural Holdings (Jreland), which was presented 
upon the 11th day of this instant May, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Purchase and Sale of Military 
Commissions be discontinued after a date to be 
fixed for that purpose ; 

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 “ in the opinion of this House, the 
*‘ sround of complaint against the operation of the 
* Purchase System in the Army would be greatly 
diminished, and the efficiency of the Service im- 
“ proved, by the abolition of Purchase above the 
* yank of Captain in the Cavalry and the Infantry 
** of the Line,” instead thereof. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
Inquire into and report upon the functions of 
various Government Offices so far as they affect 
questions relating to Agriculture, with a view to 
pone for the due consideration of such questions 

y one department responsible to Parliament :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


20th May. 


189 


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


Wednesday, 20th May, 1868 : 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Queen Anne's 
to inquire into the Management and Constitution 204*y Board. 
of Queen Azne’s Bounty Board. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Extra- Extradition. 
dition do consist of Eighteen Members. 

Ordered, That Mr. Stansfeld be added to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fairs. 
to amend to Law relating to Fairs in England 

and Wales: And that Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. ye 
Vivian, and Mr. Denman do prepare, and bring 

it In. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill West Indies. 
to relieve the Consolidated Fund from the charge 

of the Salaries of future Bishops, Archdeacons, 
Ministers, and other Persons in the West Indies: 

And that Mr. .4dderley and Mr. Sclater-Booth do 

prepare, and bring it in. — 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vagrant Act 
mittee on the Vagrant Act Amendment Bill; | Amendment 
And a Motion being made, and the Question - 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from ‘the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words ‘‘ this House will, upon this day six months, 

* resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. 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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landed 
Reading of the Landed Property Improvement Property 
(Ireland) Bill ; ome 

; . . _ (freland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second non.-Traders 
Reading of the Non-Traders Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bankruptcy 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Investment of 
Reading of the Investment of Trust Funds Act Trust Funds 
Amendment Bill ; pn — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

l. That a Sum, not exceeding £.37,100, be Law Charges, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum &amp;e. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1869, for Law Charges, and 
for the Salaries, Allowances, and Incidental Ex- 
penses, including Prosecutions relating to Coin, 





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Prosecutions 
at Assizes 

and Quarter 
Sessions, &amp;c. 


Police in 
Counties and 
Boroughs, &amp;c. 


Superior 
Courts of 
Common Law. 


Miscellaneous 
Legal Charges. 


Maintenance 
of Prisoners, 
&amp;e. 


County 
Courts. 


Police Courts. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Convict Esta- 
blishments 
(Colonies. ) 


County 
General 
Assessment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Reformatory 
Schools (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


190 


in the Department of the Solicitor for the Affairs 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.163,776, 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 1869, for Prosecutions at | 
Assizes 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, and certain other 
Expenses of the same Class. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 231,000, 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 3lst day of March 1869, for the Police in 
Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales, 
and for the Police in Scotland. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.49,283, 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 1869, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Superior Courts of Common Law. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.18,346, 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 1869, of Miscellaneous | 
Legal Charges in England. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.210,070, 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 31st day of March 1869, for the Maintenance | 
of Prisoners in County and Borough Prisons, of 
Juvenile Offenders in Reformatories and Industrial 
Schools, and of Criminal Lunatics in Private 
Asylums in Great Britain. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.433,674, 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 1869, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the County Courts. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.28,950, 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 1869, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Police Courts of London and 
Sheerness. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 165,524, be 
granted io 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 1869, for the Metropolitan 
Police. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 130,891, 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 3lst day of March 1869, for the Convict 
Establishments in the Colonies. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the County General Assessment (Scot- 
land) 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 Reformatory Schools (Jreland) Bill ; 

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





19th—20th May. 





1868. 


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 ‘Tuesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to County Courts 


take into consideration the County Courts (Ad- (Admiralty 
miralty Jurisdiction) Bill, as amended in the }¥risdiction) 
Committee, 
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Portof Hull and the Court of Venire there):—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. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself City of London 
into a Committee on the City of London Gas &amp;s Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
a That the Committee had gone through the 

lll. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Reformatory 
into a Committee on Reformatory Schools (Jre- Schools 
land) | Expenses]. (Ireland) 


[Expenses.] 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
“naman out of monies to be provided by Par- 
iament, of part of the Expense of the Recapture 
of any Offender who may escape from a Reforma- 
tory School, in pursuance of the provisions of any 
Act of the present Session to amend the Law re- 
lating to Reformatory Schools in Jreland. 

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 Consolidated Fund (£. 17,000,000) Bill Consolidated 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and rx oongee) 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pi,” ’ 


this day. 


Mr. Adderley presented a Bill to relieve the West Indies 
Consolidated Fund from the Charge of the Salaries Bill. 
of future Bishops, Archdeacons, Ministers, and Bill 124. 
other Persons in the West Indies: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


The Medical Practitioners (Colonies) Bill was Medical 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a Practitioners 
. (Colonies) 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be pin [Lords] 


printed. Bill 125 


Mr. Dillwyn presented a Bill to amend the Fairs Bill. 
Law relating to Fairs in England and Wales: Bill 126. 
And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day the 28th day of this instant May; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
Message had been brought from the Lords, by one te £o™* 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Stourport Bridge Stourport 


and Approaches Bill, without any rene : spol 


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31 Vicrorta. 


Waterford The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

and Kilkenny +&gt; change the Name of the en and Kil- 

Railway Bill . 

[Lords.] kenny Railway Company, to confer upon them 
further Powers, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Life Policies The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Nomination Committee, this day, on the Life Policies No- 
=. mination Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 17th day of June next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Roman Catho- The Earl of Mayo presented, by Her Majesty’s 
lie University Command,—Copy of Correspondence relative to 
Gnisnd.) the proposed Charter to a Roman Catholic Uni- 
No. 288. versity in Ireland. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


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








Wednesday, 20th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


Great Western oo House proceeded to take into considera- 
Railway Bill. tion the Great Western Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Liynvi Valley The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Ges Bill. the Liynvi Valley Gas Bill, as amended in the 
Committee; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Warrington 


¢ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Water Bill. 


the Warrington Water Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Weedon The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Reloey Bar’ the Weedon and Daventry Railway Bill, as amended 

[Lords. ] in the Committee. : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


my and The Bristol and North Somerset Railway Bill 
orth Somer- 


set Railway Was read a second time ; and committed. 
Bill (Lords. ] 
sed Riltcany The Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill was 
Railway Bill read the first time. 

Lords. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


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

Vide 'Twenty- 

third Report. 

= Ordered, That the Return relative to Fire In- 
pec surances, which was presented upon the 19th day 


of this instant May, be printed. 


ee Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatic 
~. sland.) ‘4 sylums (Ireland), which was presented upon the 
0. 290. 19th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Police Ordered, That the Return relative to Police 
(Ireland) Barracks (Ireland), which was presented upon the 
No. 291, 19th day of this instant May, be printed. 


ontn Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an 
Troops.) Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of 


this instant May, for a Return relative to Last 
India (Beer to Troops). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
VoL. 123, 








19th—20th May. 191 


The Order.of the day being read, for the Com- Libel Bill. 
mittee on the Libel Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words ‘ this House will, upon this day six months, 
* resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Sir Colman O’Loghlen, 108 

Yeas, Mr. Serjeant Barry: } ; 

Tellers for the) Mr. Newdegate, 38 

Noes, (Mr. Thomas Chambers : } , 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

CrausE, N°1 (No proprietor of newspaper shall 
be liable to an action or prosecution for a faithful 
report of the proceedings at a public meeting, and 
proof that it was such shall amount to a defence). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 10, to leave out 
the word “ proceedings,” in order to insert the 
word “ speeches.” 

Question, That the word “ proceedings” stand 
part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 15, 
after the word “ business,” to insert the words 
** and in the exercise, by the editor of such news- 
** paper, of a reasonable discretion.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in the same line, 
after the word “ business,” to insert the words 
‘* and in the exercise of a reasonable discretion.” 

Question. That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cause, N° 2, agreed to. 

CxiausE, N° 3 (A speaker of defamatory matter, 
not amounting to slander, shall be liable in certain 
cases to be sued as if the same were printed or 
published). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be postponed ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Sir Colman O’Loghlen, } 89 

Yeas, \ Mr. Serjeant Barry : ‘ 
54, 





Tellers for the) Mr. Whalley, 
Noes, Mr. Craufurd: 
And it being a quarter before Six of the clock, 
the Chairman Tett 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, upon Friday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Entail Amendment (Scotland) Bill was, Entait 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Amendment 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for —— 


Thursday the 28th day of this instant May. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Mines — 
into a Committee on the Mines Assessment Bill; — 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker Bil! 

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192 20th 


resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 
That the Committee has 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 
2nd day of June next. 


Ejectments The Order of. the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireleed) Bill, Eoating of the Ejectments Suspension (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 24th day of June next. 


Railways The Railways (Guards and Passengers’ Com- 

—- and munication) Bill was, according to Order, read a 

Commenicae second time; and committed to a Committee of 

tion) Bill. the whole House, for Wednesday the 3rd day of 
June next. 

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

Trading Bill. mittee on the Sunday Trading Bill; 

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

Partition The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Bill (Lords) into a Committee on the Partition 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 in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
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. 

Waysand | ‘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. 
Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


J sen om Reading of the Railways (Jreland) Acts Amend- 
Bill. ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday next. 

County Courts The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) 
(orisdloticn) Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


City of 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
London Gas 
B 


take into consideration the City of London Gas 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Reformatory Schools (Jreland) Expenses], a Re- 
solution ; which was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient to authorize the payment, 
out of Moneys to be provided by Parliament, of 
part of the Expense of the Recapture of any 
Offender who may escape from a Reformatory 
School, in pursuance of the provisions of any Act 
of the present Session to amend the Law relating 
to Reformatory Schools in Ireland. 

‘The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Reformatory 
Schools 
(Ireland) 
(Expenses. } 


Copsolidated The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Fund into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund 
te (£.17,000,000) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee had 






























































May. 13868. 


gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Voters in 
to make provision, ip the case of Boroughs ceasing pemanaelies 
to return Members to serve in Parliament, re- "8 
specting Rights of Election which have been vested 
in persons entitled to vote for such Members: 
And that Mr. Kekewich, Mr. Jardine, and Mr. 
Alfred Seymour do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Probate of 
to make admissible, in any part of the United behead 
Kingdom, Probate of Wills or Letters of Adminis- ) 
tration granted or issued in Ireland: And that 
Mr, Henry B. Sheridan and Mr. Serjeant Barry 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on Bishop stort 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the ford, Dunmow, 
Bishop Stortford, Dunmow, and Braintree Railway eet 
Bill, they had examined the allegations con- ys 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same verbally, and by the insertion of words 
to qualify a statement as to there being no authority 
by which the seal of the Dunmow Company could 
be legally put to a certain document, 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. Dent reported from the Committee on Great Eastern 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Railway Bill. 
Great Eastern Railway Bill they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same by altering reference 
to a power of appointment of directors by the 
Kast Anglian proprietors so as to make its abolition 
permissive in accordance with the altered pro- 
visions of the Bill, and by omitting recitals relating 
to the priorities of certain preference stocks of the 
Company, and to the crossing of a certain road at 
Amwell End which had not been proved to the 
satisfaction of the Committee, and also by omitting 
a recital that the powers of the Northern and 
Eastern Railway Company of appointing directors 
of the Company should cease, and found the same, 
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. Kekewich presented a Bill to make provision, Voters in 
in the case of Boroughs ceasing to return Members Disfranchised 
toserve in Parliament, respecting Rights of Election 
which have been vested in persons entitled to vote 
for such Members: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Bill 128. 


Mr. Henry B. Sheridan presented a Bill to probate of 
make admissible, in any part of the United Wills, Os 
Kingdom, Probate of Wille or Letters of Adminis- (Ireland) ' 
tration granted or issued in Jreland: And the Bill 129 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


. And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


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Thursday, 21st May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
Dublin (City) M R. Dodson reported the Dublin (City) Steam 


Steam Tacks Packet Company Bill, without Amendment. 

citzords.| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
and Mr. Dodson reported the London and North 

oy freon Western, and Knighton, Central Wales, and Central 

ol Wales, Wales Extension Railway Companies Bill, with 

and ~~ Amendments. 

Wales Exten- = Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

| eer pe and be printed. 

Bill t Lords, ] 

Metropolitan | Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 


Railway Bill. Metropolitan Railway Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by omitting the 
proposed powers to stop up Burnes-place and Ux- 
bridge-street, which powers were withdrawn by the 
Promoters, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true, and had made provision in the Bill pur- 
suant to a Resolution of the House; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


North and 
South Western 
Junction 
Railway Bill 
[Lords. | 


Mr. Dodson reported the North and South 
Western Junction Railway Bill, with an Amend- 
ment. 

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


Vale of Towy 
Railway Bill 
{Lords.] 


Mr. Dodson reported the Vale of Towy Railway 
Bill, without Amendment. 

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


Lord Robert Montagu presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Minute by the Lords 
of the Committee of Her Majesty’s Most Honour- 
able Privy Council on Education:—The 21st day 
of May 1868: Revised Code (Scotland). 

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


Mr. Woodd reported from the Committee on 
Group 14. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Thames Embankment (North and South) Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same 
by inserting a recital of a proposed alteration in 
the line of one of the streets, for the purpose of 
avoiding any interference with the Savoy Chapel 
and Burial-ground, and also a recital of the Act 
for the continuance of the Coal Dues, and of other 
Bills pending in Parliament, and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the | 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Mr. Woodd further reported from the Com- 
mittee; That they had altered certain provisions | 
of the Bill for the protection of the Petitioners, 
George James Drummond and the Marquis of 


Education 
(Scotland.) 


Thames 
Embankment 
(North and 
South) Bill, 


Q1st May. 





Salisbury, and that, with respect to such Peti- 
tioners, they are unanimously of opinion that they 
have been unreasonably subjected to expense in | 
defending their rights proposed to be interfered | 
with by the Bill, and that each of the said Petitioners 
is entitled to recover from the Promoters of such 
Bill the sum of £. 300. 

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


Thames 
Embankment 
(Chelsea) Bill. 


Mr. Woodd reported from the Committee on 
Group 1a. of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Thames Embankment ( Chelsea) Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same by in- 
serting a recital of the Coal Dues Continuance 
VoL. 123. 





193 


Act, 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. Woodd reported the Metropolitan District 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Metropolitan 
District 
Railway Bill. 


The Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway Bill was Carnarvon — 

read the third time. acer Sal 
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 Clonmel, Lismore, and Dungarvan Rail- Clonmel, 
way Bill was read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Rateep Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Glastonbury and Street Tramway Bill was Glastonbury 
read the third time. and Steet 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aren 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Marlow Railway Bill was read the Great Marlow 
third time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Billi to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lancashire Union Railways Bill was read Lancashire 
the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ““¥* 

Title be, An Act for authorizing the abandon- 
ment of a Portion of the Undertaking of the Lan- 
cashire Union Railways Company, and for ex- 
tending the Time for the Completion of other 
Portions thereof, and for other pur poses. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Midland and London and North Western Midland and 
Railway Companies Bill was read the third time, London and 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. edn 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the panies Bill. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North British Railway (General Powers) North British 

Bill was read the third time. Pree A 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Powers) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction Saint Ives 
Railway Bill was read the third time. ee 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Jeneien Ret. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the way Bill. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Saint Mary-Church Local Board Bill was Saint Mary- 
read the third time. — a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. —— 

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


The Tynemouth (Borough) Quays and Improve- Tynemouth 
ments Bill was read the third time. (Borough) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. pen cn 


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


The Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway Bill Wolverhamp- 
was read the third time. = poe Pot 
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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194 


The House 
the Liverpool 
Committee. 

A Clause (Company may call in and cancel 
existing share certificates and issue new certificates 
in lieu thereof), 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. 


Li verpool 
Tramways 


—- to-take into consideration 
Biil. 


ramways Bill, as amended in the 


Caledonian 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Railway Bill. 


take into consideration the Caledonian Railwa 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Gas Light The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
and Coke _— take into consideration the Gas Light and Coke 
Company Bill. Company Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


London and The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Rallver oi the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
" upon the 18th day of this instant May, That the 
Clause (Levei Crossings at Bolton), which was 
offered to be added on consideration of the London 
and North Western Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee, be now read a second time; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
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 Votes A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; 
and Twenty- and referred to a Select Committee. 
third Report. 
Private Bills Ordered, That the Committee on Groups G. and 
(GroupsG. H, of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till 
sinless Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 
Public Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Petitions Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
(Twenty 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 18th 
and 19th 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. 


second Report.) 


Qist May. 


























































1868. 


Particulars can be stated), compiled from Official 
Records and Papers presented to Parliament :— 
Second Number. 

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


hc olaohkiacll&lt; &gt;t 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, County 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Fivancial 
give leave to Lord Kesteven to attend to be exa- A‘ #&gt;sements 
mined as a Witness before the Select Committee 
on County Financial Arrangements: And that 
the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—-Trade and Navigation Accounts for Navigation, 
the Month ended 30th April 1868 and Four No. lig, 
Months ended 30th April 1868. 

Mr. Stephen Cave also presented,—Return to Merchant 
an Order, dated the 3rd day of April last, for a Service. 
Return relative to the Merchant Service. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Accounts relative to Trade 
and Navigation be printed. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by National 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of the Thirty- (Ireland 


fourth Report of the Commissioners of National 
Education in Jreland (for the year 1867). 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented, pursuant to the Police 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy (Scotland) 
of Tenth Report of Her Majesty’s Inspector of 
Constabulary of Scotland, for the year ended 
15th March 1868, made to Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretary of State under the Provisions of the 
Statute 20 &amp; 21 Vic. c. 72. 

An Account of Fees received by the Registrar County 
of County Treasurers’ Accounts, and Receiver of (ireland) 
Fee Fund, in Ireland, for the year ended 25th 
March 1868. 

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


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Crete. 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting 
the Disturbances in Crete (in continuation of 
Correspondence presented to Parliament, December 


Voters in The Order for reading a second time, To-mor-| 9, 1867). 
Perougie Bill row, the Voters in Disfranchised Boroughs Bill,| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
* was read, and discharged. Table. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. A Motion was made, and the Question was Adjournment. 
+ 5 d, That this House do now adjourn:— 
Holywell Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | PTOPOS€®s : , J 
Railway Bill one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, — we said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
(Lord) That in the case of the Holywell Railway Bill, | W2¢T@wn- 
originating in the Lords, and referred on the First 
Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not pre- t ona eg aa naa ga —— 
viously inquired into, and which are applicable | °° #8" “Westy, Mat she will be graciously picase’ 
thereto, have been complied with. to give directions, that there be laid before this 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. House, a Return to complete the Information 
sae in the Seventeenth Report on Turnpike 
Dockyards Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | Trusts, page 8, showing the Names of the One 


and Factories. 2 Return showing the Sum voted for Wages in 


Her Majesty’s Dockyards and Factories at Home 
for the year 1867-8, the actual Expenditure within 
the year, and the source from which the Excess of 
Expenditure over Estimate was drawn; also the 
Number of Shipwrights and Labourers for whom 
provision was made in the Estimates of 1867-8, 
the actual Number at each of the Dockyards and 
Factories at Home at the commencement of each 
month in the same year and the present financial 
year, and the Number to which it is proposed to 
reduce them. 


East India Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- 
Seat jesty’s Command,—Statistical Abstract relating 


to British India, from 1857 to 1866 (as far as the 





hundred and fifty-nine Turnpike Trusts the Local 
Acts affecting which were placed in the exceptional 
Schedule of the Act 29 &amp; 30 Vic. c. 105; the 
chapters of the several Acts, Dates of Expiry, 
Amount of Debt (if any) and Interest; also 
distinguishing those stated to be continued under 
the general Provisions of the said Act, and those 
“ temporarily continued ;” together with List of 
Memorials presented since 1866 for removal of 
Toll-gates, to extinguish expired Acts, or for 
inquiry into the conduct and proceedings of Turn- 
pike Trusts. 

Ordered That 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 





BIEN 


31 Vicroria. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Election Petitions and 
Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuiauseg, N° 1, Short Title of Act. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

CLAUSE, N° 2, postponed. 

CrauseEs, N° 3 and N° 4, agreed to. 

Cause, N°5 (To whom and by whom Election 
Petition may be presented). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 29, after the 
word ‘** Parliament,” to insert the words “ or of 
“‘ general or extensive prevalence of corrupt prac- 
“ tices in an Election.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
Tellers for the Noes, colonel Taylor, 


Election 

Petitions 

and Corrupt 
ices at 

Elections Bill. 





The Committee divided. 
| Mr. Ayrton : 
Mr. Noel: } 2 


Tellers for the Yeas,! Mr. Mill, 74, 
19. 
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, 22nd May, 1868: 


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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Promissory Oaths 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, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Local Govern- The Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) 

ment Supple- Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 

_« % 2) and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
f for this day. 


Local Govern. The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
ment Supple- Reading of the Local Government Supplemental 
Bin “§* ) (No. 3) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 11th day of June next. 


Promissory 
Oaths Bill 
{Lords.] 


Supply. 


Weights and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Measures § Reading of the Weights and Measures ( Scotland) 
Crtland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
PierandHar- The Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation, 


ora &amp;c. Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
&amp;e. Bill, tion, time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for this day. 


Iand Writs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Registration mittee on the Land Writs Registration (Scotland) 
Gootlend) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
West Indies The West Indies Bill was, according to Order, 
Bil. a second time; and committed to a Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for this day. 
Vou. 123. 


21st—22nd May. 


195 


Reading of the Government of India Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


lund) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


mittee on the Boundary Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


mittee on the Titles to Land Consolidation ( Scot- 
land) 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 Reformatory Schools 
(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 Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Consolidated Fund (£. 17,000,000) 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 Seventeen 
Million Pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to 
the Service of the Year ending on the Thirty-first 
day of March One thousand eight hundred and 
Sixty-nine. 

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 (Ire- 
land) Bill ; 

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


The Medical Practitioners (Colonies) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


Court Bill; 


itself into the said Committee. 


The House, accordin 
into a Committee on the Vagrant Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble be 
Whereu 


That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 














cc2 





Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
popes: 

n Motion made, and Question put, 
The 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Governor 
| Reading of the Governor General of India Bill; General of 


India Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Registration 
into consideration the Registration of Writs ( Scot- of Writs 
(Scotland) 
Bill [Lords.] 


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


The Unclaimed Prize Money (India) Bill was, Unclaimed 
Prize Money 
(India) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Titles to Land 
Consolidation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Reformatory 
ools F 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Consolidated 
und 

(£. 17,000,000) 

Bill, 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Medical 
Practitioners 
(Colonies) 
Bill [Lords.] 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Divorce and 
mittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes ae 


Court 


Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


to Order, resolved itself Vagrant Act 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 130. 





196 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, {arr ge 16. 
Mr. Pease, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Glyn: } 72. 

Preamble postponed. 

Ciavses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N°4, 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 Thursday 
next; and be printed, 


City of The City of London Gas Bill was, according to 
—— Ges Order, read the third time. 
' Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill tothe 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Water Supply. -Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make better Provision for facilitating and regu- 
lating the Supply of Pure Water in Cities, Towns, 
and Districts throughout the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland: And that Mr. George 
Clive, Mr. Goldney, Mr. Neate, and Mr. Wyld do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


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

Police Funds. to amend the Law relating to the Funds provided 
for defraying the Expenses of the Metropolitan 
Police: And that Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy 
and Sir James Fergusson do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Thames 

Embankment 


and Metropolis 
Improvement 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for extending the Provisions of “ The Thames 
Embankment and Metropolis Improvement (Loans) 


(Loans) Act Act, 1864,” and for amending the Powers of the 

Amendment. Metropolitan Board of Works in relation to Loans 
under that Act: And that Mr. Sclater-Booth and 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Curragh of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Kildare. to make better Provision for the Management and 


Use of the Curragh of Kildare: And that Mr. 
Sclater-Booth, the Earl of Mayo, and Mr. Attorney 
General for Ireland, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. George Clive presented a Bill to make better 
Provision for facilitating and regulating the Supply 
of Pure Water in Cities, Towns, and Districts 
throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Fri- 
day the 12th day of June next; and to be printed. 


Water Supply 
Bill. 


Bill 131. 


Metropolitan _ Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to amend 
Police Funds the Law relating to the Funds provided for de- 
Bill. f-aying the Expenses of the Metropolitan Police: 


Bill 132. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 

Thames Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill for extend- 


Embankment ing the Provisions of the “ Thames Embankment 


See and Metropolis Improvement (Loans) Act, 1864,” 
(Loans) Act and for amending the Powers of the Metropolitan 
Amendment Board of Works in relation to Loans under that 
—— _ Act: And the same was read the first time ; and 


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


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1868. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to make Curragh of 
better Provision for the Management and Use of Kildare Bin, 
the Curragh of Kildare: And the same was read Bill 134, 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
printed. 




















































The Order made upon the 15th day of this in- reclesiastica 
stant May, That there be laid before this House, Commission 
a Return relative to the Ecclesiastical Cummis- “*¢4.) 
sion (Jreland), was read, and discharged. 


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, 22nd May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Saint Leonard and Saint Leonard 
Saint Mary Magdalen Church Districts Bill — 
be re-committed to the former Committee :—And jen Chunk 
that they have leave to sit and proceed forthwith. Districts Bul, 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Metropolitan 
Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill have onde Ee 
leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, during pay” “"** 


the sitting of the House. 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- Windsor and 
mittee on Group C. of Private Bills; That in the ton Water 
case of the Windsor and Eton Water Bill, they had ~~" 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same by striking out 
all the recitals as to the incorporation of a Came 
pany, the Bill, as amended, not providing for such 
incorporation, and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That the Dee River Dee River 
Company Bill be now read the third time ; Bill (Lovde} 
Lord Claud Hamilton, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
pre, Maw 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; and 
a verbal Amendment was made to the 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Dundee Recla- Dundee — 
mation, Esplanade, and Street Bill be now read fieciamatiom 
the third time ; pa rey 

Lord Claud Hamilton, by Her Majesty’s Com- Bill. 
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. 

hen 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 Staffordshire Potteries Water Bill was read Staffordshire 
the third time. 2 semen 
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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Valley 
ee Bill. 


. es 


Bradford 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Glasgow 
Court Houses 


Bill. 


Gun Barrel 
Proof 
Houses Bill. 


Lianelly 
Harbour 
Improvement 
| Bill. 


Saint Pancras 
Ecclesiastical 
i Regulation 
| Bill. 


Sligo Borough 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Public 
Schools Bill. 


Bill 135, 


No, 292. 


Park-lane 
Improvement 
Bill, 


(Special 
Report.) 


No, 293, 


Park-lane 
Improvement 
Rill, 








31 VicrorIaA. 


The Teign 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 House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bradford Waterworks and Improvement Bill, 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Glasgow Court Houses 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 Gun Barrel Proof Houses 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 considera- 
tion the Llanelly Harbour Improvement Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Saint Pancras Ecclesiastical Regulation Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Sligo Borough Improvement Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

A Clause (Provision for a Sinking Fund) 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. 


Mr. Mowbray reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Public Schools Bill; That they had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 
of the Committee be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 1a of 
Private Bills have leave to make a Special Mapert 
in the case of the Park-lane Improvement Bill. 

Mr. Woodd reported from the said Committee ; 
That in the case of the said Bill they had agreed 
to the following Special Report, which they had 
directed him to make to the House; and the same 
was read, as followeth: 

“The Committee are unanimously of opinion 
that the inconvenience at present experienced 
from the overcrowded state of the traffic of Park- 
lane would be best obviated by opening up Hamilton- 
place as a thoroughfare for public traffic with 
a width of not less than sixty feet roadway, to be 
obtained by removing the houses po other 
buildings on the Eastern side.” 

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


Mr. Woodd reported from the Committee on 
Group 14 of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Park-lane Improvement Bill they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to 
their satisfaction. 

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


22nd May. 





VoL, 123. 





197 


Ordered, That the Committee on Groups G. and Private Bills 
H. of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till (Sin &amp; 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. : 


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

Several Public Petitions were also presented, Vide Votes 
and read; and referred to Select Committees, and Twenty- 

third Report. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education Education 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 21st (Seotland.) 
day of this instant May, be printed. No, 294. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mer- Merchant 
chant Service, which was presented upon the 21st Service. 
day of this instant May, be printed. 0, 295. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Police Police 
( Scotland), which was presented upon the 21st (Scotland.) 
day of this instant May, be printed. No. 296. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Poor Law 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, (Saint 
dated the 11th day of this instant May, for a Re- en. 
turn relative to the Poor Law (Saint Pancras). No. 297. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Sir John Pakington presented,—Return to an Militia 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of Regiments. 
February last, for a Return relative to Militia 
Regiments. 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to Chain Cables 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23rd day and Anchors 
of April last, for a Return relative to Chain Cables ‘&amp;*# dia.) 
and Anchors (East India), 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Cuurt of 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of Chancery 
March last, for a Return relative to the Court of (£27elments.) 
Chancery (Enrolments). 

Return to an Order, dated the 3rd day of April Trinity Col- 
last, for Returns. relative to Trinity College lege (Publix), 

‘ &amp;e. 
( Dublin), &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, pursuant to the Superannua- 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a ticns. 
Treasury Minute, dated 20th May 1868, authorizing 
the Grant of Special Superannuation Allowances 
to the persons holding the several Offices of 
Assistant Surveyor and of Clerk of the Works in 
the Department of the Metropolitan Police. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Military Military 


Reserve Funds have Power to report their Obser- ee 
vations thereupon to the House. pee 
No. 298. 


Lord Hotham 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. Dodson reported the Saint Leonard and Saint Leonard 


Saint Mary Magdalen Church Districts (re-com- Seary tae an 
mitted) Bill, with further Amendments. tom Ceanah 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, Districts Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Roehampton 
a Copy of all Correspondence with the Office of Gate (Rich- 
Her Majesty’s Works relating to the Private Road ™™4 Pr.) 
leading to the Roehampton Gate of Richmond Park 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 438, 
of Session 1864). 
Mr. 


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Message from 
the Lords. 


Exchequer 
Bonds 


( £. 1,600,000) 
Bill, 

Customs and 
Income Tax 
Bill, 


Saint Luke’s 
(King’s Cross) 
District Bill. 


Dingwall and 
Skye Railway 
Bill [Lords.} 


&gt; of Wight 
e rt 

J snedioal Rail- 
way Bill 
[Lords.] 


Aberdeen 
Harbour Bill. 


Supply. 


Established 
Church (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 

mental (No.'2) 
Bil. | 


Pier and Har- 
bour Orders 
Confirmation, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


198 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bonds 
(£. 1,600,000) Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Customs and 
Income Tax Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Saint Luke’s 
( King’s Cross) District Bill, without any Amend- 
ment, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment 
made by this House to the Dingwall and Skye 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 

The tear = have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making Railways in the Isle of Wight to connect 
Newport and Cowes with Sandown, Ryde, and 
Ventnor ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


Sir Henry Rawlinson reported the Aberdeen 
Harbour Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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

A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Established Church (Ireland) Bill; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question ; 


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


Saturday, 23rd May, 1868 : 


And the Question being put; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ om a Glyn, } 312. 

&gt;... {Colonel Taylor, 

Tellers for the Noes,} yy. Whitm - ~ 
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 the 5th day of June 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. 


| 258. 


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 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Pier and Harbour Orders 


22nd—23rd May. 





1868. 


Confirmation, &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, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself West Indies 
into a Committee on the West Indies 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 in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Unclaimea 
into a Committee on the Unclaimed Prize Money rite 4 
(India) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ‘ aay 
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 taking Reformatory 
into consideration the Reformatory Schools (Jre- ee 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; a 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now taken into 
consideration :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned :— 

It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now taken into con- 
sideration:—The House accordingly proceeded to 
take the Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Partition Bill 
take into consideration the Partition Bill, as [2rd] 
amended in the Committee; and an Amendment 
was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Medical 
into a Committee on the Medical Practitioners ‘Olean 
(Colonies) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bill [Lords.] 
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- Libel Bill. 
mittee on the Libel Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Divorce oo 

into a Committee on the Divorce and Matrimonial y merwey 
Causes Court Bill; and, after some time spent 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 


upon Monday next. 


‘Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ene 
a Return of the Total Amount of the Inhabited ( Metropolis.) 
House Duty assessed for the year ended the 5th 
day of April 1868, for each Parish or Place within 
the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Board of 
Works, and for each Ward in the City of London. 


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31 Victoria. 
Ordered, That, with regard to the new Parlia- 


ies of 
Boroughs} mentary a the Select Committee on 
Boundaries of Boroughs have power to confer 
with any Members of this House who have local 


information to offer respecting such Boroughs. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee 
to consider of the expediency of making provision 
for the Collection, by means of Stamps, of Fees 

ayable in the Supreme and Inferior Courts of Law 
in Scotland, and in the Offices belonging thereto ; 
and to provide for Compensation, out of monies to 
be provided by Parliament, to any Officers whose 
Offices may be abolished by any Act of the present 
Session relating to the collection of Fees in the 
Superior and Inferior Courts of Law in Scotland ; 
he Lord Advocate, 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, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Courts of Law 
Fees, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


Land Writs A Motion being made, That this House will, 
Registration pon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee 
ee ne) to consider of making provision for the payment, 
I “ out of any Funds that may be provided by Parlia- 
ment for the purpose, of the Salaries of the Keeper 
and Assistant Keepers of the Register of Deeds, 
Probative Writs and Protests in the Books of 
Council and Session, and of the Remuneration to 
the Searchers of Records and Sheriffs’ Clerks who 
may be employed under any Act of. the present 
Session for improving the system of Registration 
of Writs relating to Heritable Property in Scot- 
land; and of authorizing the collection by means o 
Stamps of any Fees payable under the same Act; 
The Lord Advocate, 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, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Duchy of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
a, to extend the Provision in “‘ The Duchy of Corn- 


Bill [Lords.] wal/ Management Act, 1863,” relating to permanent 
Improvements; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


Post Office Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
{orkney a Copy of the Contract entered into between Her 
Majesty’s Postmaster General and the Orkney 
No. 299. Steam Navigation Company for the Conveyance 
of the Mails to and from the Orkneys; together 
with a Copy of the Treasury Minute thereon. 
Mr. Selater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Duchy of The Duchy of Cornwall Amendment Bill was 
Cornwall read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
Bil oe’ time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
Bill 136. 
Investment of _ Lhe Order for reading a second time, upon 
~ 7 Funds Tuesday next, the Investment of Trust Funds 
mend. 


Act Amendment 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 
= a \ ogpage hen an hour before Two of 
the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned 
till Monday next. 


Vou. 123. 


ment Bill. 


22nd—223rd—25th May. 


f| time. 


199 
Monday, 25th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the (rind: Reports) 
20th, 2ist, and 22nd 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. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group C. of Private Bills 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five (@t™P ©) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the Hous. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had Bristol 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 

the Election Petition of George Thomas and others, 
relating to the City of Bristol, is unobjectionable. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 6 of Railway Bills 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five (Group 6-) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lambeth 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private en Ba 
Bills, That in the case of the Lambeth Market “”"™! 
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. 


The Caledonian Railway Bill was read the third Caledonian 
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 
read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ite 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Western Railway Bill was read the Great Western 
third time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Liverpool Tramways Bill was read _ the Liverpool 


third time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ™ 

Title be, An Act for making Street Tramways in 

Liverpool, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The Liynvi Valley Gas Bill was read the third Liyeet waite 

as ° 


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 Zondon and London and 
North Western Railway Bill be now read the ey ap 
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, 

ives 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. 
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200 


The Warrington 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. 


ster Bill 


&lt;&lt; 


Barrow-in- The House proceeded to take into considera- 
Furness, tion the Barrow-in-Furness Corporation Bill, as 
a * amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
—. Stort- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Braintree’ the Bishop Stortford, Dunmow, and Braintree 


Railway Bill, Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Caversham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bridge Bil. the Caversham Bridge Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
A Clause (Reading and Hatfield Road Trustees 
may contribute towards cost of Reading and Hat- 
Jield altered Road) 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. 
Clyde — The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oa euen the Clyde Navigation Bill, as amended in the 
; Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Dublin, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oe and the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway Bill, 
exford Rail- ° ° 
way Bill. as amended in the Committee; 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 


Railway Bill. the East London Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Great Eastern The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Great Eastern Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Itchen Bridge The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill. the Jtchen Bridge Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Blackwall = the London and Blackwall Railway Bill, as amended 
Railway Bill. in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


re the London and North Western and Knighton, 
Contral Wale Central Wales, and Central Wales Extension 
and Central | Railway Companies Bill, as amended in the Com- 
Wales Exten- mittee. 


Companice” Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Bill [Lords.] 
Maryport The House proceeded to take into consideration 


District and the Maryport District and Harbour Bill, as 
Harbour Bill. ¢mended’ 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 Metropolitan and Saint John’s Wood Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Metropolitan 
and Saint 

John’s Wood 
Railway Bill. 


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. 


Metropolitan 
District Rail- 
way Bill. 


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1868. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Pontypool, 
the Pontypool, Caerleon, and Newport Railway Caerleon, 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Rallwey bot 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Reading 
the Reading Local Board of Health Bill, asamended Local Board of 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made 1&amp;slth Bil 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Reading 
the Reading Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Water Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Salford Hundred and Salford 
Manchester (City) Courts of Record Bill, as Hundred and 
amended in the Committee, be taken into con- (City) Saal 
sideration To-morrow. of Record 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Stourbridge 
the Stourbridge Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bil 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tottenham 


the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway *4 Hamp. 
- “ : stead 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 Vale of Towy 
the Vale of Towy Railway Bill. ae Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill’ be read the third time. “"@*] 


The Alexandra (Newport) Dock Bill was read a Alexandra 


second time ; and committed. ( Newport) 
Dock Bill 


(Lords.] 
The Ilfracombe Railway Bill was read a second Iifracombe 
time; and committed. Railway Bill 
[ Lords. ] 
The Waterloo and Whitehall Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 


Waterloo 
and Whitehall 
og 
The Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway rs of Wight 
Bill was read the first time. (Newport 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 2™ction), 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. [ Lords.] 
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 Select Committees. aot ee 
0 
Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s Railway 
Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspecting 4ecidents. 
Officers of the Railway Department to the Lords 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, 
upon certain Accidents which have occurred on 
Railways during the Months of January, February, 
March, and April 1868. (Part Second). 
‘ —_— That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Dent reported from the Committee on Brecon and 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of — 
the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfii Junction Railway Raiiway Bill. 
Bill, with respect to the Resolution of the House 

of the 24th April last, proof was given to the 
Committee of the consent of the shareholders of 

each of the amalgamated Companies, in the manner 
prescribed in the said Resolution; that they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same by striking 
out two paragraphs with relation to the Hereford, 
Hay, and Brecon Railway Company, and adding 
another recital in the stead thereof, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had made pro- 
vision in the Bill pursuant to a Resolution of the 
House ; 








201 


Question, That those words, as amended, be 
there inserted — put, and agreed to. 


31 Vicroria. 25th May. 


House; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


7 Ordered, That the Report dolie upon the Table; | Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
L and be printed. _ Cuause, N°4 (Ownership Franchise for voters 
: in Counties). 
Adjournment. A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 21, to leave out 


the second word “ and” in order to insert the 
words “ has had a residence within the County in 
“his own occupation during the twelve months 




































* next preceding the last day of July.” 





Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes-| Question, That the word “and” stand part of 
theLords. sage had been brought from the Lords by one of | the Clause put, and agreed to. 
their Clerks, as followeth: An Amendment made. 

United The Lords have agreed to the United Parishes} Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.28, to — 

eet) (Scotland) Bill, without any Amendment. leave out the words “ Five pounds,” in order to 

Ci insert the words “ Forty shillings.” 

Brompton, The Lords have agreed to the Brompton,| Question, That the words “ Five pounds” stand 
ee Chatham, &amp;c. Water Bill, without any Amend-| part of the Clause — put, and agreed to. 


ment. Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 28, to 


, ation The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | leave out from the word “ upwards” to the end of 
of m to amend the Law relating to Railways; to which | the Clause. 
Bill (Lords.] the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
: Cork and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | be left out stand part of the Clause: —Amendment, 
Macroom _ to grant further powers to the Cork and Macroom | by leave, withdrawn. 
aga Rail- (Direct) Railway Company ; to which the Lords| ~ Another Amendment made. 
(Lords. ] desire the concurrence of this House. Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
County The Lords give leave to the Lord Kesteven to ; CiavseE, N° 5 (Occupation Franchise for voters 
cate attend, in order to his being examined as a Wit- | in Counties). 
Trav 6 


ness before the Select Committee appointed in the| Amendments made. 


present Session of Parliament on County Finan- 
cial Arrangements, as desired by this House, his 
. Lordship (in his place) consenting. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Representation of the 


People (Scotland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Ciavusg, N°3 (Occupation Franchise for voters 
in Burghs). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 2, 1. 11, to 
insert the words “ is and has been for a period of 
“ not less than twelve months next preceding the 
“last day of July, an inhabitant occupier, as 
“a lodger, of part of any dwelling-house, such 
part being of the annual value of Ten pounds or 
* upwards.” 

Question again proposed, That those words be 
there inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 4, after 
the word “ And” to insert the words “ is and has 
“‘ been during that time entered on the valuation 
“roll for such burgh as the inhabitant occupier 
** of such ieclling Masia or part of a dwelling- 
“ house.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 13, 
after the word “ voter” to insert the words “* who 
*‘ shall have been exempted from assessment or 
** payment of poor rates on the ground of inability 
* to pays or who shall have failed to pay, on or 
** before the first day of August in the present or 
“the twentieth day of July in any subsequent 
“year, all poor rates (if any) that have become 
= — by him, in respect of said dwelling- 
“house or as an inhabitant of said burgh, up to 
“the preceding fifteenth day of May; or who 
“ shall have been in the receipt of parochial relief 
“within the twelve calendar months next pre- 
“ ceding the said last day of July: Provided also, 
“ That no man shall under this section be entitled 
** to be registered as a voter.” 

Amendments made to the proposed Amendment. 

VoL. 123, 











Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “ Provided, That no man 
** shall, under this eection, be entitled to be regis- 
“tered as a voter by reason of his being a joint 
‘* owner or joint occupier of any lands or heritages.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ;-~ihaemibaiodds by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 6, postponed. 

Criause, N® 7 (Electors employed for reward 
within six months of an Election not to vote). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1. 13, to leave 
out the words “ as agent.” 

Question, That those words stand part of the 
Clause —— put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 8 (Universities to return Two 
Members). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be postponed :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 20, to leave out 
the words “ Two Members,” in order to insert the | 
words “ One Member.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ Two Mem- 
bers” stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1. 20, 
after the word ‘‘ Parliament,” to insert the words 
“the City of Glasgow shall be divided into two 
“ divisions in the manner specified in Schedule 
“(  ) hereto annexed, and each division shall 
“return two Members; the City of Edinburgh 
* shall return three Members; and the Town of 
“© Dundee, the City of Aberdeen, and the Counties 
“ of Lanark, Ayr, and Aberdeen shall each return 
“two Members to serve in Parliament.” 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, by leaving out the words “ be divided 
“into two divisions in the manner specified in 
“ Schedule (_) hereto annexed,” in order to insert 
the words “return three Members to serve in 
** Parliament.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the said proposed Amendment ; 

The Committee — 

r. Baxter, Yeas 
Cal — j 222. 

olonel Taylor, } 
Tellers for the Noes;) yy. Noel: / 261. 

DD Amendments 


Tellers for the Yeas, 










202 


Amendments made to the said proposed Amend- 
ment. 

Words of Amendment, as amended, inserted. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause, to add the words “and the City of 
“ Glasgow, until otherwise directed by Parliament, 
“ shall comprise the places mentioned in Schedule 
«*(A.) hereto annexed.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sitagain :— Motion, by leave,withdrawn. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause as amended, 10 add the words ** Pro- 
* vided the representation of England and Ireland 
‘be not thereby diminished.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {f Mr. Lowther, 

Yeas, Mr. Beresford Hope: 

Tellers for the 3 Craufurd, 

Noes, Mr. Melly : 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


\ 95. 
} 262. 





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


Tuesday, 26th May, 1868: 


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 Thursday 


next, again 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 Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Land Writs The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Registration into a Committee on Land Writs Registration 
(Scotland) 


( Scotland) [ Salaries, &amp;c. | 
(In the Committee. ) 


[Salaries, &amp;c.] 


Resolved, That it is expedient to make provision 
for the payment, out of any Funds that may be 
_— by Parliament for the purpose, of the 

alaries of the Keeper and Assistant Keepers of 
the Register of Deeds, Probative Writs, and Pro- 
tests in the Books of Council and Session, and of 
Remuneration to the Searchers of Records and 
Sheriffs’ Clerks who may be employed under any 
Act of the present Session for improving the sys- 
tem of Registration of Writs relating to Heritable 
Property in Scotland; and to authorize the collec- 
tion by means of Stamps of any Fees payable under 
the same Act. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Courts of Law Fees, &amp;c. 
( Scotland. ) 


Courts of Law 
Fees, &amp;e. 
(Scotland.) 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That it is 
expedient to make provision for the Collection, by 
means of Stamps, of Fees payable in the Supreme 
and Inferior Courts of Law in Scotland, and in 
the Offices belonging thereto; and to provide for 
Compensation, out of Monies to be provided by 
Parliament, to any Officers whose Offices may be 


Q5th—26th May. 














1868. 


abolished by any Act of the present Session relat- 
ing to the collection of Fees in the Superior and 
Inferior Courts of Law in Scotland. 


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 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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





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


mittee on the Land Writs Registration (Scotland) Registration 
Bill; (Scstiandl) 


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


The Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) Local Govern. 
Bill was, according to ()rder, read the third time. ™ent a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 7 egmihonaoa 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation, &amp;c, Pier and Har. 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. our Orders 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. &amp; 

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


The Unclaimed Prize Money (India) Bill was, Unclaimed 
according to Order, read the third time. Prize Money 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (India) Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to west Indies 
take into consideration the West Indies Bill, as Bill. 
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 Electric 
Reading of the Electric Telegraphs Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — 
— Tuesday the 9th day of June next, at Twelve 
of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Petroleum Act 
mittee on the Petroleum Act Amendment Bill; Amendment 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ”’ 
itself into the said Committee. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 


Reading of the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) (sting) 
mm Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Game. 
Reading of the County General Assessment ( Scot- penne 
land) Bull; (Scotland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Boundary 
mittee on the Boundary 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- 
mittee on the Titles to Land Consolidation (Scot- (Scotland) 
land) Bill ; Bill. 

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

e 


Titles to Land 
Consolidation 



































Ways and 
Means. 


Reformatory 
Schools (Lre- 
land) Bill. 


Promissory 
Oaths Bill 
| Lords.] 


Registration 
of Writs 
(Scotland) 
Bill [Lords.] 


_ Partition 
Bill [Lords.} 


do 


Medical 
Practitioners 
(Colonies) 
Bill [Lords. ] 


Duchy of 
Cornwall 
Amendment 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Voters in 
Disfranchised 
Boroughs Bill. 


Weights and 

Measures 
Scotland) 
ill. 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Court 
Bill. 


Post Office. 


Local Officers’ 
Superannua- 
tion (Ireland) 
(No. 2) 


Militia 
Regiments, 


No, 300, 


31 Vierorta. 


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 Reformatory Schools (Ireland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Promissory Oaths 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 Registration of Writs ( Scot- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Partition Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


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 Medical Practitioners (Colonies) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Amendment 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Voters in Disfranchised Boroughs Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday the 10th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Weights and Measures ( Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 5th day of June next.’ 


The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Court 
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 there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Scale of Pay for the various 
Classes in the various Departments of the Post 
Office, and the Numbers employed in each Class ; 
and, of the Money expended in the Detective 


Department. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Corporate and other Public Bodies in 
Ireland to t Superannuation Allowances to 
Officers in their Service in certain cases: And that 
Sir Colman O’Loghien, Sir John Gray, and Mr. 
Pim do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Militia 
Regiments, which was presented upon the 22nd 
‘day of this instant May, be printed. 


OL, 123, 


25th—26th May. 


203 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Trinity Trinity Col- — 
College (Dublin), &amp;c., which was presented upon lege (Dublin), 
the 22nd day of this instant May, be printed. _ No. 303 


Sir Colman O’Loghlen presented a Bill to enable 1.ocal Officers’ 
Corporate and other Public Bodies in Jreland to pay oe .nd) 
grant Superannuation Allowances to Officers in (No. 2) Bill 
their Service in certain cases: And the same was jj] 137, 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second ; 
time upon Tuesday the 9th day of June next; and 

to be printed. 


The Order for resuming, this day, the adjourned Military at 
Debate on the Amendment which, upon the 12th kell Bill. 
day of this instant May, was proposed to be made \™: 
to the Question, That the Military at Elections 
(Ireland) Bill be now read a second time, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday the 9th day of June next. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Poor Law 


the Poor Law (Ireland) Amendment Bill, was ("a0 
read, and discharged. Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a secund time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of June next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Railways 
Wednesday next, the Railways (Ireland) Acts SS 
Amendment Bill, was read, and discharged. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Tuesday the 9th day of June next. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Church Rates 
the Church Rates Commutation Bill, was read, renee 
and discharged. ss 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of June next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Probateof 
Wednesday next, the Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Jre- peter om: 
land) Bill, was read, and discharged. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of June next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Tuesday, 26th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Select Committee on Metropolitan 
the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill Foreign Cattle 
have leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, M*"*et Bill 
during the sitting of the House. 


The Bradford Waterworks and Improvement Bradford 
Bill was read the third time. ee 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. i” 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Dublin (City) 
Steam Packet 
Company 

Bill [ Lords. ] 


The Glasgow Court Houses Bill was read the Glasgow 
third time. x= 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

















Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
DD2+* The 











204 


Gun Barrel The Gun Barrel Proof Houses Bill was read 
Proof Houses A “ 
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. 

Lianelly The Lianelly Harbour Improvement Bill was 
a. read the third time. 
Bill, Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


Title be, An Act for extending the time allowed 
for the completion by the Llanelly Harbour and 
Burry Navigation Commissioners of certain W orks ; 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Saint Pancras The Saint Pancras Ecclesiastical Regulation 
Ecclesiastical Bi]] 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. 
Sligo Borough The Sligo Borough Improvement Bill was read 


— the third time. 
p Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Metropolitan | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Metropolitan Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


North and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
South Western the North and South Western Junction Railway 
Jenction Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


itords| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
s 

Saint Leonard Ordered, That the Saint Leonard and Saint Mary 
= ~~ ja. Magdalen Church Districts Bill, as amended in 
ion Churen, the Committee, be taken into consideration upon 
Districts Bill. Thursday next. 
Thames The House proceeded to take into considera- 
Embankment tion the Thames Embankment (Chelsea) Bill, as 
(Chelsea) : A 
Bill. amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Thames The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Embankment the J'hames Embankment (North and South) Bill, 
(North and ° . 
South) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Windsorand § The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— Water the Windsor and Eton Water Bill, as amended in 
ill. ° 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Salford The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
reo consideration the Salford Hundred and Manchester 
(City) Courts (City) Courts of Record Bill, as amended in the 
of Record Bill. 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 words “ now taken | 
“into consideration,” and adding the words “ re- | 
* committed to the former Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 

Hol The Holywell Railway Bill was read a second 


way Bill 4; &gt; H 
Lords time; and committed. 


26th May. 





1868. 


The Cork and Macroom (Direct) Railway Bill cork ana 
was read the first time. Macroom 

























Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- a Sa ; 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. [Lords.] 


Ordered, That in the case of the Aberdeen Har- Aberdeen 
bour Bill, Standing Orders 87, 205, and 234, be Harbour Bil 
suspended; and that the Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be now taken into consideration, pro- 
vided amended prints shall have been previously 
deposited:—The House accordingly proceeded to 
take the Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That Standing Order 238 be sus- 
— in the case of the said Bill, and that the 

ill be read the third time upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That, in the case of the Curragh of Curragh of 
Kildare Bill, the Examiner of Petitions for Private Kildare Bill, 
Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Sale Sale of Liquors 


of Liquors on Sunday (/reland) Bill have Power Cinchenay? 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before gin), ) 
them to the House. 

Mr. O'Reilly reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the said Bill, and taken 
Evidence thereon, which they had directed him to 
report to the House; and had gone through the ° 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; No. 280. 
and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. Bill 138, 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Lord George Cavendish reported the Sunderland Sunderland 
and South Shields Water Bill, with Amendments. 9n¢ South 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the giy, 


Table. 


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

Several Public Petitions were also presented, yige Votes 
and read; and referred to a Select Committee. and Twenty- 

fourth Report. 

Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade 
Command,—Trade Accounts (Foreign Countries) Accounts 
for the Three Months ended 31st March 1866, Sountts.) 
1867, 1868. 

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


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s Civil Services. 
Command,—An Estimate showing the several No. 302. 
Services for which a further Vote “ on Account” 
is required for the year ending 31st March 1869. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Freeman 
Order, dated the 3rd day of Aprik last, for Returns Franchise 
relative to the Freeman Franchise (Ireland). anata 
. tae That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mail Services 
an Account, for the years 1867 and 1868, of the Nod we ) 
Sums collected as Postage in respect of the Mail “"™*** 
Services headed “ Asia and Australasia” in the 
Packet Service Estimates; and also of the Distri- 
bution of the same amongst the several Contri- 
butories to the Cost of the Services in question. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy (Coating 
Returns of the Cost each year during the last Ships.) 
Five years for Composition for coating the Bottoms 
of Iron or other Ships of Her Majesty’s Navy, © 
and the Rate paid for the same per Registered 
Ton of Vessel, or per cent., or whatever 








ted, 
charged : —— And, of the Number of Ships er ’ 
e 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Lincoln — 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Hythe and 
Sandgate Gas 
Bill. 


Leicester 
Improvement, 


Drainage, and 


Markets Bill. 
Dee River 
Company 
Bill [ Lords.} 


Burslem and 
Tunstall Gas 
Bill. 


Endowed 
Schools Bill 
|Lords.] 


Mersey 
Railway Bill 
|Lords.] 


Ardmore 
Harbour Bill 
[Lords.] 


Dublin City 
Writ. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Adjournment. 


Diplomatic 
Service. 


Colliery 
Accidents, 





31 Vicrorta. 


the Names of the Firms or Companies who supplied 
the Composition, and the Quantities furnished by 
the respective Parties. 


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 Lincoln Corpora- 
tion Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Hythe and 
Sandgate Gas Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Leicester Improve- 
ment, Drainage, and Markets Bill, without any 
Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Dee River Company Bill, 
without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Burslem and 
Tunstall Gas Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for annexing Conditions to the Appointment of 
Persons to Offices in certain Schools; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to extend the time for the Purchase of Lands and 
Completion of the Mersey Railway, and for other 
purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to extend the time for the Purchase of Lands and 
Completion of Works of the Ardmore Harbour, and 
to confer further Powers on the Ardmore Harbour 
Company; tu which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 


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 Citizen, to 
serve in this present Parliament for the City of 
Dublin, in the room of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 
Baronet, deceased. 


Ordered, That Lord Ernest Bruce have leave 
of absence for six weeks, on account of illness in 
his family ;—and, Mr. Adair, three weeks, on ac- 
count of a domestic affliction. 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That, in the opinion of this House, all sums 
required to defray the Expenses of the Diplomatic 
Service ought to be annually voted by Parliament, 
and that Estimates of all such sums ought to be 
submitted in a form that will admit of their effectual 
supervision and control by this House; 

he House divided, 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


{ Mr. Labouchere, 7 
Tellers for the Yeas, eng 76. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Colonel Tay lor, f 72. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to issue a Royal Commission to inquire 
into Colliery Accidents; 


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. 


Vou. 123. 


26th—28th May. 





205 
Thursday, 28th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
QRDERE D, That the Select Committee on Metropolitan 
the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill —— —_ 
have leave to sit this day till Six of the clock, ~”“* 
during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group C. of Private Bills 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five (Grup C.) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Towns 
the Towns Drainage and Sewage Utilization Bill; Fess 
That they had examined the allegations contained S°5**4i 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same 
so as to make it consistent with the Provisions of 
the Bill, as submitted to them, and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Morley Gas 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bill (Zords.] 
That in the case of the Morley Gas Bill, 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 Athenry and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, iaiivy Da 
That in the case of the Athenry and Ennis Junc- [Lords.] 
tion 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. 


Ordered, That the Barrow-in-Furness Corpora- Barrow-in- 
tion Bill be read the third time after the other coe 
Private Business. BL 


The Barry Railway Bill was read the third time. Barry Rail- 
Resoived, That the Bill do pass. way Bill: 
Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bishop Stortford, Dunmow, and Braintree Bishop Stort- 
Railway Bill was read the third time. ford, Dunmow, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bile 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Caversham Bridge Bill was read the third Caversham 
time. Bridge Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Clyde Navigation Bill was read the third Clyde 
time. Navigation 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. = 

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


The Dartford Water Bill was read the third time. Dartford 
Resulved, That the Bill do pass. Water Bill. 
Ordered, ‘that the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway Dublin, 


Bill was read the third time. er and 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Railway Bill. 


Title be, An Act to extend the Time for con- 
structing the Wexford Branch, and the Kingstown 
Connecting Branch of the Dublin, Wicklow, and 
Wexford Railway Company; to made Arrange- 








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206 Wth May. 1868, 


ments as to the Capital of the Company, and for| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
other purposes. Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. The Reading Water Bill was read the third Reading Water 


time. 


———— The East London Railway Bill was read the! Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
way Bill. third time. | Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. The Stourbridge Railway Bill was read the Stourbridge 
third time. Railway Bill, 

Great Easterr The Great Eastern Railway Bill was read the} Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Railway Bill. third time. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Title be, An Act to extend the Time for the com- 
ard Purchase of Lands, and Completion of | The Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Rail- Tottenham 

orks authorized by several Acts relating to the | way Bill was read the third time. and Hamp. 
Great Eastern Railway; and to alter certain Powers| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Eelwey Ee 


of appointing Directors of the Great Eastern Rail- | Title be, An Act for authorizing the Tottenham 


way Company, and for other purposes. and Hampstead Junction Railway Company to 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | raise further Moneys, and for other ~— 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Itchen Bridge The Jtchen Bridge Bill was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. The Vale of Towy Railway Bill was read the Vale of Towy 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | third time. Railway Bill 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (Lords. } 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
London and The London and Blackwall Railway Bill was | Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
Railway Bill read the third time. agreed to the same, without Amendment. 
" Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | | The Order of the day being read, for the Third Aberdeen 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. Reading of the Aberdeen Harbour Bill; Harbour Bill. 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be 
London and The London and North Western, and Anighton, | now read the third time ; 
ae Kegon Central Wales, and Central Wales Extension Rail-| General Peel, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
Central Wales, Way Companies Bill was read the third time. acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
and Central Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
a do pass. Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
Companies Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the |is concerned, that the House may do therein as 
Bill [Zords.} Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | they shall think fit. 

agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which| Then the Bill was read the third time. 

this House doth desire the concurrence of their| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Lordships. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


——— - A Motion being made, That the Maryport 
Harbour pill, District and Harbour Bill be now read the third} |The House proceeded to take into consideration Portsmouth 


time ; the Portsmouth Camber Quays Bill, as amended — Quays 
General Peel, by Her Majesty’s Command, /|in the Committee; and Amendments were made ~ 

acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having | to the Bill. 

been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives} Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Her Consent, as far as ier Majesty’s interest 

is concerned, that the House may do therein as 


they shall think fit. The House, according to Order, proceeded to Saint Leonard 


take into consideration the Saint Leonard and 24 Saint 


Then the Bill was read the third time. : “ee : Mary Magda- 
; a Saint Mary Magdalen Church Districts Bill, a8 jen Church 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. amended in the Committee. ; Districts Bill. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lavde, ond desire thele eonsursence. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Metropolitan © The Metropolitan and Saint John’s Wood Rail-| The Order of the day being read, for resuming Salford 


gad Saint a Way Bill was read the third time. the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, or clea 
Railway Bill,  ‘tesolved, That the Bill do pass. upon the 26th day of this instant May, was pro- (city) Courts 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | posed to be made to the Question, That the of Record Bill 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. Salford Hundred and Manchester (City) Courts 


of Record Bill be now taken into consideration ; 
Metropolitan The Metropolitan District Railway Bill was|and which Amendment was, to leave out the 


District read the third time. words * now taken into consideration,” in order to 
Railway Bill. — Fiesolved, That the Bill do pass. add the words “ re-committed to the former Com- 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | “ mittee,” instead thereof; 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. And the Question being again proposed, That the 

words proposed to be left out stand part of the 

Pontypool, The Pontypool, Caerleon, and Newport Railway | Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 

Caerleon, Bill was read the third time. Debate :—And the said proposed Amendment was, 
— Resolved, That the Bill do pass. with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

one Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Another Amendment was proposed to be made 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. to the Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” 


and, at the end of the Question, adding the words 

Reading Local The Reading Local Board of Health Bill was |“ upon this day six months.” 

Board of read the third time. And the Question being put, That the word 

cin Be. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. “ now ” stand part of the Question ; - 
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31 Victoria. 28th May. 207 


The House divided. not to be allowed to pass without some special 
The Yeas to the Right; mark of a 
The Noes to the Left. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


Tellers for the Yeas,| Mr. Bazley, } 145. and be printed. 
42. 


— = Bright: ak a si ae is ou 

, r. Cheetham, ord Stanley presented, er Majesty’s Com- Neutralit 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Neate : ae tay ty Report of ‘the N casein Laws Laws. : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. Commissioners; together with an Appendix con- 
Ordered, That. the Bill be now taken into con-| taining Reports from Foreign States and other 

sideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to | Documents. 

take the Bill into consideration. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | Table. 
Barrow-in- The Order of the day being read, for the Third| _ Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s Fortifications, 


ieeeades Reading of the Barrow-in-Furness Corporation | Command,—Copy of Instructions for the guidance 
Bill. Bill ; of a Committee appointed to inquire into the 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | construction, condition and cost of the Fortifications 
To-morrow. and Works erected or in the course of erection, 
under the 30th and 31st Vic. c. 145, and previous 

Ardmore The Ardmore Harbour Bill was read the first | Statutes. 
fords] Bill time. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-| Table. 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Mr. Whitbread reported from the General Com- Controverted 


Mersey Raile © The Mersey Railway Bill was read the first time | mittee of Elections; That they had appointed Elections, 


way om Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-| Monday the 15th day of June, to choose, from 

[Lords} miners of Petitions.for Private Bills. Panel No. 2, the Select Committee to try and de- 
termine the City of Bristol Election Petition. 

Lee River Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Lee| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Conservancy River Conservancy Bill have leave to sit this day ’ 
till Seven of the clock, during the sitting of the| Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Abyssinian 
House. jesty’s Command,—Further Papers connected with Expedition. 

the Abyssinian Expedition. 

Metropolitan Lord Robert Montagu reported from the Select| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Foreign Cattle Committee on the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle | Table. 

tig Market Bill; That they had taken further Evi- 


Report.) dence on the matters to them referred, and directed | _ Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s Statistical 
No. 303, him to report the same to the House, together with | Command,—Statistical Abstract for the United Abstract. 
an Appendix. Kingdom in each of the last 15 years, from 1853 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | to 1867. Fifteenth Number. 
and be printed. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 





Metropolitan Lord Robert Montagu reported from the Select | Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 





Foreign Cattle Committee on the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. aang 
Ment Bil. Market Bill; That they had examined the allega- Vide Tw 
a ee ney had examined the allega | ide Twenty- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true, | ; fifth Report. 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amen¢- | Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Message from 
ments thereunto. | Message had been brought from the Lords, by one the Lords, 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. | of their Clerks, as followeth : ‘ 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a | The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the | (£- 17,000,000) Bill, without any Amendment. (oat? 000,000) 
Sth day of June next. Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Cheshire Lines Cheshire 
Public Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Bill, without any Amendment. Lines Bill. 
Gutlens Committee on Public Petitions; That they had| The Lords have agreed to the Leamington Priors Leamington 
erieeeet,) examined the Petitions presented upon the 25th | Local Board of Health Bill, without any Amend- nea a 
and 26th days of this instant May, and had directed | ment. Health Bill, 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. | The Lords have agreed to the Slough Water slough Water 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | Bill, without any Amendment. Bill. 
and be printed. | The Lords have agreed to the Portsmouth (Bo- Portsmouth 
Public ' _ | rough) Water Bill, without any Amendment. see, = 
Petitions Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public | Th h P ne ater Bill. 
(Special Petitions have leave to make a Special Report. | ..22° Lords have agreed to the Clevedon Gas a Gas 
port.) Mr. Charles Forster reported from the said | Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire *™. 


Cc ittee; That they had d following | the concurrence of this House. 
Special Report “ eee ps The Lords have agreed to the Brentford Gas Brentford Gas 


Your Committee having, in the course of their Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire _ 
examination. of signatures to certain Petitions for , the concurrence of this House. 
restricting Trade on Sundays, and for alteration | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Atkali Act 


of the Law respecting Weights and Measures, make perpetual the Alkali Act, 1863; to which (eee) Fem, 
observed that, in nearly every case, the signature the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. ELords.) 


on the skin or sheet on which the Petition is' The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Rathkeale and 
written is obviously not in the handwriting of the to confer facilities on the Rathkeale and Newcastle Newcastle 
person whose name is appended, but of one and Junction Railway Company for raising Funds Railway. Bill 
the same individual, who - affixed the different under their Borrowing Powers; to which the Lords [Zords.] 
names to the different Petitions for the purpose of desire the concurrence of this House. 
giving them a genuine appearance, thereby nulli- | 
ying the Orders of the House respecting signatures! Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Metropolis 
to Petitions; your Committee are of opinion that Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of S* 
such a breach of the Orders of the House ought | August, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 

Vor. 123. | pp4 Return 








































208 WWth 


Return of all Charges and Expenses incurred by 
the Corporation of the City of London and the 
Metropolitan Board of Works, and the like by the 
Gas Comaedion of the Metropolis, in respect 
of Proceedings in Parliament in the years 1866 
and 1867, distinguishing each year, relating to the 
supply of Gas to the City and Metropolis generally. 


Metropolis eturn toan Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Ges. 12th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of all Charges and Expenses 
incurred by the Corporation of the City of London 
and the Metropolitan Board of Works, and the 
Thirteen Metropolitan Gas Companies, also by 
the Board of Trade, in relation to Proceedings in 
Parliament since the districting arrangements of 

1857, respecting the supply of Gas. 
Local Courts § Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
a 20th day of April last, for a Return relative to 

"Local Courts of Civil Jurisdiction. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 

Chain Cables Ordered, That the Return relative to Chain 
and Anchors Cables and Anchors (East India), which was pre- 
"ae ng sented upon the 22nd day of this instant May, be 


printed. 
Ordered, That the Trade Accounts of Foreign 


Trade Accounts 


Sete) | maapere which were presented upon the 26th 
No. 151. “#y of this instant May, be printed. 
Freeman Ordered, That the Return relative to the Free- 
—_ man Franchise (Jreland), which was presented upon 
(Ireland.) the 26th day of this instant May, be printed. 
No. 305. 
papteeate- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
_ ~ ¢ into a Committee on the Representation of the 
ple (Scot- 5, ; 
land) Bil. | People ( Scotland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


CiausE, N° 9 (Glasgow to return three Mem- 
bers). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 27: 
After the word “ Glasgow,” to insert the words 
*‘ shall be divided into three Districts, each of 
** which shall return one Member to Parliament.” | 

Question put, That those words be there in- | 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

{Mr. Graham, 





\ 
Tellers for the Yeas) Mr. Dalglish : p85. 
Tellers for the Noes, bogarde 244. 


Another Amendment proposed, at the end of | 
the Clause to add the words “* And at a contested | 
** Election for the said City no person shall vote 
** for more than two Candidates.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 28: | 
To leave out from the ont ** comprise” to the | 
end of the Clause, in order to add the words | 
“ existing Parliamentary Boundaries.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Ancther Amendment proposed, in p- 3, 1, 28: 
To leave out from the words “ comprise the” to 
the end of the Clause, in order to add the words 
* space included within the existing Parliamentary 
“ or Municipal Boundaries.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out maed part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thes Colonel Taylor, 

Yeas, { Mr. Noel : 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Bouverie, 

Noes, Sir Edward Colebrooke: 


hie. 
}u2. 


And the numbers being equal, the Chairman 
ommittee hesitated 


stated it was evident that the 








1868. 


to make the alteration proposed in the Clause con- 
tained in the Bill as it fa been read a second time 
in the House; considering, also, that if the Clause 
were maintained in its present form the Committee 
would have a further opportunity of discussing the 
question when it reached the Schedule, he felt he 
should best fulfil his duty by giving his vote with 
the Yeas. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 10 (New District of Burghs to re- 
turn one Member). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 29: 


May. 


103. 





Bi 
} 206. 


After the word “ Parliament,” in the last Amend- 
ment, to insert the words “ and the City of Aber- 
** deen shall return two Members to serve in Par- 
* liament.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “ the County of Suther- 
“ Jand shall be added to the adjoining County of 
“ Rossand Cromarty for the purpose of returning 
*¢ jointly one Member to serve in all future Parlia- 
** ments.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Amendment made to the proposed Amendment. 

Question put, That the words of the proposed 
Amendment, as amended, be there added ; 

The Committee divided. ; 

Sir William Stirling-) 

Tellers for the Yeas,,  Mazxvwell, 

Mr. Craufurd : J 

Tellers for the Noes, No “ “ti ms hiss. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CuiausE, N° 11 (Towns added to certain Dis- 
tricts of Burghs). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the: Clause, 
to add the words “ that from and after the present 
“ Parliament the Wigton District of Burghs shall no 
“ longer return a Member to serve in Parliament ; 
“the Burghs of Stranraer and Wigton shall be 
“ added and form part of the Dumfries District of 
“ Burghs, and the City of Edinburgh shall return 
** a third Member.” 

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

Clause disagreed to. 

Cuiausk, N° 12 (Certain counties to be divided, 
and each division to return a Member). 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 

ll; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Colonel Taylor, 

Yeas, LMr. Noel: 
Tellers for the{ Sir Edward Colebrooke, 141 
Noes, (Mr. Craufurd : a 

CrauskE, N° 13, agreed to. 

Cuiausk, N° 14, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 15 (Life-renters; Joint owners and 
joint occupants). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 37, to leave out 
from the word “ Viar ” to the word “ Provided,” 
in p. 5, 1. 14. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 16 and N° 17, amended, and 
agreed to. 

CiausE, N° 18, disagreed to. 

Cause, N° 19, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 20 (Registration of Voters). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 

Chairman 











Bound 
Bill ary 


Supply. 


31 VicToriA. 


Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause amended, and agreed to. 

Criausus, N° 21 and N° 22, amended, and 
agreed to. . 

Cause, N° 23, postponed. 

Cause, N° 24, agreed to. 

CiausE, N° 25 (Rooms to be hired for polling 
wherever they can be obtained). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 10, 1. 23, after the 
word “Burgh” to insert the words “ and all the 
* expenses for or connected with such polling- 
** booths or rooms, including therein the fees for 
‘* clerks and poll sheriffs employed by the return- 
* ing officer within the same, shall, in burghs, be 
“* defrayed in the same manner as the registration 
** expenses incurred under the Act of the nine- 
“ teenth and twentieth years of the reign of Her 
‘present Majesty, chapter fifty-eight; and in 
** counties shall be defrayed in the same manner 
“ as the registration expenses incurred under the 
“ Act of the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth years 
“of Her present Majesty, chapter eighty-three, 
* are now defrayed.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 

CiavusEs, N° 26 to N° 36, disagreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 37 to N° 39, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 40, amended, and agreed to. 

CravsE, N° 41, postponed. 

Ciauses, N° 42 to N° 50, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 51, disagreed to, 

CiavseE, N° 52, amended, and agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 6 (Restriction on number 
of votes in Glasgow). 

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


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, 29th May, 1868 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
ress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
‘hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 8th day of June next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Boundary Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 8th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(Iu the Committee. ) 


A further Sum, not exceeding £. 1,412,000, on 
account, for the following Civil Services : 


Household of the Lord Lieutenant 
Chief Secretary, Ireland, Offices 
Paymaster General’s Office - 
Exchequer and other Offices, Scotland 
Office of Works and Public Buildings 
Office of Public Works, Ireland - 
House of Commons, Offices - - 
Privy Council Office - - - 
Civil Service Commission - - 
Exchequer and Audit Department - 
Office of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues 


Vou. 123. 


Crass II. £. 
Treasury eS ae ae 10,000 
Home Office, &amp;c.  - - - - 23,000 
Foreign Office ©. «55a 12,000 
Colonial Office - - - - 8,000 
Board of Trade, &amp;c. - - 20,000 


3 


8th—29th May. 








Public Record Office - -- - = = 4,000 
Poor Law Commission - - - - - 44,000 
Mint, including Coinage - = = = 10,000 
Copyhold, jaaeons. and Tithe Commission - 4,000 
Inclosure and Drainage Acts; Imprest Expenses 2,000 
General Register Office - - - = 8,000 


National Debt Office 


Lunacy Commission - = - 1,000 
Charity Commission - - 3,000 
Patent Office - - - : 9,000 
Printing and Stationery - 130,000 


Poor Law Commission, Scotland 
General Register Office, Scotland 
Lunacy Commission, Scotland 
Fishery Board, Scotland- - 
Public Record Office, Ireland - 
Poor Law Commission, Jreluand 


oeteeete@oeoepeotees 
on 86 6.424 0.06.9 063 4 
ee) 


General Register Office, Ireland 4,000 
Crass III. 

Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions, Ireland 27,009 

Common Law Courts, Ireland - = - 13,000 


Miscellaneous Legal Charges, Ireland 
County Prisons, Jreland - - 
Criminal Proceedings, Scotland - 
Courts of Law and Justice, Scotland 
Register House Departments, Scotland 
Admiralty Court Registry - - 
Probate Court 

Land Registry Office - - = 
Government Prisons, England, and Transporta- 


6e8. @€ ¢ 6.85 8 
— 
a4 


tion - - - = = = = = 100,000 
Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum - - 7,000 
Prisons, Scotland - - = = - «= 6,000 
Court of Chancery, Ireland - - = 16,000 
Registry of Judgments, Jreland - - - 1,000 
Registry of Deeds, Ireland - - - - 8,000 
Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Ireland - 2,000 
Court of Probate, Ireland - - - - 38,000 
Landed Estate Court, Jreland- - - «= 7,000 
Dublin Metropolitan Police - - + = 33,000 
Constabulary, Jreland - -°  - = ~~ = 200,000 
Government Prisons and Reformatories, Ireland 23,000 
Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Ireland - 1,000 

Cuass IV. 
Learned Societies, Great Britain 2,000 


Queen’s Colleges, Ireland - 
Universities, &amp;c., Scotland - 
Board of Manufactures - - 
Public Education, Great Britain 
Science and Art Department - 
University of London - 
British Museum - - 


National Gallery - - - 


®e@t @ 8 Ogeo? es 
See Eta ts 0 4 
alee eaeszet « 
~ 
a) 





3,000 

Public Education, Ireland 70,000 
Cuass V. 

Treasury Chest - - - - - = 5,000 
Tonnage Bounties, &amp;c. - - - - - 5,000 
Commissions for Suppression of Slave Trade - 2,000 
Consuls Abroad - - - - - - 20,000 
China, Japan, and Siam, Services in - - 15,000 
Ministers at Foreign Courts, Extraordinary 

Expenses - - - |= = = «#= 10,000 
Colonies, Grants in Aid,&amp;e. - - - 12,000 
Emigration - - - - = = = 8,000 

Crass VI. 
Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, 

Great Britain - - - = - = 1,000 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund Pensions, &amp;c. - - 10,000 
Relief of Distressed British Seamen - = 10,000 
Superannuation and Retired Allowances - 80,000 
Hospitals and Infirmaries, Ireland - - - 3,000 
Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, 

Ireland - - - - - - - 1,000 
Non-Conforming Clergy - - - - = 20,000° 

Cuass VII. 
Temporary Commissions - 2+ = «= 20,000 
Local Dueson Shipping - - - - = 10,000 
Flax Cultivation - - - - - = 1,000 
Total - - - £.1,412,000 





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 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. 

EE Mr. 






































Land Writs 
Registration 
(Scotland) 
L » &amp;e.) 


Land Writs 
Registration 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Petit Juries 
({reland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Buildings 
and Glebes 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Entail 
Amendment 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 

Bill 140. 


Election 
Petitions 

and Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections Bill. 


Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Governor 
General of 
India Bill. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People (Lre- 
land) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Police Funds 
Bill. 


210 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Land Writs Registration (Scotland) [ Salaries, &amp;c.], 
a Resolution; which was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to make provision for the 

yment, out of any funds that may be provided 

y Parliament for the purpose, of the Salaries of 
the Keeper and Assistant Keepers of the Register 
of Deeds, Probative Writs, and Protests in the 
Books of Council and Session, and of Remune- 
ration to the Searchers of Records and Sheriffs’ 
Clerks who may be employed under any Act of 
the present Session for improving the system of 
Registration of Writs relating to Heritable Pro- 
perty in Scotland; and to authorize the collection 
by means of Stamps of any Fees payable under 
the same Act. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Writs Registration ( 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 Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Petit Juries (Jreland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Buildings and Glebes 
(Scotland) 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 Entail Amendment (Scot- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; an 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 the 
8th day of June next. 


being read, for the Com- 
?etitions and Corrupt Prac- 


The Order of the da 
mittee on the Election D 
tices at Elections 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 Government of India Act Amend- 
ment Bull ; 

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 Governor General of India 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 Kepresentation of the People (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 11th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Metropolitan Police Funds Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 8th day of June next. 





23th—29th May. 





1868. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Thames 
Reading of the Thames Embankment and Metro- Embankment 
polis Improvement (Loans) Act Amendment Bill; Improvemnes 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


(Loans) Act 
upon Thursday next. Amendment 


The Order of the-day being read, for the Com- Pubtic Schools 
mittee on the Public Schools Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 16th day of June next, at Twelve of the clock, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill; yn 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bil, 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second County 
Reading of the County General Assessment (Scot- ener 
land) Bill; (Scotland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Titles to Land 


mittee on the Titles to Land Consolidation ( Sco¢- Consolidation 
land) Bill; = 


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


to Order, resolved itself Courts of Law 


ourts of Law Fees, &amp;c, Fees &amp;e. 


The House, a 
(Scotland.) 


into a Committee on 
( Scotland.) 
(In the Committee.) 
again 


Question g roposed, That it is expedient 
to make provision for the Collection, by means of 
Stamps, of Fees payable in the Supreme and 
Inferior Courts of Law in Scotland, and in the 
Offices belonging thereto; and to provide for 
Compensation, out of Moneys to be provided by 
Parliament, to any Officers whose Offices may be 
abolished by any Act of the present Session re- 
lating to the collection of Fees in the Superior 
and Inferior Courts of Law in Scotland ; 

Question put, and agreed to. 

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 West Indies Bill was, according to Order, West Indies 
read the third time. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Petroleum Act 
into a Committee on the Petroleum Act Amend- Amendment 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bill 141 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 7 “*"* 
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 the 
8th day of June next. 


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 Order of the day being read, for the Second poombeeay 


Reading of the Promisso aths Bill ; (onde 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 





The 











—— 





31 VicTorRIA. 


tration The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
of and) take into consideration the Registration of Writs 


in (Lords. ] ( Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Duchy ie The Duchy of Cornwall Amendment Bill was, 
Ecdeent according to Order, read a second time; and com- 


Bill [Lords.} mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


Non-Traders = The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bankruptcy Reading of the Non-Traders Bankruptcy (Ireland) 
Treland ) . - 

Ci { Lords.] Bill 3 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 11th day of June next. 

Fairs Bill. The Fairs Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Tuesday the 9th day of June next. 

Vagrant Act = The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


_— take into consideration the Vagrant Act Amend- 
? ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


SaleofLiquors The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Sund i i : 
ae $) Bill ail, on the Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 16th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Property Reading of the Landed Property Improvement 

soprovensit, (Zreland) Bill; 

(ireland) Bil, (Zreland) Bill; , ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Tuesday the 9th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Libel Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 16th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Landed 


Libel Bill. 


Queen Anne’s The Select Committee on Queen Anne’s Bounty 
Bounty Board. Board was nominated of Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Bentinck, 
Mr. Howes, Lord Charles Bruce, Mr. Newdegate, 
Mr. Beresford Hope, Mr. Akroyd, Mr. John Peel, 
Mr. Monk, Mr. Howard, Mr. Pease, Mr. Powell, Mr. 
Schreiber, Mr. Greville-Nugent, and Mr. Feilden; 
with Power to send for persons, papers, and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend “ The Bankruptcy Act, 1861”: And 
that Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Ayrton, and 
Mr. Charles Forster do prepare, and bring it in. 


Bankruptcy 
Act (1861) 
Amendment. 


Courts of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
ng for transferring the Fee and other Funds of the 
(reland) Fee Courts of Chancery and Exchequer in Jreland to 
ds, the Consolidated Fund: And that Mr. Selater- 
Booth and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


ee A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

ms"s posed, That it be an Instruction to the Select 

Committee on Boundaries of Boroughs that they 

have power to consider the Petitions presented to 

this House on the subject of the places of nomi- 

nation for County Elections; and that the Peti- 

tions from South Molton, Barnstaple, Torrington, 

and Jifracombe, relative to the place of nomination 

for the Northern Division of the County of Devon, 

be referred to the Committee:—And ‘the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Assignees of Marine Policies to sue 
VoL. 123. 


fa 


Wth—29th May. 








211 


| thereon in their own names: And that Mr. Cand- 
| lish, Sir Colman O’Loghlen, and Mr. Norwood do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





The Regulation of Railways Bill was read the Regulation 
‘first time; and ordered to be read a second time pS oy rp 
‘upon Monday the 8th day of June next; and to Bil [Lorde] 
' be printed. Bill 142. 
| The Endowed Schools Bill was read the first Endowed 
_ time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Schools Bill 
Thursday next; and to be printed. [lout 
| Bill 143. 
| Mr. Ayrton reported from the Select Committee Lee River 
on the Lee River Conservancy Bill; That they had Conservancy 
_examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the ®!- 
| same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, Bill 144. 
‘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. 
Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Lee River 
| Lee River Conservancy Bill have leave to make a Conservancy 
Special Report. means 

Mr. Ayrton reported from the said Committee, that (Special 
they had agreed to the following Special Report; Report.) 

That they recommend to the consideration of the No. 306. 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
the expediency of authorizing the Public Works 
Loan Commissioners to advance to the Board of 
Conservancy, constituted by the Bill, such Funds 
as may be necessary to pay off the existing De- 
benture Debts of the Trustees of the Lee and the 
Stort Navigation. 

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


Mr. Moffatt presented a Bill to amend “ The Bankruptcy 
Bankruptcy Act, 1861”: And the same was read Act (1861) 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second — 
time upon Wednesday the 17th day of June next; pi) 145, 


and to be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill for trans- Courts of 
ferring the Fee and other Funds of the Courts of Chancery and 
Chancery and Exchequer in Ireland to the Con- (Inolectly wee 
solidated Fund: And the same was read the first Funds Bill. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon iI] 146. 


Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Candlish presented a Bill to enable Assig- Assignees of 
nees of Marine Policies to sue thereon in their own Marine _ 
names: And the same was read the first time; and F°licies Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday Bill 147. 
the 17th day of June next; and to be printed. 


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








Friday, 29th May, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

ORD Hotham reporied from the Select Com- standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; Orders. 
which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Corporation of London Corporation of 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- London Bill. 
pensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Lee River 
taken before the Select Committee on the Lee Conservancy 
River Conservancy Bill, be laid before this House. 3 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group C. of Private Bills 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of (CrP C-) 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 

EE2 








The 











Lee River 
Bill. 
No. 307. 


Leeds New 
Gas Bill 
[| Lords.] 


Yeadon and 
Guiseley Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 


Allhusen’s 
Naturalization 
Bill [Lords.} 


Kennington 
Market Bill 
[Lords.] 


Calverley 

and Horsforth 
District Gas 
Bill [Lords.) 


Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 


(Chelsea) Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 
(North and 
South) Bill. 


Windsor and 
Eton Water 
Bill. 


Barrow-in- 
Furness 
Corporation 
Bill. 


212 


The following Paper, -—— to Order, was 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House, 
— Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Lee River Conservancy Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Leeds New Gas Bill, 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Yeadon and Guiseley 
Gas Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dodson reported Alihusen’s Naturalization 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Kennington Market 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Calverley and Horsforth 
District Gas Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The 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. 


Ordered, That the Thames Embankment 
( Chelsea) Bill be read the third time upon Thurs- 
day next. 


A Motion being made, That the Thames Em- 
bankment (North and South) 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 do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for altering the Streets in com- 
munication with the Embankment on the North 
side of the Thames, for giving effect to an Arrange- 
ment with the South Eastern Railway Company, 
with respect to the Pier at Hungerford, and to an 
Arrangement with the Metropolitan District Rail- 
way Company, and for amending some of the pro- 
visions of the Acts relating to the Embankment 
on the South side of the Thames, 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 Windsor and 
Eton Water 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, 

ives 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 granting Powers to the Pro- 
prietors of the Windsor and Eton Waterworks. 

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 Barrow-in- Furness Corporation Bill; 

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


29th May. 



































































1868. 


Lord John Manners, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
a 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; 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. 


The Rathheale and Newcastle Junction Railway Rathkeale 
Bill was read the first time. and Neweastle 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- tay ll 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. [Lords] 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- Private Bills 
mittee on Group C. of Private Bills; That Sir (Group ©.) 
Rowland Blennerhassett, one of the Members of 
the said Committee, was not present during the 
sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Wey and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 470 Junction 
That in the case of the Wey and Arun Junction itendal 
Canal 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. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Waterford 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ee 4 
That in the case of the Waterford and Kilkenny [Lords] : 
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. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table-—Report from Belfast Central 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, aa 
That in the case of the Belfast Central 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. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, House of Lords 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Case 
communicate to this House, a Return of the Num- 
ber of Causes standing for hearing before the House 
of Lords at the commencement of the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, and of the Number already 
heard during the present Session ; with the Num- 
ber of Days on which the Lords have sat for hear- 
ing Appeals, and the Number of Hours occupied 
on each Day of Sitting, and the Names of the 
Lords who sat on each day: And that the Clerk 
do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Groups G. Private Bills 
and H. of Private Bills have leave to sit this day Se i G. 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the : 
House. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Metropolitan 
Her Majesty’s Command,—An Estimate of the Felice 
Cost of the Augmentation of 1,120 Men to the No. 308, 
Metropolitan Police Force, for the year ending 
the 3lst day of March 1869. 

Copy of Thirty-second Report of the Inspectors Prisons. 
appointed, under the provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 
Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of 
Great Britain. II, Northern District. 

Ordered, 











Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply, and be printed; and 
that the Paper relative to Prisons do lie upon the 


Table. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions = read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Twenty- 
fifth Report. 


Fortifications. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Fortifica- 
No. 309. tions, which was — upon the 28th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Local Courts Ordered, That the Return relative to Local 
of Civil Juris- Courts of Civil Jurisdiction, which was presented 
310. UPB the 28th day of this instant May, be printed. 
Universities Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
(ireland) § Order, dated the 11th day of this instant May, 
for Returns relative to Universities (Jreland). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Dockyards Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an 
md Factoriess Order, dated the 21st day of this instant May, for 
a Return relative to Dockyards and Factories. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


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 
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: 
Customs and An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and 
— Tax Income Tax: 
Exchequer An Act for raising the Sum of One million 
e1 600,000) six hundred thousand pounds, by Exchequer 
i Bonds, for the Service of the year ending on the 


Thirty-first day of March One thousand eight 
hundred and Sixty-nine : 
Consolidated © An Act to apply the Sum of Seventeen million 
(217 000,000) pounds, out of the Consolidated Fund, to the 
Bil, ° ” Service of the year ending on the Thirty-first day of 
March One thousand eight hundred and Sixty-nine: 
om Coal § An Act to further continue and appropriate the 
Duties Con-  L0ndon Coal and Wine Duties: 
tinuance Bill. 
Inclosure Bill. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain 
Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure 
' Commissioners for England and Wales: 
Railways An Act to give further Time for making certain 


— of Railways: 


Gcclesiantical An Act for declaring valid certain Orders of 
Orders in Her Majesty in Council, relating to the Ecclesi- 


7 Bill astical Commissioners for England and to the Deans 


Lords.) and Chapters of certain Churches: 

pritimacy An Act to enable Persons in Jreland to establish 
(Ireland) Bill Legitimacy and the validity of Marriages, and the 
Lords.) right to be deemed Natural-born Subjects: 


i An Act to provide Compensation to Officers of 
to Offcers) certain discontinued Prisons : 
Bill, 


we and An Act to confirm certain Orders made by the 
Fisheries Bij, Doard of Trade under the Oyster and Mussel 
"Von. 123. 








31 Vicrortia. QWth May. 213 


Fisheries Act, 1866, relating to the Rivers Black- 
water (Essex) and Hamble: 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Places Petty Sessions 
for holding Petty Sessions and to Lock-up Houses and Lock-up 
for the temporary Confinement of Persons taken Yous Bill 
into Custody and not yet committed for Trial : 

An Act to render valid Marriages heretofore Marriages 
solemnized in the Chapel of Ease of Frampton (Fram + 
Mansel, in the Parish of Sapperton, in the County Manes) 5. 
of Gloucester : 

An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders, Local-Govern- 
under “ The Local Government Act, 1858,” re- ment Supple- 
lating to the Districts of Workington, Walton-on-the ™°°™ = 
Hill, West Derby, Eton, Llanelly, Oxenhope and 
Stanbury, and Keighley, and for other purposes 
relative to certain Districts under the said Act : 

An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders Perth and 
under “The General Police and Improvement — a #s 
( Scotland) Act, 1862,” relating to the Burghs of Cantando 
Perth and Brechin: Bill. 

An Act to provide for carrying out of Capital Capital. 
Punishment within Prisons: within Prisons 
Bill. 

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Broughty Ferry 
“‘ General Police and Improvement ( Scotland) Act, Pe seo 
1862,” relating to the Burgh of Broughty Ferry : pretenete Bill. 

An Act to extend the Industrial Schools Act Industrial 


to Ireland: Schools (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


An Act to enable certain guaranteed Indian Indian Railway 
Railway Companies to raise Money on Debenture Companies 
Stock : _ 

An Act to amend the Act of the seventh and United Parishes 
eighth years of the Reign of Victoria, chapter (Scotland) Bill. 
Forty-four, relating to the Formation of quoad 
sacra Parishes in Scotland, and to repeal the Act 
of the twenty-ninth and thirtieth years of the 
Reign of Victoria, chapter Seventy-seven: 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Medical Medical 


Practitioners in the Colonies : Practitioners 
(Colonies) Bill 


Lords. 

An Act for granting further Powers to the at oon and 
Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Gwendreath 
C ompany : bn Railway 

An Act to authorize a Diversion of the Line and ool Valley 
Alteration of the Levels of the Devon Valley Rail- Railway Bill. 
way, and for other purposes : 

An Act to make further provision for lighting with Loughborough 
Gas the Town and Parish of Loughborough, in the &amp;s Bill. 
Countyof Leicester; toincorporate the Loughborough 
Gas and Coke Company, and for other purposes: 

An Act to confer certain additional Powers upon North London 
the North London Railway Company : Railway Bill. 

An Act to empower the Grand Junction Water- Grand Junction 
works Company to raise further Money; to Water Bill. 
acquire additional Land, and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing a Deviation of the Newquay and 
Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway, and for page June- 
extending the Time for the Completion of that gil, 
Railway, and for conferring further Powers on the 
Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway Com- 
pany, and on 7reffry’s Trustees with reference to 
the Newquay Railway, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Metropolitan Board of Marylebone 
Works to make Improvements in the Parish of Se ne 
Saint Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex, by — 
forming a new Street in lieu of Stingo-lane, from 
the Marylebone-road to Upper York-sireet : 

An Act to authorize the Construction of a Tower 
Subway under the Thames from Tower Hill to the fLerde = 

° ° ° rds.] 
opposite side of the River : 

An Act to authorize the Company of Proprietors Lewes Water 
of the Lewes Waterworks to raise more Money, Pil! [Lords] 
and for other purposes : 

An Act to extend the Time for the compulsory Buckfastleigh, 
Purchase of Lands, and for the Completion of the ae a 
Buckfastleigh, Totnes, and South Devon Railway: Railway Bill. 

An Act to provide for the finding and maintain- Saint Saviour's, 
ing of one Chaplain in lieu of two in the Parish of Southwark, 
Saint Saviour, Southwark, and for other purposes: 0™Plsiney 

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a 


gg UP em 





Se OR Gp a hen BE 


Loughborough 
Local Board 
Bill. 


Stourport 
Bridge and 
Approaches 
Bill. 


Dingwall and 
Skye Railwa 
Bill [Lords. 


Saint Luke's 
(King’s Cross) 
District Bill. 


Brompton, 
Chatham, &amp;c. 
Water Bill. 


Carnarvon 
and Llanberis 
Railway Bill 


Lincoln 
Corporation 
Rill. 


Hythe ae 
Sandgate 
Bill. ” 


Leicester 

Improvement, 
i , and 

Market Bill. 


Dee River 
Company Bill 
| Lords.] 


Cheshire Lines 
Bill. 


Leamington 
Priors Local 
Board of 

Health Bill. 


Slough Water 
Bill. 


Portsmouth 
(Borough) 
Water Bill. 


Dublin (City) 
Steam Packet 
Company Bill 
[ Lords, ] 
Gardiner’s 


Patent Bill 
{ Lords.] 


914 29th 


An Act for enabling the Local Board of Health | 
for the District of Loughborough, in the County of 
Leicester, to construct and maintain Waterworks, 
and supply Water within the District; to hold and 
regulate Fairs and Markets, and for other purposes: | 

An Act for the altering, widening, and re- 
building a Bridge across the River Severn at 
Stourport, in the County of Worcester, and for 
making further Provision with respect to the said 
Bridge : 

An Act to enable the Dingwall and Skye Rail- 
way Company to make Deviations of their autho- 
rized Line of Railway, and for other purposes : 

An Act for facilitating Arrangements with re- 
spect to the new Parish of Suint Luke's, King’s 
Cross, and other new Parishes and Districts, with 
a view to better provision for the cure of souls 
within the original limits of the Parish of Saint 
Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, and for other 
purposes : 

n Act to authorize the Brompton, Chatham, 
Gillingham, and Rochester Waterworks Company | 
to raise further Capital, and for other purposes: | 

An Act to confer further Powers upon the 
Carnarvon and Lianberis Railway Company, and 
upon the London and North Western Railway 
Company, with respect to the Carnarvon and Lian- 
beris Railway : | 

An Act for authorizing the Purchase, by the | 
Corporation of Lincoln, of certain Common Rights ; | 
and the Diversion of a Road in Canwick Common; 
and the Sale of Portions of the said Common, and 
for other purposes: | 

An Act for incorporating the Hythe and Sand- | 
gate Gas and Coke Company (Limited), and de- | 
fining the limits of Supply of Gas by them, and 
aniadien their Capital, and for other purposes: | 

An Act for empowering the Corporation of 
the Borough of Leicester to execute Works for | 

revention of Floods on the River Soar, and other | 
aters within the Borough, and additional Sew- | 
— and Drainage Works; to make new Streets | 
and Improvements; to establish a Vegetable Mar- 
ket, and to make Arrangements with the Visitors , 
of the Leicestershire and Rutland Lunatic Asylun, | 
and for establishing Sanitary and other Regula- 
tions for the Borough, and for other purposes : 

An Act for enabling the Company of Proprie- 
tors of the Undertaking for recovering and pre- 
serving the Navigation of the River Dee to raise 
further Moneys, and for other purposes: | 

An Act.to extend the Time for the Purchase 
of Lands for the construction of the Chester and 
West Cheshire Junction Railway : 

An Act to enable the Local Board of Health for | 
the District of Leamington Priors, in the County | 
of Warwick, to purchase the Property of the Lea- 
mington Royal Pump Room Company (Limited), | 
at Leamington Priors, and to maintain a Pump | 
Room and Baths, and Public Gardens and Pleasure | 
Grounds, in Leamington Priors, for the use and | 
enjoyment of the Inhabitants thereof, and for other | 
purposes ; 

An Act for supplying with Water the Parishes, | 
Townships, and Places of Slough, Upton-cum- 
Chalvey, Stoke Poges, Langley, Datchet, and Farn- 
ham Royal, in the County of Buckingham, and for | 
other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Borough of Portsmouth | 
Waterworks Company to make and maintain | 
Works in connection with their present Water- | 
works, and to raise more Money, and for other | 
purposes : 

An Act to authorize “ The City of Dublin Steam | 





May. 1868. 


An Act to incorporate the Trustees and Mana- Alexander 
gers of Alexander Scott’s Hospital, at Huntley, in Scott's Hospi. 
the County of Aberdeen, and to extend the Benefits onda = 
thereof : ; ; 

An Act to confer upon Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow's 
Bolchow all the Rights, Privileges, and Capacities Netaralisation 
Q a Natural-born Subject of Her Majesty the ill ([Lords.} 

ueen. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Bound- Boundaries 
aries of Boroughs have Power to report their ° Boroughs, 
Observations thereupon to the House. No. 311, 

Mr. Walpole reported from the said Committee ; 

That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Sir Henry Rawlinson reported the Dundee Gas Dundee Gas 
(No. 1) Bill, with Amendments. (No. 1) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Henry Rawlinson reported from the Com- Dundee Gas 
mittee on Group G. and H. of Private Bills; That (No. 2) Bill 
the Parties promoting the Dundee Gas (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. 


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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of *be Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Stockbrokers Stockbrokers 
Gnd Bill, without any Amendment. (Ireland) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Cork Gas Bill, Cork Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Cork Improve- Cork Improve- 
ment Bill, without any Amendment. ne ee 

The Lords have agreed to the Haverfordwest Haverfordwest 
Borough Bill, without any Amendment. Borough Ball. 

The Lords have agreed to the Farnworth and Farnworth 


Kearsley Gas Bill, without any Amendment. re — 


The Lords have agreed to the Merthyr Tydvil Merthyr Tydvil 
Stipendiary Magistrate Bill, without any Amend- Secteene 


strate 
ment. Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Documentary Documentary 
Evidence Bill, with Amendments; to which the Evidence Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wolborough Local Wolborough 
Board Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords — Board 
desire the concurrence of this House. ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway Midland 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords ®#'way Bill 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Consecration 
to amend “ The Consecration of Churchyards Act, i aa 
1867”; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 4 mendment 
of this House. Bill |Lords.] 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Belgravia 
to extend and amend the Borrowing Powers of the ccmamen 
Belgravia Road Company, and for other purposes ; New Road Bill 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this [Zords.] 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Star Life 
for enabling the Star Life Assurance Society to Society Bill 
sue and be sued in their own name, and for other [ Lords. 
purposes; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act ie 
to enable William Dunn Gardner, Esquire, upon — Bill 


Packet Company ” to make further Arrangements | purchasing the respective Reversions of certain [Zords.] 


for the Investment of their Contingency Fund, | 
and for other purposes : 


asehold Estates devised by the Will of William 
Dunn Gardner, deceased, to charge the said 


An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Pa- | Estates with the Purchase Money and the Expenses 
tent granted to Perry Green Gardiner, of the City | incident to such Purchase, and to convey or cause 


of New York, in the United States of America: 


to be conveyed the same Estates by way of Mort- 
gage 





i. 





Norwich Union 


Life Insurance 
Society Bill 
[Lords.] 


Colonial 
Statistics. 


Supply. 


Rules, Orders, 
and Forms of 


Proceeding, &amp;c 


Declaration 
against Tran- 
substantiation, 
&amp;e, 


31 Vicroria. 


gage to secure the payment of the said Purchase 
Money and Expenses without incurring a Forfei- 
ture of his Estate and Interest under the same Will, 
and for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to make Alterations in the Deed of Settlement of 
the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society, and 
for other purposes; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Statistical Abstract for the several 
Colonial and other Possessions of the United 
Kingdom, in each year from 1852 to 1866 (as far 
as the Particulars can be stated). Fourth Number. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


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 Canation, in order to add the 
words “ the rule of this House, ‘ that no Member 
“ may allude to any Debate in the other House 

" ¢ of Parliament,’ be rescinded,” 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, 
** a Copy of the Declaration against Transubstan- 
“tiation, &amp;c. taken by the Sovereign of this Realm 
“ at his first Parliament or at his Coronation, which- 
“ever shall first happen after his Accession,” in- 
stead 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. £.66,314, to complete the Sum for Criminal 
Prosecutions and other Law Charges in Ireland. 

2, £.11,421, to complete the Sum, for such of 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Superior Courts 
of Common Law in /reland as are not charged on 
the Consolidated Fund. 

3. £.6,020, to complete the Sum for certain 
Miscellaneous Legal Expenses in Ireland. 

4, £.6,000, to complete the Sum for the Main- 
tenance of Prisoners in County Prisons in Jreland. 

5. £.47,484, to complete the Sum for Salaries 
and Incidental Expenses connected with Criminal 
Proceedings in Scotland. 

6. £.33,378, to complete the Sum for the Courts 
of Law and Justice in Scotland. 

7. £.11,909, to complete the Sum for the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Offices in Her Majesty’s 
General Register House, Edinburgh. 

8. £.8,705, to complete the Sum for Salaries 
and Kixpenses of the Offices of the Registrar 
and Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty. 

9. £. 49,979, to yam. we the Sum for the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Courts of Probate and Divorce 
and Matrimonial Causes in England. 

10. £.3,470, to complete the Sum for the 
Salaries and Contingent Expenses of the Office 
of Land Registry. 

11. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.160,332, be granted to 
VoL. 123. 





29th—30th May. 


215 


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 1869, of the Superintendence of Govern- 
ment Prisons in England and the Expenses of 
Transportation : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 159,932, 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 1869, of the Superin- 
tendence of Government Prisons in England and 
the Expenses of Transportation:—Motion, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

12. £.22,929, to complete the Sum for the 
Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Broad- 
moor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, England. 

13. £.16,267, to complete the Sum for the 
Management of Prisons nm Scotland, and for the 
Maintenance of Prisoners in the Prisons at Perth, 
Ayr, &amp;e. 

14, £.23,171, to complete the Sum for such of 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Court of Chancery 
in Ireland as are not charged on the Consolidated 
Fund. 

15. £.1,171, to complete the Sum for the 
Salaries and Expenses in the Office for the Re- 
gistration of Judgments in Ireland. 

16. £.9,200, to complete the Sum for the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Office for the Registration 
of Deeds in Ireland. 

17. £.5,400 to complete the Sum for the Salaries 
and the Incidental Expenses of the Court of 
Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Jreland. 

18. £.6,272,to complete the Sum for the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Court of Probate in Ireland, 
and of the District Registries. 

19. £.3,906,to complete the Sum for the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Landed Estates Court, Jreland. 

20. £.50,488, to complete the Sum for the Me- 
tropolitan Police, Dublin. 

21. £.573,751, to complete the Sum for the 
Constabulary Force in Ireland. 

22. £.1,530, to complete the Sum for the Ex- 
penses of the Prison, Four Courts, Marshalsea, 
Dublin. 

23. £.32,399, to complete the Sum for the 
Superintendence and Inspection of Prisons and 
Reformatory Schools, for the Maintenance of Con- 
victs in Government Prisons, and of Juvenile 
Offenders in Reformatory Schools, in Ireland. 

24. £.2,376, tocomplete the Sum for the Main- 
tenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum 
Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Jreland. 

25. £.1,200,to complete the Sum for the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Admiralty Court Registry 
Ireland. ~ 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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


Saturduy, 30th May, 1868 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee. of Supply. 
Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

That a further Sum, not exceeding £. 1,412,000, Civil Services; 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account, for or 





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216 29th—-30th May. 1868, 


towards defraying the Charge for the following 
Civil Services, to the 3lst day of March 1869, 
viz. :— 


Cxass II. é. 
Treasury - - - . - = = 10,000 
Home Office,&amp;e. - - = - = = 23,000 
Foreign Office - = © © = «= 12,000 
Colonial Office - - + = = = 8,000 
Board of Trade,&amp;. - - «+ = = 20,000 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant- - - 2,000 
Chief Secretary, Ireland, Offices - - - 5,000 
Paymaster General’s Office - - - - 4,000 
Exchequer and other Offices, Scotland - - 1,000 
Office of Works and Public Buildings - - 8,000 
Office of Public Works, Ireland - - - 6,000 
House of Commons, Offices - - - - 11,000 
Privy Council Office - - - = = 9,000 
Civil Service Commission - = = = 2,000 
Exehequer and Audit Department- - - 8,000 
Office of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues- 6,000 
Public Record Office - - - - - 4,000 
Poor Law Commission - - = + - - 44,000 
Mint, including Coinage- - - - = 10,000 
Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commission - 4,000 
Inclosureand Drainage Acts; Imprest Expenses 2,000 
General Register Ofice- - - - = 8,000 
National Debt Office - - - = 8,000 
Lunacy Commission - - = © «1,000 
Charity Commission - - - = = 8,000 
Patent Ofice- - - - «+ = «= 9,000 
Printing and Stationery- - - &lt;= = 130,000 
Poor Law Commission, Scotland - - - 3,000 
General Register Office, Scotland - - = 2,000 
Lunacy Commission, Scotland - = = 2,000 
Fishery Board, Scotland - - - = 2,000 
Public Record Office, Ireland - = - 1,000 
Poor Law Commission, Jreland - - = 20,000 
General Register Office, Ireland - - - 4,000 


Crass III. 
Law Charges andCriminal Prosecutions, Zreland 27,000 


Common Law Courts, Ireland - - «= 18,000 
Miscellaneous Legal Charges, Ireland - - 1,000 
County Prisons, /reland - - - - 1,000 
Criminal Proceedings, Scotland - - - 10,000 
Courts of Law and Justice, Scotland - - 10,000 
Register House Departments, Scotland - - 8,000 
Admiralty Court Registry - . ~ - 3,000 
Probate Court - - - - - - 380,000 
Land Registry Office - - 1,000 


Government Prisons, England, and Transpor- 
tation - 7 - - - - - 100,000 


Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum - - 7,000 
Prisons, Scotland - - . - - - 5,000 
Court of Chancery, Jreland - - - «= 16,000 
Registry of Judgments, Jreland - - - 1,000 
Registry of Deeds, Jreland - - - - 8,000 
Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Jreland- 2.000 
Court of Probate, Jreland - - - = 8,000 
Lunded Estate Court, Jreland - = «= 4,000 
Dublin Metropolitan Police - - - = 83,000 
Constabulary, Zreland - - . - 200,000 


Government Prisons and Reformatories, Jreland 23,000 
Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Jreland- —_1,000 


Crass IV. 


Learned Societies, Great Britain - - - 2,000 
— Colleges, Ireland - - - - 1,000 
niversities, &amp;c., Scotland - - - - 4,000 
Board of Manufactures - - - - - 1,000 
Public Education, Great Britain - - - 150,000 
Science and Art Department - - - + 465,000 
University of London - - - - - 1,000 
British Museum - - - - - - 20,000 
National Gallery - - - = = = 8,000 
Public Education, Ireland - - - = 70,000 
Cuass V. 
Treasury Chest - - - - - - 6,000 
Tonnage Bounties, &amp;c. - - ~ - - 6,000 
Commissions for Suppression of Slave Trade - 2,000 
Consuls Abroad - - - - - = 20,000 
China, Japan, and Siam, Services in - - 15,000 
Ministers at Foreign Courts, Extraordinary ; 

Expenses - - - = + = = 10,000 
Colonies, Grants in Aid, &amp;c. - - - = 12,000 
Emigration - - - - -« - = 8,000 

Crass VI. 
Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, 

Great Britain - ° - ° ° 1,000 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund Pensions, &amp;e.- - 10,000 
Relief of Distressed British Seamen - = 10,000 
Superannuation and Retired Allowances - 80,000 
Hospitals and Infirmaries, Jreland - = 8,000 
Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, 

Ireland - - . - - ~ - 1,000 


Non-Conforming Clergy - = = «= 20,000 





Crass VII. £ 


Temporary Commissions - - - - 20,000 
Local Dues on Shipping - - - 10,000 | 
Flax Cultivation - - - - - - 1,000 | 


Total - - - £.1,412,000 





The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Election 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt Petitions ang 
Practices at Elections Bill ; oe 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Elections pi, 
the 8th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The County General Assessment (Scotland) Bill County 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and — . 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, (Scotland) Bill, 


for Monday the 8th day of June next. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Courts of Law 
Courts of Law Fees, &amp;c. (Scotland), a Resolu- Fees, &amp;. 
tion; which was read, as followeth: (Scotland.) 

That it is expedient to make provision for the 
Collection, by means of Stamps, of Fees payable 
in the Supreme and Inferior Courts of cae in 
Scotland, and in the Offices belonging thereto; 
and to provide for Compensation, out of Monies 
to be provided by Parliament, to any Officers 
whose Offices may be abolished by any Act of the 
resent Session relating to the collection of Fees 
in the Superior and Inferior Courts of Law in 
Scotland. 

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, the Lord 
Advocate, and Sir Graham Montgomery do pre- 
pare, 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 Thursday 
next, resolve itgelf into the said Committee. 


The Promissory Oaths Bill was, according to promissory 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Oaths Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. (Lords} 


The Registration of Writs (Scotland) Bill was, Registration 
according to Order, read the third time. of Writs _—_ 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, (72,0) 
do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Duchy of Corn- 
into a Committee on the Duchy of Cornwall ly 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent pyords.) 
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 Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Investment of 
Reading of the Investment of Trust Funds Act a 
Amendment Bill ; a Bill, 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The V: t Act Amendment Bill was, accord- Vagrant a 
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. 
Resolved, 





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31 Victoria. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of con- 
firming certain Provisional Orders made by the 
Board of Trade, under “ The General 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 Car- 
lingford Lough, Elgin and Lossiemouth, Greenock, 
Hunstanton, Tenby, and Torquay. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Dodson cantina 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 Carlingford Lough, 
Elgin and Lossiemouth, Greenock, Hunstanton, 
Tenby, and Torquay :—And he moved the House 
accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. Stephen Cave, and 
Mr, Sclater-Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Pier and Har- 
bour Orders 

on 
(No. 2.) 





Turnpike Acts 
uance, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Brituin, 
and to repeal certain other Turnpike Acts: And 
that Sir James Fergusson and Mr. Secretary Ga- 
thorne Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Poor Law Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

(Strand Union.) 9 Copy of Correspondence between the Guardians 
of the Strand Union, the Poor Law Board, and Dr. 
Rogers, relating to the Resignation of Dr. Rogers. 


on of Resolved, That an humble Address be sae 
minster.) 10 Ler Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
- ) to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from the Dean and Chapter of 
Westminster, and from the Court of Burgesses of 
Westminster, of the Expenditure of £.500 paid 
annually to the Deputy Steward of Westminster 

out of Her Majesty’s Civil List, stating how ap- 

plied, to whom paid, and nature of Services ren- 
dered, of the present Constitution of the Court of 
Burgesses of the City and Liberty of Westminster, 

the tie of the several Officers, and their Fees, 
Salaries, and Emoluments, and Names of the Bur- 

esses, with Date of Election or Appointment, the 

evenues of the Court, how raised and disbursed 

for the last Financial Year, the Amount of all 

Fees and Emoluments, and Receipts of any kind 

from whatever source, of the Corporation of West- 

minster and the Officers of the Corporation, of the 

Duties now performed by the “ General and High 
Steward of Westminster”: Copies of his Ap- 
pointment, and of his Deputy Steward, the Number 

of Courts holden and Date thereof in the last Five 

years, the nature of the Business transacted at such 

Court, the Duties now performed by the High 

Bailiff, ‘Total Receipts and Expenditure of such 

Officer and his Deputy from every source, Salary, 

Fees, Perquisites, Escheats : Of the Patent by 

which the Office is held: Like Return as to 

the Town Clerk, stating by whom and when ap- 
pointed: Like Return as to the High Con- 

stable of Westminster, stating under what Acts of 
Parliament he now exercises authority, and the 

nature of such authority :——Like Return as to 

the Sealing Officer: Like Return as to the 

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217 


Searcher of the Sanctuary, the Clerk of the Mar- 
ket, and the Coroner: And, Return of all 
Orders and Ordinances issued by the Dean and 
Chapter and Court of Burgesses or Corporation of 
Westminster, or their Officers, since 1853, together 
with a Statement of all Property of whatever kind, 
Real or Personal, held by the Corporation of West- 
minster (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 666, of Session 1853). 

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





Mr. Stephen Cave presented a Bill for confirm- Pier and Har- 
ing certain Provisional Orders made by the Board peewee 
of Trade, under “‘ The General Pier and Harbour (No. 2) Bil. 
Act, 1861,” relating to Carlingford Lough, Elgin 331) 148 
and Lossiemouth, Greenock, Hunstanton, Tenby, , 
and Torquay: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to con- Turnpike Acts 
tinue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, Continuance, 
and to repeal certain other Turnpike Acts: And “® — 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to Bill 149. 
be read a second time upon Monday the 8th day 
of June next; and to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, Thames 
upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Com- Emberkment, 
mittee to consider of empowering the Commis- pres 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to guarantee (Loans) Act 
the repayment of the Sum authorized to be bor- Amendment 
rowed for the Embankment of the Thames and the [Su] 
Improvement of the Metropolis, and of enabling 
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na- 
tional Debt to advance the Money, which the 
Metropolitan Board of Works may raise under 
any Act of the present Session for extending the 
provisions of “ The Thames Embankment and 
Metropolis Improvement (Loans) Act, 1864;” 

Mr. Stephen Cave, 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Metropolitan 
a Statement of Receipts and Payments to the 5th Board of 
day of May 1868, and of the Estimated Costs and “°** 
Balance required for the completion of the Works No. 312. 
of the Thames Embankment (North and South), 
Mansion House Street, and Thames Embankment 
Approaches. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into Mines 
a Committee, upon Tuesday the 2nd day of June — 
next, on the Mines Assessment Bill, was read, and * 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 17th day of June next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order for ip ame - bere eye fens Representation 
a Committee upon Thursday the 11th day of June o the Feop! 
next, on the Wepreuntetien of the Piseks (Tre- eee as 
land) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 15th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Thursday next. 


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Brentford 
Gas Bill. 


Burslem and 
Tunstall Gas 
Bill. 


Clevedon Gas 
Bil 


North and 


South Western 
Junction Rail- 


way Bill 
[ Lords. | 


Portsmouth 


Camber Quays 4}; . 
Bill, third time. 


Saint Leonard 


and Saint 
Mary Magda- 
len Church 
Districts Bill. 


Salford 
Hundred and 
Manchester 
(City) Courts 


of Record Bill. Title be, An Act to amalgamate the Court of Re- | 


Thames 
Embankment 


(Uhelsea) Bill. Bill: 





218 4th June 1868. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brecon and 
the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Merthyr Tyag 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. —— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. "”’ 


Thursday, 4th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House proceeded to take into considera- 


tion the Amendments made by the Lords to} The House proceeded to take into considera- Ki 
the Brentford Gas Bill; and the same were twice | tion the Kin An and Eardisley Railway Bill, as Bardsley . 
read, and agreed to. ‘ amended in the Committee. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to} A Clause (Regulations as to tolls) was twice 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | pead; and made part of the Bill. 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their; Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Lordships. | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration The House proceeded to take into consideration sunderland 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Burslem | the Sunderland and South Shields Water Bill, as 4nd South 
and Tunstall Gas Bill; and the same were twice | amended in the Committee. —— a Water 
read, and agreed to. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House Ordered, That the Towns Drainage and Sewage Towns 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their! Utilization Bill, as amended in the Committee, be Drainage and 


Lordships. eaaatll . . Sewage Utili- 
P taken into consideration To-morrow. sation Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration! The Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway Bill Athenry and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cleve-| was read a second time; and committed. Ennis June. 
don Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, and pm (torde} 


agreed to. 

Ordered, 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 Lambeth Market Bill was read a second tee 
P ° arket Bi 
time ; and committed. [Lords 

The Morley Gas Bill was read a second time; Morley Gas 
and committed. Bill [Lords.} 


The North and South Western Junction Rail- 
way 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 The Star Life Assurance Society Bill was read Star Life 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment; | sine, ant Slane. Assurance 


to which this House doth desire the concurrence | . Society Bill 
of their Lordships. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- fords.) 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Belgravia and South Kensington New Road Belgravia 
Bill was read the first time. = South 
ensington 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- New road 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Bill (Lords.} 





The Portsmouth Camber Quays Bill was read the | Dunn Gardner’s Estate Bill-was read the first Dunn 
diene, Gardner's 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-frorde] 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Norwich Union Life Insurance Society Bill Norwich 
Union Life 


The Saint Leonard and Saint Mary Magdalen | was read the first time. eb 
Church Districts Bill was read the third time. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- gociety Bin 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the | miners of Petitions for Private Bills. [Lords.] 


Title be, An Act for making the Acts of Parlia- | 
ment relating to the Ecclesiastical Commission) Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Curragh of 
applicable to the reputed Parishes of Saint Leo- one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Kildare Bill. 
nard and Saint Mary Magdalen, in the Diocese | That in the case of the Curragh of Kildare Bill, 
of Chichester, and for other purposes connected the Standing Orders have been complied with. 
therewith. | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the , upon Monday next. 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Several Public Petitions were gang and Public 





} : ° Petitions. 
The Salford Hundred and Manchester (City) | read; and ordered to le upon the Table. ; = 
Courts of Record Bill was read the third time. pn —— 


secstoed, That the Bill @ pees: And that the Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s Venereal 


cord for the Hundred of Salford, in the County of | Command,—C opy of Report of the Committee oy 
Lancaster, and the Court of Record for the Trial Ag or oe i eats 9 agama 
of Civil Actions within the City of Manchester, diminish its injurious effects -! = the Men ef the 


and to constitute the said amalgamated Court the | coe : . 
Court of Record for the Hundred of Salford, in — a a ——— an Ce ive 


the County of Lancaster, with extended Powers, . . : 

: : Plymouth 
and to regulate the Practice and Procedure therein, | B co y of eat mm ng Sections m phe eee Breakwater 
and for other purposes. reakwater Fort, according to origin ontract Fors, 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | Dr*wings, and the modifications, in detail, which 

Lords, and desire their concurren - | have been adopted in the construction of the ex- 
| perimental Iron Front. 

“ Sir John Pakington also presented,—Further Army (Manu- 

The Order of the day being read, for the Third | Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the oo. 
Reading of the Thames Embankment (Chelsea) | 14th day of February last, for a Return relative ments.) 
. | to the Army (Manufacturing Establishments). 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
To-morrow. Table. 

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Inclosure 
Commission. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Tiaimendigitiens of Special Re- 
port of the Inclosure Commissioners, 1868. 
Trades Unions Copy of Ninth Report of the Commissioners 
and other appointed to inquire into the Organization and 
Associations. Rules of Trades Unions and other Associations, 
together with Minutes of Evidence. 

Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy also presented, 
Duties ‘ — Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
(Portugal and the 3rd day of April last, for Returns relative to 


- Customs Duties (Portugal and Spain). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
East India Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an 


(Sta Corps.) Address to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of 
April last, for a Return relative to East India 
(Staff Corps). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 11th day of March last, for Re- 
turns relative to Shipping. 

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


Shipping. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Extract of a Despatch from Mr. Mallet 
to Lord Stanley, regarding the Negotiations for a 
Supplementary Commercial Convention between 
the United Kingdom and Austria. 

Copy of Commercial Reports, received at the 
Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Consuls in 
1868. (No. V. 1868). 

Copy of Reports by Her Majesty’s Secretaries 
of Embassy and Legation, on the Seeuieehentn 
Commerce, &amp;c. of the Countries in which they 
reside. (No. 3, 1868.) 

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


Commercial 
Convention 
(Austria.) 


Commercial 
Reports. 


Manufactures, 
Commerce, 
&amp;e. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of May last, for Returns re- 
lative to the Poor ion, 


Poor Law. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Universities 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 29th day 
No. 313. of May last, be printed. 


Dockyards Ordered, That the Return relative to Dockyards 
and Factories. and Factories, which was presented upon the 29th 
No. 314. day of May last, be printed. 


Universities 
(Ireland. ) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £.7,800, to complete the Sum for Grants in 
aid of the Expenditure of certain Learned Societies 
in Great Britain. 

2. £.1,580, for the Purchase of the Antiquarian 
Collection of the late Dr. Petrie. 

3. £.2,265, to complete the Sum for the Queen’s 
Colleges in Ireland. 

4. £.1,784, for the Royal Jrish Academy. 

5. £.1,050, to complete the Sum for the Theo- 
logical Professors and the Incidental Expenses of 
the General Assembly’s College at Belfast. 

6. £.11,949, to complete the Sum for Grants to 
Scottish Universities. 

7. £.2,200, to complete the Sum on account of 
the Annnity to the Board of Manufactures in 
Scotland, in discharge of Equivalents under the 
Treaty of Union and for the Exhibition of the 
Torrie Collection, and other purposes. 

8. £.511,324, to complete the Sum for Public 
Education in Great Britain. 

9. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.141,690, be granted to 
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219 


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 1869, of the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Department of Science and Art, and of the 
Establishments connected therewith : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Item of £.2,500, for Preparation, 
Illustration, and Printing of Catalogues and In- 
ventories of the Museum, and Universal Art 
Catalogue and Inventories, be reduced by the 
Sum of £.1,000; 

The Committee divided; 


Mr. Gregory, 1 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Dilhoyn : { 34, 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Ne. Noel. 2 lor, } 54. 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

10. £.6,063, to complete the Sum for the Uni- 
versity of London. 

11. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.10,992, 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 1869, for the Salaries and Expenses of 
the National Gallery, including the Purchase of 
Pictures: 

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. 

12. £.800, to complete the st for the forma- 
tion of the British Historical Portrait Gallery. 

13. £.235,195, to complete the Sum for Public 
Education in Ireland. 

14. £.730, for the Commissioners of Education 
in Ireland. 

15. £.2,155, to complete the Sum for the Queen’s 
University in Jreland. 

16. £.1,740, to complete the Sum for the Na- 
tional Gallery of Ireland. 

17. £.5,083, to complete the Sum for Miscella- 
neous Charitable and other Allowances in Great 
Britain. 

18. £.34,040, to complete the Sum for Pensions 
to Masters and Seamen of the Merchant Service, 
and to their Widows and Children. 

19. £.30,400, to complete the Sum for the Re- 
lief of Distressed British Seamen Abroad. 

20. £.145,867, to complete the Sum for Super- 
annuation and Retired Allowances to Persons 
formerly employed in the Public Service. 

21. £. 13,134, to complete the Sum for the Sup- 
port of certain Hospitals and Infirmaries, Ireland. 

22. £.4,915, to complete the Sum for certain 
Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances in 
Ireland. 

23. £.14,000, to complete the Sum for Tem- 
porary Commissions. 

24. £.780, for the Telegraphic Cable laid be- 
tween Malta and Alerandria, and the Telegraph 
to Balmoral. 

25. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.19,377, 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 
1869, for certain Miscellaneous Expenses: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Item of £.11,058. 17s. 6d., for 
the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council 
Office, Salaries and Expenses, be omitted from the 
proposed Vote :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

26. £.31,599, to complete the Sum for Dues 
payable by British and Foreign Vessels under 
Treaties of Reciprocity. 

27. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £.2,000, be granted to Her Majesty, 

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to complete the Sum necessary to defray the a | 
which will come in course of payment during the | 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1869, for | 
encouraging the Cultivation of Flax in the South 
and West of Ireland ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thej Colonel Taylor, \ 43 
Yeas, \UMr. Noel: , 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Lusk, 
Noes, \Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie : 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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


Friday, 5th June, 1868 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1, That a Sum, not exceeding £.66,314, 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 1869, of Criminal Prosecutions 
and other Law Charges in Ireland. 

CommonLaw 2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,421, be 
Courts 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 
31st day of March 1869, for such of the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Superior Courts of Common 
Law in Ireland as are not charged on the Consoli- 
dated Fund. 
Miscellaneous 3 Lhat a Sum, not exceeding £.6,020, be 
Legal granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
(innend.) necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
( ‘ course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for certain Miscellaneous 
Legal Expenses in Ireland. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,000, be 
of Prisoners 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 
31st day of March 1869, for the Maintenance of 
Prisoners in County Prisons in Ireland. 
Criminal 5. That a Sum, not exceeding £, 47,484, be 
Proceedings granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
(Scotland) necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 


Law Charges 
(Ireland.) 


Maintenance 


1868. 


necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 

31st day of March 1869, for Salaries and Expenses 
of-the Offices of the ‘Registrar and Marshal of the 

High Court of Admiralty. 
9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 49,979, be Probate, &amp;e. 
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 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
00 of the Courts of Probate and Divorce and 

atrimonial Causes in England. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,470, be Land Registry 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Office. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Con- 
tingent Expenses of the Office of Land Registry. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 160,332, be Government 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Prisons 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in aa 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, of the Superintendence 
of Government Prisons in England, and the Ex- 
penses of Transportation. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,929, be Broadmoor 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Criminal 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in Munstc 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Maintenance of 
Criminal Lunatics in the Broadmoor Criminal 
Lunatic Asylum, England. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.16,267, be Prisons, &amp;. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ‘S¢etland.) 
necessary to defray the Change which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Management of 
Prisons in Scotland, and for the Maintenance of 
Prisoners in the Prisons at Perth, Ayr, &amp;c. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,171, be Court of 
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 
31st day of March 1869, for such of the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Court of Chancery in Ireland 
as are not charged on the Consolidated Fund. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,171, be Registration of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum pp ag 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in ¢ 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Office for the Registration of Judg- 
ments in Jreland. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,200, be Registration of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Deeds (Ire- 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in ™ 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 

enses of the Office for the Registration of Deeds 
in Ireland. 


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course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for Salaries and Incidental 
Expenses connected with Criminal Proceedings in 
Scotland. 
Courts of Law 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.33,378, be 
and Justice granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 


(Seotland.) necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3ist day of Seah 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Officers of the Courts of Law and 
Justice in Scotland. 

General 7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,909, be 

Register : granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum | 

and.) (Seot- necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of panes during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
— of the Offices in Her Majesty’s General 

egister House, Edinburgh. 

Admiralty 8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,705, be 

Court. granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 


17. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,400, be Court of 
‘granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum —, 
| necessary to defray the Charge which will come in (Ireland.) be 
course of payment during the year ending on the 

| 31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and the 

_ Incidental Expenses of the Court of Bankruptcy 

| and Insolvency in Ireland. 

| 18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,272, be _— of om 
| granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum (treland.) 

| necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 

course of payment during the year ending on the 

| 31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 

penses of the Court of Probate in Ireland, and of 

the District Registries. 

‘19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,906, be oy gag 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ),74) 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Landed Estates Court, Jreland. 

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Dublin 20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 50,488, be 


Mctropolitan granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

Police. necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries of the 
Commissioners of Police, of the Police Courts, and 
of the Metropolitan Police, Dublin. 

Constabulary 21. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 573,751, be 

(Ireland.) = 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 cf March 1869, for the Constabulary 
Force in Ireiand. 


Four Courts 22. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,530, be 


Marshalsea = pranted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

(Deblin.) necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Prison, Four Courts Marshalsea, 
Dublin. 

Prisons and 23. That a Sum, not exceeding £.32,399, be 

on 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 
31st day of March 1869, for the Superintendence 
and Inspection of Prisons and Reformatory Schools, 
for the Maintenance of Convicts in Government 
Prisons, and of Juvenile Offenders in Reformatory 
Schools, in Ireland. 

poles 24. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,376, be 


enatle Any- granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

‘ Jum (Ireland.) necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Maintenance of 
Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Criminal Lu- 
natic Asylum, Ireland. 


Admiralty 25. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,200, be 
os a 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 i869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Admiralty Court Registry, Ireland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Thames 
Embankment 
and Metropolis 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Thames Embankment and Metro- 
Improvement POlis Improvement (Loans) Act Amendment Bill; 


(Loans) Act Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Thames The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a perenne mittee on Thames Embankment and Metropolis 
Improvement Improvement (Loans) Act Amendment [Gua- 
(Loans) Act rantee |; 

Amendment 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


G rs . i i 
[Guarantee.] itself into the said Committee. 


Lee River 
arrency 
i . 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Lee River Conservancy 
Bill. 

(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravuses, N° 1 to N° 105, with Amendments 
to eight of them, agreed to. 

CiausE, N° 106 (As to Tottenham Drainage). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 28, 1. 40, 
after the word “ District” to insert the words “ by 
** some other process which from time to time may 
“be in use as the best then known practicable 
% Nee0ny for the purification of sewage to the satis- 
* faction of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for 
“the Home Department, in case any difference 
*“ shall arise’ thereon between the Conservancy 
“ Board and the said Local Board of Health.” 

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

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

VoL. 123, 


4th—5th June. 





221 


Cxauses, N° 107 to N° 132, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 133 (Additional Payments by 
Water Companies, 18 &amp; 19 Vie. c. 196). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 26, 1. 37, to leave 
out the words “ One thousand pounds” in order to 
insert the words “ Fifteen hundred pounds.” 

Question proposed, That the words “One 
thousand pounds” stand part of the Clause:— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

CriauseEs, N° 134 to N° 141, agreed to. 

CiavusE, N° 142, disagreed to. 

CriauseEs, N* 143 to N* 150, with Amendments 
to one of them, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Preamble amended, and 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 this day. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pana writs 
mittee on the Land Writs Registration ( Scotland) Registration 
Bill; estas) 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second court of 
Reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; Session (Scot. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time "4 Bill. 

upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself geclesiastical 
into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Buildings Buildings and 
and Glebes (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time aoe 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; Bill 1 6 
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 the 
15th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Government 
Reading of the Government of India Act Amend- —— Act 
ment Bill; 1 — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Governor 
Reading of the Governor General of India Bill; barney 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ““°* * 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Justiciary 
Bill ; aaa 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Titles to Land 
into a Committee on the Titles to Land Consolida- Consolidation 
tion (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent ee 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bill 151 
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 the 
15th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Courts of 
Reading of the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer Chancery and 
; equer 
(Ireland) Fee Funds Bill; _ (Ireland) Fee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Funds Bill, 
upon Monday next. 
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Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Pier and Har- The Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation 
a. Orders (No, 2) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
(Ne. 9) Rill. time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


ouse, for Monday next. 


Endowed _ The Endowed Schools Bill was, according to 
Schools Bill QOrder, read a second time; and committed to a 


aor. Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Promissory The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Oaths Bill mittee on the Promissory Oaths Bill; 


[lerds.} Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


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

(Guards and mittee on the Railways (Guards and Passengers 

Passengers ~~ Communication) Bill ; 

tion) Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Local Officers’ The Order for reading a second time, upon 
rma ae ee Tuesday next, the Local Officers’ Superannuation 
(No. 2) Bill. ) (Ireland ) (No. 2) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of this instant 
June. 


Ecclesiastical The Order for reading a second time, upon 





Titles Bill. © Tyesday next, the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 16th day of this instant June. 
Metropolitan The Order for the House to resolve itself into 


Foreign Cattle, Committee, upon Monday next, on the Metro- 
—— litan Foreign Cattle Market Bill, was read, and | 
liedenanl. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 15th day of this instant June, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


China and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Japan. a Copy of Reports from Major Crossman and Cor- 
No. 315. respondence respecting the Legation and Consular 
Buildings in China and 7 
Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


Consecrationof ‘The Consecration of Churchyards Act (1867) 
yey Amendment Bill was read the first time; and 
- ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
Bil [Lords next; and to be printed. 
Bill 152. 
Alkali Act The Alkali Act (1863) Perpetuation Bill was 
(1863) Per- read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
Prods). Bill time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 








Bill 153. 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, 5th June, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 
County RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
ol County Financial Arrangements have leave 
gemen”™ to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 
Midland The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railway Bill. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Mid- 








1868. 


land Railway Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships, 























































Allhusen’s Naturalization Bill was read the third Atlhusen’s 

time. Naturalizati 
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 Kennington Market Bill was read the third Kennington 
time. Market Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. vag 

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 Leeds New Gas Bill was read the third Leeds New 

time. Gas Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. et 
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 Thames 
m= of the Thames Embankment ( Chelsea) (Chelaea) Bb 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 
Lord John Manners, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
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. 

Resvlved, 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 Calverley 
the Calverley and Horsforth District Gas Bill, as snd Horsforth 
amended in the Committee. Bill [Lords] 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundee Gas — 
the Dundee Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Bil! (changed 
° from “ Dundee 
mittee. Gas (No. 1).”) 
Ordered, That Standing Order 238 be suspended 
in the case of the said Bill; and that the Bill be 


read the third time upon Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Yeadon and 
the Yeadon and Guiseley Gas Bill, as amended in piney 
the Committee. a: 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Towns 
consideration the Towns Drainage and Sewage Desinage ent 
Utilization Bill, as amended in the Committee; *&lt;"°8*,i7' 

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 :—It was re- 
solved 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 — 

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31 VicToria. 


Belfast Central 

Railway Bill second time; and committed. 

[Lords. ] é 

Waterford The Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill was 


and Kilkenny read a second time; and committed. 

Railway Bill 

[ Lords.] 

Metropolitan Ordered, That it be referred to the Examiners 

Foreign Cattle of Petitions for Private Bills to inquire whether 

Market Bill. the Amendments which have been introduced in 
the Select Committee on the Metropolitan Forei 
Cattle Market Bill involve any infraction of the 
Standing Orders. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Memorials complaining of non-com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of 
the said Amendments, be deposited in the Private 
Bill Office not later than Tuesday the 9th day of 
this instant June, and that the Examiner do give 
three clear days’ notice of the sitting: —And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Rathkeale Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
and Newcastle one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Junction Rail- Bills, ‘That in the case of the Rathheale and New- 


Bill - , ser et Mase 
(Lords, castle 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. 
Cork and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Diveet) Rail one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
way Bill Bills, That in the case of the Cork and Macroom 


[Lords.] (Direct) 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. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. § read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Twenty- 

fifth Report. 

Boundariesot Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Boroughs. — q Copy of all Petitions, Letters, Papers, and Me- 
morials laid before the Select Committee on the 
Boundaries of Boroughs, together with the Re- 
ports of the Assistant Commissioners. 

Queen Anne’s Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Bounty (1866.) » Return of certain Particulars in explanation of 
Account of all Receipts and Disbursements by the 

Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anze, for the 

ear ended the 31st day of December 1866, the 

elie County, Parish, and Living, to be given 

in parallel Columns, also the Quantity of Lond, 

Tithes, Rent-charges, and other Annual Payments 

urchased or sold, and the Purchase or Sale 

oney, as the case may be, viz. :— 


Receipts : 


Statement of Benefactions for Augmentation of 
Livings, amounting to £.15,706. 18s. 2d.: 

Statement of Lands and Hereditaments granted 
to Governors, not included in the above Bene- 
factions : 

Statement of Free Gifts and Casual Sums in 
favour of particular Benefices, amounting to 
£.4,116. 13s. 5d.: 

Explanation of Lands and Hereditaments granted 
to Governors, not included in the above Free 
Gifts : 

Statement of Endowment Trusts Monies, amount- 
ing to £.2,439. 17s. 6d.: 

Statement of £.16,909. 6s. Bank Annuities, 
and £.6,110 Railway Stock (not included in above 
Endowment Trusts) transferred to Governors, 
VoL. 123. 


5th June. 
The Belfast.Central Railway Bill was read a| specifying Livings, Amounts appropriated to 





| 








223 


each, &amp;c. : 
Statement of produce of Salesby £ ss. da. 
virtue of Acts of Parliament, 
by Incumbents of Bounty 
Lands sold belonging to Be- 


nefices - - - - 30,063 18 - 
Ditto Residence Houses, ditto 14,727 - - 
Ditto Old Buildings, &amp;c., ditto 2,020 - - 


Ditto Lands conveyed to the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 
ditto - « a - 2900 -. + 

£.48,810 18 ~- 


Explanation of Produce of Sale of Land to Rail- 
way Company for Crown Living, £.71. 5s. Bank 
Annuities : 

Statement of Tithe Rent-charge £. ss. a. 

Redemption Moneys, pursuant 

to Acts of Parliament - 
Statements of Livings deriving 

advantage from Rent-charge, 

Lady Godolphin’s Trust, pur- 

suant to an Order of the Court 

of Chancery- - -— = 

Statement of Receipts in respect 

of Copyhold Enfranchisement 
Moneys, pursuant to Acts of 
Parliament ee Ta 








3,748 ll 9 


102 5 4 


128 6 2 





Statement of £.183. 6s. 8d. Bank Annuities 
(not included in the above Copyhold Enfranchise- 
ment Moneys) transferred to Governors : 


Disbursements : 


Return of— 
Tithe Rent-charges purchased £ s. d. 
out of Appropriated Money 
both Royal Bounty and Par- 


liamentary Grants Funds - 1,742 5 8 
Ditto, ditto Free Gift Fund - 638 9 6 
Houses, Lands, and Buildings, 

out of Appropriated Money, 

both Royal Bounty and Par- 

liamentary Grants Funds - 5,457 9 10 
Ditto, ditto Produce of Sales o 

Residence Houses’ - - 5,220 4 1 
Ditto, ditto Endowment Trusts 873 18 8 
Ditto, ditto Produce of Sales of 

Bounty Lands - - - 1,320 - = 
Ditto, ditto Church Building 

Acts Fund - - - 1,16410 - 
Ditto, ditto Free Gift Fund - 2,806 14 - 





£.19,223 11 9 





Return of Sums paid for the Erection of Re- 
sidence Houses out of— 
Appropriated Money, bothRoyal £. s. d. 
ounty and Parliamentary 
Grants Funds - - - 16,513 19 2 


Bounty Lands Money - - 289 8 3 
Produce of Sales of Residence 

Houses - . - - 6,467 311 
Endowment Trusts - - - 1,071 12 6 





£.24,342 3 10 





Returns of Loans on Mortgage to build, &amp;c. 
Glebe Houses, £. 132,168 : 

Of Salaries to (1) Secretary, (2) Treasurer, 
(3) Auditor, and (4) Number of Clerks, Messen- 
gers, and others, £.5,013. 2s. 6d.: 

Of Annuity to Retired Officer of the late 
Office of First Fruits, per Treasury Warrant of 
the 12th day of July 1839: 

Of (1) House Rent, Repairs, and Taxes, (2) Sta- 
tionery, Stamps, Postage, Printing, and other Dis- 
bursements, £.1,033. 16s. 3d.: 

FRF4 Of 























































































Brazils and 
River Plate 
Mails. 


Army (Manu- 
facturing 
Establish- 
ments. ) 


No, 115-I. 
Shipping. 
No. 316. 


Poor Law. 
No. 317. 


Queen Anne's 


Bounty (1866.) by the Clerk of the 


Bankruptcy 
Court, 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Roehampton 
Gate (Rich- 
mond Park.) 


Supply. 


Established 
Church ([re- 
land) Bill. 


924 
Of Explanation of Payment to Dean and Chapter 


of Saint Pauls, London, pursuant to Decree of 
Exchequer, 11 Llizabeth, £.15. 168. 1d.: 





Return of Balance Sheets showing the state of 
the Governor’s Assets and Liabilities at the end 
of the year 1866, as submitted by the Auditor, 
1867 : 

And, Copy of any Rules and Regulations under 
which Grants are made, and Loans advanced and 
repaid, which have come in force or been made since 
the Return dated the 20th day of April 1866. 

(In continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
167, of Session 1867). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence, subsequent to the 21st 
day of January 1867, between Messrs. Lamport 
and Holt of Liverpool, on behalf of the Liverpool, 
Brazil, and River Plate Steam Navigation Com- 
pany, and the Post Office and Treasury, relative 
to the Conveyance of Mails to and from the 
Brazils and River Plate. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
(Manufacturing Establishments), which was pre- 
sented upon the 4th day of this instant June, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, 
which was presented upon the 4th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
Law, which was — upon the 4th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


The following cae was laid upon the Table 

ouse,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 5th day of this instant June, for a Return 
relative to Queen Anne’s Bounty (1866). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of a 
General Order of the Court of Bankruptcy, dated 
29th day of May 1868. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 10th day of March last, for Re- 
turns relative to the Poor Law (Jreland). 

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


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 22nd day of May last, for a Return 
relative to oe Gate (Richmond Park). 


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


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. ow 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 Established Church (Jreland) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That it be an Instruction to the 
Committee, that they have power to provide in 
the said Bill, that the tenure of every office con- 
nected with the College of Maynooth be subject to 
like conditions with those to which official tenures 
connected with the Established Church in Ireland 
will be subject after the passing of this Act, and 
that no money shall be payable under the Act 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 25, to the Trustees of the College of 


5th June. 





1868. 


Maynooth for or for the use of any senior student 
or other student to be admitted after the passing 
of this Act; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ Bill, 
“ that” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ every person who shall be appointed 
“to any Office in the College of Maynooth, after 
*‘ the passing of this Act, shall hold the said office 
* subject to the pleasure of Parliament,” 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 ioe Aytoun, 1 109 

Yeas, Mr. Woodd: ae 

Tellers for thef Colonel Greville-Nugent, 185 

Noes, UMr. Cogan: } ‘ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words ‘ every person who shall be appointed to 
** any office in the College of Maynooth, after the 
* passing of this Act, shall hold. the said office 
* subject to the pleasure of Parliament,” be added 
instead thereof ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment, by inserting after the 
word “ Maynooth” the words “ and likewise every 
** Presbyterian Minister hereafter to be appointed 
* to receive a share of the Regium Donum.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. : 

And the Question being put, That the words 


| every person who shall be appointed to any office 


in the College of Maynooth, and likewise every 
** Presbyterian Minister hereafter to be appointed 
* to receive a share of the Regium Donum, after 
“ the passing of this Act, shall hold the said office 
* subject to the pleasure of Parliament,” be added 
to the words “ Bill, that” in the original Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, béing 
put ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have power to provide in the said 
Bill, that every person who shall be appointed to 
any office in the College of Maynooth, and likewise 
every Presbyterian Minister hereafter to be ap- 
pointed to receive a share of the Regium Donum, 
after the passing of this Act, shall hold the said 
office subject to the pleasure of Parliament. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “this House will, upon this day three months, 
“resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
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 Wednes- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second T 
Reading of the Thames Embankment and Metro- . 


polis Improvement (Loans) Act Amendment Bill; 1mprovement 
And a Motion being made, and the Question Scene Act 








being Bin, 





Wolborough 
Local Board 
Bill. 


Brecon and 


Merthyr Tydfil 


Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Kington and 
Eardisley 
Railway Bill. 


Sunderland and 


South Shields 
Water Bill. 


Dundee Gas 
Bill 


Wey and Arun 
Junction Canal 
Bill (Lords. } 


Norwich Union 
Life Insurance 
Society Bill 
|Lords.] 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Fifth Report.) 


No, 130. 


Marriages, 
Births, and 
Deaths ({re- 
land.) 


Metropolitan 
Market, 





$1 Vicroria. 


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 after Four of the clock:—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till Monday next. 








Monday, 8th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
a ae House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Wolborough 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 
Lordships. 


The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Rail- 
way Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Kingion and Eardisley 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 Sunderland and South Shields 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 Dundee Gas Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Wey and Arun Junction Canal Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, That in the case of the Norwich Union Life 
Insurance 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. Woodd reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they 
had formed certain Bills into a Group, and had 
directed him to report the same to the __ Ses 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Tables of the Num- 
bers of Marriages, Births, and Deaths registered 
in Ireland in the year 1867. 

* — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Sir James Fergusson presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Annual Re- 


turn of Proceedings of the Corporation of London 

in respect of the Metropolitan Cattle Market, 

made in accordance with the provisions of the Act 

of ae 1857, for the establishment of the 
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said Market; together with an Account of Moneys 

received and paid by the Chamberlain of the City 

of London in relation to the Metropolitan Cattle 

Market, under the provisions of the said Act, 

from lst January to 31st December 1867. 

. aay That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Boundaries of 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Boroushs- 
dated the 5th day of this instant June, for a Re- No. 318. 
turn relative to Boundaries of Boroughs. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Mail Services 
Order, dated the 26th day of May last, fora Return —— 2.) 
relative to Mail Services (Asia and Australasia). 

Mr. Sclater-Bovoth also presented, pursuant to Public Works 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- (Iteland.) 
count by the Commissioners of Public Works in 
Treland to 31st March 1868, 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 1868. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Roehamp- Roehampton 
ton Gate (Richmond Park), which was presented Gate (Rich- 


. bea ‘i mond Park.) 
upon the 5th day of this instant June, be printed No. 319. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Army Army Reserve. 
Reserve, which was presented upon the llth day No. 320. 
of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Militia Militia Reserve. 
Reserve, which was presented upon the llth day No. 321. 
of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor Poor Law 
Law (Ireland), which was presented upon the 5th (Ireland. ) 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 322. 


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





Vide Twenty- 
fifth Report. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tea, Coffee, 
a Return showing the Total Number of Pounds of ** 
Tea, Coffee, Tobacco, and Cigars; also the Total 
Number of Gallons of Wines and Spirits ware- 
housed in Bond at the following Ports and Places 
during the year ended the 31st day of December 
1867, stating the Number of Pounds and Number 
of Gallons of such Goods directly imported from 
Foreign Countries into such Ports and Places; 
and the Number of Pounds and Number of Gallons 
removed under Bond from other Places to such 
Ports and Places; the Amount of Duties collected 
at each Port and Place; the Amount of Salary 
paid at each Place to Collector and Surveyor ; also 
the Amount received at each Port or Place from 
the Rate levied in_ aid of the Customs Expenses, 
distinguishing the Places at which one-fourth per 
cent, is charged, from those charged one-half per 
cent. on Amount of Duties collected :— Aberdeen, 
Aberystwith, Alloa, Arbroath, Ballina, Banff, 
Barnstaple, Beaumaris, Campbleton, Cardiff, Car- 
digan, Carlisle, Dartmouth, Deal, Douglas, and 
Dover :—showing, also, the Total Number and 
Tonnage of Vessels which have entered Inwards 
and cleared Outwards at each Port, together with 
the Total Quantity of Goods imported at and ex- 
ported from each Port: And, similar Return 





to the foregoing for the following Inland Towns :— 
Manchester, Bradford, Halifax, and Leeds. 
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Navy (The Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
— a Copy of the Reports of the Officers conducting 
) the vials of Speeds of the “ Warrior,” “ Mino- 
taur,” and “ Bellerophon,” referred to in the Report 
of the Controller of the 11th day of May 1868. 
Boundary Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Commission. +. Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Amount of the Fees paid 
to each Assistant Boundary Commissioner, and the 
Number of Days for which each such Commis- 
sioner was paid. 
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. 
Cape of Good Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Hope Mails. 9 Copy of Correspondence between the Treasury 
and the Post Office, and between the Post Office 
and the Union Steam Shipping Company, respect- 
ing the Conveyance of an intermediate Monthly 
Mail between this Country and the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
Thames Ordered, That the Thames Embankment and 
ay eel Metropolis Improvement (Loans) Act Amendment 
Rennevement Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 
(Loans) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. - 
Representation The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


ofthe People into a Committee on the Representation of the 


| a People ( Scotland) Bill. 
Bill 154. (In the Committee.) 


Postponed Clause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 23, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Postponed Clause, N° 41, disagreed to. 

A Clause added. , 
Another Clause (Lodger Franchise for voters in 
Burghs. ) 

Every man shall in and after the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Sixty-eight, be en- 
titled to be registered as a voter, and, when re- 
gistered, to vote fora Member or Members to serve 
in Parliament for a burgh, who is qualified as 
follows (that is to say) :— 

1. Is of full age and not subject to any legal 

incapacity ; and 

2. Asa lodger has occupied in the same burgh 

separately, and as sole tenant for the twelve 
months preceding the Jast day of July in 
any year the same lodgings, such lodgings 
being part of one and the same dwelling- 
house, and of a clear yearly value, if let 
unfurnished, of ten pounds or upwards; and 

3. Has resided in such lodgings during the 

twelve months immediately preceding the 

last day of July, and has claimed to be re- 
gistered as a voter at the next ensuing 
registration of voters) brought up, and 
read the first and second time. 

Amendment proposed, in 1. 8: After the word 
* year” to leave out the words “ the same.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Fifteen other Ciauses added. 

Another Clause (Polling at University Elections. ) 

(The following regulations shall be shserved with 
respect to the polling :— 

(1.) On the day to which the proceedings have 
been adjourned as aforesaid, for the purpose 
of taking the poll, the polling shall commence 
at each university at eight o'clock in the 





morning, and may continue for not more than | 


five days (exclusive of Sundays), but no poll 





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1868. 


shall be kept open later than four o’clock in 
the afternoon. 

(2.) The Vice-Chancellor of each university shall 
appoint the polling-place at each university, 
and also shall have power to appoint one or 
more Pro-Vice-Chancellors to take the poll at 
such university, and record the votes in poll- 
books, and decide all questions with regard 
thereto, in the same manner as nearly as may 
be, and except as herein provided, as polls are 
now taken at elections for Members to serve 
in Parliament for burghs and counties in 
Scotland; and such Vice-Chancellor shall have 
power to appoint a poll-clerk, or poll-clerks, 
for the purpose of assisting the Pro-Vice- 
Chancellor, or Pro- Vice-Chancellors, in taking 
the poll as hereinbefore-mentioned. 

(3.) The poll-books in which the votes have been 
recorded as hereinbefore provided shall be 
forthwith delivered by the Pro-Vice-Chan- 
cellor to the Vice-Chancellor by whom he was 
appointed ; and the Vice-Chancellors of the 
Universities of Saint Andrews and Aberdeen 
respectively shall, on receiving such poll 
books, immediately transmit them to the Vice- 
Chancellor, who is the returning officer for 
such university; and such Vice-Chancellor ° 
shall, within three days after such poll-books 
have been received by him, in presence of the 
candidates or their agents, or of such of them 
as shall think proper to attend or to appoint 
such agent, cast up the number of votes as 
they appear on the several books, and shall 
forthwith publish in the Edinburgh Gazette a 
notice containing the name of the candidate 
for whom the largest number of votes has been 
given, and declaring such candidate to be duly 
elected, and shall make a return in the form 
of similar returns presently used (as nearly as 
may be) in terms of the writ, under his hand 
and seal, to the Clerk of the Crown in Eng- 
land, and if the votes be equal he shall make 
a double return. 

(4.) All the provisions of an Act passed in the 
twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An 
Act to provide that votes at Elections for the 
Universities may be recorded by means of 
Voting Papers,” shall apply to every election 
of a Member for the Universities of Edinburgh 
and Saint Andrews, and for the Universities 
of Glasgow and Aberdeen, subject to the fol- 
lowing provisions : 

The words “ recorded in the manner here- 
** tofore used,” in the second section of 
the recited Act, shall in this Act mean 
** recorded in the manner hereinbefore 
** directed.” 

The word “ misdemeanor,” in the fifth sec- 
tion of the recited Act, shall include 
crime and offence. 

In lieu of the Schedule annexed to the re- 
cited Act, the Schedule ( ) to this 
Act annexed, shall be substituted in Elec- 
tions for the Universities of Edinburgh 
and Saint Andrews, and for the Univer- 
sities of Glasgow and Aberdeen.) 

Amendment proposed, in s. 4, 1. 4, after the 

words “ voting papers,” to insert the words “ ex- 

* cept so much of the said Act as requires that 

“the voting paper shall be personally delivered 

** by a Member of Council, who shall make attes- 

“tation of his personal acquaintance with the 

“ yoter, and his knowledge of the signature.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause. as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause added. 

Another Clause (Vice-Chancellors, Pro-Vice- 

Chancellors, 








31 Vicroria. 


brought up, and read the first time. 


Question, That the Clause be read a second | 


time——put, and negatived. 
Another Clause added. 


Another Clause (Certain Boroughs in England) | , ‘ 
to cease to return Members.) (Whereas, in order | mittee on the Promissory Oaths Bill; 
to provide for the seats hereinbefore distributed, | 
it is expedient that certain Boroughs in England 


having small populations should cease to return 


Members to serve in Parliament: Be it therefore | 
Enacted, That from and after the end of this pre- | mittee on the Entail Amendment ( Scotland) Bill 
sent Parliament, the Boroughs of Arundel, Ash- | 
burton, Dartmouth, Honiton, Lyme Regis, Thetford, | 


and Wells, shall respectively cease to return any 
Member to serve in Parliament)——brought up, 
and read the first and second time. 

Amendment proposed, to leave out the word 
** Wells,” in order to insert the word “ Evesham.” 

Question, That the word “ 
the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause (Sheriff Clerks may charge 
Commissioners of Supply for actual outlay and ex- 
penditure)-——brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time --—~ put, and negatived. 

Another Clause added. 

Schedule (A.):—Question put, That the Sche- 
dule stand part of the Bill. 

The Committee divided, 

Tellers for the Colonel Taylor, a 

Yeas, \Mr. Noel: J 
Tellers for thej Mr. Ellice, 

Noes, (Sir Edward Colebrooke : 
Schedules (B.) and (C.) disagreed to. 
Schedule (D.) agreed to. 

Schedule (E.) disagreed to. 

Schedule (F.) agreed to. 

Schedules (G.) to (K.) disagreed to. 

Schedule (L.) agreed to. 

New Schedules (B.) (G.) (H.) (HH.) (I.) and 
(K.) agreed to, and added. 

Schedule ( ) (Claim of Lodger), agreed to, 
and added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








86. 


} 91. 





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, he taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Boundary Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That the Preamble be 
postponed. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Tuesday, 9th June, 1868: 


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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
; mittee on the Zhumes Embankment and Metro- 
polis Improvement (Loans) Act Amendment [Gua- 


) Act rantee] ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 123. 


8th—9th June. 


Chancellors, and Registrars not to vote}—| : 
‘the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 


ells” stand part of | 


land) Fee Funds Bill was, according to Order, ¢ 





227 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Suppiy 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Promissory 
Oaths Bill 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday [Lords.] 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Entail Amend 
; ment _ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday land) Bill. 


the 18th dav of this instant June, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second eeneeree 
Reading of the Metropolitan Police Funds Bill; gin” 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Petroleum Act 
mittee on the Petroleum Act Amendment Bill; ae 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt Petitions and 
i . . Corrupt 
Practices at Elections Bill; nes 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Elections Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- CountyGeneral 
mittee on the County General Assessment (Scot- (Seotiand) Bal. 
land) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill was, Turnpike Acts 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 5 a 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for © ~ 
Monday the 22nd day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Curragh of 
Reading of the Curragh of Kildare Bill ; eee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of Ses- 
Reading of the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill; Sr 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Government 
Reading of the Government of Jndia Act Amend- : amar ene 
2. ent 
ment Bill H Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Governor 
Reading of the Governor General of India Bill ; —— 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Justiciary ( Scotland) Bill; entan 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Courts of Chancery and Exchequer (Jre- Courts of 
hancery and 

P h 

read a second time; and committed to a Committee (Ireland) Fee 


of the whole House, for Thursday next. Funds Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pier and Har- 
into a Committee on the Pier and Harbour Orders bow. Orders: 
Confirmation (No. 2) Bill; and, after some time (No 2.) Bil 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee 


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298 


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. 


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. 
Lee River The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Conservancy take into consideration the Lee River Conservancy 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Land Writs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Registration mittee on the Land Writs Registration ( Scotland) 


(Scotland) Bill. 75-11 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
sean mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Regulation The Regulation of Railways Bill was, according 
of Railways to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Bill [Lords] Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
22nd day of this instant June. 
Endowed _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
fied} into a Committee on the Endowed Schools 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. 


Consecration The Consecration of Churchyards Act (1867) 
of Churchyards Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read a 


yw ne al DR second time; and committed to a Committee of the 

Bill [Lords.] Whole House, for this day. 

Alkali Act The Alkali Act (1863) Perpetuation Bill was, 

(1863) i. according to Order, read asecond time; and com- 

wy ™ mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 

Duchy of The Order of the day being read, for the Third 

a. Reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Amendment 

Bill [Lords] Bill; ' sd 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Thursday next. 

Weights and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Measures 


(Scotland) Bill. Reading of the Weights and Measures ( Scotland) 


Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 





East India Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Persian to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 
—_— pleased to give directions, that there be Jaid before 
this, House, Returns showing the outlay by the 
Government of Jndia on the Lines of Telegraph 
in Persia, in the Persian Gulf, and in the Arabian 
Sea: And, showing the Revenue and Expen- 
diture of these Lines since their opening in Fe- 

bruary 1868. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 

Council. 

Prisons Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
orn to amend the Acts for the Administration of 
‘Acts Amend. isons in Scotland, in so far as regards the 


ment. 


8th—9th June. 


ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 











1868. 


County of Lanark: And that Sir Edward Cole- 
brooke and Mr. Dalglish do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Locsl Govern. 
to confirm a certain Provisional Order under eeeua ea 
“ The Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to” =e 
the District of Tormoham (Devonshire): And that 
Sir James Fergusson and Mr. Secretary Gathorne 
Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 


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

to confirm certain Provisional Orders under ‘ The ™t Supple. 
Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to the an 
Districts of Malvern, Cowpen, Bristol, Sheffield, 
Margate, Bognor, and Otley, and for other pur- 
poses relating to certain Districts under the said 
Act: And that Sir James Fergusson and Mr. 
Secretary Gathorne Hardy do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That the Select Committee on Admi- Admiralty 
ralty Monies and Accounts do consist of Eighteen Monies and - 
Members. os 

Ordered, That Mr. Du Cane be added to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill New Zealand 
to remove Doubts respecting the operation of the Company. 
New Zealand Company’s Act of the ninth and 
tenth years of Victoria, chapter Three hundred 
and eighty-two (Local and Personal): And that 
Mr. Adderley and Mr. Sclater-Booth do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Larceny and 
to amend the Law relating to Larceny and Em- ®™ezzlement. 
bezzlement: And that Mr. Russell Gurney and 
Mr. Coleridge do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Edward Colebrooke presented a Bill to amend Prisons 
the Acts for the Administration of Prisons in yee 
y ° ministration 
Scotland, in so far as regards the County of La- ‘sets Amend- 
nark; And the same was read the first time ; and ment Bill. 
Bill 155. 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Adderley presented a Bill to remove Doubts New Zealand 
respecting the operation of the New Zealand Com- Company Bill 
pany’s Act of the ninth and tenth years of Vic- Bill 156. 
toria, chapter Three hundred and eighty-two 
(Local and Personal): And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day ; and to be printed. 

Mr. Russell Gurney presented a Bill to amend Larceny and 
the Law relating to Larceny and Embezzlement: fy""""™ 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered Bill 157 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 24th = 
day of this instant June ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Selater-Booth presented a Bill to provide Courts of Law 
for the Collection by means of Stamps of Fees (Sentland) pill. 
payable in the Supreme and Inferior Courts of ( Bill 158 
Law in Scotland, and in the Offices belonging ~* “*™" 
thereto, and for other purposes relative thereto: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

to be read a second time upon Thursday next; 

and to be printed. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to confirm a Local Govern- 
certain Provisional Order under “ The Local Go- ment a (he. 4) 
vernment Act, 1858,” relating to the District of piu, 
Tormoham (Devonshire): And the same was read iJ] 159. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to confirm Local Govern- 
certain Provisional Orders under “The Local mental (Ke. 5) 
Government Act, 1858,” relating to the Districts piu, 

of Malvern, Cowpen, Bristol, Sheffield, Margate, ii 160. 


Bognor, and Otley, and for other purposes relating 
to 











Courts of 

) Chancery and 
Exchequer 
(Ireland) 
Fee Funds 
[Guarantee. ] 


Curragh of 
Kildare 
[Expenses. ] 


County Finan- 
n cial Boards 
(No. 1) Bill. 


East India 
(Railways. ) 


Calverley and 
Horsforth 
District Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 


Yeadon and 
uiseley Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 








31 Vicroria. 


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 tobe printed. 





A Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee to consider of authorising the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to make good, 
out of the Consolidated Fund, any Sum or Bien 
that may be required to meet the Claims of the 
Suitors of the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer 
in Ireland, if any such Claims should be lawfully 
established, in pursuance of the Provisions of any 
Act of the present Session for transferring the 
Fee and other Funds of the Courts of Chancery 
and Exchequer in Jreland to the Consolidated Fund; 

The Earl of Mayo, 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. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee to consider of making Provision for the 
Payment, out of any Money that may be provided 
by Parliament for the purpose, of the Remunera- 
tion to the Commissioners and of the other Ex- 
penses of carrying into effect any Act of the pre- 
sent Session for the Management and Use of the 
Curragh of Kildare ; 

The Earl of Mayo, 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. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the County Financial Boards (No. 1) 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 24th day of this instant June. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Report to the Secre- 
tary of State for Jndia in Council on Railways in 
India, for the year 1867-68, by Juland Danvers, 
Esquire, Government Director of the Indian Rail- 
way Companies. 

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 Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Tuesday, 9th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

a Calverley and Horsforth District 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. 


The Yeadon and Guiseley Gas Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

rdered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 
VoL. 123. 


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A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Towns 
posed, That Standing Order 238 be suspended in Prainage and 
the case of the Towns Drainage and Sewage cio] 
Utilization Bill :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. meas 
Vide Twenty: 
fifth Report. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Electric 
Reading of the Electric Telegraphs Bill ; tea 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
the” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ question of the expediency of pur- 
“ chasing the Telegraphs by the State be referred 
** to a Select Committee,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
. Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
ay. 


The Endowed Schools Bill was, according to Endowed 
Order, read the third time. vie Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. on 

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 for reading a second time, To-morrow, Church Rates 
the Church Rates Commutation Bill, was read, ee 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of this instant 
June. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Metropolitan 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Foreign Cattle 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing M#*et Bill. 
Orders in the case of the Amendments intro- 
duced in the Select Committee on the Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle Market Bill. 

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


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- Private Bills 
mittee on Group C. of Private Bills; That the (Group C.) 
Parties opposing the Derby Water Bill had stated 
that the Evidence of Robert Morgan 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 Robert 
Morgan do attend the said Committee on Wednes- 
day the 10th day of this instant June, at Twelve 
of the clock. 

Ordered, That Robert Morgan do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Diplomatic 
mand,—Statement of Salaries and Allowances of Service. 
Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Servants, under the 
Scale laid down previously to the Settlement made 
by the Act 2 &amp; 3 Wiill. 4, c. 116, in the Letter from 
the Foreign Office to the Treasury of August 31, 

1831, and under the Scale of 1868. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Ad- Boundary 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this ©°™™ms!o™ 
instant June, for a Return relative to the Boun- 
dary Commission. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 
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Plymouth 
Fort. 

No, 323. 
Mail Services 
(Asia and 
Australasia. 

No, 324. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works, 


Pablic Record 
Office. 


New Courts 
of Justice. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty (1867 
and 1868.) 


Small Livings, 


Curragh of 
Kildare. 


230 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to P/ymouth 
Breakwater Fort, which was presented upon the 
4th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mail 
Services (Asia and Australasia), which was pre- 
sented upon the 8th day of this instant June, be 
printed, 


Ordered, That Mr. Laing have leave of absence 
for a fortnight, on urgent business ;—and, Mr. 
Robert Duff, ten days, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing all Moneys owing at the time 
of the formation of the Metropolitan Board of 


Oth June. 





1868. 


Works, and the Rates of Interest thereon; the 
Amounts Borrowed since, and the Rates of In- 
terest; the Purposes for which they were intended, 
and the Security given for the same; the Amounts 
paid off, with the Dates of Payment; and the 
Amounts owing by the Board on the Ist day of 
January 1868. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy 

a Return (in a tabulated form) of Cost, Tonnage, (Transports. 
Power, and Consumption of Coal of the Transports 

** Serapis,” “* Malabar,” “ Crocodile,” “ Jumna,” 

and “ Euphrates” ; showing, also, the Expense of 
conducting the Service in conveying the Jndian 

Reliefs, to and from India, during the past 

Season :— 








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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return from the Public Record Office, of all 
Correspondence relative to the recent Restoration 
to that Department of various Documents affecting 
the History of Dramatic Literature. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Treasury Minute of the 23rd day of 
December 1865, relating to the New Courts of 
Justice : Of the Award of the Judges: 
And, of further Correspondence relative thereto. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of an Account of all Receipts and Disburse- 
ments by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen 
Anne, for the year ended the 31st day of December 
1867 :——Of the Balance Sheets showing the 
state of the Governor’s Assets and Liabilities at 
the end of the year 1867, as recently submitted 
by their Auditor; adding thereto the Number of 
separate Accounts comprised under each General 
Heading or Division of Account: Of the 
Statement of the Sum available for Augmentation 
in 1868, submitted by the Treasurer to the Bene- 
faction Committee, dated the 16th day of March 
1868 : And, List of Benefices approved by 
the Governors to this time for Augmentation in 
1868; with County, Diocese, Area, Population, 
Annual Value, Patron, Amount and Nature of 
Benefaction, Name of Benefactor, and Amount of 
Grant promised to each Benefice. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be watt a pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of any Additional Papers received 
by the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment relative to Small Livings (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 85, of Session 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy. of the Report of the Commissioners ap- 





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pointed by the Treasury in 1866 to hold a Local 
Inquiry with a view to Legislation on the subject 
of the Curragh of Kildare. 


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 Metropolis Sub- Metropolis 
ways Bill, without any Amendment. Subways Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow and Glasgow and 
South Western Railway Bill, without any Amend- South Western 
ment. Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment north and 
made by this House to the North and South South Western 
Western Junction Railway Bill, without any Jonction 


Amendment. oe 


The Lords have agreed to the Cotton Statistics Cotton 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Statistics Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Western Great Western 
Railway (Dividends) (No. 2) Bill, with Amend- Railway 
ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence yen 2) Bil 
of this House. ‘ 

The Lords have agreed to the Acton and Brent- Acton and 
ford Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which aa 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. "#97 ™ 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Northern Great Northern 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Railway Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the West Riding west Riding 
and Grimsby Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 2»d Grimsby 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this ®#!way Bill 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Ystrad Gas and Ystrad Gas and 
Water Bill, with Amendments; to which the Wer Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Lake 4 
— That an humble Address be micah to and the Pacific, 
ler Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to issue a “ee Commission to inquire 
into and report upon the capability for settlement 
and the best means of settling Her Majesty’s 
Territory lying between Lake Superior and the 
Pacific, especially as to the provision for Tele- 
graphic and other Communication through Her 


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31 Vicrorta. 


Majesty’s Dominions from the Atlantic to the 
Pacifie Ocean:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


tion 

I Tood oF to amend the “ Act for preventing the Adultera- 

ee tion of Articles of F nf or Drink, 1860,” and to 

Amen’ extend its provisions to Drugs: And that Mr. 
Dizon, Mr. Kennard, and Mr. Goldney do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

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

ome mittee on the Renewable Leasehold Conversion 

nd) Act (Jreland) Act Extension Bill; ; 

Extension Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Military at The Order of the day being read, for resuming 

Elections i, the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 

_— upon the 12th day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Military at Elec- 
tions (Jreland) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 

Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

(Ireland) Acts Reading of the Railways (Jreland) Acts Amend- 

Amendment . 

Bill. ment Bull; 

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

Fairs Bill. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Fairs 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 
To-morrow. 

Landed The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

sd Reading of the Landed Property Improvement 

provement : 

(Ireland) Bill. (Ireland) Bill 3 

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

Thames The Thames Embankment and Metropolis Im- 

pel provement (Loans) Act Amendment Bill was, 

Improvement according to Order, read a second time; and com- 

(Loans) Act mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 

"t= Thursday next. 

Thames The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

eed into a Committee on Thames Embankment and 

Improvement Letropolis Improvement (Loans) Act Amend- 


(Loans) Act ment | Guarantee]. 
Amendment 
[Guarantee.] 


(In the Committee. ) 


wil, ould . a a 
3. Meslond, TRE it ie, eupetiens te nathotine | the allegations contained in the Preamble of the [Zerds.] 


the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to 
guarantee the Repayment of any Money that may 
be borrowed under any Act of the present Session 
for extending the provisions of “ The Thames Em- 
bankment and Metropolis Improvement (Loans) 
Act, 1864,” together with the Interest thereon; 
and to cause Advances to be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, of such Sums as may 
be necessary for the Repayment of such Principal 
and Interest, in aid of any other Monies applicable 
for that purpose under the said Act. 

2. Resolved, That the Commissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt be authorized to 
advance the Money which by the said Act the Me- 
tropolitan Board of Works is authorized to raise. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Dodson 
Vou. 123. 





Qth—10¢th June. 








231 


reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions, 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; Session 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time "4 ® 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Justiciary ( Scotland) Bill ; ‘aes ) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill, 


upon Thursday next. 


The Pierand HarbourOrders Confirmation( No.2) Pier and Har- 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. re 
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 Lee River Conservancy Bill was, according Lee River 
to Order, read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. bs 
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- Land Writs 
mittee on the Land Writs Registration ( Scotland) pon oe a 
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- Consecration 
mittee on the Consecration of Churchyards Act ye eg 
(1867) Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Bill [Lords.] 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


Alkali Act 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- (1863) Per- 


mittee on the Alkali A ct (1863) Perpetuation Bill; petuation 
And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill [Zords.] 
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 To-morrow. 








Wednesday, 10th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Dodson reported the Alexandra (Newport) Alexandra 


Dock Bill, without Amendment. board 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. [ Lords] 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the jifracombe 
Ilfracombe Railway Bill; That they had examined Railway Bill 


Bill, and made verbal Amendments therein, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without further Amendment. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Waterloo and Whitehall Waterloo 
Railway Bill, without Amendment. —_ a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Lords} 


| and be printed. 


A Petition of the Belgravia Road Company, gelgravia 
praying that provision may be made in the Belgravia and South 
and South Kensington New Road Bill for the ——— 
application of improved Rates in the Parish of pi [Zords.] 
Saint Luke, Chelsea, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

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Cork and 
Macroom 
(Direct) 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Rathkeale 


and Newcastle 


Junction 
Railway Bill 
[Zords.] 
Adulteration 
of Food or 
Drink Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 161. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide ‘Twenty- 
sixth Report. 
Queen Anne's 
Bounty 

(1867 and 
1868.) 


Nova Scotia. 


Revenue 
Officers 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill. 


Married 
Women's 
Property Bill. 


Burials (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


232 


The Cork and Macroom (Direct) Railway Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 


The Rathheale and Newcastle Junction Railway 
Bill was reada second time ; and committed. 


Mr. Dizon presented a Bill to amend the “ Act 
for preventing the Adulteration of Articles of Food 
or Drink, 1860,” and to extend its Provisions to 
Drugs: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
the 23rd day of this instant June; and to be 
printed. 


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


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 June, for Returns 
relative to Queen Anne’s Bounty (1867 and 1868). 


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copies of Despatches from Viscount Monck 
forwarding Representations from Nova Scotia 
against the Union, and the Answer. 

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


The Revenue Officers Disabilities Removal Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time: and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Married Women’s Property Bill; 

And a Motion being, 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. 

‘Mr. Shaw Lefevre, 

Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Philip Wyhe- 

| ham Martin: J 
{Mr. Lopes, 
\ Gelenal Sue ; }128. 

And the numbers being equal, Mr. Speaker 
stated that he should follow the wise rule usually 
adopted in similar cases, by giving the House a 
further opportunity of considering the merits of 
the Bill at a future stage, and accordingly declared 
himself with the Yeas. 

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. 


123. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Burials (Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

CuiausE, N° 1 (Where Burials of Persons not 
belonging to United Church of England and Ire- 
land take place in Burial Grounds of such Church, 
Priest, &amp;c. of other Denomination may perform 
Service). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 10, 
after the word “ grave-yard,” to insert the words 
“in which he shall have a right of burial.” 


10th June. 




















1868. 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 11, 
after the word “church,” to insert the words 
* and having died within the parish or district in 
« which such rectory, vicarage, church, or chapel 
* of such church ‘is situated.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Several Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause, to add the words “ Provided always, 
“ That notice in writing of the day and hour at 
“* which such burial is intended to take place shall 
“ have been given by such priest or clergyman of 
“such religious denomination one day at least 
“ before such burial to the officiating minister of 
*‘ such church or chapel, or shall have been left at 
*¢ his place of abode.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Amendments made to the proposed Amend- 
ment. 

Question put, That the words, as amended, be 
added to the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mi" i. } on. 

Tellers for the Noes, oo Monsell, } 122. 

r. Lawson : 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “ Provided always, That 
** notice in writing of the day and hour at which 
* such burial is intended to take place shall have 
* been given by such priest or clergyman of such 
* religious denomination twelve hours at least be- 
* fore such burial to the police at the nearest 
** police station. 

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

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CriauseEs, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 

A Clause (No one but the sexton to enter 
churchyard for the purpose of opening or making 
graves) ——brought up, and read the first time. 

Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, a a = : f ‘ 

Tellers for the Noes,{ ft - mien } 123. 

A Clause added. 

Another Clause (Form of burial service)—— 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And it being a quarter of an hour before six of 
the clock, the Chairman left the Chair to report 
Progress. 





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, To-morrow, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Municipal Rate (Edinburgh) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Voters in Disfranchised 
Boroughs 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 ieee 

e 





Municipal 
Rate (Edin- 
burgh) Bill. 


Voters in 
Disfran 
Boroughs 
Bill. 








31 Vicrorta. 10th 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the 

(Ireland) | Second Reading of the Poor Law ( /reland) Amend- 

Amendmen ill : 

Bill. ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 24th day of this instant June. 

Probate of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Wills, &amp;c. 


Reading of the Probate of Wills, &amp;c.(Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Guards and iittee on the Railways (Guards and Passengers 
ae oll Communication) Bill ; ‘ 
tion) Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Established The Order of the day being read, for taking 
Chureh (res into consideration the Established Church (Ireland) 
land) BM. Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Friday next. 
supply. ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Cummittee. 
Military at The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Elections 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 12th day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Military at Elec- 
tions (Zreland) Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday the 23rd day of this instant June. 


Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland) Acts Reading of the Railways (/reland) Acts Amend- 


(Ireland) Bill. 


— ment Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 23rd day of this instant June. 
Fairs Bill. The Fairs 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. 
Tanded The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
panty Reading of the Landed Property Improvement 
Ireland) Bil, (27eland) Bill ; 
(Ireland) Bin, (27eland) Bill; : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 23rd day of this instant June. 
Thames Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Saaimens Thames Embankment and Metropolis Improve- 
Improveseee’ ment( Loans) Act Amendment[ Guarantee ],several 
(Loans) Act Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 
Amendment 1, That it is expedient to authorise the Com- 
(Guarantee. ] 


missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to guar- 
antee the Repayment of any Money that may be 
borrowed under any Act of the present Session 
for extending the provisions of “The Thames Em- 
bankment and Metropolis Improvement (Loans) 
Act, 1864,” together with the interest thereon ; 
and to cause advances to be made, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, of such sums as may be neces- 
sary for the repayment of such principal and interest, 
in aid of any other monies applicable for that pur- 
pose under the said Act. 

2. That the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt be authorised to advance the 
money which by the said Act the Metropolitan 
Board of Works is authorised to raise. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

VoL. 123. 








233 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consecration 
into a Committee on the Consecration of Church- of ope 
yards Act (1867) Amendment Bill; and, after some 11867) y net 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; ment Bill 
and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee [Zords] 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


June. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Electric 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, — 
upon the 9th day of this instant June, was pro- ~~ 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Elec- 
tric Telegraphs Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate’ be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill tnclosure 
to authorise the Inclosure of certain Lands, in (8% *) 
pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure 
Commissioners for England and Wales: And that 
Sir James Fergusson and Mr. Selater-Booth do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Law 
to extend the Powers of Poor Law Inspectors and preaterei 
Medical Inspectors in Ireland: And that the Earl ({reland.) 
of Mayo and Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill tmvestment 
to supplement the Investment of Trust Funds Act: pet et 
And that Mr. Henry B. Sheridan and Mr. Ayrton ““PPmOM* 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 17th Ecclesiastical 
day of July 1863, was made from the Select Com- Commission. 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Queen Anne’s 
Bounty Board. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Alkali Act 
solve itself into a Committee on the Alkali ak (00m) Pee 
. . etuation 
(1863) Perpetuation Bill. pee, 
Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to authorise Inctosure 
the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a (No. 2) Bill. 
Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for Bill 162. 
England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Craufurd reported from the Select Com- Judgments 
mittee on the. Judgments Extension Bill; That Extension 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- aed 
ments thereunto. Bill 163. 

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. Henry B. Sheridan presented a Bill to Investment of 
supplement the Investment of Trust Funds Act: rust F — 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered }ih?!™e""* 
to be read a second time upon Tuesday next; and pi) 44, 


to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, revenue 
a Copy of Report to the Treasury by the Com- Officers 
missioners of Customs and Inland Revenue upon ance 
the Revenue Officers Disabilities Removal Bill, No, 325 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly ““® °*** 
presented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





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Towns 
Drainage and 
Sewage Utili- 
zation Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-fifth 


Sale of Liquors 
= Sunday 


Pablic 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
sixth Report. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) 
Administra- 
tion Acts 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Non-Traders 
Bankruptcy 
(Treland) Bill 
[Zords.] 


West Indies, 


Star Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill 
[| Lords. } 


Dunn 
Gardner's 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway Bill 
[Lords. 


Aliens. 


234 





Thursday, 11th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Towns Drainage and 
Sewage Utilization Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 28th 
and 29th days of May last, and from the 4th to the 
9th days of this instant June, both inclusive, and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Sale of Liquors on Sunday Bill have leave to sit 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


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 Prisons (Scotland) Administration 
Acts Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and that 
the Examiner have leave to sit, and proceed 
forthwith. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Non-Traders Bankruptcy (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names and Offices or Incum- 
bencies of all Persons in the West Indies now re- 
ceiving a Salary or Pension from the Consolidated 
Fund, the Date of their Appointment, and the 
Amount paid to each individually, making up the 
Total Amount of £. 20,300. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills; That in the case of the Star Life Assur- 
ance Society 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 
ene of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills; That in the case of Dunn Gardner's Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be “9 a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Rills; That in the case of the Waterford and Li- 
merich 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 com- 
plied 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, Returns of the Number of Certificates of 
Naturalization issued to Aliens by Her Majesty’s 


11th June. 








1868. 


Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
under the provisions of the 7th &amp; 8th Viet. c. 66, 
in each year from 1854 inclusive, stating the 
Countries to which such Aliens belonged :-—-And, 
of the Names and Description of all Aliens who, in 
each year from 1847 inclusive, have obtained from 
the Legislature Acts of Naturalization, including 
the se of sitting in Parliament, and being of 
Her Majesty’s Privy Council. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Joint Stock 
Returns of the Names, Objects, Places where Bu- Companies, 


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 Associa- 
tion, the Total Number of Shares taken by such 
Subscribers, Amount of Calls made on each Share, 
and the Total Amount of Calls received of all 
Joint Stock Companies formed since the lst day 
of June 1867 to the 31st day of May 1868, inclu- 
sive; distinguishing whether the Companies are 
Limited or Unlimited, and also the Number of 
Shareholders in each of the said Companies at the 
Date of last Return, and whether still in ope- 
ration or being wound up:——And, of the Total 
Number registered in the Metropolis, or within 
Five Miles of the General Post Office : Also, 








Number of 


New Companies. Nominal Capital, 





1863-4 
1864 
1865 
1566 
1867-8 








(In continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 510, 
of Session 1867, with Index). 


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


a Return of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels 
above 50 Tons built at each Port in the United 
Kingdom during the year 1867, distinguishing 
Sailing from Steam Vessels; and distinguishing, 
also, those built of Iron, of Wood, and those partly 
of Iron and partly of Wood, tabulated as in the 
Return for 1866. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Excise Duties 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Colonies.) 


to give directions, that there be laid befdre this 
House, a Return of the Excise Duties levied in 
each of Her Majesty’s Possessions Abroad; speci- 
fying the Articles on which such Duties are levied, 
and the Rate of Tax or Impost on each Article. 

Ordered, That 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, Duties, and Salaries of the 
Officers employed in Workhouses in the Metro- 
— District : And, of the Names of any 

ersons employed as Midwives in the Metropolitan 
District ; the Number of Cases attended by each, 
and the Sum paid to each Midwife during the 
half-year ending Lady Day 1868. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burials (/reland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. + 
r. 


Poor Law 


Burials (Ite- 


land) Bill. 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Yeadon and 
Guiseley Gas 
Bill [Lords.} 
Calverley 

and Horsforth 
District Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 
Humber 
Conservancy 
Bill. 

House of Lords 
Causes. 


Public Record 
Office. 


Curragh of 
Kildare. 


Coolie 
Emigration. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty (1866.) 


No. 326. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty (1867 
and 1868.) 


No. 326. 
Boundary 
Commission. 

No. 327. 


Orders of the 
Day. 


Registration. 


Bo 
aad 
Bill 165. 


31 VicTrorra. 11th 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Yeadon and Guiseley 
Gas Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Calverley and Horsforth 
District Gas Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Humber Conser- 
vancy Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords communicate a Return of the Number 
of Causes standing for Hearing before the House 
of Lords at the commencement of the present 
Session of Parliament, and of the Number already 
heard during the present Session (to 8th June in- 
clusive); with the Number of Days on which the 
Lords have sat for hearing Appeals, and the Num- 
ber of Hours occupied on each Day of Sitting, and 
the Names of the Lords who sat on each day, as 
desired by this House. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,— Return to an 
Order, dated the 9th day of this instant June, for 
a Return relative to the Public Record Office. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this 
instant June, for a Return relative to the Curragh 
of Kildare. 

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


Mr. Adderley presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of May last, 
for Returns relative to Coolie Emigration. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Queen 
Anne’s Bounty (1866), which was presented upon 
the 5th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Queen 
Anne’s Bounty (1867 and 1868), which was pre- 
sented upon the 10th day of this instant June, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the 
Boundary Commission, which was presented upon 
the 9th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be post- 
poned till after the Notice of Motion relative to 
Registration. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law of Registration so far as relates 
to the year One thousand eight hundred and Sixty- 





June. 935 


“ Hastings, Hertford, Huddersfield, Kidderminster, 
“ King’s Lynn, Kingston-upon-Hull, Lewes, Mac- 
* clesfield, Monmouth District, Morpeth, Newport 
“(Isle of Wight), Northampton, Oldham, Oxford, 
“ Penryn and Falmouth, Peterborough, Plymouth, 
“© Preston, Richmond, Rochdale, Salisbury, Stafford, 
“ Stamford, Stohe-upon-T rent, Stroud, Sunderland, 
“ Taunton, Wakefield, Walsall, Wilton, New Wind- 
** sor, Worcester, Beaumaris District, Cardiff Dis- 
“ trict, Cardigan District, Carmarthen District, 
“ Carnarvon District, Denbigh District, Flint Dis- 
* trict, Merthyr Tydvil, Pembroke District, Swan- 
** sea District, shall be altered in manner specified 
‘in the First Schedule to this Act annexed.” 
Question re That the words proposed to be 


left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the: Mr. Powell, 148 
Yeas, \ Mr. Greene: } ‘ 
Tellers for the /Mr. Hibbert, \ 184 
Noes, Sir Hedworth Williamson ;{ ~"** 


Question proposed, that the words “follow- 
“ing Boroughs, viz.: Abingdon, Ashton-under- 
** Lyne, Aylesbury, Barnstaple, Bath, Bewdley, 
“ Blackburn, Bolton-le-Moors, Bridgwater, Brigh- 
* ton, Cambridge, Chatham, Cheltenham, Chester, 
“* Chichester, Cirencester, Coventry, Derby, Droit- 
*‘ wich, Dudley, Durham, Exeter, Finsbury, Glou- 
** cester, Greenwich, Guildford, Halifax, Hastings, 
“ Hertford, Huddersfield, Kidderminster, King’s 
“ Lynn, Kingston-upon-Hull, Lewes, Macclesfield, 
“ Monmouth District, Morpeth, Newport (Isle of 
“ Wight), Northampton, Oldham, Oxford, Penryn 
“and Falmouth, Peterborough, Plymouth, Preston, 
“ Richmond, Rochdale, Salisbury, Stafford, Stam- 
“ ford, Stoke-upon-Trent, Stroud, Sunderland, 
“ Taunton, Wakefield, Walsall, Wilton, New 
“ Windsor, Worcester, Beaumaris District, Cardiff 
* District, Cardigan District, Carmarthen District, 
“ Carnarvon District, Denbigh District, Flint 
“ District, Merthyr Tydvil, Pembroke District, 
“ Swansea District, shall be altered in manner 
“specified in the First Schedule to this Act 
** annexed,” be there inserted : 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment: After the word “ Lewes,” to insert 
the word “ Liverpool.” 

Question, That the word “ Liverpool” be there 
inserted ——- put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed to the said pro- 
posed Amendment: After the word “ Walsall,” to 
insert the word “ Warwick.” 

Question, That the word “ Warwick” be there 
inserted —— put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed to the said pro- 
posed Amendment, after the word “ Walsall,” to 





eight, and for other purposes relating thereto: 
And that Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy and Sir 
Jumes Fergusson do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

into a Committee on the Boundary Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Criavses, N° 1 to N°3, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 4 (Alteration of Boundaries of old 
Boroughs). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 16, to leave out 
the words “ old Boroughs specified in the First 
“ Schedule to this Act annexed shall be altered 
“in manner therein mentioned,” in order to insert 
the words “ following Boroughs, viz. Abingdon, 
“ Ashton-under-Lyne, Aylesbury, Barnstaple, Bath, 
“ Bewdley, Blackburn, Bolton-le-Moors, Bridg- 


‘ “water, Brighton, Cambridge, Chatham, Chelten- 





“ ham, Chester, Chichester, Cirencester, Coventry, 
“ Derby, Droitwich, Dudley, Durham, Exeter, Fins- 
“ bury, Gloucester, Greenwich, Guildford, Halifaz, 
VoL. 123. 





| 
| 


insert the word “ Wigan.” 

Question put, That the word “ Wigan” be there 
inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. James Lowther, } 91 


Yeas, (Mr. Eckersley : 
Tellers for the! Mr. Woods, 
N \Mr. Philip Wykeham \at 
oes, Martin: 
artin; 


Question, That those words be there inserted 
——-put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CxiauseEs, N° 5 to N’ 11, with Amendments to 
one of them, agreed to. 

A Clause added. 

Another Clause ( Alteration of Boundaries of old 
boroughs not to affect rights connected with such 
boroughs) ——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. 

First Schedule amended, and agreed to. 





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236 


Second Schedule :—An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 47, 1. 17, 
to leave out the words “ The township of Darling- 
“ ton (with the exception of the detached part called 
* OQxen-le-lield ) ; 

« The township of Cockerton : and 

* So much of the township of Haughton-le- 
«© Skerne adjoining the township of Darlington as is 
“included within the following Boundary (that 
* is to say): 

* From the eastern angle in the road from 
“ Darlington to Yarm of the Boundary be- 
“tween the townships of Darlington and 
“ Haughton-le-Sherne, eastward along the 
* north side of the said road to the point at 
“ which it meets Lingfield-lane; thence 
* northward along Lingjfield-lane to the 
“ point at which it joins the turnpike road 
* te from Darlington to Stockton; 
“thence in the same direction in a straight 
“ line crossing the said road and the River 
‘* Sherne, west of and near to Haughton 
“ Bridge, to the point at which a small 
‘ rivulet there enters that river; thence up 
* the said rivulet (which forms the western 
“ boundary of the playground of Haughton 
“ National Schools, and of the graveyard 
“ of Saint Andrew’s Church) to Hardcustle- 
“ Jane; thence northward and westward up 
“ Hardcastle-lane to the point at which 
“it joins Back-lane; thence, westward, 
“ along Back-lane for about One hundred 
“ and sixty-six yards to the point in it op- 
* posite to the angle. of the Boundary be- 
“tween the townships of Haughton-le- 
“‘ Skerne and Cockerton; thence, south- 
«* ward, about sixteen yards to the said angle,” 

in order to insert the words “ Municipal Borough 
* of Darlington.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out tend part of the Schedule ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Freville Surtees, 1105 

Yeas, Major Stuart Knox: j " 

Tellers for the Mr. Pease, } 135 

Noes, LMr. Candlish : ; 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 49, lL. 4, 
to leave out from the words “ The Municipal Bo- 
** rough,” to the end of the Schedule. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out nak part of the Schedule :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 

Third Schedule, agreed to. 

Fourth Schedule (Courts for Election of Mem- 
bers) : 














Places appointed 
oe for holding 
County. Division. Courts for Election 
of Members. 
Devonshire - North Devonshire - | Barnstaple. 
Essex - - - | North-east Essex ~- | Colchester. 
Lineolnshire  - - | South Lincolnshire - | Spaiding. 
Wes: Kent - - | West Kent - - } Sevenoaks. 
Yorkshire, West Rid- | Northern Division - | Bradford, 
ing. 
Mid Division - - | Leeds, 








Amendment proposed, before the word “ Devon- 
“ shire” to insert the words “ Cheshire, North 
** Cheshire, Stockport.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, under the words 
** North-east Essex” to insert the words “ South 
“ Essex.” 





11th June. 








1868. 


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

Amendments made. 

Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 

New Schedule agreed to, and 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. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Representation of the 
People (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(After the present Parliament, right of Sutherland 
to return a Member, suspended) : And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Register of Voters): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time:—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p.6, 1.12, by inserting, after the 
word “ occupiers,” the words “ and the names of 
** all such tenants and occupiers shall be transferred 
*‘ by the parochial board to the poor-rates assess- 
* ment roll.” 

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

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next; and be printed. 


The Local Government Supplemental (No. 3) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 
and committed to a Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Curragh of Kildare Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Courts of Chancery and 
Exchequer (Jreland) Fee Funds [Guarantee]. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to make 
good, out of the Consolidated Fund, any sum or 
sums that may be required to meet the claims of 
the Suitors of the Courts of Chancery and Ex- 
chequer in Jreland, if any such claims should be 
lawfully established, in pursuance of the provisions 
of any Act of the present Session for transferring 
the Fee and other Funds of the Courts of Chan- 
~ Exchequer in Ireland to the Consolidated 

und, 


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, 

The 





Representa. 
tion of the 
People (Scot. 
land) Bill, 


Bill 166, 


Local Govern. 
ment Supple- 
mental (No. 3) 
Bill. 


Curragh of 
Kildare Bill. 


Courts of 
Chancery and 
Exchequer 
(Ireland) Fee 
Funds ’ 
[Guarantee.] 











31 Vicrorta. 





Courts of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
er into a Committee on the Courts of Chancery and 
(land) Fee Exchequer (Ireland) Fee Funds Bill. 
Beads Bil. And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Friday, 12th June, 1868: 

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. 

Courtsof Law The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
a) Reading of the Courts of Law Fees, &amp;c. (Scot- 
Ca land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 
Local Govern- The Local Government Supplemental (No. 4) 
at mg Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
_e ) and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 
Local Governe The Local Government Supplemental (No. 5) 
ment —_. Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
mental (No. 5) 244 committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 
Curragh of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Kildare into a Committee on Curragh of Kildare [Ex- 
[Expense] penses]. 
(In the Committee. ) 
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
ayment, out of any money that may be provided 
y Parliament for the purpose, of the Remunera- 
tion to the Commissioners, and of the other Ex- 
penses of carrying into effect any Act of the present 
Session for the management and use of the Cur- 
ragh of Kildare. 

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. 

Thames The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


armen into a Committee onthe Thames Embankment and 
lpr Pos Metropolis Improvement (Loans) Act Amendment 


I 
gery Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
senianens Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
- — That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
Court of Ses- | The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


son (Scotland) Reading of the Court of Session ( Scotland ) Bill; 
: Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Court of read, for the Second 


; The Order of the day —_? 
(Booty Reading of the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) 
im Bil; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
Iand Writs § The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Gea? mittee on the Land Writs Registration (Scotland) 
an) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
New Zealand © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Company Bill. 


mittee on the New Zealand Company Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 

VoL. 123. 


11¢h—12th June. 





937 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Election 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt new 
Practices at Elections Bill ; pc oa 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Elections Bill. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Promissory 
mittee on the Promissory Oaths Bill ; rym oy 
Resolved, That this ee will, upon Tuesday ania 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Duchy of 


Reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Amendment Corwall 
Bill: Amendment 
; Bill (Lords.] 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—The House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 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 Consecration 
take into consideration the Consecration of Church- of = 
yards Act (1867) Amendment Bill, as amended T1067) Amend= 
in the Committee. ment Bill 

A Clause (Application of Consecration of [Lords] 
Churchyards Act, 1867, to Cemeteries) was twice 
read; and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Alkali Act 
mittee on the Alkali Act (1863) Perpetuation (1868) Per, 
Bill: petuation Bi 

ul; ’ , | Lords.] 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Voters in 
take into consideration the Voters in Disfranchised eran 4 
Boroughs Bill, as amended in the Committee. . 

Ordered, That the Bill ke read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Probate of 
Basting of the Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Ireland) ‘usnay Bin, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ecclesiastical 
to amend the Law relating to the Ecclesiastical — 
Commissioners for England: And that Mr. Se- : 
cretary Gathorne Hardy, the Judge Advocate, 
and Sir James Fergusson do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Drainage 
to confirm a Provisional Order under “ ‘The Drain- ener or 
age Act, 1861”: And that Sir James Fergusson firmation. 
and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorae Hardy presented a Bill Registration 
to amend the Law of Registration, so far as relates Bi 
to the year One thousand eight hundred and Bill 167. 
Sixty-eight, and for other purposes relating thereto: 
And the same was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time upon Monday next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented a Bill Ecclesiastical 
to amend the Law relating to the Ecclesiastical b enna 
Commissioners for England: And the same was Bill 168 
read the first time; and ordered to be read asecond ™ . 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 

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Drainage Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to con- 
oe firm a Provisional Order under “ The Drainage 


frmation Bil, Act, 1861”: And the same was read the first 
Bill 169. time; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day; and to be printed. 


Metropolitan The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
— — Committee, upon Monday next, on the Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle Market Bill; was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Cotton Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
—_— Lords to the Cotton Statistics Bill be taken into 


consideration this day. 

Water Supply The Order for reading a second time, this day, 

Bill. the Water Supply Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 23rd day of this instant June. 


Electric 


The Order for resuming, this day, the adjourned 
a 


Debate on the Amendment which, upon the 9th 
day of this instant June, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Electric Telegraphs 
Bill be now read a second ‘time, was ak and 
discharged. 

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


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, 12th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


I ORD Hotham reported from the Select Com- 
4 mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ;. 
which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Metropolitan Foreign 
Cattle Market Bill, the Standing Galen ought to 
be dispensed with; that the Bill be permitted to 
proceed. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House doth agree with 
the Committee in the said Resolution ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ the further consideration of the said Re- 
“ solution be postponed till Monday next,” instead 
thereof. 

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

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Resolution. 





Standing 
Orders. 


Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill 


Acton and 
Brentford 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Acton 
and Brentford Railwa 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 Great 
Northern Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
real, and agreed to. 

Ordered, 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 North- 
ern Railway 
Bill. 


11¢h—12th June 





1868. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Western 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great Railway 
Western Railway (Dividends) (No. 2) Bill; and (No"sy'wn, 
the same were 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 West Riding 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West and Grimsby 
Riding and Grimsby Railway Bill; and the same *#!!way 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 House proceeded to take into consideration Ystrad Gas 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ystrad and Water 
Gas and 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 Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway Bill Uxbridge and 

was read the third time. peg 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill [Lorde] 
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 Towns Drainage and Sewage Utilization Towns 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. poring hy 

Ordered, 'That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Prisons (Scot- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, !@»4) — 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing (ration Actt 
Orders in the case of the Prisons (Scotland) Ad- Bil. 
ministration Acts Amendment Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Several Public Petitions were 


— and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. Petitions. 


Vide Twenty. 
sixth Report. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ardmore _ 
one of the Sucuiede of Petitions ay Private a 
Bills, That in the case of the Ardmore 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, 
That in the case of the Mersey Railway Bill, ori- 
ginating 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. 


Mersey __ 
Railway Bill 


Lord George Cavendish reported from the Com- Derby Water 
mittee on Group C. of Private Bills; That in the Bil 
case of the Derby Water Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same by striking out the 
recital as to the extension of the limits of the 
Company’s existing Act, such extension not having 
been sanctioned 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. 








Ordered, 








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Court of Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Chancery Returns of the Salary and Emoluments yearly 
ireland.) received by Gerald Fitzgibbon, Esquire, as a Master 
in Chancery in Jreland, since December 1860: 
And, of the Amount paid yearly into his 
Office during the same period for the Audit of 

Grand Jury Presentments. 
Bast India Sir Stafford Northcote presented, pursuant to 


the directions of an Act of Parliament,—State- 
ment exhibiting the moral and material Progress 
and Condition of India, during the year 1866-67. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


goes 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 12th day of May last, for a Re- 
turn relative to the West India Mails. 

. &gt; gaa That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


West India 
Mails. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Tenth Annual 
Report of the General Board of Commissioners in 
Lunacy for Scotland. 

Copy of Twentieth Annual Report of the Poor 
Law Board, 1867-68, in pursuance of the Statute 
10 &amp; 11 Vice. c. 109, s. 13. 

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


Lunacy 
(Scotland. ) 


Poor Law. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of this 


Small Livings. 


12th June. 


239 


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 “ a Select Committee be appointed to in- Metropolitan 
* quire into the Causes of the Dismissal of Police Police Force 
** Serjeant Stone from the Metropolitan Police = 
“ Force,” 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 id of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ a Select Committee be appointed Local Rating. 
“ to consider the present incidence and principle of 
** Local Rating, and report thereon,” 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. 
And the Question being put, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair :—It passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Courts of 
Courts of Chancery and Exchequer (Jre/and) Fee Chancery and 
Funds [Guarantee], a Resolution; which was (real) 
read, as followeth: Fee Funds 

That it is expedient to authorize the Commis- [Guarantee.] 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to make good: 


out of the Consolidated Fund, any Sum or Sums 





instant June, for a Return relative to Small 
Livings. 

Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—(Supple- 
mental) Abstract of the Accounts of the County 


County 
Treasurers. 


Treasurer of Anglesey for the year ending Michael- | 


mas 1867, with Totals for Wales, and for England 
and Wales together. 

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


Lord Henry Lennox presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
of Deposits in Naval Savings Banks, and the pay- 
ments thereof and of Interest thereon; of all In- 
vestments under the Naval Savings Bank Act, 
1866; and, the application of the Interest or 
Dividends accruing in respect thereof, and of the 
proceeds of any sale of any Stocks, Annuities or 
Securities, during the financial year 1866-67. 

Ordered, That the said Account 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 the Twenty- 
second Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to 
the Lord Chancellor. 


Naval Savings 
Banks, 


Lunacy. 


Curragh of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Curragh 
EMare. of Kildare, which was —_ upon the 11th 


No. 329. day of this instant June, be printed. 


Coolie 
Emigration. 
No. 328, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coolie 
Emigration, which was presented upon the 11th day 
of this instant June, 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 Sea Fisheries 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Sea Fisheri 
—~ eries 


Supply. 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 Chairs 

VoL. 123. 


that may be required to meet the Claims of the 
Suitors of the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer 
in Ireland, if any such Claims should be lawfully 
established, in pursuance of the Provisions of any 
Act of the present Session for transferring the Fee 
and other Funds of the Courts of Chancery and 
Exchequer in Ireland to the Consolidated Fund. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Courts of 
into a Committee on the Courts of Chancery and Chancery and 
Exchequer (Jreland) Fee Funds Bill; and, after (Ireland) Fee 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Funds Bill. 
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 upon Monday 
next. 


The Court of Session (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Court of 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Sessiop (Scot- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for "4 3 
Monday next. 


The Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill was, Court of 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- —- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for any — 


Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land Writs 
into a Committee on the Land Writs Registration Registration 
( Scotland) Bill. — 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

CiauseEs, N° 1 to N° 8, with Amendments to 
one of them, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 9 (Printed Abridgments, &amp;c., and 
Indexes, to be prepared contemporaneously with 
Record). 

Amendment proposed, in 
word “‘ the” to insert the wo 


. 5, 1. 4, after the 
s * Records or.” 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

CiausEs, N° 10 to N° 19, with Amendments to 
one of them, agreed to. 











Cause, 


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241) 


Cravuse, N° 20 (Reduction of Fees of Regis- 
tration, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 9, to leave out 
from the word “ to” to the word “ the” in 1, 11. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. 

CriavusEs, N° 21 to N° 27, with Amendments to 
two of them, agreed to. 

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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Curragh of Kildare [Expenses], a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to authorize the payment, 
out of any Money that may be provided by Par- 
liament for the purpose, of the Remuneration to 
the Commissioners and of the other Expenses of 
carrying into effect any Act of the present Ses- 
sion for the management and use of the Curragh 
of Kildare. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to.” 


Curragh of 
Kildare 
[Expenser.] 


Curragh of 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Kildare Bill, 


Reading of the Curragh of Kildare Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Established The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Church (ire- take into consideration the Established Church 
ry (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in the Clause relative to Alaynooth and the 
Regium Donum, by leaving out the words “and 
* the right of any person to a share in the Regium 
** Donum which shall accrue after the passing of 
* this Act.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 


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


Saturday, 13th June, 1868 : 


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

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday 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. 


Ways and 
Means, 


‘Thames The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

Embankment take into consideration the Thames Embankment 

and Metropolis and Metropolis Improvement (Loans) Act Amend- 

ceaeh has Bill nded in the Committee. 

(Loans) Act ment Dill, as amende e Uo 

Amendment Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

Bill, upon Monday next. 

New Zenland The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Company Bill. into a Committee on the New Zealand Company 
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, and directed him to report the same, without 

Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon- Monday next. 


12¢th—13th June. 








1868. 


The Drainage Provisional Order Confirmation Drainage 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; Abney 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, Srmation Bi, 


for Monday next. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to Duchy of 
take into consideration the Duchy of Cornwall Cornwall 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bil Poa 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ‘ 
upon Monday next. 


The Consecration of Churchyards Act (1867) Consecration 
Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read of Church. 
the third time. Ti0eT) a es 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ment Bil 
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 Order of the day being read, for the Second Weights and 
Reading of the Weights and Measures (Scotland) Measures 
Bill; Sn) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Revenue 
mittee on the Revenue Officers Disabilities Re- Officers — 
moval Bill: Disabilities 

ae 7 . _ Removal Bill, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ i. Noe a mm } 36. 
, &gt;... { Mr. Monk, } 
Tellers for the Noes, Viccoun t Milton: S §2. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Ghatr :—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, Mtr ~~ a } } 33. 
Mr. Monk, | 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Taylor: s 42, 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair:—It passed in the Ne- 
gative. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Probate of 
Reading of the Probate of Wills, &amp;. (Ireland) Bill; (ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Cotton 
take into consideration the Amendments made by —" 
the Lords to the Cotton Statistics 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 


d to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 
agree e Amendmen y an 











$1 Victoria. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Newspapers which have furnished 
Copies to the Stamp Office during the year ending 
the 30th day of March 1867. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee to consider of authorizing the payment out 
of Monies to be provided by Parliament of a Salary 
to the Lord Clerk Register of Scotland, in pursu- 
ance of the provisions of any Act of the present 
Session for improving the System of Registration 
of Writs relating to Heritable Property in Scot- 
land ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That 
Her Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Sea Fisheries Bill be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday next; and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 





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Monday, 15th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE Alexandra (Newport) Dock 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 Ilfracombe Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Norwich Union Life In- 
surance Society Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


A Petition of Joseph Lott, of No. 44, Parliament- 
street, in the City of Westminster, Solicitor, was 
presented, and read; setting forth, that there is 
an action now pending in the Court of Queen’s 
Bench, intituled, “ Sirhowy Railway Company 
against Carnsew and others”; that the Petitioner 
is the solicitor acting for the plaintiffs in the said 
action; that to enable the Petitioner to establish 
the plaintiff's case he is advised by counsel that it 
is necessary that the Petition for leave to bring in 
the Sirhowy Railway Bill, 1867, deposited in the 
Private Bill Office of the House on the 22nd day 
of December 1866, should be produced to the said 
court, on the trial of the said action; and praying 
that leave may be given to the proper officer to 
attend at the said court with the said Petition on 
the trial of the said action. 

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

Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th, 
11th, and 12th 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. 

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241 


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


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


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Belgravia and South 


Kensington New Road Bill, originating in the Bill |Lords.] 


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, 


Provision in the Belgravia and South Kensington 
New Road Bill. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Revenue 


an Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue ‘ 
of Ireland paid into the Exchequer in the year 
ended the 31st day of March 1868 : ——-Accounts 
of the Net Public Income and Expenditure of 
Ireland for the year ended the 31st day of March 
1868 : Of the Amount of Duties of Excise 
collected in each Inland Revenue District of 
Ireland, in the year ended the 31st day of March 
1868 :——Of the Amount of Duties of Customs 
collected at each Port of Ireland, in the year ended 
the 3lst day of March 1868: And, of the 
Amount of Stamp Duties collected in Dublin, and 
in each Stamp District of Ireland, in the year 
ended the 3lst day of March 1868 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Pages, No. 530, of Session 1867). 








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


Statements showing the Quantities of the following ireland.) 


Articles retained for Home Consumption in Jre- 
land, in the year ended the 31st day of December 
1867, 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 Ireland 
in the year ended the 3lgt day of December 1867, 
distinguishing the Exports to Great Britain from 
those to Foreign Countries, viz.: Oxen, Sheep, 
Swine, Horses, Bacon and Hams, Beef and Pork, 
Butter, Wheat and Wheat Flour, Oats and 
Oatmeal, Zrish Spirits, Linen Manufactures, Linen 
Yarn, and Cotton Manufactures: Return of 
all Articles imported into Ireland from Foreign 
Countries and the British Possessions Abroad, 
during the year ended the 31st day of December 
1867, showing the computed Value of each, and 
their Total Amount:——Similar Return of all 
Articles exported from Jreland to Foreign 
Countries and the British Possessions Abroad, 
with the Declared or Computed Value of each, 
and their Total Amount :——Return of the Quan- 
tities of Corn and Meal, whether of Native or of 
Foreign Growth, distinguishing the several Sorts 
imported into Jreland from Great Britain in the 
year ended the 31st day of December 1867, with 
the Computed Value thereof: —— And, similar 
Return of Corn and Meal exported from Ireland 
to Great Britain (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 373, of Session 1867). 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

a Return showing the Number of Distillers in 
England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, at 
the 31st day: of December 1867, distinguishing as 
far as possible the Number distilling from Malt 
only from those ae from Grain; showing 
also 


resented, and Public 


and South 
y a ‘ . 2 Kensington 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing New Roed 


Orders in the case of the Petition for additional Bill [Lords.) 





Constabulary 
(Cornwall. ) 


249 


also the Quantity of Malt and Grain Spirits at 
Proof entered for Home Consumption in England, 
Scotland, and Ireland, for the year ending 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 
ay (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
0. 475, of Session 1867). 


Resolved, That 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 the Form annexed, of the 
Cornwall Station Houses and Strong Rooms :— 





Names of Stations. 


‘Number stationed at, 
on Lady Day 1868, of 


Buildings, 





and Clerk of 


site was purchased or is 


rented. 


Names of Owners of whom 
Charges, Labour, 
Architect, 

Finished or Unfinisked, 

Annual or other Rent paid 
by the Occupier. 

Married or Single.) 


Works. 
Constables (saying 


Cost of Furniture, 


Carts. 


Horses. 





Blue Anchor 
Bodmin - 
Callington 
Camborne 
Falmouth 
Hayle - 
Menheniot 
Padstow 
Pool . 
Redruth - 
Saint Austle 
Saint Cleer 
Saint Columb 


Stratton - 
Torpoint - 
Tregony - 
Tywardreath 
Wadebridge 


Merchant 
Shipping. 


Foreign 
Seamen and 
Apprentices, 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Saint Germans 


7 &amp; eee 


&amp; Total Cost of Site, Solicitor’s 


&amp; 
t 
&amp; 


. |&amp;. 


8. 


= 


























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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Sums collected from the Mer- 
chant Shipping of the United Kingdom, in the 
shape of Fines, Forfeitures for Desertion, &amp;c., and 
mee le Wages of Deceased Seamen paid into, 
and now forming part of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom, under the Provisions of 
the “ Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” during the 
years 1865 to 1867, inclusive, distinguishing each 
year, and each Class under each Department (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 81, of 
Session 1867), 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Number of Foreign Seamen 
employed in British Ships registered in the United 
Kingdom for the last Three years, 1865 to 1867 
inclusive, distinguishing each year: And, of 
the Number of. Apprentices bound and registered 
in British Ships fom 1865 to 1867 inclusive, dis- 
tinguishing each year, and showing the Number 
of years they are each respectively bound (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 141, of 
Session 1867). 





Mr. Whitbread reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections; That, in consequence of the 
absence of more that two of its Members, they had 
changed the day and hour appointed by them for 
choosing a Select Committee to try the City of 
Bristol ‘Election Petition, and had appointed Tues- 
day, 16th day of June, at half-past Two of the 
clock, for choosing the said Select Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


15th June. 









































1868. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jamaica 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased “r. Eyre.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of so much of a Letter from Lord 
Carnarvon to Mr. Eyre, dated the 7th day of Fe- 
bruary 1867, as relates to the payment of Costs 
of any Criminal Proceedings against him. 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Prisons, 
Her Majesty’s Pocsanasall, Cy of Thirty-second 
Report of the Inspectors appointed, under the Pro- 
visions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the 
different Prisons of Great Britain: (I. Southern 
District). 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an Telegraphic 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of Communica. 
May last, for a Return relative to Telegraphic Tala: Be) 
Communication (East India, &amp;c.) aplige 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Turnpike 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of Trusts. 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
a Return of Turnpike Trusts continued by the 
Annual Continuance Acts in the last Four years 
1864, 1865, 1866, and 1867, giving Name of ‘Trust 
and County in each case; Date of expiry of last 
Local Act in each case; Amount of Interest per 
cent. payable under last Local Act; Amount of 
Interest payable since placed in Continuance 
Act, giving the year when reduced to its present 
Amount ; Sante of Trusts out of Debt; Names 
of Trusts where Roads wholly or partly maintained 
by Parishes; Amount of Debt paid off in each 
case since Trusts placed in Annual Continuance 
Act: The Return to be made in the following 
Form :— 











Trust since placed in Conti- 


nuance Act. 


Year when Interest reduced to 


present Amount. 


Interest per cent. payable since 

Trusts in Debt where Roads 
wholly or partly maintained by 
Parishes. 

Amount of Debt paid off in each 


Interest per cent. payable under 
placed in Continuance Act. 


last Local Act. 


Date of Expiry of last Local 


Names of Trusts and County 
kept alive by Continuance Acts 
Act in each case. 


1867, if practicable. 


1864. 
1865. 


1866. 


| Name of Trusts out of Debt. 



































Ordered, That the 


said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 

Trade Accounts 
( Foreign 
Countries.) 


No. 151. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Trade Accounts (Foreign Countries) 
for the Four Months ended 30th April 1866, 1867, 
and 1868. 

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


Navy (The 
“¢ Warrior,” 
&amp;e. ) 


Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 8th day of this instant June, 
for a Return relative to the Navy (The “ War- 
rior,” &amp;c.) 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Small Small Livings. 
Livings, which was presented upon the 12th day No, 331. 
of this instant June, be printed. 

Ordered, 





County 
Treasurers. 


No. 207. 


Lunacy 


No. 332. 


Metropolis 
Gas. 
No. 330. 


Metropolis 
Gas- 


No. 330. 


Orders of the 
Day. 


Business of 
the House. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Midland and 
London and 
North Western 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 
Registration 

of Writs (Scot- 
land) Bill 
[Lords.] 

Bristol and 
Exeter Railway 


Peterborough 
Gas Bill. 


Representation 
of the People 
(Ireland) Bill. 


31 Vicroria. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to County 
Treasurers, which was presented upon the 12th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunacy, 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this 
instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of Charges and Ex- 
penses in respect of Parliamentary Proceedings in 
1866 and 1867, relative to Metropolis Gas, which 
was presented upon the 28th day of May last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of Charges and Ex- 
penses incurred in respect of Parliamentary Pro- 
ceedings since 1857, relative to Metropolis Gas, 
which was presented upon the 28th day of May 
last, be printed. 


Resolved, That upon Tuesday the 7th day of 
July next, and every succeeding Tuesday during 
the present Session, Orders of the Day have pre- 
cedence of Notices of Motions, the right being re- 
served to Her Majesty’s Ministers of placing Go- 
vernment Orders at the head of the List. 





Resolved, That this House do meet To-morrow, 
at Two of tke clock, subject to the Resolutions 
of the 27th day of May 1867. 


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 Midland and 
London and North Western Railway Companies 
Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Registration of Writs 
(Scotland) Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bristol and Exeter 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Peterborough Gas 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Representation of the 
People (Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

CiavsE, N° 1, agreed to. 

CriauseE, N° 2, postponed. 

CxiausE, N° 3 (Occupation Franchise in Cities, 
Towns, and Boroughs). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 4, to leave out 
the words “ more than.” 

Question put, That the words “ more than” stand 
part of the Genes ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yens,{ Ser Noel 2 lor, 188. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Lawson, 177. 


Mr. Murphy : 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 4, (Lodger Franchise for Voters in 
Cities, Towns, and Boroughs). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 30, to leave out 
the word “ten” in order to insert the word 
* three.” 


Question, That the word “ten,” stand part of | 98 


the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cxausss, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 7, (Provisions as to Premises 
occupied in succession in Counties). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1. 30, to leave out 
from the word “ year” to the end of the Clause. 

VoL, 123. 





15th June. 








243 


Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 8, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 9 to N° 12, postponed. 

CiauseE, N° 13, disagreed to. 

CraussE, N° 14, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 15, postponed. 

Crause, N° 16, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 17, postponed. 

Cravse, N° 18, (Payment of Expenses of con- 
veying Voters in Boroughs to the poll illegal). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 4, after the 
word “ Borough,” to insert the words “ except 
* the several Boroughs of the County of the Town 
“ of Carrickfergus, Conis of the City of Cork, 
“ County of the Town of Drogheda, County of the 
“ Town of Galway, County of the City of Kil- 
“* kenny, County of the City of Limerick, County 
* of the City of Waterford.” 

Amendment made to the said proposed Amend- 
ment. 

Another Amendment proposed to the said pro- 
posed Amendment, to leave out from the words 
* County of the Town of Galway” to the word 
** Waterford” inclusive. 

Question put, That the words “ County of the 
“ Town of Galway” stand part of the proposed 
Amendment ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ aie ‘ours \is4. 
Mr. Candlish, 
Tellers for the Noes, Sir John Gray : } 86. 


Other Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the proposed Amendment, to add the words “ the 
* County of the City of Dublin.” 

Question proposed, That. those words be there 
added :—Amendment to the said proposed Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the proposed Amendment, to add the words “ the 
* City of Londonderry.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added:—Amendment to the said proposed Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Words, as amended, inserted. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 19, agreed to. 

CxiausE, N° 20 (Notice of Claim to vote in 
Cities, Towns, or Boroughs to be signed by 
Claimant). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, Is. 18 and 19, 
to leave out the words “ for any City, Town, or 
* Borough.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Causes, N° 21 to N* 24, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 25, postponed. 

Causes, N° 26 to N° 31, agreed to. 

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 
gain. 

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


The Government of India Act Amendment Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 


for Thursday next. 








II2 The 





Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 


committed to a Committee of the whole House, pi 













































Governor 
General of 
India Bill. 


Supply. 


Learned 
Societies. 


Dr. Petrie’s 
Antiquarian 
Collection. 


Queen's Col- 


leges (Ireland.) oranted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 


Royal Irish 
Academy, 


General 
Assembly’s 
College at 
Belfast, &amp;c, 


Scottish 
Universities, 


Board of 
Manufactures 
(Scotland), &amp;c. 


Public 
Education 
(Great Britain.) 


Department of 
Science and 
Art. 


University of 
London. 


National 
Gallery. 


Q44 15th 


The Governor General of Jndia Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


Lord Robert Montagu reported from the Com- 
miitee of Supply, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow : 

1, That a Sum, not exceeding £..7,800, 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 1869, for Gouda in aid of 
the Expenditure of certain Learned Societies in 
Great Britain. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,580, 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 1869, for 
the Purchase of the Antiquarian Collection of the 
late Dr. Petrie. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,265, be 


necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1869, for the Queen’s 
Colleges in Ireland. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,784, 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 1869, for 
the Royal Irish Academy. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,050, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 





June. 1868. 


12, That a Sum, not exceeding £.800, be Portrait 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Gallery. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1869, for the formation 
of the British Historical Portrait Gallery. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 235,195, be National 
granted to Her Majesty to complete the Sum Education 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come (*e#4-) 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1869, for Public Educa- 
tion in Jreland, under the Commissioners of Na- 
tional Education in Ireland. 

14. That a Sum not exceeding £. 730, be Education 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge (Ireland), 
which will come in course of payment during the Meer wy 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1869, for 
the Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners 
of Education in Jreland. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,155, be Queen's 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum University 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in “"!™4) 
course of aap during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Queen’s University 
in Ireland. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,740, be National 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Gullery (Ire- 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in “"*) 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, of the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the National Gallery of ZJreland, and for 
the purchase of Pictures. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,083, be Miscellaneous 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Charitable, 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in Stogans 





































in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst day of March 1869, for the Salaries of 
the Theological Professors and the Incidental Ex- 
penses of the General Assembly’s College at Belfast. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,949, he 
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 3ist day of March 1869, for Grants to Scot- 
tish Universities. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,200, 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, 1869, on account of the 
Annuity to the Board of Manufactures in Scot- 
land, in discharge of Equivalents under the Treaty 
of Union, and for the Exhibition of the Torrie 
Collection, and other purposes. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 511,324, 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 1869, for Public Educa- 
tion in Great Britain. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 141,690, he 
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 1869, of the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Department of Science and Art, 
and of the Establishments connected therewith. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,063, 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 1869, for the University 
of London. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,992, 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 1869, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the National Gallery, including the 
Purchase of Pictures. 











\ . Allowances, 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for Miscellaneous Chari- 
table and other Allowances in Great Britain. 


18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.34,040, be Pensions, &amp;. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum (Merchant 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in nee 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, 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 for Compensation to the late 
— of the Trustees of the Merchant Seamen’s 

und, 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 30,400, be Distressed 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Britis Seamen 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in“ 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1869, for the Relief of Dis- 
tressed British Seamen Abroad. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 145,867, be superannua- 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum tion and 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in — — 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for Superannuation and 
Retired Allowances to Persons formerly employed 
in the Public Service. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,134, be Hospitals and 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Infirmaries 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in ) 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the support of certain 
Hospitals and Infirmaries, Jreland. 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,915, be Miscellaneous 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Charitable 

4 7 ° + and other 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 4jjowances 
course of payment during the year ending on the (Ireland.) 
31st day of March 1869, of certain Miscellaneous 
Charitable and other Allowances in Ireland. 

-23. That a Sum, not exceeding £.14,000, be Temporary 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Commissions. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of Temporary Commissions. 

24. That 











Miscellaneous 
Expenses. 


Treaties of 
Reciprocity. 


Cultivation of 
Flax (Ireland.) 


Registration 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 

Buildings and 
Glebes (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Titles to Land 


31 Vicroria. 


24. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 780, 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 1869, for the Expense 
of the Telegraphic Cable laid between Malta and 
Alexandria, and of the Telegraph to Balmoral. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 19,377, 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 1869, for certain Miscellaneous 
Expenses. 

26. That a Sum, not exceeding £.31,599, 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 1869, for Payments on account 
of the difference of Dues payable by British and 
Foreign Vessels under Treaties of Reciprocity. 

27. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000, 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 


15¢th—-16¢h .June. 


245 


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 








gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be taken into consideration upon Mon- 
day next; and be printed. 


’ The House, according to Order, resolved itself County General 
into a Committee on the County General Assess- ‘Sentnd) Bal 
ment (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent ( a , 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bill 172. 


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 Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was,. according to Inclosure 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (No. 2.) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 





3lst day of March 1869, for encouraging the 
Cultivation of Flax in the South and West of 
Ireland. 

The first twenty-four Resoiutions, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

The Twenty-fifth Resolution being read a se- 
cond time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out “ £.19,377,” and inserting 
« £. 14,877,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That “ £. 19,377,” 
stand part of the Resolution :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

And the said Resolution was agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Resolutions, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 


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


Tuesday, 16th June, 1868: 


The Registration Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Buildings and Glebes 
( 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- 


Consolidation mittee on the Titles to Land Consolidation (Scot- 
(Scotland) Bill, land) Bill; 


Metropolitan 
Police Funds 
Bill. 


Petroleum Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 171. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 25th day of this instant June, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order. of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Metropolitan Police Funds Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day, at Two of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Petroleum Act Amendment Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair’ 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word 
* That” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ the Bill be committed to a Select 
** Committee,” instead thereof. 

And thé Question being put, That the words 


proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. j 
VoL. 123. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Boundary 
into consideration the Boundary Bill, as amended ®#- 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Courts of Law Fees, &amp;c. ( Scotland) Bill was, Courts of Law 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Fees, &amp;e. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ‘S°tl4) Bill. 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Local Government Supple- Local Govern- 
mental (No. 4) Bill and the Local Government ment Suppie- 
Supplemental (No. 5) Bill be committed to the a (No. 4) 

. ill, and 
same Committee. Local Govern- 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself ment Supple- 
into a Committee on the said Bills; and, after some — (No. 5} 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the ~ 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 
nittee had gone through the Bills, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time 


upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ection 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt Prac- Petitions 
tices at Elections Bill; and Corrupt 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Alkali Act 
into a Committee on the Alkali Act '(1863) Per- Sa a 
etuation Bill; and, after some time spent therein, [ Lords.) 
~ 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 Ecclesiastical 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill ; §o7"™"*°"""* 
Ordered, That the Bill be readasecond time — 


upon Thursday next. 


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

Resolved, That thisHouse will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Courts of 
into consideration the Courts of Chancery and Ex- + ac na gy 
chequer (Ireland) Fee Funds Bill, as amended in (Ireland) Fee 
the Committee ; Funds Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


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Court of Ses- Ordered, That the Court of Session (Scotland) 

sion (Seotiand) Bil], and the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill, 

Court of be committed to the same Committee. 

Justiciary The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

(Scotland) Bill. sn49 9 Committee on the said Bills; and, after 

Court of Ses- some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 

sion (Scotland) Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 

Bill. . mittee had gone through the Court of Session ( Scot- 

Bill 173. jan) Bill; and amended the Title, as followeth : 
A Bill to amend the Procedure in the Court 

of Session and the Judicial Arrangements in the 
Superior Courts of Scotland, and to make certain 
Changes in the other Courts thereof. 

Court of Mr. Dodson also reported, That the Committee 

Justiciary had gone through the Court of Justiciary ( Scot- 

(Scotland) Bill. 7nd) Bill. 

Bill 174. Ordered, That the Bills, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bills be re-committed to a 

Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 
25th day of this instant June. 


Curragh of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Kildare Bill. Reading of the Curragh of Kildare 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. 

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 | 





House and Five by the Committee of Selection. 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
the Earl of Mayo, Mr. Attorney General for Ire- 
land, Sir Graham Montgomery, Lord Proby, Mr. 
Cogan, and Lord Otho FitzGerald. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to 
send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Thames The Thames Embankment and mr oy In- 
need provement (Loans) Act Amendment Bill was, 
eS Spee according to Order, read the third time. 


I 

aap ae Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Amendment Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
=. Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

New Zealand The New Zealand Company Bill was, according 


Company Bill. tg 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. 
Drainage The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Provisional into a Committee on the Drainage Provisional 
+ arora Order 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 
“eport the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


Duchy of 
Cornwall Reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Amendment Bill; 
Bill [Lorde And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 


read the third time ; 

Colonel Wilson Patten, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 

ives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein, as 
they shall think fit. 


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And Notice being taken, that the interest of 
the Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is con- 
cerned therein ; 

Colonel Wilson Patten, by Command of His 
Royal Highness, acquainted the House, That His 
Royal Highness, having been informed of the pur- 
= of the Bill, gives His Consent, as far as His 

oyal Highness’s interest is concerned, that the 
House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

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 Com- Lana Writs 
mittee on Land Writs Registration (Scotland) Registration 
[Salary of Lord Clerk Register | ; is “y 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ford clerk 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Register. ] 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Judgments 
into a Committee on the Judgments Extension Bill; cr 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker i” 
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 Voters in Disfranchised Boroughs Bill was, Voters in 
according to Order, read the third time. Disfranchised 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Boroughs Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Revenue 
mittee on the Revenue Officers Disabilities Re- Officers” 
moval Bill; eave 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Probate of 
Reading of the Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; Wiis: 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time —— 

upon Wednesday next. 


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

to confirm certain Provisional Orders under “ The ™&amp;t Sup vs 
Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to the Dis- mated (O98 
tricts of Harrogate, Layton-with-Warbrick, Bury, 
Lower Brixham, Hexham, Tipton, Gainsborough, 
Worthing, Aberystwith, Cockermouth, Burnham, 
Wednesbury, Burton-upon-Trent, Hornsey, and 
Keswick; and for other purposes relative to certain 
Districts under the said Act: And that Sir James 
Fergusson and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Navy and Army 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider Expenditure. 
the Savings and Deficiencies upon the Grants for 
Navy and Army Services in the year ended the 
31st day of March 1867, and the temporary sanc- 
tion obtained from the Treasury by the Navy and 
Army Departments 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 
for 1866-7 ; and the Statement of the Savings and 
Deficiencies upon the Grants for Army Services for 
1866-7, which were presented upon the 14th day 
of February last, be referred to the Committee. 


’ Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to confirm Local Govern- 
certain Provisional Orders under “ The Local poy st 
Government Act, 1858,” relating to the Districts 74" “* 
of Harrogate, Layton-with-Warbrick, Bury, Lower i) 175, 
Brizham, Hexham, Tipton, Gainsborough, Worth- 

ing, Aberystwith, Cockermouth, Burnham, Wednes- 


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Life Policies 
Nomination 


Public Schools 
Bill. 


Water Supply 
Bill. 


Humber 
Conservancy 
Bill. 


Dunn 
Gardner's 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 
Star Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill 
[Lords.] 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway Bill 
[Lords, 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
seventh Report, 


Foreign 
Office, 


House of 
Lords Causes, 


No. 333, 


Telegraphic 
ihenetien, 
tion (East 
India, &amp;c.) 


No. 334, 
Turnpik 
Trusta, 

No. 335. 
Na 
=r, 

No. 336, 
_ Schools 


31 Vicrorta. 


bury, Burton-upon-Trent, Hornsey, and Keswick ; 
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. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Life Policies Nomination Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 15th day of July next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
a Committee, this day, at Twelve of the clock, on 
the Public Schools Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Tues- 
day next, the Water Supply Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th day of July next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Tuesday, 10th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

T HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 

the Humber Conservancy 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 by their Lordships. 


Ordered, That Dunn Gardner’s Estate Bill be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


The Star Life Assurance Society Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


The Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


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


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copv of Correspondence respecting the 
abolition of Foreign Office Agencies. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to House of 
Lords Causes, which was communicated from the 
Lords upon the 11th day of this instant June, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Telegraphic 
Communication (East India, &amp;c.), which was 
ape ve upon the 15th day of this instant June, 

e printed. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike 


Trusts, which was presented upon the 15th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
(The “ Warrior,” &amp;c.), which was presented upon 
the 15th day of this instant June, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Schools Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

Vow. 123. 


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247 


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 referred back to the Select 
“ Committee, in order that Clauses may be inserted 
“in it giving power to the new governing bodies, 
“ and the Commissioners to be appointed by the 
“ Bill to deal with the constitution and revenues 
“of Eton and Winchester Colleges,” 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. 

Urdered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

CriauseE, N° 1 (Short Title of Act). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be postponed :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 14, to leave out 
the word “ public.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ public” 
stand part of the Clause —— put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

CriausE, N° 2 (Definition of “ existing” and 
* School ”). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause, to add the words “ including, in the 
* case of Eton College, the Provost and Fellows ; 


“ and in the case of Winchester College, the War- 
* den and Fellows.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 3 (Definition of existing “ Govern- 
ing Body ”). 

Amendment proposed, to leave out from the 
beginning of the Clause to the word “ Trustees,” 
in |, 13. 

Question put, That the words “existing Go- 
* verning Body of a School shall, for the purposes 
“ of this Act, mean” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ rn Na oe mm } 152. 

Tellers for the Noes, Fake a } 69. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 7, 
after the word “ Fellows” to insert the words 
* and Head Master.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 9, to 
leave out the words “ and Chapter” in order to 
insert the words “ of Westminster, the Dean of 
“ Christ Church, Oxford, and the Master of Tri- 
“ nity College, Cambridge.” 

Question, That the words “ and Chapter” stand 
part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 13, 
after the word “ Trustees” to insert the words 
“at Saint Paul's, the Governing Body of the 
* Mercers’ Company.” 

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

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 14, to 
leave out from the words “ new Governing Body,” 
inclusive, to the end of the Clause. 

Question, That the words “ new Governi 
* Body” stand part of the Clause——put, a 
agreed to. 

Another Sr a 
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Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
CrauseE, N°4, agreed to. 
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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Metropolitan The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Police Funds Reading of the Metropolitan Police Funds Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Standing Mr. Henley reported from the Select Committee 

Orders. on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was 
read, as followeth : 

Prisons That in the case of the Prisons (Scotland) 

(Scotland) | Administration Acts Amendment Bill, the Standing 

ton Acne” Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Bill 


Amendment be permitted to proceed. 
ou. The said Resvlution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Prisons The House was moved, That the Report from 


— the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 
sim hate respect of the Prisons (Scotland) Administration 


Amendment Acts Amendment Bill, might be read; and the 
Bill. same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Government A Motion being made, That this House will, 
of India Act To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to 
Amendment ° ar 
{Salaries.) consider of authorizing the payment, out of the 
Revenues of Jndia, of the increase to the Salaries 
of the Members of the Council of India and of the 
Auditor of the Accounts of the Secretary: of State 
in Council, in pursuance of the provisions of any 
Act of the present Session to amend in certain 
oo the Act for the better Government of India; 
ir 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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Message from 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


tie Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 
rn The Lords have agreed to the Lancashire and 


and Yorkshire Yorkshire Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to 
Railway Bill. which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 
Chichester The Lords have agreed to the Chichester Cattle 
oa Market Market Bill, with Amendments, to which the 
_ Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
London and The Lords have agreed to the London and 
South Western South Western Railway Bill, with Amendments ; 
Railway Bill. - which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
ouse. 


Downpatrick, The Lords have agreed to the Downpatrick, 
Dundrum, Dundrum, and Newcastle Railway Bill, with 
= 5 Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 


currence of this House. 

Maryport The Lords have agreed to the Maryport District 
District and and Harbour Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Harbour Bill. ihe Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
Contagious The Lords request that this House will be 
Diseases Act pleased to give leave to William Townley Mitford, 
(1866.) ail, a Member of this House, to attend, in 
order to his being examined as a Witness before 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships in the present Session of Parliament to con- 
sider the Contagious Diseases Act (1866.) 









1868. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-: Renewable 
mittee on the Renewable Leasehold Conversion Leasehold 
(freland) Act Extension Bill ; (Irelond) 

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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Church Rates 
the Church Rates Abolition Bill, was read, and — 
discharged. , 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th day of July next. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Abyssinian 
jesty’s Command,—Copies of Two Despatches Expedition, 
from Sir Robert Napier to the Secretary of State 
for India, dated respectively 14th April and 12th 
May 1868, relative to the Abyssinian Expedi- 
tion. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Nova Scotia. 
posed, That this House is informed, by a Petition 
presented on the 15th day of May last, signed by 
36 out of 38 Members of the House of Assembly 
of Nova Scotia, and by 16 out of 19 Members 
elected by that Colony to the House of Commons 
at Ottawa, that great dissatisfaction prevails in 
Nova Scotia with the Act passed in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, intituled, “ An Act for the 
Union of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Bruns- 
wick” :—And that an humble Address be pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, praying that She will be 
graciously pleased to appoint a Commission or 
Commissioners to proceed to Nova Scotia for the 
purpose of examining into the causes of the alleged 
discontent, with a view to their consideration and 
removal ; 


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


Wednesday, 17th June 1868 : 


And the Question being put ; 
the House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Mr. John Bright, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Viscount Milion : } 87. 


Tellers for the Noes, {Str Noei: aylor, ‘183. 
So it passed in the Negative. y 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Municipal 
to amend the Laws for the Election of the Ma- (Seotland) 
gistrates and Councils of Royal and Parliamentary 
Burghs in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate 
and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Royal 
a Return of the Number of Pupils attending Hibernian 
the Royal Hibernian Military School who have ae 
been designated Presbyterians by their respective 
Parents or Guardians; with a Statement of the 
Means provided for the Religious Instruction of 


Presbyterian Children in that Tastitution. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- public 
mittee of Public Accounts, that they have Power Accounts 
to examine the audited Home Accounts of the 
Government of India, and the Arrangements under 
which such Accounts are audited. 


Ordered, That the East India (Home Accounts), Bast India 
which were presented upon the 13th day of May Gome 
last, be referred to the Committee of Public Ac- Accounts. 
counts; and that they do report thereon. 1 

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Sale of Liquors 
on Sunday 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Libel Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles Bill. 


Investment of 
Trust Funds 
Supplemental 
Bill. 


Non-Traders 
Bankruptcy 
(Ireland ) 

Bill (Lords.] 


Promissory 
Oaths Bill 
(Lords. } 


Established 
Charch (Ire. 
land) Bill, 


Sea Fisheries 
Bill, 


Inclosure 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Alkali Act 
(1863) Per. 
Petuation Bill 
(Lords.} 


Drainage 
Provisional 
Order Con- 
firmation Bill, 


31 Vicrortia. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Jreland) 
Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Libel 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 Second 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Colonel William Stuart, | 142 
Yeas, i Mr. Schreiber: —— 
Tellers for as, Mr. McEvoy, \ 5 
Noes, The O’ Donoghue: ina 


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 Investment of Trust Funds Supple- 
mental Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Non-Traders Bankruptcy (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 Promissory Oaths Bill; 

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


The Established Church (Jreland) 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 Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Sea Fisheries Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Inclosure (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 House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Alkali Act (1863) Per- 
petuation Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Drainage Provisional Order Confirmation 
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. 

VoL, 123. 


16¢th—17th June. 


249 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Judgments 
take into consideration the Judgments Extension Extension 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an Amend- Bil. 
ment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Documentary 
Lords to the Documentary Evidence Bill be taken Evidence Bill. 
into consideration this day. 


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, 17th June, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Whitbread reported from the General Bristol 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Election. 
Members of the Select Committee appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for-the 
City of Bristol, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto : 

Thomas Bazley, Esquire. 

Gabriel Goldney, Esquire. 

Lord George J. Manners (Camb. Co.) 

Robert Jasper More, Esquire (Salop, 8.) 

Edward Howes, Esquire, Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Derby Water 
the Derby Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That Standing Order 238 be suspended 
in the case of the said Bill, and that the Bill be 
read the third time To-morrow. 


The Ardmore Harbour Bill was read a second Ardmore 
time; and committed. Harbour Bill 
|Lords.} 
The Mersey Railway Bill was read a second Mersey 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Dunn 
Reading of Dunn Gardner’s Estate Bill ; Parra 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 5 Lords.) 
To-morrow. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Twenty- 
eighth Report. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Abyssi- Abyssinian 
nian Expedition, which was presented upon the ©xpedition. 
16th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 337. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Coals, Cinders, 
Order, dated the 13th day of May last, for Re- and Culm, &amp;. 
turns relative to Coals, Cinders, and Culm, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this New courts 
instant June, for Returns relative to the New of Justice. 
Courts of Justice. 


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


Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s Foreign 
Command,—Statistical Tables relating to Foreign Statistics. 
Countries. Part XI. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Rates 
Reading of the Church Rates Regulation Bill ; Regulation 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





upon Wednesday the 8th day of July next. 
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Turnpike 
Trusts Bill. 


Manicipal 
Corporations 
( Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Act (1861) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Assignees 
of Marine 
Policies Bill. 


Mines 
Assessment 
Bill. 


Local Officers’ 
Superannua- 
tion (Ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Church Rates 
Commutation 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Rate (Edin- 
burgh) Bill. 


Railways 
(Guards and 
Passengers’ 
Communica- 
tion, Bill. 


Burials 
(lreland) Bill. 


250 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Turnpike Trusts Bill; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word ‘‘now” stand part of the fuection :—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 
Reading of the Municipal Corporations (Metro- 
polis) Bill ; 

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

An Ameudment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
** this day three months.” 

And the 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 Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment | P 


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 Assignees of Marine Policies 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 Mines Assessment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 8th day of July next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the L Officers’ Superannuation 
(Ireland) (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Rates Commutation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th day of July next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Municipal Rate (E£din- 
burgh) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
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, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
“o-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways (Guards and Passengers’ 
Communication) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burials (Ireland) Bill; 

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


17th June. 





1868. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Weights ana 
Reading of the Weights and Measures (Scotland) "feasntes 
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, hat this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

mittee of Ways and Means; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill was, Probate of 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Wills, &amp;. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for “**!#24) Bill 
Thursday the 25th day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Government 
into a Committee on Government of India Act = fan = 
Amendment [ Salaries]. 


[Salaries.] 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
payment, out of the Revenues of India, of the in- 
crease to the Salaries of the members of the 
Council of India, and of the Auditor of the Ac- 
counts of the Secretary of State in Council, in 
pursuance of the provisions of any Act of the 
resent Session to amend in certain respects the 
Act for the better Government of India. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for resum- Ecclesiastical 
ing the adjourned Debate on the Quesiion pro- Titles Bill. 
posed upon the 16th day of this instant June, 

That the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill be now read a 
second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


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 Alkali Act (1863) Perpetuation Bill was, Alkali Act 
according to Order, read the third time. — 
. Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, }i [ Lords. } 

© pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


The Judgm 
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. 


ents Extension Bill was, according Judgments 
Extension 
Bill. 


Documentary 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Evidence Bill. 


take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Documentary Evidence 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, 








nt 
ct 
17 


ES 





Railway 
Companies 
(Ireland) 
Advances. 


Lands Clauses 
Consolidation 
Act (1845) 
Amendment. 


Bank of 
Bombay. 


Towns 
Improvement 
(Ireland) Act 
(1854) 


Lands Clauses 
Consolidation 
Act (1845) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 176. 


Railway 
Companies 
(Ireland) 
Advances 


Bill 177. 


Bank of 
Bombay Bill. 


Bill 178. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles, 


Waterford 
and Kilkenn 
Railway Bill 
(Lords,} 


Morley G 
Bill (Lords. ] 


31 Vicroria. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the further Extension of the period for 
Repayment of Advances made under “ The Rail- 
way Companies ( Ireland) Temporary Advances Act, 
1866”: And that Mr. Selater-Booth and Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend some Provisions of ‘* The Lands Clauses 
Consolidation Act, 1845”: And that Mr. Sclater- 
Booth, Mr. Attorney General, and Lord John Man- 
ners do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Commissioners appointed to inquire into 
the Failure of the Bank of Bombay to examine 
Witnesses on Oath in the United Kingdom: And 
that Sir Stafford Northcote and Sir James Fer- 
gusson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


17th—18th June. 





251 
Thursday, 18th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


eh» House proceeded to take into considera- Bristol and 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to Exeter Rail- 
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill; and the same “*Y 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 House proceeded to take into consideration peterborough 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Peter- Gas Bill. 
borough 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. 





a Return of the Persons appointed Justices in the | , The Ijfracombe Railway Bill was read the third fracombe 


several Towns in /re/and under the 29th section of | #me. 


“ The Towns Improvement (Jreland) Act, 1854,” 
since the passing of that Act, specifying the Town, 


the Name of the Person appointed, the Date of his | 


Appointment, whether at the time of appointment 
he filled the Office of Chairman of the Commis- 
sioners, or of Commissioner merely, and whether 
the Person so appointed was required on being re- 
elected to the Office of Chairman or Commissioner 
to obtain a new Appointment as Justice, or was 
permitted to act on his original Appointment. 


Mr. Sclater- Booth 


some Provisions of “ 


resented a Bill to amend 
he Lands Clauses Consoli- 


dation Act, 1845”: And the same was read the first 


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


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to authorize 
the further Extension of the period for Repayment 
of Advances made under “ The Railway Com- 
panies (Jreland) Temporary Advances Act, 1866”: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to enable 
Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Failure 
of the Bank of Bombay to examine Witnesses on 
Oath in the United Kingdom: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
Ordered, That a poutage 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 Ecclesiastical Titles in Great Britain 
and Ireland; together with the Proceedings and 
the Minutes of Evidence: And that the Clerk 


do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 


¥ Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill; That they 


had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same by 


specifying more particularly the amount of Capital | 


already raised by the Company, and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Morley Gas Bill, with 
Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
VoL. 123. 


}agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 


Railway Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, \“°°%-] 


do pass, 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
ords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
| Lordships. 


| The Derby Water Bill was, according to Order, Derby Water 
| 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. 


Dunn Gardner’s Estate Bill was, according to Dunn 
Order, read a second time; and committed. Gardner’s 
Estate Bill 
| Lords.} 
The Names of the Five Members appointed to pristot 
| try and determine the matter of the Petition com- Election. 
| plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
| City of Bristol, 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. 


} 


| 
Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions 
Vide Twenty- 
eighth Report. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration contagious 

that part of the Message from the Lords, of the Diseases Act, 

16th day of this instant June, wherein their Lord- 1866. 

ships request that this House will give leave to 

William Townley Mitford, Esquire, 2 Member of - 

this House, to attend their Lordships, in order to 

his being examined as a Witness before the Select 

Committee appointed by their Lordships in the 

| present Session of Parliament to consider “ The 

( Contagious Diseases, Act, 1866.” 

| And Mr. Mitford, being present in his place, de- 

clared that he was willing, with leave of the House, 

'to go to the House of Lords, as desired by their 

| Lordships. 

Resolved, That William Townley Mitford, Es- 

‘quire, have leave to go to the House of Lords, as 

| desired by their Ae tnt if he think fit. 

| Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 

to acquaint them that this House hath given leave 

to William Townley Mitford, Esquire, to go to the 

House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if 

he think fit: And that the Clerk do carry the said 

Message. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Highways 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Act. 





KK2 to 





25 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Places in the several Counties 
in England and Wales which have adopted the 
Highways Act, 25 &amp; 26 Vic. c. 61 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 147, of Session 
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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all British Ships reported to the Board 
of Trade as having left the United Kingdom since 
the Ist day of January last, without being pro- 
vided with Lime or Lemon Juice, as required by 
the Merchant Shipping Act, 1867; showing the 
Port of Registry of the Ship and the Name of the 
Owner in each case ; omitting all Ships which have 
cleared for Ports on the Eastern Coast of North 
America, North of the 35th Degree of North 
Latitude: And, Statement showing the - 
taken by the Board of Trade on these cases of the 
infringement of the Act being reported to them. 





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 Stamford, 
in the room of the Honourable Charles John Talbot, 
commonly called Viscount Ingestre, now Ear] of 
Shrewsbury, called-up to the House of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. John Peel have leave of ab- 
sence, for a fortnight, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th 
and 16th 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 was moved, That the Special Report 
which, upon the 28th day of May last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Public Petitions, 
might be read; and the same being read; 

The Orders, That, in the case of those Petitions 
to which the Report refers, they do lie upon the 
Table, were read, and discharged. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Papers respecting Judicial Reforms in 
Egypt. ; ; 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Special Minutes of the 2nd day of 
August and 23rd day of August 1841, and of the 
Order of the 31st day of January 1842, with re- 
ference to the interference of Officers of the Inland 
Revenue at the Election of Members of Parliament. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Memorials or Petitions forwarded to 
the Lord Lieutenant or Lords Justices of Ireland, 
relating to the granting of a Writ of Error in the 
case of the Queen v. Pigott, and of the Replies 
returned thereto : Of the Petition presented to 
the Lord Chancellor of Jreland, praying him to 
direct a Writ of Error to issue in the case of the 
Queen v. Pigott, and of the Rule of the Lord 
Chancellor made thereon :——Of the Resolution 
of this House passed on the 19th day of November 
1689, relating to the granting of Writs of Error in 
Criminal Cases : And, of the Resolution passed 
by the House of Lords on the same subject on the 
27th day of February 1704. 








18th June. 











1868. 


Resolved, That, unless the House shall otherwise Business of 
order, whenever the House shall meet at Two "he House, 
o'clock, the House will proceed with Private 
Business, Petitions, Motions for unopposed Returns, 
and leave of absence to Members, giving Notices 
of Motions, Questions to Ministers, and such 
Orders of the Day as shall have been appointed 
for the Morning Sitting. 

Resolved, That on such days, if the business be 
not sooner disposed of, the House will suspend its 
sitting at Seven o’clock; and at Ten Minutes 
before Seven o’clock, unless the House shall other- 
wise order, Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the Debate 
on any business then under discussion, or the 
Chairman shall report Progress, as the case may 
be, and no opposed business shall then be pro- 
ceeded with, 

Resolved, That when such business has not been 
disposed of at Seven o’clock, unless the House 
shall otherwise order, Mr. Speaker (or the Chair- 
man, in case the House shall be in Committee) do 
leave the Chair, and the House will resume its 
sitting at Nine o’clock, when the Orders of the 
Day not disposed of at the Morning Sitting, and any 
Motion which was under discussion at Ten minutes 
to Seven o’clock, shall be set down in the Order 
Book after the other Orders of the Day. 

Resolved, That whenever the House shall be in 
Committee at Seven o’clock, the Chairman do 
report Progress when the House resumes its 
sitting. 
























































Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by poor Retief 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of lana Report (Ireland. 
of the Commissioners for administering the Laws 
for Relief of the Poor in Ireland, including the 
Twenty-first Report, under the 10 &amp; 11 Vie. ¢. 90, 
and the Sixteenth Report, under the 14 &amp; 15 Vice. 
c. 68, with Appendices. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an population, 
Order, dated the 30th day of March last, for a Valuation, &amp;. 
Return relative to Population, Valuation, &amp;c, (el 
( Ireland). 

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


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s Public Works 
Command,—Copy of Thirty-sixth Report from the (ela94.) 
Board of Public Works, /reland; with the Ap- 
pendices, for the year 1867. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented,—Return to Law Costs 
an Order, dated the 18th day of May last, for a (t«lané.) 
Return relative to Law Costs (Jreland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this in- West Indies. 
stant June, for a Return relative to the West Indies. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals, Coals, —- 
Cinders, and Culm, &amp;c., which was presented upon and Culm, &amp;c. 
the 17th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 338. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New New Couris 
Courts of Justice, which was Se upon the of Justice. 
17th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 339. 


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 Oxford Police Oxford Police 
Bill, without any Amendment. ane 

_ The Lords have agreed to the Caversham Bridge Caversham 
Bill, without any Amendment. Bridge Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Reading Water Reading 
Bill, without any Amendment. Water Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Duchy of 
made by this House to the Duchy of Cornwall Cornwall 


Amendment Bill, without any Amendment. ~ nt 








bC. 





Gas Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton and Wal- 
sall Railway 
Bill. 


Chichester 
Gas Bill. 


Topsham, 
Woodbury, ’ 
and Lymp- 
stone Water 
Bill. 
Warrington 
Water Bill. 


Cork and 
Kiosale Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill [Lords.} 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People (Ire- 
Jand) Bili. 
Bill 179. 


31 Vicroria. 


Gas Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wolverhampton 
and Walsall Railway Bill, with Amendments; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Chichester Gas 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Topsham, Wood- 
bury, and Lympstone Water Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Warrington Water 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 
Act to make more effectual Provision for the 
working of the Cork and Kinsale Junction Rail- 
way, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Representation of the 
People (Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Postponed Clause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Postponed Clauses, N° 9, N° 10, N° 11, N° 12, 
N° 15, N° 17, and N° 25, disagreed to. 

A Clause (In certain boroughs occupiers of 
lands, &amp;c., the owners of which are now rated shall 
be entitled to be registered if the rate due for the 
— 1868 has been paid before the first day of 

uly). 

Re the Boroughs of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, 
Belfast, and Waterford, every man who would be 
entitled to be registered at the next Registration 
of Parliamentary Voters, under the provisions of 
section three of this Act, in respect of the occupa- 
tion of lands, tenements, or hereditaments (for 
which the owner at the time of the passing of this 
Act is liable to be rated to the poor rate instead of 
the occupier), if he had been rated to the poor rate 
in respect of the said premises and had duly paid 
the said poor rate, shall, notwithstanding that he 
has not been so rated, be entitled to be registered 
at the next Registration of Parliamentary Voters, 
subject to the following condition :— 

That all poor rates in respect of the said 
premises which have become payable after 
the first day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Sixty-seven, and before the 
first day of January One thousand eight 
hundred and Sixty-eight, have been duly 
paid on or before the first day of July One 
thousand eight hundred and Sixty-eight) 

brought up, and read the first and second 
time. 

Amendment proposed, in], 1: To leave out from 
the word “ Waterford” tv the end of the Clause, 
in order to add the words “ So far as regards the 
** year One thousand eight hundred and Sixty- 
“ eight, and so far as regards any subsequent year 
“until a new rate shall have been made and a 
* register of voters formed in respect of such rate, 
“ the occupiers of lands, tenements, and heredita- 
“ ments in the Boroughs of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, 
“ Belfast, and Waterford, respectively, rated at 
“the net annual value of less than Eight pounds 
* and more than Four pounds, shall be entitled to 
“ be put on the register of voters, and to vote for 
“ the Election of Members of Parliament for such 
* Boroughs respectively, notwithstanding that in 
“‘ the last rate for the time being the immediate 
“lessor or owner of such lands, tenements, and 
“ hereditaments shall have been rated in respect 
“ thereof, and notwithstanding that any rates made 





18th June. 


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253 


‘on such immediate lessor or owner shall remain 
** unpaid.” 

Question proposed, That the .words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause (In all future Parliaments the 
University of Dublin and the Queen’s University 
in Ireland shall jointly return Two Members to 
serve in Parliament for said Universities)—— 
brought up, and read the first time. 

_ Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 

The Committee divided. 

‘Mr. Lawson, - 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Gregory: }178. 

Mr. Whitmore, 

Tellers for the N oes, Mr. Noel: \iss. 
Another Clause (Définition of the word “ex- 
penses ”)——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. 

Another Clause (Freemen’s franchise abolished, 
saving rights of existing freemen)——brought up, 
and read the first time. 

Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thej Sir Colman O’Loghlen, 109 
Yeas, \Mr. Sullivan : Sagas 
Tellers for the f Mr. Noel, Liss 


Noes, (Sir Graham Montgomery: } 
Another Clause (In all future Parliaments the 
Queen’s University in Ireland shall return one 
Member to serve in Parliament for such Univer- 
sity; and the Borough of Portarlington shall cease 
to return a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough)——brought up, and read the first 
time. 

Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Stuart Mill, 

Yeas, Mr. Julian Goldsmid: { 

Tellers for the Mr. Noel, 

Noes, \Sir Graham Montgomery: 

Captain Grosvenor, one of the Members for the 
City of Westminster, came to the Table, and stated 
that having been in the House when;the Ques~ 
tion was put, but not having heard it, he had not 
voted ; 

Whereupon, the Question was again stated to 
him, and being informed by the Chairman that 
he must vote, he declared that he voted with the 
Noes. 

The Tellers accordingly declared the Numbers, 
Yeas, 55; Noes, 210. 

Another Clause (Occupation franchise in coun- 
ties) brought up, and read the first time. 

Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Colonel French, 7 205 

Yeas, | Mr. Cogan: ib Loatae 

Tellers for the f Mr. Noel, } 24] 

Noes, \Sir Graham Montgomery: : 

Motion made, and Question put, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Yeas, \ Colonel French : } 79. 

Tellers for the s Mr. Noel, } 289 

Noes, (Sir Graham Montgome ) 
Chairman do now leave the Chair :—Motion, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Another Clause added. 





VoL. 123. 


Tellers for the Dr. Brady, 
Motion made, and Question suepuaily Tah the 
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Another 

























































254 


Another Clause (Voting to be by ballot)—— 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Wieseiee Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the sSir John Gray, 1 596 
Yeas, Mr. Kennedy : ) be: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Noel, \ 295 
Noes, Sir Graham Montgomery :J ““° 


Schedules (A), (B), and (C), disagreed to, 
Schedules (D) and (E), 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 19th June, 1868 : 


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 upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


Electric The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
—- the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 


upon the 9th day of this instant June, was pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Elec- 
tric Telegraphs Bill be now read a second time ; 
and which Amendment was, to leave out from the 
words “ That the” to the end of the Question, 
in order to add the words “ question of the expe- 
“‘diency of purchasing the Telegraphs by the 
“ State be referred to a Select Committee,” in- 
stead thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of 
the Question: —The House resumed the said ad- 
journed Debate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned: 
—It passed in the Negative. 

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

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Select Committee. 


Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, at Two of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply 5 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Representa- The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
pon oe ee ot. Beading of the Representation of the People ( Scot- 
eople (Scot- land) Bil: 
land) Bill. nd) Bull; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for the purpose of 
considering certain Amendments to be proposed in 
Clauses 13, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27, 36, 37, 38, 
and 43:—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 Clauses. 


18¢h—19th June. 





1868: 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration ; and 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. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to Boundary 
take into consideration the et Bill, as Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (First registration of Occupiers in Bo- 
rough within anelal Boundaries), was twice 
read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (To render valid certain Pre- 
cepts, Notices, &amp;c.), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Certain Parishes to be included 
in the Divisions of East and West Staffordshire), 
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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gntait 
mittee on the Entail Amendment (Scotland) Bill; Amendment 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ay 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. : 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Land writs 
mittee on Land Writs Registration (Sevtland) Registration 
[Salary of Lord Clerk Register] ; (Selary of 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- Lord Clerk 


solve itself into the said Committee. Register. ] 


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


mittee on the Land Writs Registration ( Scotland) Resistration 
Bill ; (Scotland) 


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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Government 


Government of India Act Amendment [Salaries], of India Act 
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : rSalaries.] 


That it is expedient to authorize the payment, 
out of the Revenues of India, of the increase to 
the Salaries of the Members of the Council of 
India, and of the Auditor of the Accounts of 
the Secretary of State in Council, in pursuance of 
the provisions of any Act of the present Session 
to amend in certain respects the Act for the better 
Government of India. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 
mittee on the Government of India Act Amend- of India Act 
: 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- Governor 
mittee on the Governor General of Jnidia Bill ; General of 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 144 Bill 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of Law 
mittee on the Courts of Law Fees, &amp;c. ( Scotland) Fees, &amp;. 
Bill; (Scotland) 

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


Local Governe 
ment cam. 

mental (No. 4) 
Bill. 


The Local Government Supplemental (No. 4) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do . 
Ordered, That the Clerk 9p the Bill to 
The 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Local oo a 
t Supple- 
oe No. 5) 


mental ( 
Bil. 


Ecclesiastical 


Bill. 


Courts of 


$1 Vicroria. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Local Government Supplemental 
(No. 5) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—The House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 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 now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill was, ac- 


Commissioners eording 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 


Chancery and take into consideration the Courts of hancery and 


Exchequer 


(Ireland) Fee 


Funds Bill. 


Navy and 


Army Expen- 


diture. 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental (No. 6) 
Bill. 


Public Schools 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Police Funds 
Bill. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) 
Administra- 
tion Acts 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Exchequer (Jreland) Fee Funds Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on Navy and Army Expendi- 
ture; 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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Local Government Supplemental (No. 6) 
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 Public Schools Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Two of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Metropolitan Police Funds 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 Prisons (Scotland) Administration 
Acts Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Saleof Liquors The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
on Sunday 
(Ireland) Bill. 





mittee on the Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Jre- 
land) 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 Non-Traders Bankruptcy (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


VoL. 123. 


18th—19th June. 








955 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Municipal 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Corporations 
upon the 17th day of this instant June, was pro- — 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Muni- 
cipal Corporations (Metropolis) 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 Assignees 
Reading of the Assignees of Marine Policies Bill ; of Marine | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Policies Bill. 
this day. 


The Municipal Rate (Edinburgh) Bill was, ac- Municipal, 
cording to Order, read the third time. Rate (Edia- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ee 
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 Weights and 
Reading of the Weights and Measures (Scotland) Measures 
Bill ; r rea, 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Rates 

a Comparative Statement of the Number of Paupers #24 Pauperism. 
of all Classes (except Lunatic Paupers in 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 1867 and 1868 respectively ; also 
for the months of January, February, and March 
1868 and 1869 respectively : Statement of the 
Number of Paupers, distinguishing the Number 
of Adult Able-bodied Paupers relieved on the 1st 
day of July 1868: Similar Statement for the 
Ist day of January 1869:—~-Statement of the 
Amount expended for In-maintenance and Out- 
relief only for the half-year ended at Michaelmas 
1868 : Similar Statement for the half-year 
ended at Lady Day 1869:——-Statements of the 
Amount of Poor Rates levied and expended during 
the year ended at Lady Day 1868 :——And, of 
the Number of Insane Paupers chargeable to the 
Poor Rates on the Ist day of January 1869. 











Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Curragh of 
Curragh of Kildare Bill do consist of Thirteen “ildare Bill, 
Members. 

Ordered, That General Dunne and Sir Colman 
O’Loghlen be added to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Local Govern- 
Loval Government Supplemental (No. 3) Bill be ment Sup ge 
appointed by the Committee of Selection, as in the fi &gt;) 
case of a Private Bill. 

Ordered, That all Petitions 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 Petitions, if they 
think fit; and Counsel heard in favour of the Bill 
against the said Petitions. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coinage. 
an Account of all Gold, Silver, and Copper Monies No. 340 
of the Realm coined at the Mint for each year from | 
the Ist day of January 1858 to the 3lst day of 
December 1867; showing the real Cost or Value 
of the Metal and the Amount represented by the 
Coin (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 442, of Session 1867). 

Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

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


KK4 














Friday, 19th June, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 


Lancashire : , 
HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
Railway Bill.” T tion the hincliaesint made by the Lords to 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill; and 

the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 

Chichester 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Chi- 
chester Cattle Market 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. 


Cattle Market 
Bill. - 


ee angen The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Newcastie. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Down- 
Railway Bill. patrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle 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. 


19th—22nd June. 





London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Balway Bill the Amendments made by the Lords to the London 
and South Western Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 
Lordships. 

egal a, rhe House proceeded to take into consideration | 
Harbour Bil, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mary- | 
port District and Harbour Bill; and the same were | 
twice read, and agreed to. | 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

——. The Norwich Union Life Insurance Society Bill 

Seompenee was, according to Order, read a second time; and 

Society Bill committed. 

[Lords.] 

dog The Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway Bill 

tion Railway Was read the first time. 

Bill [Lords] Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Isle of Wight =Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

(Newport . ° °,8 ° ° 

Junction) | one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 


Railway Bill That in the case of the Isle of Wight (Newport 


[Lords.] 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. 
_ sy Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an 
ae Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this 
Telegraph.) . . y 
instant June, for Returns relative to East India 
(Persian Telegraph). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Dublin Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
Hospitals. == Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of A 


enth Report 
of the Board of Superintendence of Dublin Tse: 
pitals; with Appendices. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


































































1868. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Poor Rates ang 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, P*uperism, 
dated the 18th day of this instant June, for Re- 
turns relative to Poor Rates and Pauperism. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Margate Pier 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the #94 Harbour, 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—A true Account 
of the Receipt and Application of all Monies which 
have been received by the Directors of the Mar- 
gate Pier and Harbour Company, from the 10th 
day of April 1867 to the 11th day of April 1868, 
both days inclusive. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Or- Income and 
der, dated the 21st day of April last, for Returns Property Tax, 
relative to the Income and Property Tax. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to Court of 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Probate. 
Account of the Annual Salaries of the Judge, 
Registrars, Clerks, and all others holding Offices 
in the Court of Probate in England, together with 
au Account of all Fees and Moneys received in 
the year ended 31st December 1867 respectively : 

—— Also, Return of all Compensations payable 
under the authority of the Probate Act for Eng- 
land, during that year. 

Return of Fees received and Payments made Superior 
in respect of Salaries, Compensations, and other eas: 
Charges of the Superior Courts of Common Law, go, , 
and Court of Probate in England, during the years 
ended 31st March 1867 and 1868. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India East India 
(Progress and Condition), which was presented ( Progrezs and 


upon the 12th day of this instant June, be printed. “eae 


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 Monday next. 








Monday, 22nd June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


" I ‘HE House proceeded to take into considera- Chichester 


tion the Amendments made by the Lords to Gas Bill. 
the Chichester 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 Merthyr Tydfil 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mer- Gas Bill. 
thyr Tydfil 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 Topsham, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Tops- ine 
ham, Woodbury, and Lympstone Water Bill; and stone Water 
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 Morley bars 
the Morley Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bi! [L 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third es 
e 








ier 





Itchen Bridge 
’ Bill. 


32 VicToria. 


Waterford The House proceeded to take into considera- 
and Kilke. tion the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill, as 


i Bill 
fords.) "amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
my Holidays Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Bank 


Holidays Bill have Power to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them to the House. 
Sir Colman O’Loghlen reported from the said 
Committee, who were instructed to consider the 
propriety of discontinuing the days of grace, and 
the practice of noting bills on the day on which 
they become due; That they had considered the 
said Bill, and the Instruction of the House, and 
taken Evidence thereon, which they had agreed to 
report to the House, and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Ameadments thereunto; and had 
amended the Title, as followeth: 
Bank A Bill to enable Bank Holidays to be created 
Holidays on Special Occasions, by Royal Proclamation, and 


ills of ° p 
a hangs Bill. to amend the Law relating to Bills of Exchange 





Bill igo, and Promissory Notes. 
N Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
0. 354. ‘ 
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 Friday next. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. § read; and ordered tw lie upon the Table. 
Vide Twenty- 
eighth Report. 
Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a’ Mes- | 
theLords. gage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 
Unclaimed The Lords have agreed to the Unclaimed Prize 


Prize Money Money (Jndia) Bill, without any Amendment. 


(India) Bill. 
Dublin, The Lords have agreed to the Dublin, Wicklow, 
Wicklow, _ and Wezford Railway Bill, without any Amend- 
and Wexford 

Railway Bill, ment. 

North British The Lords have agreed to the North British 
a Railway (Forth River Railway) Bill, without any 
Gailway) Bill. Amendment. 


Alkali Act The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
(1863) Per. by this House to the Alkali Act, 1863, Perpetua- 


eee Bill tion Bill, without any Amendment. 
Iifracombe The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 


Railway Bill made by this House to the Jifracombe Railway 
an Bill, without any Amendment. 

Glasgow The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow Court 
Court Houses Ffouses Bill, with an Amendment; to which the 


-_ Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

Worthing The Lords have agreed to the Worthing Gas 

Gas Bill. Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

Stourbridge The Lords have agreed to the Stourbridge Rail- 


Railway Bill. way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 
The Lords have agreed to the Jtchen Bridge 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 
_ ey Act to regulate the Sale of Poisons, and alter and 
ment Bill, amend the Pharmacy Act, 1852; to which the 
[Lords.] Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
Keclesiastical © The Lords communicate a Copy of the Report 
Titles. from the Select Committee of the House of Lords 
on Ecclesiastical Titles in Great Britain and Ire- 
land, together with the Proceedings of the Com- 
mittee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix, as 
desired by this House. 

Sale of Poisons 


The Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy Act Amend- 
tet Ane™*eY ment Bill was read the first. time ; and ordered to 


Sale of Poisons 


ment Bil §§ be read a second time upon Wednesday next; 
[Lords] and to be printed. 

Bill 181. 
Trade and Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Navigation. Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- 


Von. 123. 


No, 119, 


22nd June. 





257 


gation, for the Month ended 31st May 1868; and 
Five Months ended 31st May 1868. 
Copy of Report of the Miteorla ical Com- Royal Society. 
mittee of the Royal Society, for the Year ended 
31st December 1867. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an Navy (Beef.) 
Order, dated the 19th day of May last, for Returns 
relative to the Navy (Beef). 
2 a That the said Return do lie upon the ‘ 
able. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was Adjournment. 
proposed, That this House do now adjourn :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be — Army 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased i 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Gojoneis.) 
House, a Return of the Number and Age in each 
case of the Colonels of Artillery or Engineers who 
have retired on £.600 a year since the lst day 
of January 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Established 

Returns of the several Dioceses and Parishes in Church 
Ireland in which there are See or Glebe Houses ‘"*!#4) 
with the rateable Value thereof as assessed for 
Poor’s Rates :——Of the several Parishes in which 
the Amount of Curates’ Salaries have been de~ 
ducted “in estimating the Net Value of the 
Living,” with the Amount of the Salaries deducted : 
And, of the Income of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners and the Sources from which same is 
derived, with an Account of so much thereof as 
has been paid to the Incumbents of Livings, and 
as such has been included in the Net Value of 
Livings in the Return (Parliamentary Paper, No. 
267, of Session 1864) of the Revenues of the 
Established Church in Ireland. 





Ordered, That the Select Committee on Poor poor Rates 
Rates Assessment, &amp;c. have Power to report their Assessment, 
Opinion and Observations thereupon to the House, ~~ 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken N° 342. 
before them. 

Mr. Ayrton 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, with 
their Observations ; 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 the Return relative to East India fast India 
(Persian Telegraph), which was presented upon (Persian 


. 'e . Telegraph.) 
the 19th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 343. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Poor Ratesand 


Rates and Pauperism, which was presented upon P#perism. 
the 19th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 344, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Income and 
and Property Tax, which was presented upon the Property Tax. 
19th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 345. 














Ordered, That the Return relative to the West West Indies. 
Indies, which was presented upon the 18th day No, 346. 
of this. instant June, be printed. 

LL Sir 

























































Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Victoria. 


Sea Fisheries 
Bill. 


Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


258 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her well, dated the 21st day of May 
last, for a Return relative to Turnpike Trusts. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 
instant June, for Returns relative to the Court of 
Chancery (Ireland). 

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


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of further Correspondence respect- 
ing and arising from the non-enactment of the 
Appropriation Act in Victoria (in continuation 
of Reonte presented April 1868). 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Sea Fisheries Bill. 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amend- 
ment in p. 14, “ Leave out Clause 46,” being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

P. 14, “ Leave out Clause 46,” the next Amend- 
ment, being read a second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth disagree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ yr eee / } 125 
Mr. Noel, \ 
Tellers for the Noes, My. Whitmore : 183, 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the said Amendment was agreed to. 

Then the Amendments, as far as the Amend- 
ment Clause B., being read a second time, were 

eed to. 

Clause B., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto in 1, 2, by leaving out the words “ Her Ma- 
“ jesty,” and inserting the words “the Lord Lieu- 
“tenant or other Chief Governor of Jreland,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
* Her Majesty ” stand part of the Clause ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


J 
Tellers for the Yeas,) y4,. Whitmore: 


Mr. Gregory, 
Tellers for the Noes,{ yy. Blake : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
thereunto, in 1. 13 of the Clause, by leaving out the 
word “Twenty” and inserting the word “ Fifty ” 
instead thereof ; 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ Twenty ” stand part of the Clause :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Amendment, Clause B., was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into further consideration upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Noel, i 75, 


1 a 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Government of India 
Act Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

CxausE, N* 1 (Members of the Council of India 
to be in future elected for a term of 12 years). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 14: To leave 
out from the word “ Council” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to insert the words “ shall con- 


22nd—23rd June. 











1868. 


“ tinue in office until he shall retire in manner 
“ following, unless he shall by any other means pre- 
* viously cease to hold such office: the two members 
** of the Council, one having been elected and the 
** other appointed, who have been longest in office, 
*‘ shall retire on the First day of January in the 
* year One thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
“nine, and in every subsequent year; but any 
** such member may be again elected or appointed 
*©a member of the said Council; and be two 
* or more members shall have been elected or 
* appointed on the same day, the Secretary of 
** State shall determine the order of retirement of 
‘such as were appointed, and the said Council 
* shall determine the order of retirement of such 
* as were elected.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ who shall, 
“after the passing of this Act be re-elected or 
“ appointed, shall be elected or appointed for a 
“ term of” stand part of the Clause :— Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 14, to 
leave out the words “ shall, after the passing of 
* this Act, be so elected or appointed.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out el part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Whitmore, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Noel : 
‘Mr. Ayrton, 

{Lord William Hay Ab -_ 


lL 
j 146. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Governor General of Jndia 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 Representation of the 
People(Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Alteration of county and borough qualifications) : 

And the said Clause was brought up, and read 
the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Residence of Electors for City of Dublin 
extended to twelve miles): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now 
read a second time :—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposéd, That 
the said Clause be now read a second time :—The 
said Motion and Clause were severally, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Tuesday, 23rd June, 1868 : 
Another Clause was offered to be added to the 


Bill ( Assimilation of franchise in boroughs, nies 
0 





Governor 
General of 
India Bill. 


Representa- 
tion of the 

People (Ire- 
land) Bill, 





Navy and 
Army Expen- 
diture. 








$2 Victoria. 


of cities, and counties of towns): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now read 
a second time:— And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

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. Serjeant Barry, } 156 
Yeas, Mr. Murphy: ; 
Tellers for the { Mr. Noel, a 198 
Noes, \ Mr. Whitmore : J , 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the said Clause be now read a second time :—The 
said Motion and Clause were severally, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Boundary 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 ‘Navy and Army Expen- 
diture. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Expenditure incurred for 
certain Navy Services in the year ended the 31st 
day of March 1867 has fallen short of the sums 
appropriated to those Services by the sum of 
£. 226,915. 1s. 1d.; 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 £. 317,534. 14s. 10d. 

2. Resolved, That the said Expenditure for Navy 
Services unprovided for as aforesaid, amounting 
to £. 317,534. 14s. 10d., has been to the extent of 
£. 226,915. 1s. 1 d. temporarily defrayed, under the 
authority of the Commissioners of I1er Majesty’s 
Treasury, out of the Surpluses which have arisen, 
as aforesaid, upon other Votes for Navy Services, 
amounting to £. 226,915. 1s. 1d. 

3. Resolved, That the application 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 1867 has fallen short of the sums 
appropriated to those Services by the sum of 
£. 280,563. 19s. 4d., and that the Expenditure 
which has been incurred for certain other Army 
Services and not provided for in the sums 
appropriated to those Services for the same year, 
has amounted to the sum of £. 329,043. 8 s. 

5. Resolved, That the said Expenditure for 
Army Services unprovided for, as aforesaid, amount- 
ing to £. 329,043. 8s., has been to the extent 
of £.280,563. 19s. 4d., temporarily defrayed, 
under the authority of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s ere out of the Surpluses which 
have arisen, as aforesaid, upon other Votes for 
Army Services, amounting to £. 280,563. 19 s. 4 d. 

6. Resolved, That the application of the said 
Surpluses be sanctioned. 

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. 
Vo. 123. 


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259 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second M 


Reading of the Metropolitan Police Funds Bill; oan 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


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


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land Writs 


into a Committee on Land Writs Registration 
( Scotland) [Salary of Lord Clerk Register]. ( 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
payment, out of Monies to be provided by Parlia- 
liament, of a Salary to the Lord Clerk Register of 
Scotland, in pursuance of the provisions of any 
Act of the present Session for improving the 
system of Registration of Writs relating to Heritable 
Property in Scotland. 

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 Courts of Chancery and Exchequer (Zreland) Courts of 


Fee Funds 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- Turnpike Acts 


—_ on the Turnpike Act Continuance, &amp;c. 
ll 5 

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


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


mittee on the Regulation of Railways 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- Ecclesiastical 


mittee on the Ecclesiastical Buildings and Glebes 
( Scotland) Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Petroleum Act 
take into consideration the Petroleum Act Amend- Amendment 


ment Bill, as amended in the Committee; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County 


into a Committee on the County General Assess- 
ment (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent 


therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Bill. 


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- Election 


mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt 
Practices at Elections Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Elections Bill. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


mittee on the Promissory Oaths Bill; 
Resolved, That this 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
LL2 The 





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960 22nd—23rd June. 


Lands Clauses ~The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act (1845) 
Ae (i84s). Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read a 
Amendment second time; and committed to a Committee of 


Bill. the whole House, for Friday next. 
ae, The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland), Reading of the Railway Companies (Ireland) 


Advances Bill. Advances Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Bank of i, Lhe Bank of Bombay Bill was, according to 
ombay * Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 


next. 
Entail The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Amendment into a Committee on the Entail Amendment 
(Scotland ) : . ° 
Bill. ( 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next, 


Land Writs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
aon mittee on the Land Writs Registration (Scotland) 
Bil, Bll; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Courts of Law ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Fees, &amp;c. mittee on the Courts of Law Fees, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill ; 


= Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the dav being read, for the Com- 


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


Local Govern- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

oe al (ilo. 6) into a Committee on the Local Government Sup- 

Bill. ‘* plemental (No.6) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dedson 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. 
Renewable The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Leasehold nto a Committee on the Renewable Leasehold 
(lnclewd) het Conversion (Jre/and) Act Extension Bill; and, 


Extension Bill, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 

Bill 182, 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 Thursday next. 


Prisons (Scot- The Prisons (Scotland) Administration Acts 
land) Adminis- Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read a 
‘ration Act® second time: and committed to a Select Committee 
Bill, of Eleven Members, Six to be nominated by the 
House, and Five by the Committee of Selection. 
The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Sir Edward Colebrooke, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Graham, 
Mr. Merry, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, and Mr. Ramsay. 
Ordered, That the Committee have Power to 
send for persons, papers, and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Revenue The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Officers — mittee on the Revenue Officers Disabilities Re- 
Disabilities al Bill: 
Removal Bill, ™0V wary . . ° 

. Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








1868. 


The Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment Bill Bankruptey 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and pee oth 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pi, 


Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Local Officers’ 
Reading of the Local Officers’ Superannuation pa ee 
(Ireland) (No. 2) Bill; (No. 2) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


| this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burials 
mittee on the Burials (Jreland) Bill; ({reland) 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 Assignees 
Reading of the Assignees of Marine Policies Bill ; = eg 4 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time °° 7 
this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Lunatic Agy. 
to make Provision for the Audit of Accounts of y vee oa 
District Lunatic Asylums in (Jreland): And that — 
the Earl of Mayo and Mr. Attorney General for 


Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


‘Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — te 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ““*"*? ie 
House, Copies of the Act of the Legislative Coun- 
cil of India vesting a Monopoly of Telegraphs in 
the Government of India, and of any Act amend- 
ing the same : —— Of the Correspondence between 
the Indian Railway Companies and the Indian 
Authorities, resulting in the Arrangement between 
them for the employment of the Railway Tele- 
graphs by the Public in India: 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 Maintenance and Expenses: 
Account of the Annual Receipts from the 
Telegraphs, and of the Number of Miles of Tele- 
= and of Stations open in each year :—— And, 

opy of the Annual Reports of the Indian Tele- 
graph Department (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 20, of Session 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 Earl of Mayo presented a Bill to extend Poor Law 
the Powers of Poor Law Inspectors and Medical and Medical 
Inspectors in Jreland: And the same was read the (ireland) Bill. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time Bill 183 


upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The Earl of Mayo presented a Bill to make zynatic 
provision for the Audit of Accounts of District Asylums 
Lunatic Asylums in Ireland: And the same was (Ireland) 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- audit Bill. 


cond time upon Friday next; and to be printed. Bill 184. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon County 
Wednesday next, the County Financial Boards Financis) 1) 
(No. 1) Bill, was read, and discharged. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the Ist day of July next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








ets” 


d) 
1, 


ill, 


y- 
nd) 








Dunn 
Gardner’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 


Warrington 
Water Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
eighth Report. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Burials (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Excise Duties 
(Colonies. ) 


Law Costs 
(Ireland.) 


No, 347. 


Ecclesiastical 
Titles. 


No. 348. 


Turopike 
Trusts. 


No. 349. 


Inland 
Revenue 


Officers. 


Public Schools 
Bill, 





$2 Vicroria. 


Tuesday, 23rd June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Dodson reported Dunn Gardner’s Estate 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the War- 
rington 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. 


Several Public Petitions were 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


resented, and 
able. 


Ordered, That Mr. Edward Hamilton have leave 
of absence for ten days, on account of ill health. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burials (Jre/and) Bill; 

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


The Order made upon the 11th day of this in- 
stant June, for presenting to Her Majesty an 
humble Address, that She would be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Return relative to Excise Duties 
(Colonies), was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Law Costs 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 18th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Ecclesiastical 
Titles, which was communicated from the Lords 
upon the 22nd day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike 
Trusts, which was presented upon the 22nd day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,— Return to an 
Order, dated the 18th day of this instant June, 
for a Return relative to Inland Revenue Officers. 
+ Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


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


(In the Committee. ) 


CriausE, N°5 (Power of Governing Bodies to 
alter their Constitutions). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 38, to leave out 
the word “ sixty-nine,” in order to insert the word 
“ seventy.” 

Question put, That the word “ sixty-nine” stand 
part of the Gennes 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Mr. Whitmore, } 109 
Yeas, Lord Robert Montagu: . 
Tellers for the { Mr. Newdegate, | 95 
Noes, Mr. Karslake : | an 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Ciause, N°6 (Governing Body to make Sta- 
tutes, under Restrictions). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 10, to leave out 
the word “ new.” 
Question put, That the word “ new” stand part 
of the Clause ; 
_The Committee es : 
r. Whitmore, 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ 0. d Royston: 
Mr. Newdegate, 
Tellers for the N oess| yr Lid ‘leit ; 


Vou. 123. 


\ 133. 


} 9. 





93rd June. 





261 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 28, to 
leave out the words “ With respect to the privi- 
“ leges and number of boys who under any statute 
“or benefaction may be entitled tu any rights to 
“ education or maintenance.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, at the 
end of subsection 7, to add the words “ and in the 
“ case of Eton and Winchester Colleges, with re- 
“ spect to future income and all other emoluments 
“ of the future provost and fellows and the future 
* warden and fellows, and with respect to the 
** number, emoluments, and advantages to be here- 
“ after enjoyed by all the members of each founda- 
* tion, or by those now entitled to any payment 
** thereout, and subject thereto, for the establish- 
*‘ ment or foundation of some other college or school 
** in connection with Eton and Winchester Colleges 
** respectively, and subject to the same governing 
** body as the college in each case.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Ciavuses, N°’7 to N°11, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 12 (General Power to make Regu- 
lations). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 13, after the 
word “ given” to insert the words “ and whether 
“ it is desirable that the Head Master should keep 
** a boarding-house.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

CuiausE, N° 13, agreed to. 

CiauseE, N°14 (Scheme for Harrow and Rugby). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 18, to leave out 
the words “ bodies of Harrow and,” in order to 
insert the words “ body of.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause:—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CiausE, N* 15, amended, and agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 16 (Appointment of Commis- 
sioners). 
Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
postponed——put, and negatived. 
Question put, That the Clause stand part of 
the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the / Mr. Noel, 7 140 
Yeas, Mr. Whitmore : C Tate 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, 7 9 
Noes, Mr. Locke : : foe 
And it being ten minutes before Seven of the 
clock, the Chairman left the Chair to report 
Progress. 


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- Revenue 
mittee on the Revenue Officers Disabilities Re- 0 


moval Bill; 
Resulved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 


their Clerks, as followeth: 


The Lords have agreed to the Sunderland and Sunderland 


South Shields Water Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 
LL3 The 








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ere eae 


ee ee ee 


Potteries, 
Shrewsbury, 
and North 
Wales Railway 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Kington and 
Eardisley 
Railway Bill. 


Gas Light and 
Coke Com- 
pany Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 
(North and 
South) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
District 
Railway Bill. 


County Down 
and Belfast 
Borough Bill.” 


New Kilmain- 
ham Township 
Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Poor Nelief 
Bill | Lords.] 


Army 
Reserve. 


Kuights of 
Windsor. 


262 


The Lords have agreed to the Potteries, Shrews- 
bury, and North Wales Railway Bill, without any 
Amendment. 





The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Kington and 
Eardisley Railway Bull, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Gas LightandCoke 
Company Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the 7hames Embank- 
ment (North and South) Bill, with Amendments ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Dis- 
trict Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the County Down and 
Belfast Borough Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the New Kilmainham 
Township Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Poor Law (Jreland) Amendment Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th 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 passed a Bill, intituled, An 
Act to make further Amendments in the Laws for 
the Relief of the Poor; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
roposed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Stes Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire 
into and report upon our Military Organization, 
in so far as it relates to the establishment of a 
sufficient and economical Army of Reserve, and 
the means it offers of speedy and efficient expan- 
sion to meet the requirements of War, more espe- 
cially for Home Defence ; 


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


Wednesday, 24th June, 1868: 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question bein 
proposed, That an humble Address be savenied 
to Her Majesty, humbly representing that, in the 
opinion of this House, it should not be obligatory 
on any Naval or Military Knight of Windsor, not 
being a member of the United Church of England 
and Jreland, to attend Divine Service in Saint 
George's Chapel, Windsor, daily or at all, and 
praying that Her Majesty may be graciously 
leased to direct such alterations to be made in 
the Statutes regulating the Naval and Military 
Knights of Windsor, as shall exempt from attending 
Divine Service in Saint George’s Chapel, Windsor, 
all Naval and Military Knights of Windsor who 
shall not be members of the United Church of 
England and Ireland ; 


23rd—24th June. 











1868. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the words “ not bein 
“a member of the United Church of England an 
“ Treland.” _ 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out the words “ who 
* shall not be members of the United Church of 
“© England and Ireland.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It passed in the Negative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, humbly representing that, in the opinion 
of this House, it should not be obligatory on any 
Naval or Military Knight of Windsor to attend 
Divine Service in Saint George’s Chapel, Windsor, 
daily or at all, and praying that Her Majesty may 
be graciously pleased to direct such alterations to 
be made in the Statutes regulating the Naval and 
Military Knights of Windsor as shall exempt from 
attending Divine Service in Saint George’s Chapel, 
Windsor, all Naval and Military Knights of Wind- 
Sor ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for ~ Sir Colman O’Loghlen, | 99 
Yeas, Mr. Labouchere : Sage ap 
Tellers for the/ Mr. Noel, } 83 
Noes, (Mr. Whitmore: . 


So it passed in the Negative. 



























Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Ran 
to give directions, that there be laid before this China. 


House, a Copy of the Despatch of the late Go- 
vernor General of India, Lord Elgin, relative to 
the proposed construction of a Commercial Way 
from Rangoon to Kianghung, referred to in the 
Letter sail by the Secretary of State for 
India to the Huddersfield Chamber of Commerce 
on the 28th day of January 1864; with any En- 
closures or Documents referred to in the said 
Despatch. 

Ordered, That 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 
estern 
) 


The Select Committee on the Registration Bill Registration 


was nominated of Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy, ® 


Sir George Grey, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir Robert 
Collier, Mr. Graves, Mr. William Edward Forster, 
Mr. Bouverie, Sir Rainald Knightley, Mr. Leeman, 
Captain Surtees, Mr. Ayrton, Sir George Bowyer, 
Mr. Garth, Mr. Hibbert, and Sir Charles Russell; 
with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the Petit Juries Petit Juries 
(Jreland) Bill was nominated of Mr. Attorney Ge- (Ireland) 


neral for Ireland, Sir Colman O’Loghlen, Lord 
Claud John Hamilton, The O’Conor Don, Sir 
F'rederich Heygate, Mr. Kavanagh, Mr. O'Reilly, 
Mr. Garth, Mr. Huddleston, Mr. Pim, Mr. Monsell, 
Mr. Cogan, Mr. Edward Cooper, General Dunne, 
and Mr. Headlam. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the Married Women’s Married 


Property Bill was nominated of Mr. Shaw Lefevre, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Russell 
Gurney, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Baggallay, Sir John 
Simeon, Mr. Beach, Sir Colman O’Loghlen, Mr. 
Ayrton, 


Women’s 


Property Bill. 





l. 





Electric 


Telegraphs 
Bill. 


New Courts 
of Justice, 


Public Bills 
Treland and 
tland. ) 


32 VicToria. 


Ayrton, Mr. Goldney, Mr. Baines, Mr. Bentinck, 
r. Jacob Bright, and Mr. Powell; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the Electric Tele- 
graphs Bill was nominated of Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Mr. Goschen, Sir Frederick Hey- 
gate, Mr: Leeman, Mr. Charles Turner, Mr. Nor- 
wood, and Five Members to be added by the 
Committee of Selection; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That it be an Instruction to the 
Committee to inquire,— 

1. Whether it is desirable that the transmission 
of messages for the public should become a legal 
monopoly in the Post Office: 

2. Whether it should be left to the discretion 
of the Postmaster General to make special agree- 
ments for the transmission of messages or news at 
reduced rates : 

3. What securities should be taken for insuring 
the secrecy of messages transmitted through the 
Post Office : 

4. What arrangements should be made for the 
working of submarine cables to foreign countries: 
and, 

5. To hear such Telegraph and Railway Com- 

anies and Proprietors as shall by petition, on or 
fefore the 26th instant, have prayed to be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against such 
of the matters referred to the Committee as affect 
their particular interests ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ such of the 
“ matters referred to the Committee as affect their 
“ particular interests,’ and inserting the words 
“the Preamble and Clauses of the Bill,” 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 it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to inquire,— 

1. Whether it is desirable that the transmission 
of messages for the public should become a legal 
monopoly in the Post Office: 

2. W ether it should be left to the discretion 
of the Postmaster General to make special agree- 
ments for the transmission of messages or news at 
reduced rates: 

3. What securities should be taken for insuring 
the secrecy of messages transmitted through the 
Post Office: 

4. What arrangements should be made for the 
a of submarine cables to foreign countries: 
and, 

5. To hear such Telegraph and Railway Com- 
= and Proprietors as shall by petition, on or 

efore the 26th instant, have prayed to be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against such 
of the maiters referred to the Committee as affect 
their particular interests. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Mr. Edward M. 
Barry, which was presented upon the 22nd day of 
this instant June, relative to the New Courts of 
Justice, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, in Tabular Form, of all Public Bills 
exclusively relating to Ireland which have been 
inteedacell during the present Session into the 
House of Commons; with the Titles of the same ; 
the Names of the Members who brought them in; 
and the stage at which they have now arrived :—— 
And, similar Return of all Public Bills exclusively 
relating to Scotland. 

Vou. 123, 


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263 


A Motion being made, That this House will, Colonial _ 
upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Com- Governors’ | 
mittee to consider of extending the Provisions of Amendment. 
the Act 28 &amp; 29 Vie. c. 113, for authorizing the 
Payment of Retiring Pensions to Colunial Go- 
vernors to persons who have held the Office of 
Lord High Commissioner of the Jonian Islands ; 

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, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill New Zealand 
to make Provision for the Appointment of Mem- (Tesislative 
bers of the Legislative Council of New Zealand; °“**" 
and to remove Doubts in respect of past Appoint- 
ments: And that Mr. Adderley and Mr. Sclater- 

Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sunday 
mittee on the Sunday Trading Bill ; Trading Bill 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Adulteration of Food or Drink Act Amend- Adulteration 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second of Food or 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole amendment 


House, for Wednesday the 8th day of July next, Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Military at 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Elections 
upon the 12th day of May last, was proposed ap es 
be made to the Question, That the Military at 
Elections (Jreland) Bill be now read a second 
time; and which Amendment was, to leave out 
the word “ now,” and at the end of the Question 
to add the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


The Railways (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill Railways 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and — a 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, gi, 


for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landea 
Reading of the Landed Property Improvement Property 
(Ireland) Bill ; (ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ecclesiastical 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Titles Bill. 
upon the 16th day of this instant June, That the 
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn, 


Mr. Sclater-Booth reported from the Committee Navy and 
on Navy and Army Expenditure, several Reso- Army Expen- 
lutions; which were read, as follow: ame 

1. That the rie nena incurred for certain 
Navy Services in the year ended the 31st day of 
March 1867 has fallen short of the Sums ap- 
propriated to those Services by the Sum of 
£. 226,915. 1s. 1d.; 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 £.317,534. 14s. 10d. 

2, That the said Expenditure for Navy Ser- 
vices unprovided for as aforesaid, amounting to 
£.317,534. 148. 10d., has been to the extent of 

LL4 £. 226,915. 








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264 23rd—24th June. 


£. 226,915. 1s. 1d. temporarily defrayed, under 
the authority of the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, out of the Surpluses which have 
arisen, as aforesaid, upon other Votes for Navy 
Services, amounting to £. 226,915. 1s. 1d. 

3. That the application of the said Surpluses be 
sanctioned. 

4. That the Expenditure incurred for certain 
Army Services in the year ended the 3lst day 
of March 1867 has fallen short of the Sums 
rg to those Services by the Sum of 

. 280,563. 19s. 4d., and that the Expenditure 
which has been incurred for certain other Army 
Services and not provided for in the Sums ap- 
propriated to those Services for the same year, has 
amounted to the Sum of £. 329,043. 8s. 

5. That the said Expenditure for Army Ser- 
vices unprovided for, as aforesaid, amounting to 
£. 329,043. 8s., has been to the extent of 
£. 280,563. 19s. 4d., temporarily defrayed, under 


the authority of the Commissioners of Her Ma-| 


jesty’s Treasury, out of the Surpluses which have 
arisen, as aforesaid, upon other Votes for Army 
Services, amounting to £. 280,563. 19s. 4d. 

6. That the application of the said Surpluses be 
sanctioned. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


County The Order of the day being read, for taking 
General . ° ~ re cS 3s 
Assessment to consideration the County General Assess- 
(Scotland) ment (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
Bill. mittee ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


Local Govern- The Local Government Supplemental (No. 6) 
sanaat tlio. ¢ ) Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Bill. : Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Local Officers The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
san (leona) Reading of the Local Officers Superannuation 
(No. 2) Bill. (Jreland) (No. 2) Bill; 

, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


Assignees The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
ree Reading of the Assignees of Marine Policies Bill; 
_— Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


this day. 


Public Schools The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Public Schools Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


New Zealand Mr. Adderley presented a Bill to make provision 
(Legislative for the appointment of Members of the Legislative 
— Council of New Zealand ; and to remove Doubts 


Rill 185. 12 Tespect of past Appointments: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Poor Relief The Poor Relief Bill was read the first time ; 
Bill [Lords] and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
Bill 186. ext; and to be printed. 


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. 








1868. 
Wednesday, 24th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Rail- Isle of Wight 


way Bill was read a second time; and com- (Newport 
Junction) 


Railway Bill 
Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ‘Petitions. 
Vide Twenty. 
niath Report, 
Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote have leave Leave of 
of absence for the remainder of the Session, on Absence. 
account of ill health ;—Captain Mackinnon, aweek; 
—and, Mr. Miles, ten days, on account of domestic 
affliction. 



































































mitted. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Elementary 

Reading of the Elementary Education Bill ; ce, 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. *"" 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railway and 
mittee on the Railway and Joint Stock Companies Joint Stock 
Accounts Bill ; ype ny 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Sea Fisheries (Jreland) Bill was, according Sea Fisheries 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to (Ireland) Bill. 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Ejectments 
ae of the Ejectments Suspension (Jreland) Clrehand) Bal 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 7th day of July next. 


The Larceny and Embezzlement Bill was, ac- Larceny and 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Embezzlement 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for” 
Tuesday next. 


mittee on the Libel Bi 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the oe being read, for the Com- Libel Bill. 
1; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Rovere 
Reading of the Investment of Trust Funds Sup- oupet a 
; plemen 
plemental Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Municipal 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, eee 
upon the 17th day of this instant June, was = Soy , 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Mu- 
nicipal Corporations (Metropolis) Bill be now read 
a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till Tuesday next. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sale of Poisons 
Reading of the Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy Act = ae 
Amendment Bill; ment Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time [Lords.] 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply: 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. Pe 
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Burials 
Ireland) Bill. 


Railways 
(Ireland) Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Assignees 
of Marine 
Policies Bill. 


University 
Elections 
(Voting 
Papers.) 


Consular 
Marriages. 


Railways 
(Ireland.) 


Ordnance. 


Bank of 
Bombay 
Expenses of 
itnesses. ] 


Municipal 
Elections 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Bill 189, 


University 
Elections 
(Voting 
Papers) Bill, 
Bill 187, 


32 Vicrortia. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burials (Jreland) Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Railways (Jreland) Acts 
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 
To-morrow. 


The Assignees of Marine Policies Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law relating to the use of Voting 
Papers in Elections for the Universities: And that 
Sir James Fergusson and Mr. Attorney General 
for Iretand do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for removing Doubts as to the Validity of certain 
Marriages between British Subjects in China and 
elsewhere, and for amending the Law relating 
to the Marriage of British Subjects in Foreign 
Countries: And that Sir James Fergusson and 
Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return in detail of the Expenses of the Rail- 
ways (Ireland) Commission, with the Gross Total 
of the Cost of that Commission. 


Resolved, That 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 Report or Reports upon a 

roposed New System submitted to the Government 

y Mr. William Murphy, for rifling Heavy Ord- 
nance with perfect Semicircular Projections raised 
in the Gun, and corresponding Semicircular 
Grooves in the Shot. 

Ordered, That 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, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of authorizing the payment, out of the 
Revenues of /ndia, of the Expenses of any Wit- 
ness who may be summoned to give Evidence 
under the provisions of any Act of the present 
Session to enable Commissioners fret wos to in- 
quire-into the Failure of the Bank of Bombay to 
examine Witnesses on Oath in the United Kingdom; 

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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend 
the Laws for the Election of the Magistrates and 
Councils of Royal and Parliamentary Burghs in 
Scotland: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day next; and to be printed. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relating to the Use of Voting Papers in 
Elections for the Universities: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow; and to be printed. 

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PMth—@isth June. 








265 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill for remov- Consular 
ing doubts as to the validity of certain Marriages — 
between British Subjects in China and elsewhere, "Bill 
and for amending the Law relating to the Mar- = 
riage of British Subjects in Foreign Countries : 
And the same was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time To-morrow; and 
to be -printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Local Officers 
Friday next, the Local Officers Superannuation Superannua- 
(Ireland) (No. 2) Bill, was read, and discharged. (Ne. 3) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an poor Rate 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of March (Scotland.) 
last, for a Return relative to Poor Rate ( Scotland). 

Return to an Order dated the 16th day of this Royal 
instant June, for a Return relative to the Roya] Hibernian 
Hibernian Military School. one 
" — That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Abyssinian 


jesty’s Command,— Further Papers connected Expedition. 


with the Abyssinian Expedition. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Court of 
Court of Probate, which was presented upon the Probate. 
19th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 350. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Supe- superior 
rior Courts of Common Law, &amp;c., which was pre- Courts of 
sented upon the 19th day of this instant June, be Common 


° Law, &amp;c. 
printed. No. 351. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court Court of 
of Chancery (Jreland), which was — upon Chancery 


is i . Ireland.) 
the 22nd day of this instant June, be printed. ( . a a 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy Navy (Beet) 
(Beef), which was presented upon the 22nd day No, 353. 
of this instant June, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Thursday, 25th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

a. ORD Hotham reported from the Select Com- standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; Orders. 
which was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the Belgravia and South Belgravia 
Kensington New Road Bill, Petition for additional #"¢ South 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought not to be Sensinston 
dispensed with. Bill [Lords.] 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Sale gute of Liquors 
of Liquors on Sunday Bill have leave to sit this on Sunday 
day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 31 
House. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Pablic 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions — 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 17th, as 
18th, 19th, 22nd, and 23rd 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 considera- Glasgow Court 
tion the Amendment made by the Lords to the Houses Bill. 
Glasgow Court Houses Bill; and the same was 
twice read, and, with an Amendment thereto, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

MM hath 





266 


hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


Itchen Bridge 


tek The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Itchen 
Bridge Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Stourbridge Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice ones and agreed to. 

Ordered, 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 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Worthing 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. 


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 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. pre reported, That the A 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 amend the Act passed in the Session 
of Parliament held in Jreland in the Thirty-ninth 

ear of the Reign of His Majesty King George the 
hird, intituled, “ An Act for the better Regula- 
tion df Stockbrokers” : 


Worthing Gas 
Bill. 


Royal Assent, 


Stockbrokers 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Endowed An Act for annexing Conditions to the Appoint- 
Schools Bill ment of Persons to Offices in certain Schools : 
[Lords.] va oi 
Registration An Act toalter some Provisions in the existing 
of Writs Acts as to Registration of Writs in certain Re- 


(Scotland) Bill sisters in Scotland : 


[Lords.] : 
Cotton An Act for the Collection and Publication of 


Statistics Bill. Cotton Statistics: 
Duchy of An Act to extend the Provision in “ The Duch 
y y 
Cornwall of Cornwall Management Act, 1863,” relating to 
Bill (Lords) Pernanent Improvements: 
Documentary Aa Act to amend the Law relating to Docu- 
Evidence Bill, mentary Evidence in certain cases: 
Unclaimed An Act for the Appropriation of certain Un- 
Prize Money Claimed Shares of Prize Money acquired by Sol- 
(India) Bill. qiers and Seamen in India : 
Alkali Act An Act to make perpetual the Alkali Act, 
(1863) Per- 1863: 
tion Bill 
os sate 
pa. An Act to give Relief to Jurors who may re- 
Affirmations fuse or be unwilling, from alleged conscientious 
(Scotland) Bill. Motives, to be sworn in Civil or Criminal Pro- 


ceedings in Scotland: 


95th June. 






























































1868. 


An Act to amend the Law relating to Parti- Partition Biy 
tion : [Lords.] 
An Act to make Provision respecting the Use Metropolis 


.| of Subways constructed by the Metropolitan Board Subways Bill, 


of Works in the Metropolis : 

An Act for confirming certain Provisional Or- Pier and Har. 
ders made by the Board of Trade, under the Quy Orders 
General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to go. Bil” 
Brightlingsea, Clevedon, Morecambe, Mousehole, 

Instow, Saltburn-b the-Sea, and Southport; and 
for amending the hour Act, 
1861: 

An Act for confirming certain Provisional Or- Pier and Har. 
ders made by the Board of Trade, under the Dou Orders 
General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating (Ne 3) ae 
to Carlingford Lough, Elgin, and Lossiemouth, 

Greenock, Hunstanton, Tenby, and Torquay. 

An Act to dissolve and re-incorporate the Cork Cork Gas Bill. 
Gas Consumers’ Company, Limited; and to pro- 
vide for Lighting the City of Cork with Gas, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Cork Improve. 
gesses of the Borough of Cork to make a Diversion ment Lill. 
in the Line of the Cork, Blackrock, and Passage 
Railway; to authorize Agreements with the Har- 
bour Commissioners; to define and extend the 
Powers of the Corporation, in reference to Water 
Supply and matters of Local Government; to 
raise further Moneys; to alter and amend the ex- 
isting Acts relating to the Borough, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for improving the Supply of Water to Haverfordwest 
the Borough of Haverfordwest, for facilitating the Borough Bill. 
Recovery of Market and other Tolls and Dues 
leviable in the Borough, for improving the Recrea- 
tion Ground of the Borough, and for other pur- 

ses : 

-~ Act to authorize the Farnworth and Kearsley Farnworth 
Gas Company to raise additional Capital, and for = a 
other purposes : ae 

An Act to extend the Limits of the Act for ap- Merthyr Tidvil 
es a Stipendiary Justice of the Peace for the Stipendiary 


eneral Pier and Har 


arish of Merthyr Tidvil and adjoining places, 7°" 


and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Knighton, the Central Vale of Towy 
Wales, and the Central Wales Extension Railway Poa Bill 
Companies to take a Lease of the Vale of Towy | — 
Railway jointly with the Lianelly Railway and 
Dock Company, and for other purposes: 

An Act for vesting the several Vndertehings of London and 
the Knighton, the Central Wales, and the Central a ae 
Wales Extension Railway Companies in the London Central Wales, 
and North Western Railway Company, and for and Central 
other purposes : ion ae 
Companies 
Bill | Lords.] 


An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of Glasgow and 
Lands, and for the Completion of certain of the South Wasum 
Railways of the Glasgow and South Western Rail- , 
way Company, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making and maintaining a Market Kennington 
in the Parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the a @ 
County of Surrey: ; _— 

An Act for authorizing the Leeds New Gas Leeds New 
Company to raise further Money, and acquire ad- 9 “~ 
ditional Lands, and for other purposes : a 

An Act for conferring additional Powers on the midland 
Midland Railway Company for the raising of Railway Bill. 
further Capital, and the Construction of New 
Works, and for other purposes : 

An Act for enablin the Brentford Gas Com- Brentford Gas 

any to raise additional Capital ; to construct New Bill. 

orks; to vary and extend the limits of Supply, 
and for other purposes: 

An Act to authorize the Burslem and Tunstall Burslem ™ 
Gas Company to raise further Capital, and for a 
other purposes : 

An Act to incorporate the Clevedon Gas Com- Clevedon Gas 
pany, and to make further Provision for lighting Bi 
with Gas the Parish of Clevedon, and certain 
Parishes 





North and 
South Western 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill 
(Lords. ] 


Wolborough 
Local Board 
Bill. 


Calverley and 
Horsforth 
District Gas 
Bill [ Lords. } 


Yeadon and 
Guiseley Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 


Midland and 
London and 
North Western 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Uxhridge and 
Rickmansworth 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Acton and 
Brentford 
Railway Bill. 


Great Northern 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway 
(Dividends) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


West Riding 
and Grimsby 
Railway Bill. 
‘Ystrad Gas 
ani Water 
Bill, 


— 
ort) 

Dock Bill 

{Lords.} 


Humber 
Conservancy 
Bill, 


Oxford Police 
Bill, 


Caversham 
Bridge Bill. 


ed Water 


Dublin, 
Wicklow, 

and Wexford 
Railway Bill. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
ay Bill. 


$2 Vicroria. 


Parishes and Places in the Neighbourhood thereof, 
in the County of Somerset ; 

An Act for authorizing the North and South 
Western Junction Railway Company to make a 
Deviation or Alteration in their main Line of 
Railway ; to raise further Moneys, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for empowering the Local Board for the 
District of Wolborough, in the County of Devon, 
to acquire Market and Fair Rights and Tolls, and 
to establish and hold Markets and Fairs, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for dissolving the Calverley Gas Com- 
pany (Limited), and the Horsforth Gas Company, 
and incorporating a Company for supplying with 
Gas certain parts of the Parishes of Calverley, 
Guiseley, and Addie, in the West Riding of the 
County of York: 

An Act for dissolving and re-incorporating the 
Proprietors of the Yeadon and Guiseley Gas Light 
and Coke Company, and for other purposes : 

An Act to confer further Powers on the Mid- 
land and London and North Western Railway 
Companies for the Construction of Works in con- 
nection with their Ashby and Nuneaton Railway, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of 
Lands, and for the Completion of the Uxbridge and 
Rickmansworth Raiiway : 


An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase 
of Lands, and for the Completion of the Acton and 
Brentford Railway : 

An Act to authorize the Construction by the 
Great Northern Railway Company of a New Road 
in the Town of Leeds, and for other purposes: 

An Act to confirm the Issue of Stocks and 
Shares of the Great Western Railway Company, 
in Payment of Dividends to the Holders of Stocks 
or Shares in the Company : 

An Act to repeal “ The West Riding and 
Grimsby Railway (Extension) Act, 1865”: 


An Act to incorporate the Ystrad Gas and Water 
Company (Limited), and to make Provisions for 
the Supply of Gas and Water, in the Parish of 
Ystradyfodwg, in the County of Glamorgan, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act for amending the Provisions of “ The 
Alexandra (Newport) Dock Act, 1865,” with re- 
spect to the Borrowing Powers of the Alexandra 
(Newport) Dock Company, and for other pur- 

es: 

An Act to incorporate the Humber Conservancy 
Commissioners, and to make Provision for a Lease 
to them of Foreshores of the Humber, and the 
Estuary thereof, between the confluence into the 
same of the Rivers Ouse and Trent and the Sea, 
and to amend the Enactments relating to the Com- 
missioners, and for other purposes : 

An Act for the Establishment of a United Con- 
stabulary Force in and for the University and City 
of Oxford: 

An Act to empower the Corporation of Reading 
to alter and improve or rebuild Caversham Bridge, 
in the Counties of Berks and Ozford, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to amend and enlarge the Provisions of 
“ The Reading Waterworks Act, 1851,” to make 
further and better Provision for supplying the 
Town of Reading, and the adjoining Districts with 
Water, and for other purposes : 

An Act to extend the Time for constructing 
the Wexford Branch and the Kingstown connecting 
Branch of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Rail- 
way Company; to make Arrangements as to the 
Capital of the Company, and for other purposes: 

n Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of 


Lands for, and the Construction of the Railways 

authorized by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- 

way (Ripponden and Stainland Branches, &amp;c.) Act, 
OL. 123. 





25th June. 





267 


1865, to empower the Zancashire and Yorkshire 
Railway Company to subscribe to the Hudl Docks, 
and for other purposes: 

An Act for further regulating the Capital of 
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and for 
authorizing the Abandonment of the Tiverton and 
North Devon Railway, for extending the Time for 
making the Brean Saw, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act for incorporating and granting certain Peterborough 
Powers to the Peterborough Gas Company : Gas Bill. 

An Act to authorize the Corporation of Chi- Chichester 
chester to remove the present Cattle Market, and — sae 
to provide a New Cattle Market, and for ether — 
purposes : 

An Act to amend the Downpatrick, Dundrum, Downpatrick, 
and Newcastle Railway Act, 1866. Dundrum, and 


Bristol and 
Exeter Railway 
Bill. 


Railway Bil 
wa. 

An Act to extend the Time for completing cer- Lahien wl 
tain of the authorized Works of the London and South Western 
South Western Railway Company, and for other ®#!wsy Bill 
purposes : 

An Act for altering and amending “ The Mary- Maryport 
port Improvement and Harbour Act, 1866,” for au- na sandy —A 
thorizing New Works, and extending the Powers“ / 
of the Trustees, and for other purposes: 

An Act for the Abandonment of the Under- I!fracombe 
taking of the Ilfracombe Railway Company, and oe a 
for the Dissolution of that Company, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Abandonment of ‘cer- North British 
tain portions of the Railways authorized by “ The Rainy (ror 
North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge pin, 7 
of Forth) Railways Act, 1865”; also an Extension 
of Time for the Compulsory Purchase of Lands, 
and the Completion of other portions of the said 
Railways, and for other purposes: 

An Act to enable the Potteries and Shrewsbury Potteries, 
and North Wales Railway Company to make a Saeeeerve 
substituted Line of Railway, and to abandon @ Wales Railway 
portion of their authorized Railway, and for other Bill. 


urposes : 

, jy Act for enabling the Sunderland and South Sunderland and 
Shields Water Company to extend their Works - er — 
and their Supply of Water, and to raise additional 

Capital, and for other purposes : 

An Act for better supplying with Gas the City Chichester 
of Chichester and adjoining places, and for other &amp; Bill. 
purposes: 

An Act to incorporate the Merthyr Tydfil Gas Merthyr Tydfil 
Company, and to confer upon them Powers, and &amp;** B#- 
make Provisions for more effectually supplying 
with Gas the Town of Merthyr Tydfil and its 
Neighbourhood, and for other purposes : 

An Act for better supplying with Water the Topsham, 


Parishes of Topsham, - Saint George, Wood- berms ar 
bury, and Lympstone, in the County of Devon: Wate Dan 


n Act to amend and enlarge the Provisions Warrington 
of “ The Warrington Waterworks Act, 1855,” to Water Bill. 
extend the limits of the Company for the Supply 
of Water, to make further and better Provision 
for supplying Warrington and the adjoining Dis- 
tricts with Water, apd for other purposes : 

An Act to confer upon Christian Allhusen all Allhusen’s— 
the Rights, Privileges, and Capacities of a Natural- Bill [Lords] 
born Subject of Her Majesty the Queen. : 


The Morley Gas Bill was read the third time. Morley Gas 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bil! [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. 


The Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill was waterford 


read the third time. and Kilkenny 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, neg 


do pass. 


MM 2 Ordered, 











268 25th June. 


1868. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to and Bonded Warehouse at which inspected, the 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House Names of the Persons or Dealers who made the 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to Application for Inspection, whether the Juice was 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of Lime or Lemon Juice, the Quantity and Number 
their Lordships. _ of Casks, the Place where the Juice was squeezed, 

| the Age of the Juice, whether it was mixed with 


Registration Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy reported from Spirit or not; and a Summary of the Report. of 
~— the Select. Committee on the Registration Bill; | the Inspector in each case : Abstract showing 
Bill 190. That they had gone through the Bill, and made the Quantity inspected in each Port, and how 
Antoine hae | much of it was passed, and how much rejected : 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. | And, Copy of any Notice issued by the Board of 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a} Trade exempting certain Vessels from carrying 

Committee of tne whole House, for Monday next. | Lime or Lemon Juice. 








| Mr. Howes, from the Select Committee appointed 
a er Mr. Kinglake reported from the Select Com-' to try and determine the matter of the Petition 
mental (No. 3) mittee on the Local Government Supplemental | complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
Bill. (No. 3) Bill; That they had examined the matters | the City of Bristol, informed the House, that the 
Bill 191, therein contained of the confirmation of the Order | Committee had determined, 

in the Schedule thereto, in respect of Tunbridge) That John William Miles, Esquire, is not duly 
Wells; that the Provisional Order relating thereto | elected a Citizen to serve in this present Parlia- 

ought to be confirmed, and that they had directed | ment for the City of Bristol. 


him to report the Bill in respect thereof, with! That the last Election for the said City is a void 
Amendments, to the House. | Election. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed.| And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a/ entered in the Journals of this House. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. | Mr. Howes, from the said Committee, further 
informed the House, That the Committee had 
ei of Ordered, That the Select C ‘ttee the | agreed to the following Resolutions : ; 
Kildare Bill. Goscenh of Kildare Bill ai Power to. cnnaat the ” That the said John William Miles was, by his 
Bill 192. Minutes of the Evidence taken before them to the | Agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election for 
House. the City of Bristol, but such bribery was committed 
The Earl of Mayo reported from the said Com-| Without the knowledge or consent of the said 
mittee; That they had considered the said Bill,/%- 7. Miles. 






and taken Evidence thereon, which they had 
directed him to report to the House, with an 


That Alfred Davis, Charles Redman, Henry 
Alexander Wood, Edward Wood, James Peters, 

























lix; and had through the Bill, and| Zomas Benjamin Green, Francis Kiddle, John 
— en oe Sy ie Pope, William Edward Mills, John Fox, Simon 








made Amendments thereunto. f nin : 
No. 404, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | Hiscox, , Wy illiam Webber, and Frederich Headley 
and be printed. were bribed with the sum of ten shillings each to 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. vote for the said John William Miles by William 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Se aa eee Agent “ed a John 
ittee of the whole House, for Mond: t. illiam Miles, and the sum of ten shillings was 
Committee of the whale House, for Monday nex offered to Robert Weaver as a bribe for the same 
Contagious Sir John Pakingtun presented a Bill to amend | PYROS? wy the anid SFiiiamn Seiinben: Peete. 


That the following persons were bribed at the 
‘said Election to vote for the said John William 
Miles (that is to say): 

William Andrews and Samuel William Andrews 


Diserses Act the Contagious Diseases Act, 1866: And the same 


ny mea was read the first time; and ordered to be read 


Bill 193. second time upon Monday next; and to be 


printed. with fifteen shillings each; and James Sule with 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and —= ~~ = a os by Willi 
a read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Peer ws William "Ellacolt with ten shillings, we 
Vide Twenty- Joseph Smith with twenty shillings, by James 
ninth Report. Sale: 
Electric A Petition of the Universal Private Telegraph | George Thomas and Thomas Richard Watts with 
— Company, of Adelaide-street, Strand, in the County | twenty shillings each by Frederick George Bur- 


of Middlesex, praying that the Electric Telegraph | mester : 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, and} Thomas Frodson and Robert Bennett with twenty 
that they may be heard by themselves, their | shillings each by Charles Goode: 
Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses, before the Select | Jeremiah Connell with ten shillings by William 
Committee to which the said Bill has been referred, | Bryant, junior : 

ainst the Preamble of the sgme and such of the| And Charles Jacobson with five shillings, by 
clauses as affect their rights, and in favour of | Henry Rowe. 
clauses protective of their rights and interests,and| That an offer of ten shillings was made to Albert 


















that the Petitioners may have such other relief 
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- 
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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Lime and Lemon Juice inspected 
under the Provisions of “ The Merchant Shippin 
Act, 1867,” from its commencement to the 30t 
instant; showing, in a Tabular Form, the Port 





Hawkins, and a sum of money to Edward Bennett, 
by Charles Stephens, as bribes to induce them to 
vote for the said John William Miles. 

That it was not proved that the last-mentioned 
bribes, and offers of bribes, were made with the 
knowledge or consent of the said John William 
Miles, or any of his Agents. 

That a valuable consideration was offered by 
James Gathercole and Elias Eyres, or one of them, 
to Fhomas Rowe, William Waller, Edwin Evans, 
Thomas Sherar, Joseph Groves, William Smith, 
Henry Godsell, William Devey, and John Norris, 
to induce them to personate voters at the said 
Election, and that Thomas Rowe, William Waller, 
Edwin Evans, Thomas Sherar, and Joseph per 


Bristol 
Election. 





eee ee Le 





32 Vicrorta. 


did personate voters at the said Election; but it 
was not proved that such offers were made or that 
such personation was committed with the knowledge 
or consent of the said Juhn William Miles or any 
of his Agents. 

That it was proved to the Committee that 
treating prevailed to some extent at the said 
Election ; kut it was not proved that such treating 
took place with the knowledge of the said John 
William Miles. 

That the Committee have no reason to believe 
that Corrupt Practices extensively prevailed at 
the said Election, regard being had to the number 
of Registered Electors for the said City of Bristol. 

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. 

Message fron | Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 

the Lords. = sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

Pier and Har- The Lordshave agreed to the Pier and Harbour 

bour Orders = Orders Confirmation, &amp;c. Bill, without any Amend- 

Confirmation, 

&amp;e, Bill, ment. 

Pierand Hare = The Lords have agreed to the Pier and Harbour 

eotnaaea Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill, without any 

(No. 2) Bill, Amendment. 

Jurors’ The Lords have agreed to the Jurors’ Affirma- 

Affirmations — tions ( Scvtland) Bill, without any Amendment. 

(Scotland) Bill. 

Partition Bill The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 

[Lords.] made by this House to the Partition Bill, without 
any Amendment. 

Gun Barrel The Lords have agreed to the Gun Barrel Proof 


Proof Houses Hfouses Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Bill Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

Renesshive The Lords have agreed to the Lancashire Union 
Union Railways Railways Bill, with Amendments; to which the 


Bill Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
Dundee The Lords have agreed to the Dundee Reclama- 
Reclamation, tion, Esplanade, and Street Bill, with Amend- 
Esplanade, ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
and Street Bill, hy 

of this House. 
Lancashire The Lords have agreed to the Lancashire and 


and Yorkshire Yorkshire and Lancashire Union Railways Com- 
na eameashire banies Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Companies %* Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
Bill, 
London and The Lords have agreed to the London and North 
North Western Western Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Railway Bill. the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable Sir Charles Compton William Domvile, 
Baronet, to borrow upon the security of his En- 
tailed Estates, situate in the County of Dublin, a 
Sum of Money for the repayment to him of a por- 
' tion of the Monies laid out by him in the Improve- 
ment of the said Estates; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


Domvile Estate 
Bill [Lords. ] 


Slave Trade. Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 4th day of May last, fora Return 
relative tothe Slave Trade. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Jamaica Mr. Adderley presented,—Return to an Address 
(Mr. Eyre.) t9 Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of this instant 
No. 355. June, for a Return relative to Jamaica (case of 
Mr. Eyre). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Newspapers. Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 12th day of this instant June, for 
a Return relative to Newspapers. 

Sydney Mint. Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to 


the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
VoL. 123, 





Q5th June. 








269 


Treasury Minute, dated May 1868, directing the 
examination of the Account of the Sydney Mint at 
the Exchequer and Audit Department. 


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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Metropolitan 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Board of 
dated the 9th day of this instant June, fora Return *** 
relative to the Metropolitan Board of Works. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23rd day of this Public Bills 
instant June, for Returns relative to Public Bills ter 
(Jreland and Scotland). ‘ ' 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented, pursuant to East India 
the directions of An Act of Parliament,—Copy of (Civil Service.) 
Regulations made by the Secretary of State for 
India in Council, with the advice and assistance of 
the Civil Service Commissioners, for the Exami- 
nation of Candidates for admission to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Civil Service of India. 

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


_ Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Burials in 

Order, dated the 4th day of May last, for a Return Churchyards 

relative to Burials in Churchyards (Ireland). ae 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supp!y. 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word ‘ That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words “ in Peel Statue. 
** the opinion of this House, the Peel Statue ought 
“to be removed from its present site in New 
“© Palace Yard,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Questior ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the sae Ol Wilson Patten, 

Yeas, Mr. Cardwell: 

Tellers for the ( Lord Elcho, 

Noes, \|Mr. Beresford Hope: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
‘in the opinion of this House, the Peel Statue 
* ought to be removed from its present site in 
“ New Palace Yard,” be added, instead thereof :— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, the 
Peel Statue ought to be removed from its present 
site in New Palace Yard. 


} 1. 


1 
f 182. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- supply. 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 

The House, accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.21,386, 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 
1869, for Nonconforming, Seceding, and Protestant 
Dissenting Ministers in Ireland: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, 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 

MM3 March 


















































F lection 
Petitions 


Elections Bill. 


270 


March 1869, for Nonconforming, Seceding, and Pro- 
testant Dissenting Ministers in Jreland:—Motion, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. £. 3,701, to complete the Sum on account of 
the Treasury Chest. 

3. £. 19,656, to complete the Sum for Bounties 
on Slaves and Tonnage Bounties, and for Ex- 
penses of the Liberated African Department. 

4, £.200, to complete the Sum for Expenses 
connected with the Emigration of Coolies from 
India to French Colonies. 

5. 4,360, to complete the Sum for the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Mixed Commissions esta- 
blished under the Treaties with Foreign Powers 
for suppressing the Traffic in Slaves. 

6. £. 126,178, to complete the Sum for the 
Consular Establishments Abroad. 

7. £.300,000, on account of the Sum that will 
be required to defray the Expense of the Post 
Office Packet Service. 

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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Election Petitions and 
Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Crause, N* 5 (To whom and by whom Election 
Petition may be presented). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, lL. 30, to leave 
out the words “ Court of Common Pleas,” in order 
to insert the words “ House of Commons.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ Court of 
Common Pleas” stand part of the Clause : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question put, That the words “Court of 
Common Pleas” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Noel, 

Yeas, | Mr. Whitmore : 
Teliers for the (Mr. Craufurd, L158 
Noes, (Mr. Bonham-Carter : J 7 

Question proposed, That the Clause stand part 
of the Bill; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 


1178. 


Mr. Bouverie, 
cs &gt; for the| Mr. Philip Wykeham Mar-\ 68. 
oom | tin: J 


Tellers for the; Mr. Noel, 1901 
Noes, | Mr. Whitmore: } : 
Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
de now leave the Chair put, and negatived. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








And the House sore pommme to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Friday, 26th June, 1868 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
ess in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Q5th-~26th June. 












1868. 


Mr. Dodsonreported from the Committee on Land Land Writs 
Writs Registration (Scotland) [Salary of Lord Resistration 


Clerk Register], a Resolution ; which was read, as focee ot hank It 
followeth : Clerk Register, 


That it is expedient to authorize the payment 
out of Moneys to be provided by Parliament of a 
Salary to the Lord Clerk Register of Scotland, in 
pursuance of the provisions of” any Act of the pre- 
sent Session forimproving the system of Registration 
of Writs relating to Heritable Property in Scotland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day, being read, for the Com- Land Writs 
mittee on the Land Writs Registration (Scotland) Registration 
Bill ; - . (Scotland) Bill, 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Representation of the People (/re/and) Representation 

Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. of the People 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eee | 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and deire their concurrence. 


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

mittee on the Public Schools Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- &amp;cclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill ; Commissioners 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


| itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Sea Fisheries 
take into further consideration the Amendments Bill. 
made by the Lords to the Sea Fisheries Bill ; 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 

(and it appearing that the Amendments in p. 41, 
l. 6, and 1. 30 of the Schedule of Enactments to be 
repealed were to insert two Acts therein which had 
become obsolete), were, with an Amendment to 
one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which this House 
doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 
mittee on the Government of India Act Amend- of India Act 
ment Bill; —— 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Governor 
mittee on the Governor General of India Bill; General of 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Metropolitan 
Reading of the Metropolitan ‘Police Funds Bill; Fellee Funds 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Turnpike Acts 
mittee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill ; Continuance, 

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


The Petroleum Act Amendment Bill was, ac- Petroleum Act 

cording to Order, read the third time. Amendment 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. - 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ere Companies (Ireland) Advances Railway 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; —. 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, Advances Bill. 


for this day. - 
e 








Bank of 
Bombay Bill. 


Entail 
Amendment 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Courts of Law 
Fees, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Governors’ 
Pensions Act 
Amendment. 


County General 
Assessment 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Consular 
Marriages Bill. 


Titles to Land 
idation 


(Scotland) Bill. 





32 Vicrortia. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Bank of Bombay [Expenses 
of Witnesses ]. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
payment, out of the Revenues of India, of the Ex- 
penses of any Witness who may be summoned to 
give Evidence under the provisions of any Act of the 
present Session to enable Commissioners appointed 
to inquire into the Failure of the Bank of Bom- 
bay to examine Witnesses on Oath in the United 
Kingdom. 

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- 
mittee on the Bank of Bombay 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 Entail Amendment 
( Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Courts of Law Fees, 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time — 
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, a to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Colonial Governors’ Pensions 
Act Amendment. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to extend the 
provisions of the Act 28 and 29 Vie. c. 113, for 
authorizing the payment of Retiring Pensions to 
Colonial Governors to Persons who Save held the 
Office of Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian 
Islands. 

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 taking 
into consideration the County General Assessment 
(Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The New Zealand (Legislative Council) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 


* committed to a Committee of the whole House, 


for this day. 


The University Elections (Voting Papers) Bill | 


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


The Consular Marriages 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 Titles to Land Consolidation ( Scot- 
land) Bill; 

VoL. 123. 


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271 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of Ses- 
mittee on the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; _ sion (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of usticiary (Scotland) Bill; Justiciary 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Probate of 
mittee on the Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill ; Wills, &amp;e. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ‘4 Bill 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Renewable 
into a Committee on the Renewable Leasehold Leasehold 
Conversion (Ireland) Act Extension Bill; and, (lrelawa) dat 
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 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burials 
mittee on the Burials (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Railways (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill Railways 
was, according to Order, -read the third time; and a 
verbal Amendments were 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Drainage and 
to confirm a Provisional Order under “ The Drain- | er 
age and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, (Ireland) 
1863,” and the Acts amending the same: And that Supplemental 
Mr. Sclater-Booth and the Earl of Mayo do pre- (N° 2:) 


pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Alfred Water- New Courts 
house, which was presented upon the 24th day of of Justice. 
this instant June, relative to the New Courts of 
Justice, be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Clerks of the 
to make Provision for the Resuent of Salaries to (nelend.) 
Clerks of the Peace and Clerks of the Crown in : 
certain Boroughs in Ireland: And that the Earl 

of Mayo and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, Pevtgatsteh 


this day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider {4 od 


of authorizing the Commissioners of the Treasury Down Railway 








to make Advances or Loans out of the Consolidated Companies. 
|Fund of the United Kingdom for enabling the 

Public Works Loan Commissioners tomake Loans 

to the see ee and the Belfast and County Down 

Railway Companies, and also to consider of makin 

a Grant, out of Money to be provided by Parlia- 

ment for the purpose, to the Portpatrick Railway 
Company, in consequence of the Abandonment of 

the Commaniuaiiiin between Portpatrick and Do- 


naghadee ; 

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


sideration of the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 








itself into the said Committee. 
MM4 The 















Inland 
Revenue. 


Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Bill 194, 


Portpatrick and 


Donaghadee 
Harbours. 


No. 356, 


Drainage and 
Improvement 
of Lands 
(Ireland) 
Supplemental 
(No. 2) Bill, 


Bill 195. 


Caledonian 
Railway Bill. 


County Down 
and Belfast 
Borough Bill. 


Gas Light 
and Coke 
Company Bill. 


Kington and 
Eardisley 
Railway Bill. 


272 


The House was moved, That the Acts relative 
to the Inland Revenue, might be read, and the 
same being read ; 

Anda Motion being made, That this House will, 
this day, resolve itself intoa Committee to consider 
the said Acts; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the consi- 
deration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Earl of Mayo presented a Bill to make 
Provision for the Payment of Salaries to Clerks of 
the Peace and Clerks of the Crown in certain 
Boroughs in Ireland: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Minutes and Correspondence with the 
Treasury as to the Mail Service to the North of 
Ireland, vid Portpatrich and Donaghadee, subse- 
quent to the 4th day of April 1866 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 166, of Session 1866). 

Mr. Scelater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


The Earl of Mayo presented a Biil to confirm a 
Provisional Order under “ The Drainage and Im- 
provement of Lands (Jreland) Act, 1863,” and the 
Acts amending the same: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day ; and to be printed. 


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


—_—— 





Friday, 26th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


J i HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Caledonian 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 


95th—26th June. 









1868. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropotitan 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Me- Vistrict 
tropolitan District Railway Bill; and the same ®*!way 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 Metropolitan 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Me- Railway Bill, 
tropolitan 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 New Kilmain. 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the New !#m Township 
Kilmainham Township Bill; and the same were oa. 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Crdered, 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 Thames 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Thames Embankment 
Embankment (North and South) Bill; and the sooth gin 
same were twice read, and agreed to. ‘ 

Ordered, 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. 


Dunn Gardner’s Estate Bill was read the third Dann 
time; and verbal Amendments were made to the  tenag 
Bill, ieee” 

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 Domvile Estate Bill was read the first Domvile 
time. Estate Bill 








Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the County Down and Belfast Borough 
Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Gas Light and Coke Company Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Kington 
and Eardisley Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 








Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- _— 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


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





Vide Twenty- 
ninth Report. 
Petitions of the London, Chatham, and Dover Electric 
Railway Company ;—Bristol and Exeter Railway ore 
Company ;— Highland Railway Company ;—Zan- ~~ 
cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company ;—London 
and North Western Railway Company, Midland 
Railway Company, and Great Western and Great 
Northern Railway Companies ;—Submarine Tele- 
graph Company (between Great Britain and the 
Continent of Europe) ;—Gérants and Secretary of 
the Submarine Seleapn h Company between Eng- 
land and France, entitled, Sir James Carmichael 
&amp; Company ;—North Eastern Railway Company ; 
—Electric Telegraph Company, United Kingdom 
Electric Telegraph Company, and British and Irish 
Magnetic Telegraph Company ;— Caledonian Rail- 
way Company ;—London and Provincial Telegraph 
Company ;—North British Railway Company ;— 
Solicitors of the Electric and International Tele- 
graph Company ;—Reuter’s Telegram Company ; 
—LEar] of Ellesmere and the late Duke of Bridge- 
water’s Trustees ;—Merchants, Traders, and others 
(R. Brocklebank &amp; Company); — Merchants, 
Traders, and others (P. F. Tinne &amp; Company); 
—Persons holding offices in the Telegraph Com- 
panies 








in- 
hip 


it 





. Metropolitan 





32 Victoria. 


anies of the United Kingdom ;—and Merchants, 
Janufacturers, and Traders; praying that they 
may be heard by themselves, their Counsel, Agents, 
and Witnesses against certain parts of the Electric 
Telegraphs Bill,—were presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners 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 Mr. James Lowther have leave 


Leave of 

Absence. of absence for a week, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 

Messagefrom | Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 

the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

Reading Local The Lords have agreed to the Reading Local 

a Board of Health Bill, without any Amendment. 

Religious, &amp;c. | The Lords have agreed to the Religious, &amp;c. 

Buildings Buildings (Sites) Bill, with Amendments; to 

(Sites) Bill. which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

London and The Lords have agreed to the London and 

Biackwall Blackwall Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 

Railway Bill. Which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

Liverpool The Lords have agreed to the Liverpool Tram- 

Tramways ways Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 

Bill. desire the concurrence of this House. 

Cambrian The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 

Railways Act for fusing all the Revenues of the Cambrian 

Sie) Railways Company, and settling the Application 


Bill [Lords.] thereof; and to confer Rights of Voting on the 
Preference Shareholders of that Company, and 
for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

Boundaries The Lords request that this House will be 

of Boroughs. pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Report from the Select Committee ap- 
— by this House, in the present Session of 

arliament, on Boundaries of Boroughs; together 
with the Proceedings of the Committee. 


Cambrian The Cambrian eye Ss (Revived Line to Dol- 
aes ._. gelly) Bill was read the first time. 
{ Dolgelly) ©" Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


Bill [Lords.} miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Boundaries The House proceeded to take into consideration 

of Boroughs. that part of the Message from the Lords of this 

day, wherein their Lordships request that this 

House will communicate to their Lordships a Copy 

of the Report from the Select Committee on 
Boundaries of Boroughs. 

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. 

Education Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
ireland.) © Order, dated the 11th day of May last, for Re- 
turns relative to Education (Ireland). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Savings Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an 


Banks. Order, dated the 9th day of March last, for a 
Return relative to Savings Banks. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ae Cattle mittee on the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market 
ket Bill, Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
VoL. 123. 


26th June. 





273 


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 proposal to pass a permanent law, 
“ requiring that in order to prevent the introduc- 
« tion of the Cattle Plague into this Country from 
** Abroad, all foreign cattle and other animals 
“ imported into the Port of London shall be landed 
* at one prescribed spot, and shall not be removed 
“ thence alive, ought not to be considered apart 
‘from the general policy of imposing legal re- 
** strictions on the foreign cattle trade in other 
** ports of the United Kingdom,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Monday next. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Devon 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private my 
Bills, That in the case of the Devon and Cornwall [Lords-| : 
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. 


Sir Edward Colebrooke reported from the Select Prisons (Scot- 
Committee on the Prisons (Scotland) Administra- ae 
tion Acts Amendment Bill; That they had exa- amendment 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the Bill. 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, Bill 197. 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House for Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Religious, &amp;e. 
Lords to the Religious, &amp;c. Buildings Sites Bill, Buildings 
° ° ° Sites Bill. 
be taken into consideration upon Monday next ; Bill 
and be printed. at 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Retief 
Reading of the Poor Relief Bill; Bill [Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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


mittee on the Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment Act (1861) 
Bill; — 


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


Mr. Dodson reported the Holywell Railway Bill, Holywell _ 
without Amendment. tLerde} Bill 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Greenock and Ayrshire Greenock 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 5 Lords | ; 


and be printed. 


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

And a Motion ey ye 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 Tinesibies in order to add the 
words “ an humble Address be presented to Her East India 
“ Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to ‘Telegraphic 
“ e directions, that there be laid before this = 
“ House, Copies of any Correspondence which 
“ may have passed between the Secretary of State 
“ for India and the Local Authorities, relative fa 

NN * the 































Record 
Publications, 
&amp;e. 


Supply. 


Noncon- 
forming, &amp;c. 
Ministers 
(Ireland. ) 


Treasury 
Chest. 


Bounties on 
Slaves, and 
Tonnage 
Bounties, &amp;c. 


Emigration 
of Coolies. 


Slave Trade 
Commissions. 


Consular 
Establish- 
mente Abroad, 
&amp;e. 


Post Office 
Packet 
Service. 


Q74 26th 


“the proposed Deep Sea Telegraphic Line from 
“ Bombay to Kurrachee, and the sanctioned Lines 
“ from Gwadur to Jashk, and from Jask to Bushire,” 
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 “ in the opinion of this House, the 
“prices of the Record Publications ought to be 
“reduced from fifteen shillings to ten shillings, 
“and from ten shillings to six shillings, and that 
“ the Statutes of Ire/and, from the first meeting of 
“ the Jrish Parliament to the Union with England, 
“ ought to be published at the national expense,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
— The said proposed Amendment and Motion 
were severally, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 21,386, 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 1869, for Nonconforming, 
Seceding, and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
Ireland. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,701, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
courseof payment during the yearending on the 31st 
day of March 1869, onaccount of the Treasury Chest. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 19,656, 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 1869, for Bounties on Slaves 
and Tonnage Bounties, and for Expenses of the 
Liberated African Department. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.200, 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 1869, for Expenses con- 
nected with the Emigration of Coolies from India 
to French Colonies. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,360, 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 1869, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Mixed Commissions established 
under the Treaties with Foreign Powers for sup- 
pressing the Traffic in Slaves. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 126,178, 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 1869, for the Consular Esta- 
blishments Abroad, and for other Expenditure 
chargeable on the Consular Vote. 

7. That a Sum not exceeding £. 300,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Sum 
that will be required to defray the Expense of 
the Post Office Packet Service in the year end- 
ing March 31st, 1869. 

The first six Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were ed to. 

The last Resolution being read a second time, 
was amended by adding, at the end thereof, the 
words “no part of which sum is to be applicable 








June. 1868. 


“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 a certain Contract, 
“bearing date the 26th day of April 1859, made 
“between the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- 
* jesty’s Admiralty (for and on behalf of Her Ma- 
** jesty) of the first part, and the said Joseph George 
“* Churchward of the second part, or in or 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 subse- 
* quent to the 20th day of June 1863.” 

And the said Resolution, so amended, was 
agreed to, as followeth: 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 300,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Sum 





| that will be required to defray the Expense of the 

Post Office Packet Service in the year ending 
| March 31st, 1869, 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 a certain Contract, 
bearing date the 26th day of April 1859, made 
_between the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Admiralty (for and on behalf of Her Ma- 
jesty) of the first part, and the said Joseph George 
| Churchward of the second part, or in or 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 sub- 
sequent to the 20th day of June 1863. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 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 Land Writs Registration (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 Court of Session (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 Inland Revenue Acts ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Portpatrick and Belfast and 
County Down Railway Companies. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
Commissioners of the Treasury to make Advances 
or Loans out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom to an Amount not exceeding 
£. 320,000, for enabling the Public Works Loan 
Commissioners to make Loans to the Portpatrick 
and the Belfastand County Down Railway Com- 
panies, and also to authorize a Grant, out of Money 
to be provided by Parliament for the purpose, to 
an Amount not exceeding £. 20,000, to the Port- 
patrick Railway Company in consequence of the 
abandonment of the Communication between Do- 
naghadee and Portpatrick, proposed to be established 
by the Treasury Minute of the 15th of August 
1856. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Colonel 
Wilson 

















Ecclesiastical 
Commission- 
ers Bill. 


Land Writs 
Registration 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Inland 
Revenue. 


Portpatrick 
and Belfast 
and County 
Down Railway 
Companies. 


Promissory 
Oaths Bill 


[Lords.] 


Lands Clauses 
Consolidation 
Act (1845) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Poor Law 

and Medical 
Inspectors — 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums (Ire- 
Jand ) Accounts 
Audit Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Public 
Schools Bill. 


Railway 

Companies 
(Ireland) 
Advances Bill. 


itnesses. } 


Bank of 
Bombay Bill. 


Entail 
Amendment 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 


Courts of Law 
Fees, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) 

Bill, 


Colonial 

Governors’ 
ions Act 
dment. 





‘the Act 28 &amp; 29 Vic. c. 113, for authorizing the 


$2 Vicrortia. 


Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee had 
come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Promissory Oaths 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 Lands Clauses Consolidation Act | 
(1845) Amendment Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Poor Law and Medical Inspectors 
(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 Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Ac- 
counts Audit 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; 

Resoived, 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 Public 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 Railway Companies (Jreland) Ad- 
vances Bill; 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Bank of Bombay | Expenses of Witnesses], a Re- 
solution; which was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to authorize the payment, 
out of the Revenues of India, of the Expenses of 
any Witness who may be summoned to give Evi- 
dence under the Provisions of any Act of the pre- 
sent Session to enable Commissioners appointed to 
inquire into the Failure of the Bank of Bombay 
to examine Witnesses on Oath in the United | 
Kingdom. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bank of Bombay Bill; 

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


The Entail Amendment (Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, accerding to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Courts of Law Fees, 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered. That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Colonial Governors’ Pensions Act Amendment, 
a Resolution; which was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to extend the Provisions of 


96th—27 


mittee. 


te 


| Committee of the whole House, 





VoL. 123. 








th June. Q75 


Payment of Retiring Pensions to Colonial Go- 
vernors to persons who have held the Office of 
Lord High Commissioner of the Jonian Islands. 

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 and Mr 
Sclater- Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to County 
take into consideration the County General As- General 
sessment (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Com- ‘acai 
Bill. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Yearly value of water and gas pipes):—An the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first 


time. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :— And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- New Zealand 
mittee on the Vew Zealand {Legislative Council) (Legislative 
Bill; Council) Bill. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consular 
into a Committee on the Consular Marriages 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 Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Jre- Drainage and 

nd) Supplemental (No. 2) Bill was, according to Improvement 

Order, read a second time; and committed to si Clock 

for Monday next. Supplemental 

(No, 2) Bill. 

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

mittee on the Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Jre/and) on Sunday 

Bill; (Ireland), Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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


Saturday, 27th June, 1868 : 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Non-Traders 
Reading of the Non-Traders Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bankruptey 
Bill; ar dm 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bank 
into a Committee on the Bank Holidays and Bills Holidays 
of Exchange Bill. Excha 


Exchange Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Ciauses, N° 1 to N° 10, with Amendments to 
one of them, agreed to. 

A Clause added. 

Another Clause (The day after Christmas Day 
to be a Bank Holiday) 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. 


Schedule : 


Every Sunday in the year. 

Good Friday in each year. 

Christmas Day in each year. 
NN2 





Amendment 








Seeman mie eer 





Renewable 
Leasehold 
Conversion 
(Ireland) Act 
Extension Bill, 


Burials 
(Ireland) Bill. 


East India 
(Oriental 
Steam Com- 


pavy.) 


County 
Financial 
Arrangements. 


Medway 
Regulation 
Act Continu- 
ance, 


Poor Rate 
( Scotland.) 


No, 357. 


Royal 

Hibernian 

( Military 

School.) 
No. 358. 

Newspapers. 
No. 359. 


Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works. 


No. 360. 


Public Bills 
(Ireland and 
Scotland.) 


No. 361. 
Slave Trade. 
No, 362. 


976 
Amendment proposed, to leave out the words 
* Good Friday in each year.” 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Schedule -—- put, and agreed to. 
Another Amendment proposed, after the word 
“ year” to insert the words “ except in Scotland.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted 
ut, and negatived. 
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 Monday 
next. 


The Renewable Leasehold Conversion ( Ireland) 
Act Extension Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burials (Jreland) Bill; 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Correspondence between the 
Secretary of State for Jndta and the Bombay Go- 
vernment, relative to the proposed Purchase by 
the Indus Flotilla of the Steamers belonging to the 
Oriental Steam Company. 

Ordered, That 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. Hodgkinson be discharged 
from further attendance on the Select Committee 
on County Financial Arrangements. 

Ordered, That Mr. Clive be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue in force an Act of the second year of 
King George the Second, chapter nineteen, for the 
better Regulation of the Oyster Fishery in the 
River Medway: And that Mr. Stephen Cave and 
Mr. Selater- Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
Rate (Scotland), which was presented upon the 
24th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Royal 
Hibernian (Military School), which was presented 
upon the 24th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to News- 
papers, which was presented upon the 25th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- 
politan Board of Works, which was presented upon 
the 25th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public 
Bills (Jreland and Scotland), which was presented 
upon the 25th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Slave 
Trade, which was presented upon the 25th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


26th—27 th—29th June. 








1868. 


_ Mr. Stephen Cave presented a Bill to continue Medway 

in force an Act of the second year of King George Regulation 
the Second, chapter nineteen, for the better Regu- 4%, Gntiow 
lation of the Oyster Fishery in the River Medway : Bill 19 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered s. 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 

to be printed. 



























































A Motion being made, That this House will, Court of 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee Session 
to consider of authorizing the Payment, out of [Salaries } 
Moneys to be provided by Parliament for that 
purpose, of the Salaries of the Officers of the 
Court of Session, and of the Bill Chamber of the 
said Court, and of the Court of Commissioners 
for Teinds, in pursuance of the Provisions of any 
Act of the present Session relating to the Court 
of Session in Scotland ; 

The Lord Advocate, 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, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 








Monday, 29th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Dodson reported the Belfast Central Rail- netast Central 
4¥a way Bill, with an Amendment. Railway Bill 
Ordere, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; any 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundee 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dundee Reclamation, 
Reclamation, Esplanade, and Street Bill; and the Espland 
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 Gun Barrel 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Gun Proof Houses 
Barrel Proof Houses 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 Lancashire 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lan- #4 Yorkshire 
cashire and Yorkshire and Lancashire Union Rail- in. 
ways Companies Bill; and the same were twice RailwaysCom- 
read, and agreed to. panies Bill. 

Ordered, Phat 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 Lancashire 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lan- Union Rill 
cashire Union Railways Bill; and the same were "”*~ 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to London and 
take into consideration the Amendments made by North ta 
the Lords to the Zondon and North Western Rail- ®#!"* 
way 











20th 


way Bill; and the same were twice read, and, with 
an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which this House 
doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


39 VicToria. 


Wolverhamp- _ Lhe House proceeded to take into consideration 
ton and Wal- the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wol- 


sal Railway yerhampton and Walsall Railway Bill; and the 
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. 

County Down The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
and Belfast take into consideration the Amendments made by 


Borough Bill. the Lords to the County Down and Belfast Bo- 
rough 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. 


Public 


i Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Twenty- 
ninth Report. 
Carte and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Carew Papers. 9 Copy of the Report of Messrs. Hardy and Brewer 
upon the Carte and Carew Papers, dated Novem- 
ber 1863, and of the Reports of Mr. Prendergast 
and Dr. Russell upon the Carte Papers in the 
Bodleian Library, dated respectively the 29th day 
of January 1866, the lst day of January 1867, 
and the Ist day of January 1868. 


War Office Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s 

(Audit Dee Command,—Copy of Letter respecting the Audit 

portment.) Department of the War Office, with proposed 
Regulations. 

a sir John Pakington also presented,—Return to 


(Maximum an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day 

a of May last, for Returns relative to Volunteers 
(Maximum Establishment, &amp;c.) 

Army Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 

(Artillery and the 22nd day of this instant June, for a Return 


Daltaols) relative to the Army (Artillery and Engineer 
Colonels). 

Ordnance. Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 24th day of this instant June, for a Return 
relative to Ordnance. 

Military Sir John Pakington also presented, pursuant to 

ele the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Account 


of the Amount due by the Public to Depositors 
in Military Savings Banks on the 31st March 
1866, and of the Receipts, Interests, and Disburse- 
ments in the said Military Savings Banks during 
the year then next enstiing, ending on the 3]st 
March 1867, including the Amount due on account 
of Army Charitable Funds ; and of the subsequent 
Receipts, Interests, and Disbursements on account 
thereof, to the 31st March 1867: Also, an Ac- 
count of the Sums paid over by the Secretary of 
State for War to the Commissioners for the Re- 
duction of the National Debt, for Investment in 
Bank Annuities on account of the Fund for Mili- 
tary Savings Banks ; and of the Dividends reported 
to the Secretary of State for War by the said 
Commissioners to have been received thereon, and 
invested in further aid of the Fund for Military 
Savings Banks. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the War 
Office (Audit Department) be referred to the 
Committee of Public Accounts ; and that the other 
Papers do lie upon the Table. 

OL. 123. 








June. Q77 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Merchant 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Board of Ships. 
Trade and any other Boards or Persons on the 
subject of Dietary Scales on board Merchant Ships 

(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 263, 

of Session 1867). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mountjoy 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Treasury, os 
the Irish Government, and Dr. Robert M‘ Donnell, - 
relative to the change in the Medical Manage- 

ment of the Mountjoy Convict Prison, whereby 

Dr. Donnell was deprived of the Office of Me- 

dical Superintendant without Compensation. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Thames 

a Copy of the Report and Plan of Mr. Pennethorne, pry ag 
Surveyor to the Offices of Woods and Works, for Guards Street. 
opening a Street between the 7/hames Embankment 

and the Horse Guards through /hitehall Yard and 


the Garden of Fife House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Statues, 
a Return of the Public Statues or Public Monu- &amp;* (London) 
ments in London belonging to the Nation, exclusive 
of those in Palaces other than Saint Stephen’s Hall 
or in other parts of the Palace of Westminster, or 
Cathedrals, and now under Charge of the Chief 
Commissioner of Works; specifying the Dates of 
Erection and Names of Artists, if known, and from 
what Funds purchased or erected (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 366, of Session 1862). 


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 Voters in Dis- Voters in 


franchised Boroughs Bill, without any Amendment. Disfranchised 
Boroughs Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Municipal Rate Municipal 
(Edinburgh) Bill, without any Amendment. Rate (Edin- 


F burgh) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Clonmel, Lismore, peer it 
and Dungarvan Railway Bill, without any Amend- Lismore, and 
ment. pe ig 
.,, Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Dundee Gas Bill, Me Gas 


without any Amendment. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment gjasgow 
made by this House to the Amendment made by Court Houses 
their Lordships to the Glasgow Court Houses Bill, Bill. 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Morley Gas 
made by this House to the Morley Gas Bill, Bill (Lords. 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Waterford 
made by this House to the Waterford and Kilkenny *"4 Kilkenny 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment. (Lords Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments London 
made by this House to the London and North = North 
Western and Knighton, Central Wales and Central aterm and 

, . . . ; ; ; ghton, 
Wales Extension Railway Companies Bill, with- 


Central Wales, 
out any Amendment. and Central 


Wales Exten- 

sion Railway Companies Bill [ Lords.] 

The Lords have agreed to the Local Government{ocal Govern- 
Supplemental (No. 2) Bill, with an Amendment ; ment Supple- 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this — (No. 2) 
House. , 

The Lords have agreed to the Eastbourne Gas Eastbourne 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Gas Bill. 


desire the concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Local Govern- 
Lords to the Local Government Supplemental ment Supple. 
(No. 2) Bill be taken intoconsideration Sees 


0-Morrow. pit, 

Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Abyssinian 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of further Correspondence =*pedition. 
relative to the Abyssinian Expedition. 

Sir me Northcote also presented,— Return £ast India 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23rd day (Rangoon 
of this instant June, for a Return relative to East yt —" 
India (Rangoon and Western China). F 





NN3 Return 


























































NOME cages 








278 


East India Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
mee the 26th day of this instant June, for a Return 
pany.) relative to Kast India (Oriental Steam Com- 
any ). 
" Ootered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

Customs. Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command ,—Copy of Twelfth Report of the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Customs on the 
erg 

Fisheries opy of Report of the Deep Sea and Coast 

(Ireland.) Fishery Son teal Belnad, for 1867, to 
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, pursuant 
to the Act 5th and 6th Vic. chapter 106. 

Brazils and Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented,—Return to 

a Plate an Order, dated the 5th day of this instant June, 

: for a Return relative to the Brazils and River 
Plate Mails. 
Superannuae § Mr, Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to 


tions. the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
Copv of a Treasury Minute, dated 20th June 1868, 
granting a Special Superannuation Allowance to 
Richard McHale, of the Constabulary Force in 
Ireland. 


Woods, The Forty-sixth Report of the Commissioners 
a a of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, and Land Re- 
Revenues. | Venues, in obedience to the Acts of 10 Geo. 4, 
c. 50, and 2 Will. 4, ¢. 1, being the Seventeenth 
Report under the Act of the 14 &amp; 15 Vice. c. 42, 
dated 29th June 1868. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
‘Table. 
See of London, Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 


= Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2lst day of 
April last, for Returns relative to the See of 
London, &amp;c. 

Writs of Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this 

Error. instant June, for Returns relative to Writs of 
Error. 

Cattle Disease Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to 

(Ireland) Act. the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
an Order in Council, issued under the Provisions 
of the Cattle Disease (Jreland) Act. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


No. 363. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 26th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


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

And a Motion 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 expedient to employ in Government 
“ situations non-commissione wr Hana and privates 
“ discharged from the Army with good character,” 
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 was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out from the word 
“That” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the recent appointment of Archi- 
“tects for the New Public Buildings in the Me- 
“ tropolis,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 


tion; 


Supply. 


Discharged 
Soldiers. 


New Public 
Buildings 
( Metropolis.) 


Wth— 30th June. 


The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Mr. Noel, 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ 3 Whitmore: \ 90. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ a —— } 45. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Whitmore reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matter to them referred; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read for the second Metropolitan 
reading of the Metropolitan Police Funds Bill; —Folice funds 
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 Yeas,; a — . }192. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. ay aa Lewis ‘} 22. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the House ~, continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Tuesday, 30th June, 1868 : 


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- Registration 
mittee on the Registration Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Commis- i _ccrca, 
sioners Bill. . 

(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 
CuauseEs, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauss, N° 4, agreed to. 
Criause, N°5 (Order in Council confirming 
Scheme to be made, &amp;c. under 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 113, 
| secs, 84 to 89). 
| Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
| postponed —— put, and negatived. 
| Clause agreed to. 
Criausgs, N° 6 to N° 11, with Amendments to 
| one of them, agreed to. 
| A Clause (Settlement of Treaty and its terms 
| may be referred to arbitration): In all cases where 
| an agreement has been or shall be entered into, or 
'a treaty has been or shall be commenced, or is or 
| shall be pending between a Dean and Chapter and 
| their lessees, or between the Ecclesiastical Com- 
| missioners as transferees of any Dean and Chapter 
_and their lessees, for any sales or purchases under 
the Acts of the fourteenth and fifteenth Victoria, 
chapter one hundred and four, seventeenth and 
eighteenth 














Land Writs 


Registra 


tion 
d) 


32 Victoria. 


eighteenth Victoria, chapter one hundred and six- 
teen, or twenty-third and twenty-fourth Victoria, 
chapter one hundred and twenty-four, between the 
lessees of Capitular Estates on the one part, and 
Deans and Chapters or the said Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners as transferees of such Deans and Chap- 
ters on the other part, it shall be competent to the 
Church Estates Commissioners to approve and 
confirm as heretofore such agreements, and to con- 
tinue and bring to a conclusion and approve such 
treaty ; but if the Church Estates Commissioners 
refuse to approve and confirm such agreement, or 
if the Church Estates Commissioners and the said 
lessees cannot bring such treaty to a conclusion to 
the mutual satisfaction of them the said Church 
Estates Commissioners and the said lessees, then it 
shall be competent to either the Church Estates 
Commissioners or the said lessees to require that 
the approval and confirmation of such agreement, 
or the alteration or modification thereof, and the 
settlement of any such treaty and the terms there- 
of, shall be referred to arbitration; and in every 
such case, one arbitrator shall be appointed by the 
Church Estates Commissioners and one by the said 
lessees, and the two arbitrators so appointed shall, 
before they proceed in the matter referred to them, 


appoint an umpire or third arbitrator, and the 


proceedings upon such arbitration shall be con- 
ducted in like manner and be subject to the same 
rules and enactments as upon a reference made by 
consent upon a rule of court or judge’s order: 
Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the 
same parties to appoint one and the same person to 
act as sole arbitrator, and the approval of any such 
agreement, or the alteration and modification there- 
of by the said arbitrator or arbitrators and umpire, 
shall render the same as valid and effectual to all 
intents and purposes as if the same had been ap- 
— in its original or altered or modified state 
y the Church Estates Commissioners; and in like 

manner the award and determination of the said 
arbitrator or arbitrators and umpire for settling the 
terms of any such treaty, shall render the same as 
valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as 
if the said terms so settled, had been agreed to 
by the said Deans and Chapters or Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners respectively, and approved by the 
Church Estates Commissioners; and in every case 
the costs of such arbitration and award shall be in 
the discretion of the said arbitrators or umpire, as 
the case may be)——brought up, and read the first 
and second time. 

Amendment proposed, in 1. 1, after the word 
** shall” to insert the word “ hereafter.” 

Question, That the word “ hereafter” be there 
inserted put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause 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 upon Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Land Writs Registration 
(Scotland) Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Clause (A.) added. 

Clause B. (Salary of Lord Clerk Register) 
—— brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 

VoL. 123. 


29th—SOth June. 


279 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Me Noel, ; 72. 


Mr. Whitmore: 
Tellers for the Noes, } 19. 


Mr. M‘Laren, 
Mr. Dalglish : 

Clause read a second time, amended, agreed 

to, and added. 


Schedules (A.) and (B.) agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 


‘on 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 Court of Session (Scotland) 
[Salaries]; and, after some time spent therein, 
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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Portpatrick and Belfast and County Down Rail- 
way Companies, a Resolution; which was read, 
as folloveth : 

That it is expedient to authorize the Commis- 
sioners of the Treasury to make Advances or 
Loans out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom, to an Amount not exceeding £. 320,000, 
for enabling the Public Works Loan Commis- 
sioners to make Loans to the Portpatrick and the 
Belfast and County Down Railway Companies; and 
also to authorize a Grant, out of Money to be pro- 
vided by Parliament for the purpose, to an Amount 
not exceeding £ 20,000, to the Portpatrick Rail- 
way Company, in consequence of the abandon- 
ment of the Communication between Donaghadee, 
and Portpatrick, proposed to be established by the 
Treasury Minute of the 15th of August 1856. 

The said Resolution, bemg 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. Selater- 
Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Poor Relief Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Regulation of Railways 
Bill. 

(In the Committee. ) 


CuiauseE, N° 1 (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. 

CxiausEs, N° 2 to N° 12, with Amendments to 
five of them, agreed to. 


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 





NN4 move, 








Court of 
Session 
(Scotland) 
[Salaries.] 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Portpatrick 
and Belfast 
and County 
Down Railway 
Companies. ~ 


Poor Relief 
Bill [Lords.] 


Regulation 
of Railways 
Bill [Lords.] 





























































TRE Saas 





280 g990th— 30th June. 


move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
ain. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ecclesiastical - The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Buildings and mittee on the Ecclesiastical Buildings and Glebes 
Glebes (Scot- ® ° 
land) Bil. (Scotland) Bill; : 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Municipal The Municipal Elections (Scotland) Bill was, 
(Seotiand) according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 


Bill, mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


Local Govern- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

mmontel (He. 8) into a Committee on the Local Government Sup- 

Bill. *" 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, 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. 


Curragh of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Kildare Bill. into a Committee on the Curragh of Kildare 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. 


Contagious The Contagious Diseases Act (1866) Amend- 
tien) Amaed- ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


ment Bill. - 

House, for Thursday next. 
Election The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Petitions mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt 


and Corrupt - . &gt; . 1). 
Practices at.  ractices at Elections Bill; 


Elections Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Government The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


of India Act mittee on the Government of India Act Amend- 
Amendmert . 
Bill. ment Bill H ; , 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Governor The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ey Af » mittee on the Governor General of Jndia Bill; 
‘ Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Turnpike Acts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Continuance mittee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill; 


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

University The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

my into a Committee on the University Elections 


(Voting Papers) 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. 


Papers) Bill. 


Court of The Order of the ry being read, for the Com- 
‘aeotinnd) mittee on the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill; 
Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








1868. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Metropolitan 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, foreign Cattle 
upon the 26th day of this instant June, was pro- =“ Bl 
posed to be made to the Question, That Mr. 

Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee on 
the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next, at Two of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself {nland 
into a Committee on the Inland Revenue Acts. Revenue. 


(In the Committee. ) 


1. Resolved, That all costs, charges, and ex- ; 
penses attending Proceedings for recovery of Pe- ri 
nalties and Forfeitures incurred under any Act 
relating to the Inland Revenue, and all sums of 
money allowed as rewards shall be charges of col- 
lection and management, and shall be paid by the 
Commissioners of Inland Revenue out of such 
Aids or Supplies as may be from time to time 
appropriated by Parliament for the purpose. 

2. Resolved, That the exemption from Stamp 

Duty conferred by the Act of the sixth and se- 
venth years of King William the Fourth, chapter 
thirty-two, for the regulation of Benefit Building 
Societies, shall not extend to any Mortgage to be 
hereafter made, except a Mortgage to be made by 
a member of a Benefit Building Society, for se- 
— the repayment to the Society of money 
actually advanced to him by the Society at or be- 
fore the date of the Mortgage, and, not exceeding 
two hundred pounds. 
_ 3. Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties now 
payable, all Transfers of the Debenture Stock of 
any Company shall be chargeable with Stamp 
Duty in the same manner as Transfers of Shares 
or other Stock of the Company. 

4. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Inland Revenue. 

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 Com- Promissory 
mittee on the Promissory Oaths Bill; a 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday § _ 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Law 
Reading of the Poor Law and Medical Inspectors -— — 
(Ireland) 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 Lunatic 
Reading of the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Ac. (eyiand) 
counts Audit Bill; cen 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Audit Bill. 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; sean 
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- Public Schools 
mittee on the Public Schools Bill ; = 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Two of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- . 
mittee on the Railway Companies (Ireland) Ad- (retina) 
vances Bill ; Advances 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 
The 










in 
ttle 
l. 


ill. 


ools 








Bank of 


Bombay Bill. 


Courts of Law 
Fees, &amp;c. 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


County 
General 
Assessment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


New Zealand 
(Legislative 
Council) Bill. 


Consular 
Marriages 


Drainage and 
improvement 
of Lands 
(Ireland) 
Supplemental 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Medway 
Regulation 
Act Continu- 
aace Bill, 


Sea Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tnvestment of 
Trust Funds 
Supplemental 
Bill, 


Sale of Poisons 


32 VicToRIA. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Bank of Bombay 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 Courts of Law Fees, &amp;c. ( Scotland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The County General Assessment ( Scotland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the New Zealand (Legisla- 
tive Council) 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 Consular Marriages 
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 Com- 
mittee on the Drainage and Improvement of Lands 
(Jreland) Supplemental (No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Medway Regulation Act Continuance 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 Sea Fisheries (Jreland) 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 
Reading of the Investment of Trust Funds Sup- 
plemental Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy Act Amend- 


and Pharmacy ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second 


Act Amend- 
ment Bill 
[Lords.] 


Prisons (Scot- 


time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


d) Adminis- into a Committee on the Prisons (Scotland) Ad- 


tration Acts 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Religious, &amp;c, 
Buildings 
Sites Bill, 


ministration Acts Amendment Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 
mittee had made Progress in the Bill; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Religious, &amp;c. Buildings Sites 
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 

VoL. 123. 


Wth—30th June. 








281 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankruptcy 
into a Committee on the Bankruptcy Act (1861) {ct (1861). 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent Bii, 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Dodson 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 Second Non-Traders 
Reading of the Non- Traders Bankruptcy (Jreland) coma 
Bill; Bill [Lords.] 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Bank 

take into consideration the Bank Holidays and oe oh 
Bills of Exchange Bill, as amended in the Com- change Bill. 
mittee; 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 Libel 
to assimilate the Law in Jreland to the Law in (eland.) 
England as to Costs in Actions of Libel: And 
that Sir Colman O’Loghlen and Mr. Pim do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That ay humble Address be presented Foreign 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased “4 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Orders of the Privy 
Council now in force concerning the importation 
of Foreign Cattle into this 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under — aeatian 
an Act of the fifteenth year of the reign of Her . : 
resent Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the 
elief of Turnpike Trusts: And that Sir James 
Fergusson and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Colman O’Loghlen presented a Bill to assi- Libel (Ireland) 
milate the Law in Ireland to the Law in England Bill. 
as to Costs in Actions of Libel: And the same Bill 199, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to confirm Turnpike 
certain Provisonal Orders made under an Act of "nt 
° gements 
the fifteenth year of the reign of Her present pin, 
Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief ij] 200. 
of Turnpike Trusts: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 


this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to authorize Portpatrick 
Loans of Public Money to the Portpatrick and the °"4 County 
ra sor and County Down Railway Companies, Down Railway 
and a Payment to the Portpatrick Company in con- Companies 
sequence of the Abandonment of the Communica- “| 
tion between Donaghadee and Portpatrick: And Bill 201. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Adderley presented a Bill to extend the Colonial _ 
provisions of the Act twenty-eighth and twenty- Governors’ 
ninth Victoria, chapter One hundred and thirteen, 4 mendment 


to Persons who have held the Office of Lord High Bill. 





Commissioner of the Jonian Islands: And the same jj] 202. 
00 was 








ee 





Mestre re 





— 


EF 


West India 
and Brazil 
Mails, 


No. 364, 


Cape of Good 
Hope Mails. 


No. 365. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway Bill. 


Holywell 
Railway Bill 


Star Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 


282 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time this day ; and to he printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of turther ere: = mae relative to the 
Appropriation Account of Moneys expended for 
Army Services (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 87, Session 1868). 

r. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 

said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee of Public Accounts. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Contract, dated the 26th day of June 
1868, entered into between the Postmaster General 
and the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, ex- 
tending their Contracts for the Conveyance of the 
West India and Brazil Mails for a further period : 
And, of Correspondence relating thereto. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth 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, 
Copies of a Contract, dated the 24th day of June 
1868, entered into between the Postmaster General 
and the Union Steam Ship Company for the Con- 
veyance of the Mails twice every month between 
this Country and the Cape of Good Hope: 
And, of Correspondence between the Treasury, 
Admiralty, and Post Office relative thereto. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


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





Tuesday, 30th June, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

Ae HE House proceeded to take into considera- 

tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the London and Blackwall 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 Holywell Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 











A Petition of William M&lt;‘Arthur, of Coleman- 
street, in the City of London, Esquire, Chairman 
of the Board of Directors of the Star Life Assu- 
rance Society, and Sheriff of the City of London, 
being offered to be presented ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 


‘ Majesty, having been informed of the contents of 


the said Petition, recommends it to the considera- 
tion of the House. 

Then the said Petition, praying that Provision 
may be made in the Star Life Assurance Society 
Bill for the imposition of a Stamp Duty of Five 
pounds for and upon every Memorial enrolled pur- 
suant to the said Bill, and to which the proposed 
Provisions relate, and with such Provisions and 
Regulations for the collection of the same as Stamp 
Duties, and such other Provisions relative thereto 
as to the House shall seem fit, was brought up, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Wth—30th June. 





1868. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, Star Life 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of Assurance 
authorizing the Imposition of Stamp Duties on pric” io 
Memorials enrolled pursuant to the Star Life As- Memorials] 


surance Society Bill. 

































































Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Cambrian 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railways 
That in the case of the Cambrian Railways (Re- Parteed tine 
vived Line to Dolgelly) Bill, originating in the Bill [Lord] 
Lords and referred on the First Reading thereof, 
the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, 
and which are applicable thereto, Sete been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Twenty. 
ninth Report, 
Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the Athenry and 
Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway Bill; That Ennis Junction 
they had examined the allegations contained in Lena Bill 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same —— 
by striking out so much as relates to power to run 
over a portion of the line belonging to the Midland 
Great Western of Ireland Railway Company, and 
to enter into traffic-arrangements with that Com- 
pany, the provisions in reference to which objects 
were withdrawn from 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 the Cork and Macroom Cork and 
(Direct) Railway Bill, without Amendment. (Dineet) ‘Rall 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; way Bill 


and be printed. [ Lords. ] 


Mr. Dodson reported the Mersey Railway Bill, Mersey 
withcut Amendment. (tora) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Dodson reported the Rathkeale and New- Rathkeale 
castle Junction Railway Bill, without Amendment. = baa 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway Bill 
and be printed. [Lords.] 


Mr. Dodson reported the Waterford and Li- Waterford 
merick Railway Bill, without Amendment. at ee 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; [ Lords | 

and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Military Military 
Savings Banks, which was presented upon the Savings Banks 
29th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 366. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Rangoon and Western China), which was pre- (Rangoon 
sented upon the 29th day of this instant June, be a 
printed. No. 367. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, Woods, 
Forests, and Land Revenues, which was presented Forests, and 


upon the 29th day of this instant June, be printed. — oe 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Army Ser- Army Services 
vices, which was presented upon the 29th day of No. 369. 
this instant June, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Burials in a 
Churchyards (Jreland), which was presented upon (Ireland) 
the 25th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 370. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army Army ee 
(Artillery and Engineer Colonels), which was pre- orm | 
sented upon the 29th day of this instant June, be Colonels.) 
printed. No. 371. 





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mp 


ion 





Bristol 
Election. 
No, 372. 


Excise and 
Customs 
(Ireland.) 


Carte and 
Carew Papers. 


Finance 
Accounts. 


Towns 
Improvement 
{Ireland} Act 
(1854.) 


Ecclesiastical 


Commission 
(Ireland.) 


Railways 
Abandonment. 


Local Officers 


$2 Victoria. 


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 Bristol Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 15th day of this instant June, for 
Returns relative to Excise and Customs (Jreland.) 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of this 
instant June, for a Return relative to the Carte 
and Carew Papers. 

Mr. Sclater- Booth also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Finance 
Accounts, 1 to 7, of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the financial year 1867-8, 
ended 31st March 1868. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 17th day of this instant June, for 
a Return relative to the Towns Improvement 
(Ireland) Act (1854). 

Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
Ireland to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland, for the year oneal the Ist August 1867. 

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





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Mr. Stephen Cave presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of War- 
rant of the Board of Trade, authorizing the Aban- 
donment of the Cowes and Newport Extension 
Railway, Branch Railway, and 


30th June. 


283 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment® Dunn 
made by this House to Dunn Gardner’s Estate wag 
Bill, without any Amendment. [Lords.] 

The Lords have agreed to the South Eastern, South Eastern, 
and London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, = a 
and Brighton) Railways (Abandonment) Bill, with and Dover 
an Amendment, to which the Lords desire the con- (London, 
currence of this House. wee dey 
Railways (Abandonment) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the City of London City of London 
Gas Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Gas Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Clyde Navigation clyde 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire Navigation 
the concurrence of this House. Ba. 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint Mary Church gaint Mary 
Local Board Bill, with Amendments; to which Church Local 
et’ cae 3 — the concurrence of this House, 3#"4 Bill. 

e Lords have agreed to the Staffordshire : 
Potteries Water Bill, with Amendments ia which seg $4 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Water Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Halifax Corpora- Halifax 
tion Waterworks and Improvement Bill, with Corporation 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- Waterworks 

P and Im 
currence of this House. ment Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bradford Water- Bradford 
works and Improvement Bill, with Amendments; to Waterworks 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 4 Improve 
Theain: ment Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Portsmouth Cam- Portsmouth 
ber Quays Bill, with Amendments; to which the Camber Quays 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Liynvi Valley tiynvi Valley 
Gas Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Gas Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Salford Hundred Salford 


orks, in pur-! and Manchester (City) Courts of Record Bill, with Hundred and 


Manchester 


suance of “ The Abandonment of Railways Acct, | Amendments ; to which the Lords desire the con- (City) Courts 


1850,” and “* The Railway Companies Act, 1867,” | currence of this House. 


and Report thereon. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Superannuation Reading of the Local Officers Superannuation 


(Ireland) 

(No. 2) Bill. 
Message from 
the Lords. 


Thames 
Embankment 


and Metropolis 


Improvement 


(Ireland) (No. 2) Bill ; 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th 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 Thames Embank- 
ment and Metropolis Improvement (Loans) Act 
Amendment Bill, without any Amendment. 


(Loans) Act Amendment Bill. 


Ruthin Water 
Bill. 


Waterford 
Harbour Bill. 


Barry 
Railway Bill. 
Glastonb: 

and Street” 
Tramway Bill. 
Teign Valle 
Railway Bill. 
Great Marlow 
Railway Bill. 


Tottenham 


The Lords have agreed to the Ruthin Water 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Waterford Har- 
bour Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Barry Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Glastonbury and 
Street Tramway Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Teign Valley 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Marlow 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Tottenham and 


and Hampstead Hampstead Junction Railway Bill, without any 


unction 
Railway Bill. 
Abergavenny 


and Monmouth 


way Bill. 


Windsor and 
Eton Water 
Bill, 


Barrow-in- 


Fumess Corpo- ness Cor j 
; poration B 
—_—_ Vou. 123. 


Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Abergavenny and 
Monmouth Railway Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Windsor and Eton 
Water Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have ee to the Barrow-in-Fur- 
ill, without any Amendment. 


of Record 
Bill. 


Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s war Office 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence between the (Control 
Treasury and the War Office respecting the Form- Department.) 
ation of the Department of Control. No. 373, 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was Prison 
proposed, That, in consequence of the persistent Ministers Act. 
refusal or neglect of the authorities having control 
over certain of the county and borough Prisons 
of Great Britain to put in operation the powers 
given to them by the Prison Ministers Act, it is 
necessary they should be compelled by Law to 
make adequate provision for the Religious Instruc- 
tion and Divine Worship of Catholic Prisoners :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Divisions of 
posed, That if any Member shall, by mistake, go the House. 
out with the Ayes or the Noes (as the case may 
be), having intended to vote on the other side, he 
shall wait until the other Members in the same 
Lobby shall have passed out, and, on presenting 
himself to the Tellers, he shall desire that he may 
not be counted with them, he having entered the 
Lobby by mistake; and the Tellers shall there- 
upon come with such Member to the Table, and 
inform the House of the circumstance, and the 
Speaker or Chairman (as the case may be), shall 
thereupon ask such Member whether he was in 
the House when the Question was put, and, if he 
shall answer in the affirmative, the Speaker or 
Chairman (as the case may be), shall then ask 
such Member whether he desires to vote Aye or 
No on such Question, and the vote of such Member 





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Adjouri. 


Fairs 
( Metropolis.) 


Revenue 
Officers 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill. 


Military at 
Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


284 


Tellers in the House, and reported by them ac- 
cordingly :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the iene, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

sed, That an humble Address be presented to 
ce Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Papers and Correspondence | 
relative to the absconding of Adjouri from Man- 
chester, leaving large Debts owing to the Mer- 
chants of that City:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Prevention of the holding unlawful Fairs 
within the limits of the Metropolitan Police Dis- 
trict: And that Sir James Fergusson and Mr. 
Secretary Gathorne Hardy do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Revenue Officers Disabilities Re- | 
moval Bill: 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 


30th June.—1st July. 





An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” | 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the | 
words “this House will, upon this day three 
“ months, resolve itself into the said Committee,” | 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words | 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; | 

he House divided. | 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


v (Mr. Monk, 
Tellers for the Y e885) Mir. Otway: 


\ 
{ Mr. Noel 1 
r. Noel, 

Tellers for the Noes, fy. a 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 

into the Committee; and, after some time spent 

therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

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. 


79. | 


47. | 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 12th day of May last, was spa to 
be made to the Question, That the Military at 
Elections ( Jre/and) Bill be now read a second time ; 
and which Amendment was, to leave out the word 
* now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months,” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Question :— 
The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Serjeant Barry, 1 


Yeas, \Mr. Esmonde: J 55. 
Tellers for the) Mr. Noel, a 96 
Noes, _\Sir Graham Montgomery :J ~”" 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
* upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question : —It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 














































13868. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landed 
Reading of the Landed Property Improvement Ha 0 
X mprovement 
(Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Larceny and 

into a Committee on the Larceny and Embezzle- Embezzlement 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, =. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Colonel 
Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee had 
made Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed 
to move, That the Committee may have leave to 
sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Municipal 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Corporations 
upon the 17th day of this instant June, was pro- {\etepolis) 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Muni- ~ 
cipal Corporations (Metropolis) Bill be now read 
a second time; and which Amendment was, to 
leave out the word “ now,” and, at the end of the 
Question, to add the words “ upon this day three 
“ months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Question :— 

The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Wednesday, 1st July, 1868 : 


And the Question being put:—lIt passed in the 
Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 


/ upon this day three months” be added at the 


end of the Question:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Assignees 
into a Committee on the Assignees of Marine of Marine 
Policies Bill; and, after some time spent therein, "Bal va 
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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Burials _ 
into a Committee on the Burials (Jreland) Bill, _1eland) Bill. 


Bill 204. 
(In the Committee.) 


A Clause (Form of Burial Service), brought 
up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time ut, and negatived. 

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 Thursday 
next; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Local Govern- 
take into consideration the Amendment made by res 2) 
the Lords to the Local Government Supplemental gin, 

(No. 2) Bill; and the same was twice read, and, 
with an Amendment thereto, agreed to. 


Ordered, 








32 Vicroria. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which this House 
doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Court of Session ( Scotland) 


Court of Ses- 
sion (Scotland) into a Committee on 
[Salaries. ] [Salaries]. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
payment, out of Moneys to be provided by Par- 
liament for that purpose, of the Salaries of the 
Officers of the Court of Session, and of the Bill 
Chamber of the said Court, and of the Commis- 
sioners for Teinds, in pursuance of the provisions 
of any Act of the present Session relating to the 
Court of Session in Scotland. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


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

sion (Scotland) mittee on the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill ; 

Bill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Curragh of The Curragh of Kildare Bill was, according to 
Kildare 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. 
University The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
— take into consideration the University Elections 
Poperss pin. (Voting Papers) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Inland Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the 
Revenue. Inland Revenue Acts, several Resolutions; which 


were read, as follow: 

1. That all costs, charges, and expenses attending 
Proceedings for recovery of Penalties and For- 
feitures incurred under any Act relating to the 
Inland Revenue, and all sums of money allowed 
as rewards shall be charges of collection and 
management, and shall be paid by the Commis- 
sioners of Inland Revenue out of such Aids or 
Supplies as may be from time to time appropriated 
by Parliament for the purpose. 

2. That the exemption from Stamp Duty con- 
ferred by the Act of the sixth and seventh years 
of King William the Fourth, chapter thirty-two, 
for the regulation of Benefit Building Societies, 
shall not extend to any Mortgage to be hereafter 
made, except a Mortgage to be made by a member 
of a Benefit Building Society, for securing the 
repayment to the Society of money actually 
advanced to him by the Society at or before the 
date of the Mortgage, and not exceeding two 
hundred pounds. 

3. That in lieu of the Duties now payable, all 
Transfers of the Debenture Stock of any Company 
shall be chargeable with Stamp Duty in the same 
manner as Transfers of Shares or other Stock of 
the Company. 

4. That it is expedient to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Inland Revenue. 

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. Sclater- 
Booth do prepare, and bring it in. 

Vot, 123. 


30th June.—I1st July. 


285 


The Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Accounts Lunatic 
Audit Bill was, according to Order, read a second Asylame 
i . . reland) 
i me; and committed to a Committee of the whole Accounts Audit 


House, for Thursday next. Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railway 


into a Committee on the Railway Companies (intea) 
(Ireland) Advances Bill; and, after some time Advances Bill. 


spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Nodson reported, That the Committee 
had gone tkrough 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, proceeded to Bank of 
take into consideration the Bank of Bombay Bill, Bombay 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. 


New Zealand 
( Legislative 
Council) Bill. 


The New Zealand (Legislative Council) 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 Consular Marriages Bill was, according to Consular 
Order, read the third time. Marriages 
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 Drainage and 
into a Committee on the Drainage and Improve- Improvement 
ment of Lunds (Ireland) Supplemental (No. 2) (ireland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Supplemental 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson (No. 2) Bill. 
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 Medway 
into a Committee on the Medway Regulation Act Regulation 
Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent ea 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; an 
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- gea Fisheries 
mittee on the Sea Fisheries (Jredand) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself prisons (Scot- 
into a Committee on the Prisons (Scotland) Ad- and) Adminis- 
ministration Acts Amendment Bill; and, after {ration Acts 

° ° mendment 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed gj), 
the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the 
Committee had gone though the Bill, and amended 
the Title as followeth: 

A Bill to amend the Acts for the Administra- prisons (Scot- 
tion of Prisons in Scotland in so far as regards the !and) Adminis- 
County of Lanark, and for other purposes. (Lemrtshive) 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com~- Amendment 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankruptcy 
into a Committee on the Bankruptcy Act (1861) 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 


Act (1861) 
Amendment 
Bill. 





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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. 


Non-Traders The Order of the day say for the Second 
room ay A Reading of the Non-Traders Bankruptcy (Jreland) 
Toei Bill; 
: Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 14th day of this instant July. 
Bank Holidays The Bank Holidays and Bills of Exchange Bill 
= — a 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. 
Libel (Ireland) ‘The Libel (Jreland) Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 
Turnpike The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, 
— ments ®°Cording to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
Bill, mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 
Colonial — The Colonial Governors’ Pensions Act Amend- 
ee ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
Amendment. time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
Bill. House, for Thursday next. 
Metropolitan A Motion being made, That this House will, 


[ Contribution.) this day, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
™ sider of authorizing the payment, out of Moneys 
to be granted by atienent for that purpose, of 
a portion of the Expenses of the Metropolitan 
Police Force, in pursuance of the provisions of 
any Act of the present Session relating to the 
Funds of the Metropolitan Police ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That 
Her Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


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 a Citizen to serve in this 
present Parliament for the City of Bristol, in the 
room of John William Miles, 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 ef the Question, in order to add the 
words “the Writ for the City of Bristol be not 
* issued till seven days after the evidence taken 
“before the Select Committee on the Bristol 
* lection Petition has been printed,” 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 ad- 
journed ; 

The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon the 25th day of June last, was made from 
the Select Committee on the Bristol Election 
Petition, might be read; and the same being read ; 

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

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 


‘Thursday next. 


Bristol Writ. 








1868. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill for the Fairs 
prevention of the holding of unlawful Fairs within (Metropolis) 
the limits of the Metropolitan Police District ; 24. 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered _ Bill 205, 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and 
to be printed. 



















































Ordered, That the Amendments made by the City of 
Lords to the City of London Gas Bill be taken London Gas 
into consideration upon Thursday next. -~—. 


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, 1st July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


4 | ‘HE House proceeded to take into considera- Greenock 


tion the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Bill, 204 Ayrshire 
Railway Bill 


[Lords.] 








as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Devon and Cornwall Railway Bill was read Devon ana 
a second time ; and committed. Cornwall 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 
Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Fable. Petitions. 
Vide Twenty. 
ninth Report, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the West west India 
India Mails, which was presented upon the 12th Mails. 
day of June last, be printed. No. 375. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Brazils Brazils and 
and River Plate Mails, which was presented upon River Plate 
the 29th day of June last, be printed. “an ott 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Writs of writs of 
Error, which was presented upon the 29th day of Error. 
June last, be printed. No. 374, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ordnance, Ordnance. 
which was presented upon the 29th day of June No, 377. 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Excise Excise’and 
and Customs (/reland), which was presented upon Customs 


the 30th day of June last, be printed. (Ireland.) 
No. 378. 


_ Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Eccle~ Ecclesiastical 
siastical Commission (Jreland), which was pre- Commission 


sented upon the 30th day of June last, be printed. “7¢!"4 
No. 379. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Railways Railways 
Abandonment, which was presented upon the 30th Abandonment. 
day of June last, be printed. No. 203, 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,— Return to an Cape of Good 
Order, dated the 8th day of June last, for a Re- Hope Mails. 
turn relative to the Cape 7 Good Hope Mails. 

. “aia That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Constabulary 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of (Cornwall.) 7 
June last, for a Return relative to the Con- 
stabulary (Cornwall). 

Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to Friendly 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of pone val 
Report of the Proceedings of the Registrar of pane 
Friendly Societies in Scotland, in his office of 
Registrar, and of the principal matters transacted 
by. Friendly Societies, which have come under his 
cognizance during the past year. 

- er That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to 


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32 VicroRtia. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Officers and 
Men, distinguishing each Arm of the Service, 
Cavalry, Infantry, | a and Foot Artillery, and 
Engineers, annually from 1859 to 1867 inclusive; 
stating the Numbers serving at Home, in the 
Colonies, and in Jndia; the Enrolled Pensioners, 
the Embodied Militia, the Disembodied Militia, 
and the Volunteers, and the Amount annually 
voted for these Services, distinguishing Effective 
and Non-effective Services (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 88, of Session 2, 1859). 

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


Resolved, That 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 last Census of the Popula- 
tion of Gibraltar, distinguishing the various Re- 
ligious Denominations : And, of the Amount 
spent out of Imperial or Local Taxation upon 
building or repairing the Churches, Chapels, and 
Houses of Worship of each Religious Denomina- 
tion during the last Ten 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. 


Gibraltar. 





Weights and 
Measures 
(Metric 
System) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Weights and Measures (Metric 
System) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming’the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 13th day of May last, was proposed to be made 
tothe Question, That the Ozford and Cambridge 
Universities Bill be now read a second time ; and 
which. Amendment was to leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Ceseiian fo 
The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes tothe Left. 

Tellers for the Mr. Coleridge, 

Yeas, Mr. Bouverie : 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Walpole, 

Noes, Mr. Beresford Hope: 

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 22nd day of this in- 
stant July. 


Oxford and 
Cambridge 

Universities 
Bill 


} 198. 


} 140. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Libel Bill. The Order of the day being read for the Com- 
mittee on the Libel Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Clerks of 
Peace — 


(ltelana) Bin, Ws according to Order, read a second time; and 
co 


mmitted to a Committee of the whole House, 
for To-morrow. 
Vou. 123. 





Ist July. 


Reading of the County Financial Boards (No. 1) | 


The Clerks of the Peace, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill) 





287 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com~- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; a 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


; The House, according to Order, resolved itself _ Life 
into a Committee on Star Life Assurance So- gssiete 


. ; . Soci 
ciety [Stamp Duties on Memorials}. (oe Duties 
‘ on Memorials. } 
(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That in lieu of the Stamp Duties 
which would have been payable upon Deeds or 


Assurances which would have been required in 
order from time to time, as often as any new Trus- 
tee or Trustees of the Society should have been 
appointed, to vest the said Annuities, Messuages, 
Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Property, 
Effects, or Monies in the Trustees for the time 
being of the Society, there shall be raised and 
levied for the use of Her Majesty, Her heirs and 
ae the Stamp Duties following (that is to 
say ):— 

For and upon the first Memorial enrolled, 
from which Memorial the Names of the 
Persons who shall be deemed, held, and 
taken to be the Trustees of the Society 
shall appear, the Sum of Five Pounds: 

And for and upon every other such Memorial 
in which the Name or Names of any Per- 
son or Persons shall for the first time be 
inserted as a Trustee or Trustees of the 
Society, the like Sum of Five Pounds, 

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. Dodson reported from the Committee on Court of 
Court of Session (Scotland) [Salaries], a Resolu- Session 
tion; which was read, as followeth : ‘dines } 

That it is expedient to authorize the payment, 
out of Monies to be provided by Parliament for 
that purpose, of the Salaries of the Officers of the 
Court of Session, and of the Bill Chamber of the 
said Court, and of the Commissioners for Teinds, 
in pursuance of the Provisions of any Act of the 
present Session relating to the Court of Session in 
Scotland. ; 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill ; Session (Beet- 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- '#"4) Bill. 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Universities 

Reading of the Universities Elections (Voting Elections 
; (Voting 
Papers) Bill ; Papers) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—The House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 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 now taken into consideration:—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 004 

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288 1st July. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third | 





1868. 
Ordered, That Major Cornwall Legh be dis- Electric 


time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third | charged from further attendance on the Select paretePhe 


time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Committee on the Electric Telegraphs Bill. 
Ordered, That Colonel John W. Fane be added 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | to the Committee. 


Medway 
Regulation 
Act Contiru- 
ance 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. 


Sea Fisheries © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. ittee on the Sea Fisheries (Ireland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons (Scot- The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
oe take into consideration the Prisons ( Scotland) Ad- 
(Lanarkshire) ministration Acts (Lanarkshire) Amendment Bill, 
Amendment as amended in the Committee. 
me 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. 


Bankruptcy The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Act (186!) , take into consideration the Bankruptcy Act (1861) 
Bill. Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
Libel The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


(Ireland) Bill. into a Committee on the Libel (Ireland) 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, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

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


Turnpike The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
oe into a Committee on the ‘lurnpike Trusts Ar- 
gements ° ¢ ° 
Bill. rangements 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. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
Metropolitan The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


fContribas into a Committee on Metropolitan Police Funds 
tion.] [Contribution }. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the | 
payment, out of Monies to be granted by Parlia- 


ment for that purpose, of one-fourth part of the 
expenses of the Metropolitan Police Force, in pur- 
suance of the provisions of any Act of the present 
Session relating to the Funds of the Metropolitan 
Police. 

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. 


Roman Catho- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

- ed a Copy of further Correspondence relative to the 

—— proposed Charter to a Roman Catholic University 
in Ireland. 


| 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill General Police 


| 


The Medway Regulation Act Continuance Bill ; t alter the qualifications of the Electors in places 214 Improve. 


in Scotland, under “ The General Police and Im- lent) —_ 


provement (Scotland) Act, 1862,” and to amend Amendment, 
the said Act in certain other respects: And that 

the Lord Advocate and Sir James Fergusson do 

prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Indorsing of 
io amend the Law relating to the Indorsing of Warrants, 
Warrants in Scotland, Ireland, and the Channel 
Islands: And that Sir James Fergusson and Mr. 
Secretary Gathorne Hardy do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, poor Retieg 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to con- [Salary of 
sider of authorizing the payment, out of Monies to 4¥4itors.] 
be provided by Parliament for that purpose, of the 
Salary and Superannuation of any Auditors that 

may be appointed by the Poor Law Board, in pur- 

| suance of the provisions of any Act of the present 
| Session to make further Amendments in the Laws 
for the Relief of the Poor ; 

The Earl of Mayo, 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. 





Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 12th youse of 
day of May last, was made from the Select Com- Commons 
mittee on the House of Commons (Arrangements) sens 
be referred to the Standing Committee on the Kit- t 
chen and Refreshment Rooms ( House of Commons). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, new Courts 
a Copy of a Letter from the Judge of the Court of of Justice. 
Probate to the Secretary of the Courts of Justice No, 381. 
Commission, forwarding a Memorial from the 
Officers of the Court of Probate respecting the 
position of the Registry of the Court of Probate 
in the New Buildings. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 
| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
| Table ; and be printed. 








The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to alter the General Police 
Qualifications of the Electors in places in Scotland, and Improve- 
_under “ The General Police and Improvement land) =" 
| (Scotland) Act, 1862,” and to amend the said Act Amendment 
in certain other respects: And the same was read Bill. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time _ Bill 206. 


upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to amend the tnlana 
Laws relating to the Inland Revenue: And the Revenue Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be _ Bill 207. 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be : 
printed. 


Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to amend {ndorsing of 
the Law relating to the Indorsing of Warrants in Warrants Bill 
Scotland, Ireland, and the Channel Islands: And _ Bill 208. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
e had been brought from the Lords by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made London and 
by this House to the Amendments made by their North Westmn 
Lordships Railway Bill. 











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Bill. 


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Bill. 








82 Victoria. 


Lordships to the London and North Western Rail- 
way Bill, without any Amendment. 


consecration © ‘The Lords have agreed to certain of the Amend- 
of — ments made by the Commons to the Consecration 
v6) amend- of Churchyards Act (1867) Amendment Bill, with 
ment Bill © Amendments, and have disagreed to one other of 
[Lords] the Amendments made by the Commons to the 
said Bill; and have assigned their Reason. 
Boundaries The Words request that the Commons will be 


of Boroughs. pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Return of all Petitions, Letters, Papers, 
and Memorials laid before the Select Committee 
on the Boundaries of Boroughs; together with the 
Reports of the Assistant Commissioners. 
Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Paper 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver the same. 


Poor Law The Order for ee second time, upon Wed- 
—, , nesday next, the Poor Law (Jreland) Amendment 
Bil Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 15th day of this instant July. 
Bristol Writ. The Order for resuming, To-morrow, the ad- 
journed Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 30th day of June last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do issue 
his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Citizen to 
serve in this present Parliament for the City of 
Bristol, in the room of John William Miles, Esquire, 
whose Election has been determined to be void, 
was read, and discharged. 
Consecration Ordered, That the Reason assigned bythe Lords 
ae for disagreeing to one of the Amendments made 


(1867) Amend- by this House to the Consecration of Churchyards 








ment Bill Act (1867) Amendment Bill, be taken into consi- 
[Lords.] deration To-morrow. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Thursday, 2nd July, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 
Public M R. Charles Forster reported from the Select 
non Committee on Public Petitions; That they 


had examined the Petitions presented from the 
ee 25th day of June last to the ist day of this instant 
July, 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. 


Belgravia Ordered, That, in the case of the Belgravia and 
Satine South Kensington New Road Bill, Standing Order 


New Read. 195 be suspended, and that the parties have leave 
Bill [Lords.] to proceed with their Bill, notwithstanding the 
time limited for the Second Reading shall have 


expired. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Maitions, read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
aa 
Juries, Resolved, That 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 Causes for the 
Trial of which Juries were summoned and sworn 
in the year 1867 at the Sittings of the Superior 
Law Courts at Westminster and London, and at the 
Assizes throughout England and Wales, distin- 


uishing the Metropolis from the Country, and the 
pecial from the Common Jury Causes; also the 
Number of Persons summoned on each Special 


and Common Jury who were fined for Non-attend- 
ance during the year mentioned (in continuation 
VoL. 123. 





1st—2nd July. 289 


of Parliamentary Paper, No. 60, of the present 
Session). 

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

ouncil, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented British 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Columbia. 
if give directions, that there be laid before this 

ouse, a Copy or Extracts of Correspondence be- 
tween Governor Kennedy of Vancouver’s Island, 
Governor Seymour of British Columbia, and the 
Colonial Office, on the subject of a Site for the 
Capital of British Columbia. 

Ordered, That 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 Post Office 
Department and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam 
Packet Company, relative to the Conveyance of 
the Mails to Penang, 


Penang Mails, 


Mr. Woodd reported from the General Committee Railway and 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had formed a Bills 
certain Bills into a Group, and had directed him Geport) 
to report the same to the House. No. 130. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Garonne 
Copies of Evidence taken on the inquiry instituted Steamer. 
by the Board of Trade on the Loss of the Steamer 
Garonne: And, of the Report of the Court. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Queen's 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased or King’s 
to give directions, that there be laid before this °°™™**- 
House, a Return from the time when the late 
Lord Chancellor Brougham became Lord Chan- 
cellor, of the Number of Barristers who have 
received Patents of Precedency and Patents con- 
stituting them of Council to the Crown, commonly 
called Queen’s Counsel or King’s Counsel; dis- 
tinguishing in such Return the Number of Barris- 
ters receiving such Patents respectively during the 
holding of the Great Seal by each Lord Chan- 
cellor respectively ; and, stating the Date of the 
call to the Bar of each such Barrister. 

Ordered, That 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 Domvile 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bill 
That in the case of the Domvile Estate Bill, no ame 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks Abyssinian 
of this House be given to Lieutenant General Expedition. 
Sir Robert Napier, Knight Grand Cross of the 
Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand 
Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star 
of India, for the exemplary skill with which he 
planned, and the distinguished energy, courage, 
and perseverance with which he conducted, the 
recent Expedition into Abyssinia, resulting in the 
defeat, by Her Majesty’s Forces, of the Army of 
King Theodore, and the vindication of the honour 
of the Country, by the rescue from Captivity of 
Her Majesty’s Envoy and other British Subjects, 
and by the capture and destruction of the strong 
Fortress of Magdala. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to Commodore Heath, 

PP Royal 





290 


Royal Navy, Companion of the Most Honourable 
Order of the Bath, for the indefatigable zeal and 
great ability with which he conducted the Naval 
Operations connected with the Transport of the 
Troops and Stores, upon which the success of the 
Expedition materially depended. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to Major General Sir Churles 
Staveley, Knight Commander of the Most Honour- 
able Order of the Bath, Major General George Mal- 
colm, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of 
the Bath, Major General Edward Lechmere Russell, 
Brigadier General William Merewether, Companion 
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and 
the other Officers of the Navy and Army, for the 
energy, gallantry, and ability with which they have 
executed the various Services which they have been 
called on to perform throughout these arduous 
operations. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth highly acknowledge and approve the dis- 
cipline, gallantry, and endurance displayed by the 
Petty Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and 
Men of the Navy and Army, both European and 
Native, during these operations; and that the 
same be signified to them by their respective Com- 
manding Officers. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do communicate the 
said Resolutions to Lieutenant General Sir Robert 
Napier, and that he be reauested by Mr. Speaker 
to signify the same to Commodore Heath, Major 
General Sir Charles Staveley, Major General George 
Malcolm, Major General Edward Lechmere Russell, 
Brigadier General William Merewether, and to the 
several Officers of the Navy and Army who served 
in the said Expedition. 


Army (Non- 
purchase 
Corps.) 


Resolved, That 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 Instructions given to an 
Actuary or Actuaries to report to the War Office 
on the Cost of the samen for Retirement from 
the Non-purchase Corps made by the Select Com- 
mittee in 1867 :——And, of any Reports received 
from the Actuaries. 

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. 


Roman Catho- 
lic University 
(Ireland.) 


No. 380. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the Ist day of this instant July, for 
a Return relative to the Roman Catholic University 
(Ireland). 

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


Queen's 
University 


Mr. nia Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
(Ireland. ) 


Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report on the 
Condition and Progress of the Queen’s Dhivereity 
in Ireland, for the year 1867-68, by the Right 
Honourable Maziere Brady, Vice-Chancellor of 
the University. 

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


Shoreham 


The following Papers, pursuant to the direc- 
Harbour. 


uions of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Report of 
the Commissioners acting under and by virtue of 
an Act of Parliament passed in the 56th year of 
the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third, 
intituled, “ An Act for the more effectual Security 
and Improvement of the Harbour of New Shoreham, 
in the County of Sussex.” 

Annual Accounts of the Chamberlain of the 
City of London. 


Chamber of 
London. 


Army Prize Mr. Stephen Cave presented, pursuant to the 


directions of several Acts of Parliament,—The 


Qnd July. 






































































1868. 


Account of Army Prize Money paid over to the 
Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, from 18th 
January 1809 to the 31st December 1867. 

Copy of Report of the Board of Trade of their Oyster 
Proceedings under the Oyster and Mussel Fisheries (74 Mussel 
Act, 1866, — 

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


Lord Robert Montagu presented, pursuant to the Cattle Plague, 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Ten 
Orders of the Lords of the Council relating to 
Cattle Plague, dated respectively— 
6th April 1868. 16th June 1868 4 


16th May ,, (2). 23rd _iéC«,, no Ge 

22nd _,, 9 ” ” 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Volunteers 
Volunteers (Maximum Establishment, &amp;c.), which (Maximum 
was presented upon the 29th day of June last, be = 


printed. No. 389, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Friendly Friendly 
Societies ( Scotland), which was presented upon the aoe 


otle Scotland.) 
Ist day of this instant July, be printed. No. 383. 


Ordered, That the Finance Accounts, which Finance 
were presented upon the 30th day of June last, be Accounts. 
printed. No. 384, 


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 hon the word “ That ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ an humble Address be presented to Her gags tnaia 
* Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Irrigation 
“ give directions, that there be laid before this ©™pary- 
* House, Copy of any further Despatches, Tele- 
“grams, and Letters between the Secretary of 
* State in Council and the Government of India 
* respecting the proposed Purchase of the Works 
“of the East India Irrigation Company, or the 
* Advance of Funds for the Works thereof, since 
* July 16, 1867,” 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. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 182,364, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers 
and the Contingent Expenses of the Admiralty 
Office. which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 3lst day of March 
1869 : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 176,064, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent Rasen of the 
Admiralty Office, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1869 :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question 7 soa That a 
Sum, not exceeding £. 163,926, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to oe the Sum necessary to defray 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Coast Guard 
Service, the Charges for the a Naval Coast 
Volunteers, and for the Royal Naval Reserve, 
which will come in course ay ent during the 
year ending on the 31st day ‘arch 1869: 

2. Whereupon 











Registration 
Bill. 








32 Victoria. 


2. Whereupon Motion made, and Question, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £. 143,926, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to com Tete the Sum necessary 
to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Coast 
Guard Service, the Charges for the Royal Naval 
Coast Volunteers, and for the Royal Naval Re- 
serve, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
13869—— put, and agreed to. 

3. £.63,565, for the Expenses of the several 
Scientific Departments of the Navy. 

4, Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.823,562, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Sihates of the Officers and the Con- 
tingent Expenses of Her 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 1869: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 823,062, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Salaries of the Officers and the 
Contingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s 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 1869 :—Motion, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


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


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

Causes, N° 1 to N° 28, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 29, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 30 to N° 34, agreed to. 

A Clause (List of Voters to be made out by Over- 
seers }—~—brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
put, and negatived. 

Another Clause (When the owner has been 
rated instead of the occupier) brought up, and 
read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
put, and negatived. 

Another Clause (Overseers may cause houses 
and buildings in streets to be marked with num- 
bers )—— brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
——put, and negatived. 

Another Clause (Notice of objection to claim of 
a lodger)——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. 

















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


Friday, 3rd July, 1868 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
sniteek, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Vot. 123. 


2nd—3rd July. 








2y 1 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at 
Two of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Rection 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt Petitions 
Practices at Elections Biil; patna 
Resolved, That thts House will, upon Monday piections Bill 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 
mittee on the Government of India Act Amend- of India Act — 
ment Bill ; — 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two ~ 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Governor 
mittee on the Governor General of Jndia Bill; —_ General of 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two 14'* Bill 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- court of 
mittee on the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; — Session (Scot- 
And a Motion being made, and the Question #4 Bill. 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 

the Chair :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Titles to Land 
mittee on the Titles to Land Consolidation (.Sco¢- Consolidation 
land) Bill ; —* 

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


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Metropolitan 
Metropolitan Police Funds [Contribution], a Re- Police Funds 
solution; which was read, as followeth: ; =” 

That it is expedient to authorize the payment, 
out of Monies to be granted by Parliament for 
that purpose, of one-fourth part of the Expenses 
of the Metropolitan Police Force, in pursuance of 
the provisions of any Act of the present Session 
relating to the Funds of the Metropolitan Police. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Police Funds Bill; —_ Police Funds 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve m. 
itself into the said Committee. 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to Land Writs 
take into consideration the Land Writs Regis- ae 
tration (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Com- &lt;tlnd) 
mittee. p 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the da being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Moulsigal Hisalieen ( Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ji), 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Contagious 
mittee on the Contagious Diseases Act (1866) MrsseyA ~— 
Amendment Bill; ment Bill. 

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


The Poor Law and Medical Inspectors (Jre- Poor Law 
land) Bill was, according to Order, read a second *4 Medical 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole jreland) Bill. 
House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic Asy- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jre/and) Accounts yey 
Audit Bill; - 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


The 


Audit Bill, 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
PP2 














292 


Railway The Railway Companies (Zreland) Advances Bill 
a was, according to Order, read the third time. 
«ed pil. tesolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Drainageand The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Jre- 
3 sais ties land) Supplemental (No. 2) Bill was, according to 
land) Su og Order, read the third time. 
mental(No.2) Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
mi. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Colonial The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mgd mittee on the Colonial Governors’ Pensions Act 
ct ° 
Amendment Amendment Bill; 
Bill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Fairs The Fairs (Metropolis) Bill was, according to 
eo) Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Clerks ofthe | The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Peace, &amp;c. into a Committee on the Clerks of the Peace, &amp;c. 
(aeiand) om. (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 Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
Turnpike The Turnpike Trusts Arrangement Bill was, 
—— ».  2Xcording to Order, read the third time. 
ments Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Poor Relief The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Waiters] into a Committee on Poor Relief [Salary of 


Auditors |. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
payment, out of monies to be provided by Parlia- 
ment for that purpose, of the Salary and Super- 
annuation Allowances of any Auditors that may 
be appointed by the Poor Law Board, in pursuance 
of the provisions of any Act of the present Ses- 
sion to make further Amendments in the Laws 
for the Relief of the Poor. 


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. 


Lands Clauses The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Consolidation mittee on the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 


Act (1845) . 

Amend (1845) Amendment Bill ; 

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

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

Wills, &amp;c. mittee on the Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill; 


(Ureland) Bill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Regulation The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bil [Lorde] mittee on the Regulation of Railways Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Two of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

Saleof Poisons The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy Act 
Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Qnd—3rd July. 






















































1868. 


The Revenue Officers Disabilities Removal Bill Revenue 
was, according to Order, read the third time. Officers 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ranondil 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the = 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Assignees 

into a Committee on the Assignees of Marine of Marine 
~olicies Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Policies Bill, 

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, proceeded to Burials (Ire. 
take into consideration the Burials (Jreland) Bill, !#n4) Bill. 
as amended in the Committee; and an Amend- 
ment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking City of 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Pondon Gas 
Lords to the City of London Gas Bill; “s 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Star Life 
the Report from the Committee on Star Life As- Qssnrance 


surance Society [ Stamp Duties on a (eeu Duties 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. on Memorials.} 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sea Fisheries 
mittee on the Sea Fisheries (Jreland) Bill ; (ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment Bill Bankruptey 
was, according to Order, read the third time. ae . 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aL 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Libel ( Ireland) Bill was, according to Order, Libel (Ire- 
read the third time. land) Bill. 
Resolved, Tha‘ 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 Consecration 
take into consideration the Reason assigned by the ph yo 
Lords for disagreeing to one of the Amendments (1367) Amend- 
made by this House to the Consecration of Church- ment Bill 
yards Act (1867) Amendment Bill; and the same ”“*1 
was aguin read. 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist on the 
Amendment to the said Bill, to which the Lords 

have disagreed; and doth agree to the Amend- 

ments made by the Lords to the Amendments by 

this House to the said Bill, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and acquaint them, that this House doth 

not insist on the Amendment to the said Bill, to 

which the Lords have disagreed; and doth agree 

to the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Amendments by this House to the said Bill, with- 

out Amendment. 


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 Thames Embank- Thames 
ment (Chelsea) Bill, with Amendments; to which (oheloee) Bill 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. ‘ 

The Lords have agreed to the Llanelly Harbour Lianelly 
Improvement Bill, with Amendments; to which aes 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. ii, 





The 





South Eastern, 


and London, 
Brighton, and 
South Coast 


panies Bill. 
London, 
Brighton, and 
South Coast 
Railway Bill. 


Duke of Rich- 
mond’s Estate! 
Bill [Lords.] 


Norwich 
Union Life 
Insurance 
Socicty Bill 
[Lords.] 


South Eastern 
and London, 
Chatham, and 
Dover (Lon- 
don, Lewes, 
and Brighton) 
Railways 
(Abandon. 
ment) Bill, 


Clyde 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Eastbourne 
Gas Bill. 


Corporation 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill, 


$2 Victoria. 


The Lords have agreed to the London, Brighton, 
and South Coast 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 the Trustees under an Act 
a in the thirty-ninth and fortieth years of 

is Majesty King George the Third, for enabling 
the Duke of Richmond for the time being to grant 
Jointures as therein mentioned, and for other pur- 
poses; to sell certain parts of the Duke of Rich- 
mond’s Settled Estates, and to invest the money to 
arise from such Sales in the purchase of other 
Estates to be settled to the same uses; and also to 
raise asum of Thirty thousand pounds by Mort- 
gage of the Settled Estates, to ie invested in the 
same manner, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


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, 3rd July, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 

M* Dodson reported from the Committee on 

the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, so as to show more accurately the ob- 
jects of the Bill, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 


made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the South 
Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover (Lon- 
don, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways( Abandonment) 
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 Clyde 
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 proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East- 
bourne 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 Helifax 
Corporation Waterworks and Improvement Bill ; 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

VoL, 123, 





Qnd—3rd July. 


The Lords have agreed to the South Eastern, 
and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway 
Companies Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Railway Com- Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 





293 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Portsmouth 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ports- a Quay 
mouth Camber Quays 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 gaint Mary- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Saint Church Local 
Mary-Church Local Board Bill; and the same 3rd 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 House proceeded to take into consideration Salford 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Salford Hundred and 
Hundred and Manchester (City) Courts of Record (cup) , 
Bill; aud the same were twice read, and agreed to. of Record 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Bill. 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. ' 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Staffordshire 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Staf- Potteries 
Ffordshire Potteries Water Bill; and the same bates 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Glerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Holywell Railway Bill was read the third Holywell 

time. Railway Bill 
Resolved That the Bill do pass. ian 
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 Duke of Richmond’s Estate Bill was read Duke of Rich- 
the first time. mond’s Estate 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa~ Bi! rds] 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. siaaene 
Vide Thirtieth 
Report. 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Chamber of 
Chamber of London, which were presented upon London. 
the 2nd day of this instant July, be printed. No, 385. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Army Army Prize 
Prize Money, which was presented upon the 2nd Money. 


day of this instant July, be printed. No. 386. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Oyster and Oyster and 
Mussel Fisheries, which was presented upon the erga a 


2nd day of this instant July, be printed. No. 387 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Cape Cape of Good 
of Good Hope Mails, which was presented upon #°Pe Mails. 
the 1st day of this instant July, be printed. No. 365. 


Lord Robert Montagu presented, by Her Ma- Education 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Fifteenth Report of (Science and 
the Science and Art Department of the Committee “* 
of Council on Education. 

= That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


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 1868. No. 6, 1868. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty, the The Danube. 
Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of the French, 





the King of Jtaly, the King of Prussia, in the 
PP3 name 











294, 3rd 


name of the North German Confederation, and the 
Sultan, for a Guarantee of a Loan to complete 
the Works at the Sulina Mouth and Branches of 
the Danube. Signed at Galatz, April 30, 1868. 

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


Railways Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty's 
(Ireland. ) Command,—A Paper, intituled, Railways (Jreland) 
Commission :—Sections, &amp;c. : 
I. Gradient Sections of Railways completed 
and carrying Traffic : 
II. Sections of Rails showing the prevailing 
Type of the various Companies : 
III. Sections of Canals and River Navigations : 
IV. Standard Types of Locomotive Engines. 
Tea, Coffee, Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented,—Return to 
&amp;e. an Order, dated the 8th day of June last, for Re- 
turns relative to Tea, Coffee, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Army (Non- Sir John Pakington presented,—Return to an 
purchase Address to Her edoae, dated the 2nd day of 
— this instant July, for Returns relative to the Army 
(Non-purchase Corps). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Merchant Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an 
pone’ A Order, dated the 15th day of June last, for an 
0. 389. 


Account relative to Merchant Shipping. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Petit Juries Mr. Attorney General for Ireland reported from 


eg Bill. the Select Committee on the Petit Juries (Jreland) 
Sa ton Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, and made 
Bill 209, Amendments thereunto; and had amended the 
Title, as followeth: “A Bill to amend the Law 

relating to Petit Juries in Ireland.” 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to 

make a Special Report. 
(Special Mr. Attorney General for Ireland reported from 
pl the said Committee ; That they had agreed to the 
0. 390. 


following Special Report : 

“ That owing to the late period of the Session, 
your Committee have thought it inexpedient to 
consider any other Clauses of the Bill than those 
they have reported to the House, but think it 
necessary to express their unanimous opinion that 
the whole matter should be referred to a Select 
Committee early in the ensuing Session.” 

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


Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 26th day of June last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair (for Committee on the Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle Market 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 
‘the proposal to pass a permanent law, requiring 
** that in order to prevent the introduction of the 
“ Cattle Plague into this country from abroad, all 
*‘ foreign cattle and other animals imported into 
* the Port of London, shall be landed at one pre- 
* scribed spot, and shall not be removed thence 
* alive, ought not to be considered apart from the 
“ general policy of imposing legal restrictions on 
“the foreign cattle trade in other ports of the 
* United Kingdom,” 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. 


a 





July. 1868. 


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,{ 44" ot 1 19. 
Tellers for the N oes,{ hag — e, } 294. 


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 ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Registration 
take into consideration the Registration Bill, as Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Application of certain Rating Sections 
4 ~ eee was twice read, and made part of the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 
mittee on the Government of India Act Amend- °F India Act 
. 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- Governor 
mittee on the Governor General of Jndia Bill; = Generalof 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday India Bill. 
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 ion the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House doth agree with the Resolu- Writs of 
“tion passed by this House on the 19th day of Error. 
* November 1689, and doth re-affrm that a Writ 
“of Error for the reversal of a Judgment in 
** Misdemeanor, Felony, or Treason is the right 
** of the subject, and ought to be granted at ‘his 
“ desire, and is not an act of Grace or Favour 
*‘ which may be denied or granted at Pleasure,” 
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. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.87,615, 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 
1869, for the Establishments of China, Japan, 
and Siam: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, 
and ask leave to sit again:— Motion, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Original Question again proposed : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Item of £. 6,000, for the Envoy 
and Chief Superintendent in China, be reduced by 
the Sum ~ £.2,000 :— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question again proposed : 

Whereupon Motion” e, and Question, That 
the Item of £.500, for Salary of the Vice cane 

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$2 Vicroria. 


at Taku, be omitted from the proposed Vote—— 
put, and negatived. . 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.36,314, 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 
1869, for the Extraordinary Expenses of Her 
Majesty’s Embassies and Missions Abroad : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 33,814, 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 


1869, for the Extraordinary Expenses of Her | 


Majesty’s Embassies and Missions Abroad —— 
put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 52,950, 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 
1869, for the Salaries and Allowances of Go- 
vernors, &amp;c., and for other Expenses in certain 
Colonies : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


4, £.3,072, to complete the Sum for the Orange | 


River Territory (Cape uf Good Hope), and the 
Island of Saint Helena. 

5. £.9,231, to complete the Sum for the Emi- 
gration Board. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Saturday, 4th July, 1868 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

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. 


Ecclesiastical The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
nee take into consideration the Ecclesiastical Com- 
™ missioners Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
Turnpike Acts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Continuance, mittee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. Bill. Bill * 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means, mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the'said Committee. 
Indorsing of The Indorsing of Warrants Bill was, according 


Warrants Bill. to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Supply. Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : : 

Ganiralty 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 182,364, be 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent 
Vou. 123. 


penses of the 


3rd—4th July. 


295 


| Admiralty Office, which will come in course of 

| payment during the year ending on the 3lst day 

| of March 1869. 

| 2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 143,926, be Coast Guard 


- - 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum *etvice, &amp;e. 


'necessary 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 pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1869. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 63,565, be Scientific 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of Departments, 
_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 3lst day of March 1869. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.823,562, be Dockyards, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum *°,*%* Home 
| necessary to defray the Salaries of the Officers and “"® “""°"*" 
_the Contingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Dock- 
|yards and Naval Yards, at Home and Abroad, 
| which will come in course of payment during the 
| year ending on the 31st day of March 1869. 
| The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 


| 
| were agreed to. 


( 
| 
into a Committee on the Metropolitan Police 
Funds 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolitan 
olice Funds 
Bill. 





The Land Writs Registration (Scotland) Bill Land Writs 
| was, according to Order, read the third time. Reghtteten 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


(Scotland) 
Bil. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor. Law 

into a Committee on the Poor Law and Medical = — 
Inspectors (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time (Ireland) Bill. 
| 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- Colonial 
mittee on the Colonial Governors’ Pensions Act &amp;overnors’ 
Amendment Bill; Tunatene Aas 

3 Amendment 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fairs 
into a Committee on the Fairs (Metropolis) Bill; ‘ ta 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker on 
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 House, according to Order, proceeded to Clerks of the 

take into consideration the Clerks of the Peace, Peace, &amp;c. 

&amp;c. (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. ‘!*e!#n¢) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Poor Relief 
Poor Relief [Salary of Auditors], a Resolution ; [S#lary of 
which was read, as followeth: Avtieng 

That it is expedient to authorize the payment, 
out of Monies to be provided by Parliament for 

PP 4 that 























Investment of 
Trust Funds 
Supplemental 
Bill. 


Probate of 
Wills, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Assignees 
of Marine 
Policies Bill. 


Burials (Ire- 
jand) Bill. 


Star Life 
Assurance 
Society 
[Stamp Duties 
on Memorials. } 


Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill, 


Labouring 


Dwelling 
Houses Act 





296 


that purpose, of the Salary and Superannuation 
Allowances of any Auditors that may be appointed 
by the Poor Law Board, in pursuance of the pro- 
visions of any Act of the present Session to make 
further Amendments in the Laws for the Relief of 
the Poor. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Investment of Trust Funds Supplemental 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Assignees of Marine Policies 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The Burials (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. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Star Life Assurance Society [Stamp Duties on 
Memorials], a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth: 

That in lieu of the Stamp Duties which would 
have been payable upon Deeds or Assurances 
which would have been required in order from time 
to time, as often as any new Trustee or ‘l'rustees 
of the Society zhould have been appointed, to vest 
the said Annuities, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, 
Hereditaments, Property, Effects, or Monies, in 
the Trustees for the time being of the Society, 
there shall be raised and levied for the use of Her 
Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, the Stamp 
Duties following (that is to say): 

For and upon the first Memorial enrolled, 
from which Memorial the Names of the 
Persons who shall be deemed, held, and 
taken to be the Trustees of the Society 
shall appear, the Sum of Five Pounds ; 

And for and upon every other such Memorial 
in which the Name or Names of any Per- 
son or Persons shall for ,the first time be 
inserted as a Trustee or Trustees of the 
Society, the like Sum of Five Pounds. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Star Life Assurance Socicty Bill, 
that they have power to make provision therein 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 26th day of June last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do 
now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Metro- 

olitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

ill Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Monies advanced or agreed to be 
advanced by the Public Works Loan Commis- 
sioners under the authority of the Labouring 


3rd—Ath July. 


| 





1868. 


Classes Dwelling Houses Act, 1866; distinguish- 
ing the Amount of each Loan; the Nature and 
Value of the Security ; the Name and Address of 
the Person to whom the Money has been advanced 
or agreed to be advanced, and, in the case of 
Societies or Companies, the Name and Address of 
the Chairman; the Locality of the Buildings to be 
erected with the Money, and the Number of 
Rooms or Tenements in each case. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Bristol Writ, 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Bristol, in the room of 
John William Miles, 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 “ no Writ be issued for the City of 
* Bristol until seven days after the Evidence 
* taken before the Election Committee for that 
** City shall have been in the hands of Members,” 
instead thereof. 

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


Mr. 5 Sev 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 Drainage Pro- Drainage 
visional Order Confirmation Bill, without any Provisional 


Order Con- 
Amendment. firmation Bill, 


The Lords haveagreed to the Inclosure (No. 2) Inclosure 
Bill, without any Amendment. (No, 2) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern- Local Govern- 
ment Supplemental (No. 4) Bill, without any ment Supple- 


Amendment. mene (No. 4) 
lil, 


The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern- Local Govern. 
ment Supplemental (No. 5) Bill, without any ment Supple- 


Amendment. or 5) 
lil. 


The Lords have agreed to the Dartford Water partfora 
Bill, without any Amendment. Water Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment focal Govern- 
made by this House to the Amendment made by ment Supple- 
their Lordships to the Local Government Supple- — ma 
mental (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Aberdeen, Harbour Aberdeen 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Harbour Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the North British north British 
Railway (General Powers) Bill, with Amend- Railway 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence sana . 

° ‘owers) Bill. 
of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act salmon 
to amend the Law relating to Salmon Fisheries Fisheries 
in Scotland; to which the Lords desire the con- Gill [Lorde] 
currence of this House. 


The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill was read Saimon 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Fisheries 


time upon Monday next; and to be printed. Crt Lorca) 


And then the House, having continued to sit Bill 210. 


till a quarter of an hour before Two of 


the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned 
till Monday next. 





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6th 


32 Vicroria. 


Monday, 6th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


Bradford RDERED, That the Amendments made 

Waterworks by the Lords to the Bradford Waterworks 

a and Improvement Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 

Lianelly The House proceeded to take into consideration 

ol the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lianelly 

Improvemen* Harbour 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, thas this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

Llynvi Valley © The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Gas Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Llynvi 
Valley 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. 

London, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
em oe the Amendments made by the Lords to the Zon- 
Railway Bill. don, Brighton, and South Coast 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. 


South Eastern Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
~ — 4 Lords to the South Eastern and London, Brighton, 
South Coast’ and South Coast Railway Companies Bill be 
Railway Com- taken into consideration upon Thursday next. 
panies Bill. 
Thames The House proceeded to take into consideration 
omg the Amendments made by the Lords to the Thames 
(Chelsea) Bil. Ty mbankment (Chelsea) 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. 
Greenock The Greenock and Ayrshire Railway: Bill was 
= com 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. 

mee A and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
den Balen the Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway Bill, as 


Bill [Lord,] amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Belfast Central 
lway 
(Lords. } 


' The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill the Belfast Central Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Weterford The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Saltwey Eon the Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill. 
(Lords. } Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


— The Cambrian Railways (Revived Line to Dol- 
(Revives Line 7¢lly) Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


to Dolgelly) Ordered, That Standing Order 202 be suspended 

Bill |Lords.) in the case of the said Bill, provided the Committee 
on the Bill do not proceed with the consideration 
thereof before Seeley next. 


Vou. 123. 


July. 


297 


presented, and Public 
able. Petitions. 


Vide Thirtieth 
Report. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Metropolitan 
Returns from the Metropolitan Board of. Works, me of 
in continuation of Table of Sums expended an- °” 
nually upon each Work, of Return No. 17, of the 
29th day of November 1867, up to the Ist day of 
July 1868, with a Terminal Column of the Total 
Sum spent upon each Work to the above Date: 
Of the Sums received from the several Pa- 
rishes, Vestries, or District Boards, &amp;c. from the 
Date of the Return No. 17, of the 29th day of 
November 1867, to the Ist day of July 1868 : 
And, of the same from Fire Brigade Precepts. 


Several Public Petitions were 
read; and ordered to lie upon the T 











Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank Notes. 
a Return of the Bank Notes issued by the Issue 
Department of the Bank of England in each Week, 
from the 21st day of February 1867 to the 24th 
day of June 1868, showing the Amount remaining 
in the Banking Department in each Week, an 
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 Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 103, of Session 1867). 





Resoived, That an humble Address be presented — 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased \ : 
to give directions, that there be laid before this on 
House, Copies of the Act lately passed in South 
Australia, “ to consolidate and amend the Laws 
relating to Marriages in the Province of South 
Australia” : And, of the Despatch of the Secre- 
tary of State to the Officer administering the 
Government of the Colony relating to the Act. 

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





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Duke of Rich- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private ™ond’s Estate 
Bills; That in the case of the Duke of Richmond’s Be (Levds.) 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Grand Grand Jury 
Jury Presentments (Ireland) have Power to re~- Fresentinonte 
port their Observations thereupon to the House, “"e***) 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken N®- 392. 
before them. 

The O’Conor Don 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 Appendix. 

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


A Petition of Francis William Mount, of No. Seabrook 
17, Gracechurch-street, in the City of London, Harbour and 
Solicitor, was presented, and read; setting forth, on 
that the Petitioner is the Attorney for the Plaintiff 
in a Cause now pending in Her Majesty’s Court 
of Common Pleas, between Sir William Foster, 
Baronet, Plaintiff, and William Alexander Mac- 
kinnon, Defendant; that it is necessary for the 
support of the Plaintiff's case, that the Petition 
for leave to bring in a Bill for the Seabrook Har- 
bour and Docks Act, 1867, deposited in the Journal 
Office of the House, should be produced on the 
trial of the said Cause; and praying that leave 
may be given to the proper Officer to attend at the 
said Court with the said Petition. 


Ordered, That leave be given to the proper 








Officer to attend accordingly. 


QQ Lord 











Education. 


London 
ration) 
Gas Bill. 


{Co 


East India 
Irrigation 
Company. 


Extradition. 
No. 393. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty Board. to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 


Parishes. 





298 6th 


Lord Robert Montagu presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Com- 
mittee of Council on Biessticn, with Appendix, 
1867-1868. 

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


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Metropolis Gas Bills; That they 
had proceeded to examine the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the London (Corporation ) Gas 
Bill, but that the Parties promoting the said Bill 
had stated to the Committee that it was not their 
intention to proceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be olan pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any further Despatches, Tele- 
rams, and Letters between the Secretary of State 
in Council and the Government of India respect- 
ing the proposed Purchase of the Works of the 
East India Irrigation Company, or the Advance 
of Funds for the Works thereof since July 16th, 
1867. 
Ordered, That 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 Extra- 
dition have Power to report their Opinion there- 
upon to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Bouverie reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, 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. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 


give leave to the Lord Bishop of Oxford and the 
Lord Bishop of Carlisle to attend to be examined 
as Witnesses before the Select Committee on 
Queen Anne’s Bounty Board: And that the Clerk 
do carry the said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Parishes in which 
Alterations have been made in respect of the 
Number or Accommodation of Schools aided b 
Parliamentary Grants, giving the Average Attend. 
ance in each new or altered School, completed to 
the 3lst day of December 1868 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 114, of the present 
Session), as per annexed Schedule :— 





County. 


Original or Mother Parish. 


Poor Law Parish, Township, or Place, 























2 Schools aided by Parliamentary Grants. 

$3 
ee 

4 - 

agi. Accommoda- 

&gt; e £ er tas tion at Ten | Average Attendance, 

&gt; a = Schools Square Feet 

os . : per Child, 

as 

oA a ; 

&amp; © 8 3 ao i) 

ae E GT 1P (Lk | ew ectcn| SO 

&amp; a S .| B . | receiving ivi 

S2/sia|* | 8a | Bs | ‘Anon | Sone 
S$-\/5!168/|2 £ $¢ | Grants. Grants. 
=&amp; |p 2zi¢ 26 Eo 

é o}|S] wo E a 8 sd 
ss |/3)E) 83 cE 35 | : 
Pe 3 E io 2 nS Day.| Night. |Day.| Night. E 
a |8 2 |4 |6 4 


























July. 














1868, 


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

















































Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Cost per Officer, Soldier, 
and Horse of each Arm of the Service of the 
United Kingdom, as per Estimates 1868-9, accord- 
ing to the Tabular Form of the French “ Budget 
Général des dépenses du Ministére de la Guerre 
ya Exercise 1847,” page 768 bis, now in the 

ibrary of 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. 


Mr. Adderley presented,—Return to an Address South Sea 


to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of April last, Islanders 
for a Return relative to South Sea cokes er 


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


Lord Henry Lennox presented, by Her Ma- Navy 
jesty’s Command,— Copy of Memoranda by Lieu- =stimates. 
tenant Colonel Clarke, R.., Director of Works, No. 394, 
explanatory of Vote 11 of Navy Estimates, 

1868-69. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 

Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Friendly 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table ee, 
by the Clerk of the House,—Report of the Regis- 
trar of Friendly Societies in England. 

Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Charitable 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Twenty-third ey ll 
Annual Report of the Commissioners of Charitable (Ireland.) 
Donations and Bequests for Lreland. 

. ee, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Aliens. 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of 
June last, for Returns relative to Aliens. 

Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to Cattle Disease 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of — aah, 
two Orders in Council issued under the Provisions =~ 
of the Cattle Disease (Ireland) Act, 1866. 

. —- That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Thames 
Order, dated the 29th day of June last, for a Re- ee 
turn relative to the Zhames Embankment and posi Street. 
Horse Guards Street. 

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


Ordered, That that the Return relative to Tea, Tea, Coffee, 
Coffee, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 3rd &amp;«- 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 395. 


Ordered, That that the Return relative to the Army (Non- 
Army (Non-purchase Corps) which was presented ry 
upon the 3rd day of this instant July, be printed. we. 396. 

Ordered, That the first three Orders of the day orders of 
be postponed till after the Order of the day for the the Day. 
Third Reading of the Registration Bill. 


The Registration Bill was, according to Order, Registration 
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. ihe 
e 












Election 
Petitions 

and Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections Bill. 


82 Vicrorta. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Election Petitions and 
Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


CrauseE, N°5 (To whom and by whom Election 
Petition may be presented). 

Question again proposed, That the Clause stand 
part of the Bull. 

Question put ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Noel, 

Yeas, \Mr. Whitmore: 

Tellers for the) Mr. Bouverie, 1 127 

Noes, (Mr. Bonham-Carter : by 

CrauseE, N°6 (Regulations as to presentation 
of Election Petition). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 6, to leave out 
from the word “ relates” to the word “ payment” 
inclusive, in 1. 13. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 16, 
after the word “ prescribed” to insert the words 
“ and by sending a copy thereof, within the pre- 
“scribed time, to the returning officer of the 
“ borough or county to which the Petition relates, 
“ who shall forthwith publish the same.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted :-— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 27, 
after the words “ amount of” to insert the words 
* not less than.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

CuauseE, N° 7(Recognizance may be objected to). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ and the respondent making any 


} 204. 








* such objection shall be required to serve notice | 
“ of it on the Petitioner, or on all the Petitioners | 


‘‘ if more than one, within the prescribed time not 
* exceeding five days.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Amendment made to the said proposed Amend- 
ment. 

Question put, That the words, as amended, be 
there added ; 

The Committee — ae 

Mr. Mill, 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Viscount Amberley : J 8 
| 8 


Tellers for the Noes,} a aa a 


— 
° 


5. 


Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N°8 (Determination ct objection to 
Recognizance). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 4, to leave out 
from the word “ manner” to the word “ sufficient ” 
inclusive, in l. 9. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p.4, 1. 12, 
after the word “ mentioned” to insert the words 
“or if proof be not given in manner prescribed 
“ that the notice of the presentation of the Peti- 
“ tion and of the nature of the proposed security 
“ has been duly served as hensheleallaes provided.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

CuauseE, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 

CrausE, N° 10 (Clause A. Appointment of 
Judges for Trial of Election Petitions). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 26, to leave 





out from the word “ exceeding” to the end of the 
Clause. 
= Question put, That the word “ two” stand part 
of the Clause; 

Vou. 123. 


6th—7th July. 











299 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the s Mr. Whitmore, 1 


Yeas, 1 Mr. Noel: f bes 
Tellers for the { Mr. Ayrton, lise6 
Noes, Mr. Russell Gurney: fr 


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 Thursday 
next, again 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 “ in order to ensure economy in our Ex- 
“ —— on Warlike Stores, it is advisable to 
* have an annual Statement laid upon the Table 
** of this House, showing the Quantity and Value 
* of each description of Stores in the possession of 
** the Troops, or in the Arsenals and Storehouses, 
* the Quantity issued and consumed during each 
“ year, and the replacements in consequence of a 
“change of pattern or of the ordinary annual 
* consumption; that in order to prevent the ma- 
** nufacture of Warlike Stores becoming a mere 
** monopoly in the hands of the Government Esta- 
“ blishments it is advisable to purchase a certain 
** proportion of the articles required for Military 
** purposes from the private trade; and to ensure 
“ accuracy of Accounts, economy of Production, 
** and fair comparison of Government with Trade 
** Prices, the Manufacturing Departments shall be 
“ treated as private Firms, the Government pur- 
“ chasing the articles required at remunerative 
** Prices, to be provided from. Army and other 
** Votes, and the capital charges of the Establish- 
* ments (whether for Buildings, Plant, or Work- 
“ing Capital) being provided by Advances at 
** Interest made by the Public Works Loan Com- 
** missioners,” 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 Tuesday morning ; 


Tuesday, 7th July, 1868: 


The said proposed Amendment and Motion 
were severally, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

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 Poor Relief Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Portpatrick and Belfast and County Down 
Railway Companies Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed toa Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Buildings 


and Glebes (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time &amp;'* 


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. 
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Supply. 


Warlike 
Stores. 


Poor Relief 
Bill [ Lords. } 


Portpatrick 
and Belfast 
and County 
Down Railway 
Companies 
Bill. 


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Court of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
pce som A into a Committee on the Court of Justiciary 
oy - ( Scotland) Bill ; and, after some time spent there- 
in, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dodson reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and amended the Title, as fol- 
aan 
A Bill to amend the Procedure in the Court of 
Justiciary and other Criminal Courts in Scot/and. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
Promissory The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Oaths Bill mittee on the Promissory Oaths Bill; 
(Lords. Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Gaenaiiies. 
General The General Police and Improvement (Scotland) 
Policeand = Act Amendment Bill was, according to Order, 
Improvement 


(Scotland) Act Tead a second time; and committed to a Com- 


Amcniment mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 
Inland The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Revenue Bill. Reading of the Inland Revenue Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Municipal The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
aietent&gt; into a Committee on the Municipal Elections 


Bill. ( Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 


Bill 211. 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. 
Urilered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
Contagious The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Visease Act. into a Committee on the Contagious Diseases Act 
em ~(1866) 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. 
Lunatic Asy- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a (Ireland) mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Ac- 

ccounts . . 

Audit Bi counts Audit Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 
Petit Juries The House, according. to Order, resolved itself 


irelnnd) Bill. into @ Committee on the Petit Juries (Irelund) 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
pe 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. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,615, 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 1869, for the Establishments of 
China, Japan, and Siam. 

Embassies 2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 36,314, be 
and Missions oranted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 


Supply. 


China, Japan, 
and Siam. 


meeene cessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3lst day of March 1869, for the Extraordinary 
Expenses of Her Majesty’s Embassies and Mis- 
sions Abroad. 

Governors, &amp;c. 3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 52,950, be 

(Colonies. ) 


6th—Tth July. 


‘mittee on the Governor General of Jndia Bill ; 





1863. 


granted to Her Majesty, to “pe 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 1869, for the Salaries and Al- 
lowances of Governors, &amp;c., and for other Expenses 
in certain Colonies. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,072, be Orange River 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Territory 
cessary to defray the Charge which will come in aes — 
course of payment during the year ending on the st. Helena, 
31st day of March 1869, for the Orange River 
Territory (Cape of Good Hope), and the Island o 
Saint Helena. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,231, be Emigration, 
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 1869, for the Emigration Board 
and Emigration Officers at the different Ports of 
this Kingdom, and for certain other Expenses con- 
nected with Emigration. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lands Clauses 
mittee on the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act yy 
(1845) Amendment Bill; Amendment 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. _ Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 
mittee on the Government of India Act Amend- phe se 
ment Bill; Lill, 

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- Governor 
General of 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- nines 


day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill was, ac- Ecclesiastical 
cording to Order, 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 Order of the being read, for the Com- Turnpike Acts 

mittee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c, Continuance, 

Bill ; &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- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Indorsing &lt; 

into a Committee on the Indorsing of Warrants W*'tants *™ 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
ported, That the Committtee 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, proceeded to Metropotitan 
take into consideration the Metropolitan Police Police Funds 
Funds Bill, as amended in the Committee. pil. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Poor Law and Medical Inspectors ( Zreland) Poor lev 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. rooman 
Resulved, That the Bill do pass. (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. _ 
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32 Vicroria. 


Colonial The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Gevernore , mittee on the Colonial Governors’ Pensions Act 
anand Amendment Bill ; 
ill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Fairs The Fairs (Metropolis) Bill was, according to 
(Metropolis) Order, read the third time. 
a Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
clrksofthe The Clerks of the Peace, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill 
Peace, &amp;c. = was, according to Order, read the third time. 
(Ireland) Bill. Resulved, That the Bill do pass. 


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


Metropolitan | The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Foreign Cattle the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
Market Bil. non the 26th day of June last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do 
now leave the Chair (for Committee un the Metro- 
politan Foreign Cattle Market Bill); 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


sileof@oisons The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
and Pharmacy mittee on the Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy Act 
la ~ Amendment Bill; 
-|Lords.} Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
; itself into the said Committee. 
city of London The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Gus Bill, take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the City of Zondon Gas 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. 
Assignees The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
of Marine take into consideration the Assignees of Marine 
Policies Bill. Policies Bill, as amended .in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Two of the clock. 
Salmon The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Fisheries Reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill; 
poset) Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Word] this da 
y: 
Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
tke Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 


their Clerks, as followeth : 
Saint Ives and ‘The Lords have agreed to the Suint Ives and 
West Coruwall West Cornwall Junction Railway Bill, without 
eg any Amendment. 


Railway Bill, 

Sea Fisheries The Lords have agreed to the Amendment 

Bil. made by this House to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships to the Sea Fisheries Bill, without 
any Amendment. 

Judgments The Lords have agreed to the Judgments 
sansion Extension Bill, with Amendments; to which 
: the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
Derby Water ‘The Lords have agreed to the Derby Water Bill, 
Bill with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 

the concurrence of this House. 
Brecon and The Lords have agreed to the Brecon and 
mete Ty aii Merthyr Tydfil J unction Railway Bill, with 
Railway Bil, Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 


currence of this House. 
Hamp's Estate The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
i(Lords.) to carry into effect an Arrangement approved in 
the Suits of Hump v. Hamp, Hamp v. Robinson, 
and Hump v. Bolt, now depending in the High 
Vou. 123. 





6th—7Tth July. 





301 


Court of Chancery for the purpose of compromising 
certain opposing Claims; to the Real Estates of 
Francis Hump, Tate of Bacton Villa, in the Parish 
of Bacton, in the County of Hereford, Esquire, 
and for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ware 
to extend and amend Ward Jackson’s Estate Act, ee 
1853, and for other purposes; to which the Lords [ Lords,j 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Aberdeen 
to provide for the vesting and management of Torn Council 
certain Funds held in trust by the Town Council — 
of Aberdeen, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Golden Bridge 
a Copy of the Representations made to the Lords (Dublin 
Justices in Council in Jre/and by the Military 
Secretary to the General Commanding the Forces 
in Ireland, and by the Secretary of State for War, 
relating to Golden Bridge Cemetery, Dublin, of 
the 9th day of June last. 


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

to empower certain Public Departments to pay sien 
otherwise than to Executors or Administrators 4 
small Sums due on account of Pay or Allowances 
to Persons deceased: And that Mr. Sclater-Booth 
and Mr. Secretary Guthorne Hurdy do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Registration 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill (Ireland.) 


to amend the Law of Registration in Ireland: 
And that the Earl of Mayo and Mr. Attorney 
General for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
Returns of the Names of the Unions in England Toate 
and Wales, showing in which of them the Valua- Lists.) 
tion Lists have been completely revised, and 
returned approved of, up to April 1868 ; together 
with the Total Amount of the Rateable Value 
upon which the Contributions to the Common 
Fund were calculated at Lady Day 1867, and the 
Amount of the Rateable Value, as settled by the 
Assessment Committee, in the Lists in force in 
April 1868, with the difference between the two: 

Of the Amount of the Expenses incurred in 
each Union in respect of these Lists during the 
_ ending at April 1868 (in continuation of Par- 
iamentary Paper, No. 495, of Session 1866); the 
Amount paid to the Clerk of the Assessment Com- 
mittee being shown separately : Of the Number 
of Appeals for the year ending at Lady Day 1868 
which have been made against the Valuation Lists 
under Section thirty-two of the Union Assessment 
Committee Act, and the Number of Cases in 
which the Valuation Lists were altered on Ap- 
eal: —— And, of the Number of Appeals which 
ave been made to the Quarter Sessions against 
Rates made upon Valuations finally approved of 
by the Committee after notice to the Committee ; 
and the Number of Cases in which such Rates 
were altered on Appeal during the same period. 








Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to empower Public 

certain Public Departments to pay otherwise than Departments 
ee Pay ments Bill. 

to Executors or Administrators small Sums due on Bill 
account of Pay or Allowances to Personsdeceased: ' sae 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and 
to be printed. 


The Earl of Mayo presented a Bill to amend Registration 
the Law of Registration in Ireland: And the same “!*¢!#"4) Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a - Bill 213. 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, Danube 
upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Com- Works Loan, 
Q@Q3 mittee : 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Savile Estate 
(Extension of 
Powers) Bill 

[Lords.] 


Ward 

Jackson’s 

Estate Bill 
Lords. | 


Aberdeen 
Town Council 
Bill [Lords.] 


Savile Estate 
(Extension of 
Powers) Bill 
{Lords.] 


Judgments 
Extension Bill. 


Aberdeen 
Harbour Bill. 


North British 
way 

(General 

Powers) Bill. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 

and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


302 


mittee to consider of the expediency of guarantee- 
ing the Interest and Sinking Fund of a Loan to be 
contracted by the European Commission on the 
Danube ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That 
Her Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 

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

Ordered, That the Copy of Convention for a 
Guarantee of a Loan to complete the Works at 
the Sulina Mouth and Branches of the Danube, 
signed at Galatz, 30th April 1868, which was 
presented upon the 3rd day of this instant July, be 
referred to the Committee. 


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 Act 
to extend the Powers contained in the Will of the 
Right Honourable John Savile Lumley Savile, 
Earl of Scarborough, deceased, and in the “Savile 
Estate Leasing Act, 1861”, with respect to certain 
Estates in the County of York, part of the Savile 
Estates devised by or subject to the Trusts of the 
said Will, and for other purposes ; and of which 
the Short Title is “ Savile Estate (Extension of 
Powers) Act, 1868”; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


Ward Jachson’s Estate Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Aberdeen Town Council Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Savile Estate (Extension of Powers) Bill 
was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Judgments Extension Bill be taken 
into consideration this day, at Two of the clock. 


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, 7th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


4 hem House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Aberdeen 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 
omy to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the North 
British Railway (General 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, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 


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1868. 


the Lords to the Bradford Waterworks and Im- 
provement Bill; and the same were twice read, and, 
with Amendments to several of them, agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, 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. mes South 
ensington 
New Road 
Bill (Lords.] 
The Domvile Estate Bill was read a second Domvile 
time ; and committed. Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 
Hamp’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Hamp’s 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. [ Lords.) 


Mr. Dodson reported the Ardmore Harbour Bill, Ardmore 
without Amendment. Harbour Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, '°"*] 


Mr. Dodson reporied the Bristol and North So- Bristol ana 
merset Railway Bill, with Amendments. North Somer. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Bill (Lord) 
and be printed. 


. 
Mr. Dodson reported the Lambeth Market Bill, Lambeth 
without Amendment. Market Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ‘4°! 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on the star Life 
Star Life Assurance Society Bill; That they had Assurance 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble Cords we 
of the Bill; and amended the same by striking 
out the words “ very successfully, and for the 
*‘ benefit of the public:” and found the same as 
amended, to be true; and had made provision in 
the Bill pursuant to the Instruction of the House ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 
Vide Thirtieth 
Report. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Friendly Friendly 
Societies, which was presented upon the 6th day of Societies. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 397. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Aliens, Aliens, 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this in- No, 398. 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That Return relative to the Thames Thames 
Embankment and Horse Guards Street, which was 7 
presented upon the 6th day of this instant July, Guards Street. 


be printed. No. 399. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings Savings 
Banks, which was presented upon the 26th day of Banks. 
June last, be printed. No, 400, 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, — Return to an Railways 
Order, dated the 24th day of June last, for a Re- (Ireland.) 
turn relative to Railways (Ireland). 

. — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr, Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an Merchant 
Order, dated the 25th of June last, for Returns Shipping. 
relative to Merchant Shipping. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of June Merchant 
last, for a Return relative to Merchant Ships. Ships. 

Return to an Order dated the 2nd day of this Garonne 
instant July, for Returns relative to the Garonne Steamer. 
Steamer. 

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

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32 Vicrorta. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Public Schools 
Bill. into a Committee on the Public Schools Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Causes, N° 17 to N° 19, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 20 (Powers of Special Commis- 
sioners). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 10, 1. 38, after the 
word “ Commissioners” to insert the words “ but 
“ no statute or scheme proposing the repeal of any 
“ Act of Parliament, or the alteration of the pro- 
‘ visions or application thereof, shall have effect 
“ until the same has been submitted to Parliament 
“in a Bill, to be introduced by Her Majesty’s 
* Ministers within two months after the com- 
“ mencement of the then next Session of Parlia- 
« ment, and such Bill shall have been enacted.” 

Question, That those words be thereinserted —— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 


CiauseE, N° 21 (Clause A. Scheme for appro- 
priation of estate to Westminster. School). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 11, 
after the word “ management” to insert the words 
“ for granting an annuity of the like amount.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted. 
put, and negatived. 

Other Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 28, 
to leave out from the words “ governing body” to 
the end of the Clause. 

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. 


Cause, N* 22, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravusss, N° 23 to N° 25, agreed to. 
Ciause, N* 26, amended, and agreed to. 
CiauseE, N° 27, postponed. 


Cause, N° 28 (Saving Clause as to interested 
parties). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 15, 1. 7, after the 
word “ thereof” to insert the words “ Provided, 
“ That nothing herein contained shall give to any 
“ member of any of the said governing bodies any 
“ claim to compensation in respect of any right of 
‘ presentation, either joint or several, so far as the 
“same might, but for this Act, have been exer- 
“cised in favour of any other person besides 
“ himself.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravuses, N° 29 to N° 33, agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 27, disagreed to. 

A Clause (Annual examinations by Inspectors) 
— 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. 

Another Clause (In the statutes to be made 
under this Act, for every school to which this Act 
pane provision shall be made for the education 
of any boy, as a day scholar, who may be residing 
within three miles of the school with a parent or 
relative within the fourth degree of relationship, 
consanguinity, or affinity, or with his guardian, 
and who may be proved by a preliminary exami- 
nation to be in other respects fit to be educated at 
such school: Provided, That every such boy may 
be required to pay a reasonable sum for his edu- 
cation not exceeding that paid by boarders)—— 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time; 

VoL. 123. 





7th July. 





The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, {srr Pine \ 40. 
Tellers for the N 008,{ Me ne } 96. 


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 upon Thursday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Regulation] 
mittee on the Regulation of Railways Bill ; Bill [Lorde] 

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


The Assignees of Marine Policies Bill was, ac- Assignees 
cording to Order, read the third time. pr woe 
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 Judgments 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Extension 
the Lords to the Judgments 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 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of ‘he Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Pontypool, Caer- Pontypool, 
leon, and Newport Railway Bill, without any Caerleon, 


d 
Amendment. Railway. i, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Greenock 
made by this House to the Greenock and Ayrshire #4 Ayrshire 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment. ti vordey vag 


The Lords have agreed to the Great Western Great Western 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the ®!way Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint Leonard Saint Leonard 
and Saint Mary Magdalen Church Districts Bill, {74 Ssint is 
with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire the jen Church 
concurrence of this House. Districts Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Liquidation 
to facilitate Liquidation in certain cases of Bank- Bil! (Lords.] 
ruptecy Arrangement and Winding-up; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Special Special and 
and Common Juries have Power to report their = 
Observations thereupon to the House, together N ; 401 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before ~“°” ” 
them. 

Viscount Enfield 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- 

endix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage id been brought from the Lords by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Vagrant Act-Vagrant Act 
Amendment Bill, without any Amendment. —— 


The Lords have agreed to the Boundary Bill, Boundary 
with an Amendment; to which the Lords desire Bill. 
the concurrence of this House. 
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304 


Representa- The Lords have agreed to the Representation 
of the People of the People (Scotland) Bill, with Amendments ; 
—- to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to afford greater Facilities for the Ministrations of 
Army Chaplains; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House, 


Army 
Chaplains 
Bill | Lords.} 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee. ) 


1. £.67,380, to complete the Sum for the British 
Museum. 

2. £.1,024,653, for the Customs Department. 

3. £.1,574,210, for the Inland Revenue De- 
partment. 

4. £. 2,369,235, for the Post Office, and the 
Expenses of Post Office Savings Banks, and of 
Government Annuities and Insurances. 

5. £. 789,349, to complete the Sum for the Post 
Office Packet Service; no part of which Sum is to 
be applicable or applied in or towards making any 

ayment 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 Ad- 
miralty (for and on behalf of Her Majesty) of the 
first part, und the said Joseph George Churchward 
of the second part, or in or towards the satisfaction 
of any claiin 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. 


Sup&gt;ly. 





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


Wednesday, 8th July, 1868 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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 tu sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lunatic Aey- § The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
mane (ecknnd into a Committee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jre- 
ey land) Accounts Audit B#4l. 


Audit Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 


CravuseEs, N° 1 to N° 10, with Amendments to 
two of them, agreed to. 


Cuausrk, N° 11 (Remuneration of Auditor. 
21 &amp; 22 Vic. c. 98, s. 60, cl. 3). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 14, to leave 
out the words “ less than,” in order to insert the 
vord * more.” 

Question, That the words “ less than” stand 
part of the Clause--—put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11,1]. 16, 
to leave out from the oun * with” to the end of 
the Clause, in order to insert the words “ the 
“actual travelling expenses fairly chargeable to 
** the Asylum by such Auditor.” 

* Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :— Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to, 


CiavseE, N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 


7th—8th July. 


1868. 
Causes, N° 13 and N° 14, 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 this day. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- poor Rutiog 
mittee on the Poor Relief Bill; Bill (Lords) 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Court of 
the adjourned Debate on the Question roposed Session (Scot. 
upon the 2nd day of this instant July, That Mr, !#n4) Bill. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee Bill 214, 
on the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill) ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

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

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee; 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 Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second kjectments 
Reading of the Ejectments Suspension (Jreland) Suspension 
Bill; (ireland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Titles to Land 
mittee on the Titles to Land Consolidation ( Scot- Consolidation 
land) Bill; (Sosthend) 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday * 
next, reeolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Ecclesiastical 
take into consideration the Ecclesiastical Build- on ol 
ings and Glebes (Scotland) Bill, as amended in (Seotiand) 
the Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Court of 
take into consideration the Court of Justiciary Justictary 
( Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Contagious Diseases Act (1866) Amend- contagious 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third Diseases Act 
time. ney 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. oe 

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


The Petit Juries (Ireland) Bill was, according petit Juries 
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 Metropolitan Police Funds Bill was, ac- Metropolitan 

cording to Order, read the third time. = fae 
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 Salmon 
Reading of the Salmon Fisheries ( Scotland) Bill; romani 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time B31 | Zorde.] 





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32 Vicroria. 


Larceny and The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Embezzlement jnto a Committee on the Larceny and Embezzle- 
Bill. ment 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 Friday 
next. 


gale of Poisons The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
and Pharmacy mittee on the Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy Act 


ay Amendment Bill ; 

[Lords.] Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

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


Societies and to repeal and amend the Laws relating to Trade 

itechmen. Societies and the Combinations of Workmen: And 
that Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton and Mr. Richard 
Young do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to declare the Powers of the General Assembly 
of New Zealand to abolish any Province in that 
Colony, or to withdraw from any such Province 
any part of the Territory thereof: And that Mr. 
Adderley and Mr. Sclater-Booth do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


New Zealand 
Assembly’s 
Powers. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Act of the twenty-sixth and twenty- 
seventh years of Her present Majesty, chapter fifty- 
two, intituled “An Act to further Extend and make 
Compulsory the Practice of Vaccination in Ireland”: 
And that the Earl of Mayo and Mr. Attorney 
General for Jreland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Vaccination 
(Ireland.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy (with Signatures attached) of any 
Memorials or Representations addressed to the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
relative to the case of James Freeling Wilkinson, 
convicted of Misdemeanor at the Sitting of the 
Central Criminal Court in January 1867. 

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


James F. 
Wilkinson. 


Tithe Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Commutation, to alter certain Provisions in the Acts for the 
—.. Commutation of Tithes, the Copyhold Acts, and 
* the Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and Im- 
rovement of Land, and to make provision towards 
aeltarhias the Expense of the Copyhold, Inclosure, 
and Tithe Office: And that Mr. Sclater-Booth and 
Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do prepare, and 

bring it in. 


Natal. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Judgments of the Judges of 
the Supreme Court of the Colony of Natal in the 
case of the Bishop of Natal against the Dean of 
Pietermaritzburg : —— And, of the Charter or other 
Instrument regulating the Constitution of MVatal 
at the period when the Letters Patent of the Bishop 
of Natal were issued. 

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


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Boundary Bill be taken into con- 
sideration this day. 

VoL. 123. 


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7th—8th July. 








305 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the representa- 
Lords to the apr came eee of the People (Sco¢- tion of the 


land Bill be taken into consideration this day ; and) 
and be printed. Bill 215, 


Mr. Adderley presented a Bill to declare the yew zealand 
Powers of the General Assembly of New Zea- Assembly's 
land to abolish any Province in that Colony, Powers Bill. 
or to withdraw from any such Province any Part Bill 216. 
of the Territory thereof: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


The Ear] of Mayo presented a Bill to amend Vaccination 
the Act of the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh (Ireland) Bill, 
ears of Her present Srey chapter fifty-two, Bill 217, 
intituled, “* An Act to further Extend and make 
Compulsory the Practice of Vaccination in Jre- 
land”: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 

and to be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to alter cer- Tithe 
tain Provisions in the Acts for the Commutation Commitation, 
of Tithes, the Copyhold Acts, and the Acts for paces oc 
the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of Bin. 
Land, and to make Provision towards defraying the j]) 918, 
Expense of the Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe 
Office: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 


next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the gale of Liquors 
Sale of Liquors on Sunday Bill have leave to on Sunday 
make a Special Report ; and that they have Power Bil b&gt;. am 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before oe 402 
them to the House. tlt 

Sir James Fergusson reported from the said 
Committee; That they had agreed to a Special 
Report, which they had directed him to make to 
the House. 

Sir James Fergusson also reported from the said (Report on 
Committee ; That they had considered the said 5il-) 

Bill, and taken Evidence thereon, which they had No. 402. 
directed him to report to the House, and had gone 
through the Bill, and disagreed to the same. 

Ordered, That the Reports do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton presented a Bill to Trades 
repeal and amend the Laws relating to Trade So- — -— 
cieties and the Combinations of Workmen: And Wena 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to Bill. 
be read a second time upon Wednesday the 22nd _ ij 219, 
day of this instant July ; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Church Rates 
the Church Rates Regulation Bill, was read, Regulation 
and discharged. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, church Rates 
the Church Rates Commutation Bill, was read, Commutation 
and discharged. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 


day. 


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Norwich 
Union Life 
Insurance 
Society Bill 
[Lords.] 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirtieth 
Report. 
nidation 
Bill ( Lords.) 
Bill 229. 


Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


Railways 
( Ireland.) 
No. 405. 


Merchant 
Shipping. 
No. 406. 


Merchant 
Ships. 


No. 407. 


Garonne 
Steamer. 


No. 408. 


Water Supply 
Bill. 


Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Mines 
Assessment 
Bill. 


Bill 221. 


$06 
Wednesday, 8th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
T HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Norwich Union Life Insurance 
Society Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Several Public Petitions were 


ga and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


The Liquidation Bill was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next; and to be printed. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day 
of May last, for a Return relative to the Abyssinian 
Expedition. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 7th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Merchant 
Shipping, which was presented upon the 7th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Merchant 
Ships, which was presented upon the 7th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the 
Garonne Steamer, which was presented upon 
the 7th day of this instant July, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Water Supply 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 Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


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


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 


Cause, N® 1 (All Mines to be rated). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 11, to leave out 
from the word “sixty-eight” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to add the words “ the occupier 
* of every Mine in England and Wales producing 
* coal, clay, stone, salt, or ore, shall be rated in 
* respect thereof for the relief of the poor.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Question, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause——put, and 
negatived. 

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

Another Amendment proposed, after the word 
“ sixty-eight,” to add the words ‘‘ any description 
* of Mines in England and Wales not nvuw liable 
“ to be rated to the rates for the relief of the poor 
“ and other local rates shall be -liable to be rated 
** to such rates.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 


8th July. 





1868. 


The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ; Mr. Ayrton, 1 119 
Yeas, Mr. Percy Wyndham: {°°”* 
Tellers for es Mr. St. Aubyn, 6 
Noes, Mr. Robartes : . 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
CxiavsEs, N° 2 to N°8, disagreed to. 
Criause, N° 9, amended, and 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 Friday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Adulteration ; 
mittee on the Adulteration of Food or Drink Act . soy ped , 
Amendment Bill ; pendant | 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. _ Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Local Officers 


Reading of the Local Officers Superannuation re 
(Ireland) (No. 2) Bill; (No. 2) bun, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a-second time 
= Wednesday the 22nd day of this instant 
uly. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Investment of 
mittee on the Investment of ‘Trust Funds Supple- Trust Funds 
a upplemental 
mental Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Portpatrick 
into a Committee on tne Portpatrich and Belfast “— a 
and County Down Railway Companies Bill; and, ing Railway 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- Companies 
sumed the Chair ; and Mr. Headlam reported, That ®#!!- 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Promissory 


into a Committee on the Promissory Oaths Bill. ‘torte 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

CrausE, N° 1, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 2 (Form of Oath of Allegiance). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 15, to leave out 
from the words “ Queen Victoria” to the end of 
the Clause, in order to add the words “ and I do 
“ faithfully promise to maintain and support the 
** successor to the Crown, aa the same stands limited 
“and settled by virtue of the Act passed in the 
“reign of King William the Third, intituled, An 
* Act for the further limitation of the Crown, and 
* better securing the rights and liberties of the 
“ subject, and of the subsequent Acts of Union 
* with Scotland and Ireland.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

CvausEs, N° 3 to N° 7, agreed to. 

CrausE, N°8 (Form of Oath of Allegiance 
in this Act substituted for Form in certain other 
Acts). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 34, to leave out 
from the word “ substituted” to the second word 
“and,” in l. 36. 





Question pet, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause.; 





The 


Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Governor 
General of 
India Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Beguiation 
of Railways 
Bill [Lords.] 


Supply. 


Lunatic A sy- 
lums (Ireland) 
Accounts 


Audit Bill. 


Poor Relief 
Bill [Lords.] 


32 VicToRIA. 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Whitmore, } 79 
Yeas, Mr. Noel: 7 

Tellers for the, Mr. Bouverie, } 51 
Noes, Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie : , 

Clause agreed to. 

Crausus, N°9 to N° 16, with Amendments to 

one of them, agreed to. 

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 To-morrow. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Government of Jndia Act 
Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


CuiavseE, N° 2 (Salaries of future Members of 
Council). 

Amendment proposed, at the beginning of the 
Clause, to insert the words “ from the passing of 
“ this Act.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 18, to 
leave out the word “ five,” in order to insert the 
word “ two.” 

Question put, That the word “ five” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Whitmore, 73 
Yeas, Mr. Noel; . 
Tellers for the { Mr. Otway, 26 
Noes, Lord William Hay : ; 


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, To-morrow, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Governor General of India Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


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

mittee on the Regulation of Railwa s Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, 

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 House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Lunatic Asylums ( Jre- 
land) Accounts Audit 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 Poor Relief Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
. Vou. 123. 


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307 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Ejectments 
Reading of the Ejectments Suspension (/reland) (rdsnd) &amp; 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Ecclesiastical Buildings and Glebes ( Scot- Ecclesiastical 
land) Bill was, according to Order, read the third ae and 
. ebes (Scot- 
time. ‘ land) Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill was, Court of 
according to Order, read the third time. Justiciary 
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 Salmon 
Reading of the Salmon Fisheries ( Scotland) Bill ; (Seotlend) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time an £ Lords] 


To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Boundary Bill. 
take into consideration the Amendment made by 
the Lords to the Boundary 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 taking Representation 
into consideration the Amendments made by the of the People 


Lords to the Representation of the People (Scot- (Scotland) Bill. 


land) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Waning 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased “o'*s° 
to give dveutionn, that there ty laid before this S°"*) 
House, Copies or Extracts of all Papers and Cor- 
respondence between the Office of Her Majesty’s 
Privy Council and the Board of Trade with the 
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland 
and other Parties in England and Scotland, re- 
garding the Grant of a Royal Charter to a Vete- 
rinary College in Scotland :———-Of the Charter 
granted to the Royal College of Veterinary Sur- 
geons in the year 1844: And, of any Corre- 
spondence 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, a Taxes and 
Return of Rates of all Taxes and Imposts from !™posts. 
which the Imperial Revenue of the United King- 
dom was raised, together with the Gross Amount 
yielded by each Tax or Impost, showing the Total 
Gross Revenue in the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1868, and of the Aggregate Amounts of 
the two previous years. | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Railway, &amp;c, 
Return of Capital in Shares and by Loans re- Bills. 
spectively, proposed to be raised by the Railway 
and other Bills brought before Parliament in the 
present Session, and the Aggregate Amount of 
such Capital and Loans ; together with the Gross 
Aggregate Amount of similar Returns for the 
Years 1865, 1866, and 1867. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill tana Drainage 
to confirm a Provisional Order under “ The Land Provisional 
Drainage Act, 1861”: And that Sir James — 
Fergusson and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy : 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

- ee Ordered, 


Ireland) Bill. 





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Sanitary Act 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring a Bill 

d- ’ g1 g 

Cat" +o amend “The Sanitary Act, 1866”: And that 
Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy and Sir James 
Fergusson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Tain Pro- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
po vada to confirm a Provisional Order under “ The Public 
* Health (Scotland) Act, 1867,” relating to the 
Burgh of Tain: And that the Lord Advocate 
and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy do prepare, 

and bring it in. 


Sanitary Act P Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to amend 
ony gn ~The Sanitary Act, 1866”: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


a 
Bill 222. second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 

— ao al Sir James Fergusson presented a Bill to confirm 

Order Con. = Provisional Order under “ The Land Drainage 


firmation Bill. Act, 1861”: And the same was read the first time ; 


Bill 223. and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; 
and to be printed. 
Tain Pro- 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to confirm 


yo sm ta a Provisional Order under “ The Public Health 


Bill. ( Scotland) Act, 1867,” relating to the Burgh of 


Bill 224. Zain: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; and 
to be printed. 

Kitchen and Ordered, That the Standing Committee on the 
a Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms (House of Com- 
ms (House 


of Commons.) Mons) have Power to report their Observations 


thereupon 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. 
Amy The Army Chaplains Bill was read the first 
(totdsy Bill time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Bill 225. Monday next; and to be printed. 
Clitheroe 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 
Clitheroe, in the room of Richard Fort, Esquire, 
deceased. 


Lunatic Asy- Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, b 
lums (Ireland. ) Ff er Majesty’s Command,—Copy of the Seventeent 
Report on the District, Criminal, and Private 
Lunatic Asylums in Ireland; with Appendices. 
- _—— That the said Paper do he upon the 
able. 


Sir James Fergusson presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Accounts 
from each Metropolitan Gas Company, showing 
the actual State and Condition of each Company, 
as to Capital, Revenue, and Dividends, for the 
year 1867. 

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


Army. Sir John Pakington presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of this 
instant July, for a Return relative to the Army. 
B — That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Stephen Care presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 11th day of June last, for a Re- 
turn relative to Vessels. 

“ aan That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Gas Companies 
(Metropolis ) 


Vessels. 


8th—9th July. 





1868. 
Thursday, 9th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


HE House proceeded to take into considera~ Brecon and 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to Merthyr Tyaq) 

the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway ioe oe 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed ee. 
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 Derby Wat 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Derby Bi, ” 
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 Amendmentsmade by their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking gouth Eastern 
into consideration the Amendments made by the and London, 
Lords to the South Eastern and London, Brighton, pana and 

° ‘ 4 outh Coast 
and South Coast Railway Companies Bill ; Railway Come 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken panies Bill. 


into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway Bill athenry ana 
was read the third time. Ennis Junc- 
~ a That the Bill, with the Amendments, po (ronda 

ss. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill was waterfora 
read the third time. asd Limerick 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. er, age 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the (Lords. 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


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





Vide Thirty- 
first Report. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select pypiic 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented from the 2nd to Nee 
the 8th days of this instant July, both days in- ®t) 
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 there be laid before this House, private Bills. 
Returns of the Number of Private Bills introduced 
and brought from the House of Lords, and of 
Acts passed in the Session of 1867-8, classed ac- 
cording to the following Subjects :—Railways ; 
Roads and Bridges; Waterworks; Ports; Piers; 
Harbours and Docks ; Canals and Navigations ; 
Churches, Chapels, and Burying Grounds; 
Paving, Lighting, and Improving; Gaols and 
other Ales Buildings ; Inclosures ; Small Debts 
Courts; and all other Bills and Acts :——Of all 
the Private Bills which, in the Session of 1867-8, 
have been treated as Opposed Bills; specifying 
those which have been classified in Groups by the 
Committee of Selection, or by the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; together 
with the Names of the Selected Members who 
served on each Committee; the first and also the 
last day of the Sitting of each Committee; the 
Number of Days on which each Committee sat ; 
the Number of Days on which each Selected 
Member has served; the Bills the Preambles of 
which were reported to have been proved = 



























































- — 


tn 7 


maw Ge at 


co~ et 


Select 
Committees. 


Divisions of 
the House. 


Sittings of 
the House. 


Tea Licences. 


Wey and Arun 





32 Vicroria. Oth July. 309 


Bills the Preambles of which were reported to have 
been not proved; the Bills referred back to the 
Committee of Selection, or to the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills, as having 
become Unopposed, and the Bills withdrawn, or 
not snnehed with by the Parties: And, of 
all Private Bills which, in the Session of 1867-8, 
have been referred by the Committee of Selection, 
or by the General Committee on Railway and 
Canal Bills, to the Chairman of the Committee of 
Ways and Means, together with the Names of the 
Members who served on each Committee, the 
Number of Days on which each Committee sat; 
and the Number of Days on which each Member 
attended (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 0,143, of Session 1867). 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Select Committees 
appointed in the Session of 1867-8; the Subjects 
of Inquiry ; the Names of the Members appointed 
to serve on each, and of the Chairman of each; 
the Number of Days each Committee met, and 
the Number of Days each Member attended ; the 
Total Expense of the Attendance of Witnesses at 
each Select Committee, and the Name of the 
Member who moved for such Committee; also, 
the Total Number of Members who served on Select 
Committees (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 0.144, of Session 1867). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Divisions of the 
House in the Session of 1867-8 ; stating the Subject 
of the Division, and the Number of Members in 
the Majority and Minority, Tellers included; also 
the Aggregate Number in the House on each 
Division ; distinguishing the Divisions on Public 
Business from Private; and also the Number of 
Divisions before and after Midnight (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.145, of Session 
1867). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Days on which the 
House sat in the Session of 1867-8, stating, for 
each Day, the Date of the Month, and the Day of 
the Week, the Hour of Meeting, and the Hour 
of Adjournment; and the Total Number of 
Hours occupied in the Sittings of the House, and 
the average Time; and showing the Number of 
Hours on which the House sat each Day, and the 
Number of Hours after Midnight; and the Num- 
ber of Entries in each Day’s Votes and Proceedings 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.146, 
of Session 1867). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Persons licensed to 
sell Tea, and the Rate paid by each in the United 
Kingdom for the year ending the 31st day of March 
1867, and the year ending the 3lst day of March 
1868, and the Amount of Revenue received there- 
from; distinguishing England, Scotland, and 
Ireland. 


Sir Edward Colebrooke reported the Wey and 


JunctionCanal Arun Junction Canal Bill, with Amendments. 


Bill [Lords.] 


Railway and 
Canal Bille 
(Group 9.) 


Adjournment. 


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


Sir Edward Colebrooke reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 9 of Railway and Canal Bills; 
That, there being no business for the considera- 
tion of the Committee, they had adjourned till 
Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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. 

VoL. 123. 











Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Postal Com- 
Copy of any Correspondence with the Australian pean 
Governments relative to the Postal Communica- ‘ as ) 
tion with those Colonies since the establishment of 
the new Postal Service with India and China. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Civil Service. 

Return of the Number of, and Charge for, the 
Persons employed in the Service of the Crown in 
a Civil Capacity ; distinguishing,— 

1, The Civil Service proper ; 

2. Judicial, &amp;c. Establishments ; 

3. Revenue Departments ; 

4, Civilians in the Naval and Military De- 

partments. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wexford 
Returns of the Names of the Governors of the Lunstic 
Wexford Lunatic Asylum; specifying by whom a 
appointed, with the Dates of their Appointments: 

And, of the Officersof the same Asylum, with 
the Dates of each Appointment. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Report from the Parochial 
Select Committee appointed by the House of Lords, “*s™ents- 
in Session 1850, to consider the Laws relating to 
Parochial Assessments, and which was communi- 
cated from the Lords upon the 26th day of July 
1850, together with the Evidence of Mr. Cornewall 
Lewis, Mr. Lumley, Mr. Fowler, and Lord Malmes- 
bury, be vepeiated. 





Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble Princess of 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, to congratu- “le 
late Her Majesty on the Princess of Wales having 
happily given birth to a Princess, and to assure 
Her Majesty of our feelings of devoted loyalty and 
attachment to Her Majesty’s Person and Family. 

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


Mr. Disraeli acquainted the House, That he had Message from 
a Message from Her Majesty to this House, signed Het Majesty. 
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 RB. 


Her Majesty, taking into consideration the im- sir Robert 
portant Services rendered by Sir Robert Napier, Napier. 
a Lieutenant General in Her Majesty’s Army, and 
Commander in Chief of the Army of Bombay, in 
the conduct of the recent Expedition into Abys- 
sinia, and being desirous to confer some signal 
Mark of Her Favour for these and other distin- 
guished Merits upon the said Sir Robert Napier, 
recommends it to the House of Commons to enable 
Her Majesty to make provision for securing to the 
said Sir Robert Napier and the next survivin 
Heir Male of his Body, a Pension of Two isuent 
Pounds per Annum. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to take into consi- 
deration Her Majesty’s said most gracious Message. 


Resolved, Thatan humble Address be presented to Fortifications, 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Total Estimated Cost of the 
several Works now in progress under the Fortifica- 
tion Loan Acts; the Expenditure and the Estimated 
Liabilities thereon on the 30th day of June last; 
the Estimates, Expenditure, and Liabilities to be 
given according to the Classification of the Fourth 
and Fifth Columns of the Act 30 &amp; 31 Vie. c. 145. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Houseasare 

of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 

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Penang Mails. 


British 
Fisheries. 


East India 
Irrigation 
Company. 


Electric 
Telegraphs. 


Merchant 
Shipping. 


Naval Prize 
Money, &amp;c. 


Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


No. 410. 
Gas 
Companies 
(Metropolis. ) 

No. 411, 


Arny. 
No. 412. 


Vessels. 
No. 413. 


Orders of 
the Day. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People (Scot- 
land) Bill. 





310 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,— Return to an 
Order, dated the 2nd day of this instant July, for 
a Return relative to the Penang Maiis. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
Copy of Report by the Commissioners for the 
British Fisheries of their Proceedings in the year 
ended 31st December 1867, being the Fishing of 
1867. 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of this 
instant July, for a Return relative to the East 
India Irrigation Company. 

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


Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 21st day of April last, for Re- 
turns relative to Electric Telegraphs. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of June 
last, for Returns relative to Merchant Shipping. 

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


Lord Henry Lennox presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account, 
showing the Receipt and Expenditure of Naval 
Prize, Bounty, Salvage, and other Monies, be- 
tween the lst April 1867 and the 3lst March 
1868. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Abys- 
sinian Expedition, which was presented upon the 
8th day of this instant July, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Gas 
Companies (Metropolis), which were presented 
upon the 8th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, 
which was presented upon the 8th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels, 


9th July. 


|S 

| Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to communicate the said 
| Amendments: And that the Clerk do carry the 
same. 
















1868. 


Then the subsequent Amendments, being read 
a second time, several were agreed to, one was 
disagreed to, and one was sunatedeind agreed to; 
and a consequential Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for 
disagreeing to the Amendment to which this House 
hath disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed 
of Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord 
Advocate, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Secretary Gathorne 
Hardy, Sir James Fergusson, and Sir Graham 
Montgomery; And they are to withdraw imme- 
diately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 





The Lord Advocate reported from the Com- Representa. 


mittee appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned tion of the 


ments made by their Lordships to the Representa- 
tion of the People ( Scotland) 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 propose to amend the Amend- 
ment made by the Lords in p. 24, 1. 32, by adding 
at the end thereof the words “ after the expiration 
“ of the present year.” 

The Commons propose to amend the Amend- 
ment in p. 30, 1. 29, by leaving out the words 
“and of the City Parish of Glasgow,” and by in- 
serting the words “ City Parish of Glasgow,” after 
the word “ Carmunnock” in 1. 20. 

The Commons disagree tou the Amendment made 
by the Lords in p. 33, 1s. 29 and 30, for the follow- 
ing Reason: 

Because, if these words are left out, there will 
be no security against the personation of 
Voters. 

With the preceding exceptions the Commons 
agree to all the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Bill. 


The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to, 





eason, with the Bill and 


which was presented upon the 8th day of this | 
| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply 


instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the first twenty-one Orders of 


the Day be postponed till after the Order of the | 


day for consideration of the Lords’ Amendments 


to the Representation of the People ( Scotland) Bill. | 


Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to G 


take into consideration the Amendments made by 


the Lords to the Representation of the People | 


( Scotland) Bill. 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in p. 24, 1.32, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

P, 24, 1.32, the next Amendment, being read 
a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ after the expiration of the present year and.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr a : \ 124. 


Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Whitmore, } 104, 


Mr. Noel: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 





‘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 


to the end of the Question, in order to add the 


to the Lords for disagreeing to one of the Amend- hes eo 


) Bill. 


words * the Controller in Chief should be an Under war office. 


“ Secretary of State; and that the audit of the 
* War Office Accounts should be entirely indepen- 
** dent of the War Office,” 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. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,291,400, be granted to 
Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £. 200,000 
already voted on account), towards defraying the 
Charge for Military Store Departments, for the 
supply and repair of Warlike and other Stores, 
installing Manufacturing Departments, which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
- 1868 to the 3lst day of March 1869, in- 
clusive : 





Whereupon 





32 Vicrorta. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,247,958, be granted to 
Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £. 200,000 
already voted on account), towards detraying the 
Charge for Military Store Departments, for the 
supply and repair of Warlike and other Stores, 
including Manufacturing Departments, which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
April 1868 tothe 31st day of March 1869 inclusive; 

The Committee divided. 1 

Major Anson, 

Tellers for the Yeas,/ ae j pear gi yg 31. 
Tellers for the Noes, [ ha — } 100. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. £.119,300 (in addition to the Sum of £. 50,000 
already voted on account), for Military Education. 

3. £.93,600 (in addition to the Sum of £. 25,000 
already voted on account), for Surveys of the 
United Kingdom. 

4, £.102,700 (inaddition to the Sum of £. 40,000 
already voted on account), for Miscellaneous Ser- 
vices. 

5. £. 154,600 (in additiontothe Sum of £.70,000 
already voted on account), for the Administration 
of the Army. 

6. £.13,700 (in addition to the Sum of £. 13,000 
already voted on account), for Rewards for Dis- 
tinguished Service, &amp;c. 

7. £. 36,000 (in addition to the Sum of £. 36,000 
already voted on account), for Pay of General 
Officers. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £, 389,800, be granted to Her 
Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £. 81,000 al- 
ready voted on account), towards defraying the 
Charge for Full Pay of Reduced and Retired 
Officers and Half Pay, which will come in course 
of payment from the Ist day of April 1868 to the 
31st day of March 1869, inclusive :—Motion, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

8. £.98,000 (in addition to the Sum of £. 59,000 
already voted on account), for Widows’ Pensions, 
&amp;e. 

9. £. 11,800 (in addition to the Sum of £. 12,000 
already voted on account), for Pensions for Wounds. 

10. £. 15,600 (in addition to the Sum of £. 18,000 
already voted on account), for Chelsea and Kilmain- 
ham Hospitals (In-Pensions). 

11. £. 893,600 (in addition tothe Sum of £. 291,000 
already voted on account), for Out-Pensions. 

12. £.97,200 (in addition to the Sum of £.38,000 
already voted on account) for Superannuation Al- 
lowances. 

13. £. 8,700 (in addition to the Sum of £. 12,000 
already voted on account), for Militia, Yeomanry 
Cavalry, and Volunteer Corps. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





continued to sit till after 
riday morning ; 


And the House havin 
Twelve of the clock on 


Friday, 10th July, 1868: 


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. 


Inland 


The Inland Revenue Bill was, according to 
Revenue Bill. 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


being read, for the Com- 
e Acts Continuance, &amp;c. 


Turnpike Acts The Order of the Cs 
ge yauance, mittee on the Turnpi 
Bill ; 
VoL. 123, 


9th —10th July. 





SEE 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ the Bill be committed to a Select Com- 
** mittee,” 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; and, after some time spent 
therein, 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself ee ae 
into a Committee on the Danube Works Loan. * - 


(In the Committee. ) 

Resolved, That it is expedient to empower 
Her Majesty to guarantee the Interest and Sink- 
ing Fund of a Loan of £. 135,000 sterling, to be 
contracted by the European Commission of the 
Danube for the Improvement of the Navigation 
ofthat River, such Interest not to exceed the 
rate of five per centum per annum, and that pro- 
vision be made, out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom, for the payment from time 
to time of such Sums of Money as shall be re- 
quired for giving effect to the said Guarantee. 

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 House, according to Order, proceeded to portpatrick 
take into consideration the Portpatrick and Belfast and Belfast 
and County Down Railway Companies Bill, as Soom aie 
amended in the Committee. Companies ’ 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third Bill. 
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- Election 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt per _ 
Practices at Elections Bill ; Seeciienal 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two Elections Bill. 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Elections ( Scotland) Bill ; Elections 

Kesolved, That that this House will, this day, ous") 
resolve itself into the said Committee, : 


The Indorsing of Wurrants Bill was, according Indorsing of 

to Order, read the third time. Warrants 
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 coiunial 
into a Committee on the Colonial Governors’ Pen- » atone 
. . ensions 
sions Act Amendment Bill. peer natn 
(In the Committee. ) Bill. 
Preamble postponed. 
CxiausE, N° 1 (Provisions of 28 &amp; 29 Vie: c. 
113, extended to Lord High Commissioners of the 
Ionian Islands). 


RR4 Motion 





























































Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill. 


Registration 
land) Bill. 


Public Schools 
Bill. “ 


Supply. 


British 
Museum. 


Customs 
Department, 


Inland 
Revenue 
Department. 


Post Office, 
&amp;e, 


Post Office 
Packet 
Service, 


312 9th—10th July. 1868. 


Motion made, and Question, That the Chair-| relates to any period subsequent to the 20th day 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again | of June 1863. 
——put, and negatived. The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
Clause agreed to. were agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill to be reported. The New Zealand Assembly’s Powers Bill was, New Sealand 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- ema 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod-| mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for “°”°™ Bill. 
son reported, That the Committee had gone through this day. 


the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- . 
out. bendinade P ; The House, according to Order, proceeded _ to Promissory 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | t#&amp;e into consideration the Promissory Oaths Bill, ao Bill 
this day, at Two of the clock. as amended in the Committee ; and Amendments “ 
" were made to the Bill. 
The Order of the day being read, for resuming | __ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, | this day, at Two of the clock. 


upon the 26th day of June last, was proposed to be . . 
made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do seen The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 


. . | mi 4 r t ~ of India Act 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Metro- a Soveeenent See Dae Aaa Amendment 


politen Foreign Cattle Market Bill) ; Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday“ 
: , ] , upon Monday 
yr ar That the Debate be further adjourned | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


till Monday next. | 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Governor 
mittee on the Governor General of India Bill; —_ General of 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 14 Bill 
| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Registration (Jreland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a | 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into | i 
consideration the Public Schools Bill, as amended | The Order of the day bein read, for the Com- Regulation 
in the Committee ; | mittee on the Regulation of Railways Bill; Bill [Lorde) 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera-| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
tion this day. ‘next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of | The Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Accounts Audit Lunatic Asy- 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as | Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. ime (Ireland) 
follow: | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. in Ba. 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.67,380, be! Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum| Lords, and desire their concurrence. . 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in | 
course of payment during the year ending on the| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- poor Relief 
3lst day of March 1869, for the Salaries and | mittee on the Poor Relief Bill; Bill (Lords. 
Expenses of the British Museum Establishment,| Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two 
inilaliing the Amount required for Buildings, | of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Furniture, Fittings, &amp;c. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,024,653, be | The Order of the day being read, for the Second gaimon 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge Reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill; Fisheries 
which will come in course of payment during the; Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill [Lorde] 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1869, for | upon Monday next. , 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Customs De- 
partment. The Sanitary Act (1866) Amendment Bill was, ganitary Act 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,574,210, be | according to Order, read a second time ; and com- (1866) Amend- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge | mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ™e Bill. 
which will come in course of payment during the | this day. 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1869, for | 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Inland Revenue! The Land Drainage Provisional Order Confir- Land Drainage 
Department. | mation Bill was, according to Order, read a second Provisional 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,369,225, be | time; and committed to a Committee of the whole | mean 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge | House, for this day, at Two of the clock. 
which will come in course of payment during the | 
year ending on the 3lst day of March 1869, for! The Tain Provisional Order Confirmation Bill Tain Pro- 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Post Office, and | was, according to Order, read a second time; and — —_ 
the Expenses of Post Office Savings Banks, and | committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 5:1) on 
of Government Annuities and Insurances. | this day, at Two of the clock. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.789,349, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum} A Motion was made, and the Question being Bristol 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in | proposed, That Mr. Attorney General be directed Election. 
course of payment during the year ending on the! to prosecute the Persons named as guilty of Bri- 
31st day of March 1869, for the Post Office Packet | bery by the Bristol Election Committee :—And 
Service; no part of which Sum is to be applicable | a Debate arising thereupon ; 
or applied in or towards making any payment in} Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
respect of any period subsequent to the 20th day | day. 
of June 1863 to Mr. Joseph George Churchward, " 
or to any person claiming through or under him| A Motion being made, That this House will, this rection 
by virtue of a certain Contract, bearing date the | day, at Two of the clock, resolve itself into a Com- per t 
26th day of April 1859, made between the Lords | mittee to consider of authorizing the payment, out Practices at 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Admiralty (for | of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, giections 
and on behalf of Her Majesty) of the first part, | of the Salaries and Pensions of any Judge to be [Salaries &amp;e] 
and the said Joseph George Churchward of the appointed under any Act of the present Session 
second or in or towards the satisfaction of | relating to Election Petitions and Corrupt Prac- 
any claim whatsoever of the said Joseph George | tices at Elections, and also of any addition to the 
Churchward, by virtue of that Contract, so far as Salary of any Judge in respect of any Duties » 




















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Great Western 


Railway Bill. 


Saint Leonard 


and Saint 
Mary Magda- 
len Church 
Districts Bill. 


Aberdeen 
Town Council 
Bill [Lords.] 


Savile Estate 
Extension of 
owers) Bill 

[Lords. ] 


Ward 
Jackson’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 


$2 Vicroria. 


be imposed on him under any such Act, and out of 
Monies to be provided by Parliament of the Travel- 
ling and other Expenses of any such Judge ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House, 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Friday, 10th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

a ae House proceeded to take into considera- 

tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Great Western Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Saint 
Leonard and Saint Mary Magdalen Church Dis- 
tricts 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. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report 
from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, That in the case of the Aberdeen Town 
Council Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Savile Estate (Extension 
of Powers) 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 Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Ward Jackson’s Estate Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Hamp’sEstate Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Bill [ Lords. ] 


Public 
Petitions, 
Vide Thirty- 
first Report. 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Hamp’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


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


LandDrainage _ Ordered, That the Land Drainage Provisional 
Provisional Order Confirmation Bill and the Tain Provisional 


Order Con- 
€rmation Bill 
=o 
Visional 
Order Con. 


r 
firmation Bill. 


Order Confirmation Bill be committed to the 
same Committee. 

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; 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 now read the third 
time :—The Bills were accordingly read the third 
time, 

Von. 123, 


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313 


Resolved, That the Bills do pass. ; 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bills to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Election 
into a Committee on Election Petitions and Cor- bee 3 


rupt Practices at Elections [Salaries, &amp;c.] 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom, of the Salaries and Pensions of 
any Judge who may be appointed under any Act 
of the present Session rduiben to Election Peti- 
tions and Corrupt Practices at Elections, and of 
any Addition to the Salary of any Judge in re- 
spect of any Duties to be imposed on him under 
any such Act, and also to euthecion the payment, 
out of Monies to be provided by Parliament, for 
the purpose of the Travelling and other Expenses 
of any such Judge. 


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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Election 
into a Committee on the Election Petitions and Petitions 


Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cxiause, N° 10 (Clause A. Appointment of 
Judges for Trial of Election Petitions. ) 

Question, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill——put, and negatived. 

Cravuses, N° 11 to N° 13, disagreed to. 

CuiavuseE, N° 14 (Rules as to Trial of Election 
Petitions). ; 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 12, after the 
word “ Act,” to insert the words, “ 1.° The trial of 
“ every Election Petition shall be conducted before 
“a Puisne Judge of one of Her Majesty’s Superior 
“ Courts of Common Law at Westminster, to be 
* selected from a rota to be formed as hereinafter 
** mentioned.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, by leaving out the words “to be 
* selected from a rota to be formed as hereinafter 
** mentioned,” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the said proposed Amendment 
put, and agreed to. 

Words inserted. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the last Amendment, to add the words “ 2. The 
“© members of each of the Courts of Queen’s Bench, 
“ Common Pleas, and Exchequer, shall, on or 
“ before the first day of Michaelmas Term in every 
“‘ vear select, by a majority of votes, one of the 
_ pd Judges of such Court, not being a Mem- 
*‘ ber of the House of Lords, to be placed on the 
“ rota for the trial of Election Petitions during 
“ the ensuing year.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, by leering out from the word “ Ex- 
“ chequer,” to the end of the said proposed 
Amendment, in order to add the words “ shall 
“meet together from time to time to arrange 
* amongst themselves a rota for the trial of all 
* Election Petitions within two months after the 
* same shall be at issue.” 

88 





Question 
































514 10¢h 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the said proposed Amendment ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,! 6 — j 148. 


Tellers for the Noes { - ay oe 9 } 83. 
Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the last Amendment, to add the words “ 3. If 
‘in any case the members of the said Court 
* are equally divided in the choice of a Puisne 
** Judge to be placed on the rota, the Chief Justice 
* of such Court (including under that expression 
* the Chief Baron of the Exchequer), shall have a 
* second or casting vote.” 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the pro- 
posed Amendment, to add the words “ such votes 
** to be taken by ballot.” 

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

Amendment, as amended, agreed to. 

Other Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
last Amendment, to add the words “ 7. Where 
“it appears to one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
* Secretaries of State, upon a Certificate under 
“the hands of the Judges on the rota, after due 
“ consideration of the list of Petitions under this 
** Act for the time being at issue, that the trial of 
* such Election Petitions will be inconveniently 
** delayed unless an additional Judge or Judges be 
* appointed to assist the Judges on the rota, each 
“ of the said Courts (that is to say) the Court of 





* Exchequer, the Court of Common Pleas, and | 


* Court of Queen’s Bench, in the order named, 








* shall, on and according to the requisition of such 
“ Secretary of State, appoint one of the Puisne | 






























July. 1868. 


Question put, That those words be there added} 
The Committee divided. 
{ Mr. Ayrton, 
Tellers for the Yeas,; Mr. White: } 53. 
r. Whitmore, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Noel: 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. . 


CiausE, N° 15 (House of Commons to carry 
out Report). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 


} 185. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Whitmore, } 174 
Yeas, Mr. Noel: ‘ 
Tellers for thef Mr. Bouverie, 54 
Noes, \Mr. Bonkam- Carter : } . 


CrauseE, N° 16, agreed to. 


CiausE, N° 17 (Report of the Judge as to 
Corrupt Practices). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 12, to leave 
out from the word “ Petition” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause —— put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause, to add the words “ And in every case 
** where a Member for a County or a Borough may 
“be unseated for corrupt practices, then and in 
* every such case a Commission shall be issued 
*‘ according to the provisions of the Act of the 
“ Session of the fifteenth and sixteenth years of 
the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, ‘ An 
** Act to provide for more effective inquiry into 
“ the existence of Corrupt Practices at Elections 
** of Members to serve in Parliament,’ for the pur- 
* pose of inquiring into the prevalence of corrupt 
** practices in such County or Borough; and the 
** expenses of such Commission and such inquiry 


“ Judges of the Court to try Election Petitions |“ shall be defrayed by the County or Borough to 
“for the ensuing year; and any Judge so ap-| which such Commission shall be issued.” 


** pointed shall, during that year, be deemed to be 
* on the rota for the trial of Election Petitions.” 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, to oo out the words “ Where it | 
* appears to one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 
“ taries of State.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the proposed Amendment : 
—Amendment to the said proposed Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Words, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Another Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 15, 
after the words “ tried by,” to insert the words 
“a Jury to be appointed as hereinafter provided.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p.6, 1. 22, after | 
the word “ petition” to insert the words “ in which | 
** Corrupt Practices are charged or alleged, shalJ.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “ Provided always, That 
** no court or judge shall call in question, or suffer 
*“t» be called in question, in any proceedings 
“under this Act, any resolution or order of the 
*“ House of Commons touching the privileges of 
“the House, or of any Member thereof, or the 
*‘ duties of any returning officer, or of any officer 
* of the House of Commons; and a printed cop 
“of the Journals of the House, or of any suc 
* resolution or order printed by the printer of the 
* House, shall be sufficient evidence thereof; and 
“such order or resolution shall be binding and 
conclusive on such court or judge, and all parties 
“ appearing in any such proceedings.” 











Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Sandford, 79 
Yeas, Mr. James Lowther : ’ 
Tellers for thef Mr. Whitmore, 126 


Noes, Mr. Noel: 
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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- poor Relief 
mittee on the Poor Relief Bill ; Bill [ Lords.) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The Colonial Governors’ Pensions Act Amend- cojonial 


ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third Governors’ 
time Pensions Act 
Amendment 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Promissory Oaths Bill was, according to promissory 
Order, read the third time. Oaths Bill; 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, [Zorés.] 
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 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People (Ire- 
land) Bill. 
Courts of Law 
Fees, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Fairs Bill. 


Medway 
Regulation 
Act Continu- 
ance Bill. 
Athenry and 
Ennis Junction 
Railway Bill 
|Lords.] 
Bradford 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Fareham 
and Netley 
Railway Bill. 


Metropolitan 
and Saint 

John’s Wood 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Pancras 
Ecclesiastical 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty Board. 


Penang Mails. 
No. 414. 


East India 
Irrigation 
Company. 
‘No. 415, 
Electric 
Telegraphs. 


No. 416. 


Merchant 
Shipping. 


No. 4 1 7. 


Naval Prize 
Money, &amp;c. 


No. 418. 


War Office 
{Control De- 
partnient.) 


Inhabited 
House Duty 
(Metropolis.) 


t 


Grand J ury 
resentments 
(Ireland. ) 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


32 VicToria. 


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 Representation 
of the People (Jreland) Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Courts of Law 
Fees, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Fairs Bill, with- 
out any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Medway Regula- 
tion Act Continuance Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Athenry and Ennis 
Junction Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to the Amendments made 
by their Lordships to the Bradford Waterworks 
and Improvement Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Fareham and Net- 
ley Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan 
and Saint John’s Wood Railway Bill, with 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint Pancras 
Ecclesiastical Regulation Bill, with Amendments ; 
* which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

ouse. 


The Lords give leave to the Lord Bishop of 
Ozford and the Lord Bishop of Carlisle to attend, 
in order to their being examined as Witnesses 
before the Select Committee appointed by this 
House, in the present Session of Parliament, on 
Queen Anne’s Bounty Board. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Penang 
Mails, which was presented upon the 9th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the East 
India Irrigation Company, which was presented 
upon the 9th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Electric 
Telegraphs, which was presented upon the 9th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Merchant 
Shipping, which was presented upon the 9th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval 
Prize Money, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 
9th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Sir John Pakington — by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Further Papers relative to the esta- 
— of a Department of Control in the War 
fice. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Selater-Booth presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 22nd day of May last, for a Re- 
turn relative to Inhabited House ey (Metropolis). 
“ Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of several Acts of Parliament, 
—Copies of the Presentments made by the Grand 
Juries of the several Counties, Cities, and Towns 
in Ireland, in the year 1867. 

Report. of the Commissioners of Education in 
Treland for the year 1867-68. 

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

. Vou. 123. 





10th July. 





315 


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 Petroleum Act Petroleum Act 


Amendment Bill, without any Amendment. aaa 


The Lords have agreed to the Prisons ( Scotland) Prisons (Scot- 


Administration Acts (Lanarkshire) Amendment pene ay ms 
Bill, without any Amendment. (Lanarkshire) 
Amendment 


Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the New Zealand yuw zealand 


(Legislative Council) Bill, without any Amend- ey 7 
ment. —— 

The Lords have agreed to the Bank of Bombay Bank of 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords Bombay Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the County Courts county Courts 
(Admiralty Jurisdiction) Bill, with Amendments; (Admiralty 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this — 
House. : 

The Lords have agreed to the County General county 
Assessment (Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; General 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Pome “y 
House. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment city of London 
made by this House to the Amendments made by Gas Bill. 
their Lordships to the City of London Gas Bill, 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords disagree to the Amendment made Representa- 
by this House to the Amendment made by their tion of the 
Lordships in p.24, 1. 32, to the Representation of the People (Scot- 
People (Scotland) Bill, with a Reason; and agree” as 
to the other Amendment made by this House to the 
Amendments made by their Lordships, and to the 
consequential Amendment made to the Bill, and do 
not insist upon their Amendment to which this 
House hath disagreed. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An ,amicaity 
Act to amend the Law relating to Proceedings in- Suits Bill 
stituted by the Admiralty, and for other purposes l4°7%*] 
connected therewith; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That the Reason assigned by the representa 
Lords for disagreeing to one of the Amendments tion of the 
made by this House to the Amendments made by ner ah a 
their Lordships to the Representation of the People ) 
(Scotland) Bill, be taken into consideration this 
day. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the City of London 
Lords to the Amendment made by this House to “as Bill. 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the City 
of London Gas Bill, be taken into consideration 
this day. 


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

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “in the opinion of this House, the Poor nictary 
“ Law Commissioners of Ireland should establish in Union 
“a minimum scale of dietary for the Paupers in Workhouses 
“the Union Workhouses not less than that now “!“"*) 
“in existence in the Irish County Gaols, and 
“which was recommended by the Commission 
* appointed to report on the County Prison Di- 
* etaries, ‘ as necessary for the preservation of the 
** health of the prisoners ’” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, Thatthe words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion: —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 
882 “ That” 





































































PR ab US A PL NAGATA BA ES 


Sb See 


as 











316 


“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “in the opinion of this House, 
“ Catholics, Presbyterians, and other inhabitants 
“ of Ireland, will not be placed in a position of 
“ equality, in reference to University Education 
“ in that country, with those who are members of 
the Established Church, until all religious dis- 
“ abilities are removed from the ipa a 
“ scholarships, and other honours and emo 
“ments of Trinity College, Dublin,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 


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


Saturday, 11th July, 1868: 


The said proposed Amendment and Motion 
were severally, with leave of the House, with- 


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


Trinity Col- 
lege (Dublia.) 


Sir Robert 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Napier. 


into a Committee to take into consideration Her 
Majesty’s most gracious Message of the 9th day 
of this instant July, relative to the important 
Services rendered by Sir Robert Napier. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Queen’s Message read. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the annual 
sum of Two thousand pounds be granted to Her 
Majesty, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to 
be settled upon Lieutenant-General Sir Robert 
Napier, G.c.B., and the next surviving Heir Male 
of his Body, for the term of their natural lives. 

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. 





Election 
Petitions 

and Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt 
Practices at Elections 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 Reason assigned by the 
Lords for disagreeing to one of the Amendments 
made by this House to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships to the Representation of the People 
(Scotland) Bill; and the same was again read. 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist upon 
the Amendment to which the Lords have dis- 
agreed. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House doth 
not insist upon the Amendment to which the Lords 
have disagreed. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Public Schools The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Bil. consideration the Public Schools Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


Court of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Session (Sot into a Committee on the Court of Session (Scot- 
land) Bil. _Jand) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 


10éh—11th July. 










1868. 


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- Titles to Lana 
mittee on the Titles to Land Consolidation (Scot- Consolidation 
: (Scotland) 
land) Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Tithe Commutation, &amp;c. Acts Amendment Tithe 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; nent, 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, Amendment 


for Monday next. 


The Public Departments Payments Bill was, Public 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Departments 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for P*7™e&gt;t Bill 
Monday next. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Danube 
the Danube Works Loan, a Resolution; which Works Loan, 
was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient to empower Her Majesty 
to guarantee the Interest and Sinking Fund of a 
Loan of 135,0002. sterling, to be contracted by 
the European Commission of the Danube, for the 
Improvement of the Navigation of that River, 
such Interest not to exceed the rate of five per 
centum per annum, and that provision be made, out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, 
for the payment from time to time of such sums of 
money as shall be required for giving effect to the 
said Guarantee. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolution: And that Mr. Dodson, Lord 
Stanley, and Mr. Seclater-Booth do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,291,400, be Military Store 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum Departments 
of £. 200,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge for Military Store Depart- 
ments for the Gale and Repair of Warlike and 
other Stores, including Manufacturing Depart- 
ments, which will come in course of payment 
from the Ist day of April 1868 to the 31st day of 
March 1869, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 119,300, be Military 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum #ducation. 
of £.50,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge for Military Education, 
which will come in course of payment from the 
Ist day of April 1868 to the 3lst day of March 
1869, inclusive. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 93,600, be Surveys. 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £.25,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the — for Surveys of the United 
Kingdom, which will come in course of payment 
from the lst day of April 1868 to the 31st day of 
March 1869, inclusive. 

4. That a Sum, not exceedin 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £. 40,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge for Miscellaneous Services, 
which will come in course’ of payment from the 
ist day of April 1868 to the 3lst day of March 
1869, inclusive. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 154,600, be Adminint 

nted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of rey 

. 70,000 already voted on account), towards de- 
fraying the Charge for the Administration of the 


£. 102,700, be Miscellaneous 


Services. 





Army, 





Rewards for 
Distinguished 
Service, &amp;c. 


$2 VicTorIA. 


Army, which will come in course of payment 
from the Ist day of April 1868 to the 31st day 
of March 1869, inclusive. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 13,700, be 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £. 13,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge for Rewards for Distin- 
guished Service, &amp;c., which will come in course 
of payment from the Ist day of April 1868 to the 
31st day of March 1869, inclusive. 


Payof General 7, That a Sum, not exceeding £.36,000, be 


Officers. 


Widows’ 
Pensions, &amp;c. 


Pensions for 
Wounds. 


Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals 
(In-Pensions. ) 


Out-Pensions. 


Superannua- 
tion Allow- 
ances. 


Militia, 
Yeomanry 
Cavalry, and 
Volunteer 
Corps. 


Militia Pay. 


General 
Fellas and 
(Scotland) Act provement (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill 
Bill 


Bill 296, 


ment 





granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of 
£. 36,000 already voted on account), towards de- 
fraying the Charge for Pay of General Officers, 
which will come in course of payment from the 
Ist day of April 1868 to the 31st day March 1869, 
inclusive. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 98,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £.59,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge of Widows’ Pensions, &amp;c., 
which will come in course of payment from the 
Ist day of April 1868 to the 3ist day of March 
1869, inclusive. : 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,800, be 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £. 12,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge for Pensions for Wounds, 
which will come in course of payment from the 
Ist day of April 1868 to the 3lst day of March 
1869, inclusive. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £15,600, be 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £.18,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge for Chelsea and Kilmainham 
Hospitals (In-Pensions), which will come in course 
of payment from the lst day of April 1868 to the 
31st day of March 1869, inclusive. 

1]. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 893,600, be 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £. 291,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge for Out-Pensions, which 
will come in course of payment from the Ist day 
of April 1868 to the 31st day of March 1869, 
inclusive. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 97,200, be 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £. 38,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge for Superannuation Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of payment from 
the lst day of April 1868 to the 31st day of March 
1869, inclusive. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 8,700 be 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £. 12,000 already voted on account), towards 
defraying the Charge for Militia, Yeomanry Ca- 
valry, and Volunteer Corps, which will come in 
course of payment from the lst day of April 1868 
to the 31st day of March 1869, 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, Sir John Pakington, and Mr. Sclater-Booth do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the General Police and _ 
; and, 

r some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the 

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317 


Committee had gone through the Bill, and amended 
the Title, as followeth: 
_ A Bill to alter the Qualifications of the Electors 
in Places in Scotland under the “ General Police 
and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862,” or under 
the Act 13 &amp; 14 Victoria, chapter thirty-three, and 
to amend the said Acts in certain other respects. 
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 Vaccination (Jreland) Bill was, according Vaccination 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a (/reiand) Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Elections (Scotland) Bill; mtorr 
Resolved, That this House will, upon 3 onday $y =, 


. . . . ill. 
next, resolve itself into the sald Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself New Zealand 
into a Committee on the New Zealand Assembly’s Assembly's 
Powers Bill; and, after some time spent therein, oes 
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. 


i Sanitary Act 
resolved itself (1866) Amend 


ment Bill. 


The House, according to Order, 
into a Committee on the Sanitary Act (1866) 
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 in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Probate of 
mittee on the Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; ptr d+ 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Larceny and 
take into consideration the Larceny and Embezzle- mbeaalement 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

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, according to Order, resolved itself Sale of Poisons 


into 2 Committee on the Sale of Poisons and ia yn ad 
Pharmacy Act Amendment Bill. ment Bill 
| Lords.] 


(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 


Cuiause, N° 1 (Persons selling or compoundin 
Poisons, or assuming the title of Chemist an 
Druggist, to be qualified). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 3, to 
leave out from the word “the” to the words 
* Privy Council,” in 1. 4. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Headlam, } 49 

Yeas, UMr. Thomas Cave: 

Tellers for thef Mr. Lowe, } 25 

Noes, Lord Robert Montagu: . 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
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318 


Crause, N° 2 (Poisons within the meaning of 
Act). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.7, to leave out 
from the word “ and” to the word “in” in 1, 14, 
in order to insert the words “ it shall be lawful for 
“ the Privy Council, from time to time, as it may 
“ see fit, to order that other articles (being drugs 
“ or compounds of drugs which may be dangerous 
“to life) shall be poisons within the meaning of 
“this Act, and every such Order of the Privy 
** Council shall be published.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out ena part of the Clause : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again ut, and negatived. 

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. 








Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- | 





man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Lord Robert Montagu, } 33 
Yeas, Mr. Sclater- Booth : , 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Headlam, 1L 39 
Noes, LMr. Thomas Cave: J 

Crause, Ne3 (Chemists and Druggists within 
meaning of Act), 

Amendments made. 

Question proposed, That the Clause, as amended, 
stand part of the Bill. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

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 Wednes- 
day next, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Liquidation 


The Liquidation Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill | Lords.} 


read asecond time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
Bil, into consideration the Mines Assessment 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 week.” 

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 taken into considera- 
tion upon Wednesday next. 


Bristol 


Yhe Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
Election. 


adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 9th day of this instant July, That Mr. 
Attorney General be directed to prosecute the 
pomnee named as guilty of bribery by the Bristol 
ection Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


City ofLondon The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Gas Bill. take into: consideration the Amendments made 
by the Lords to the Amendment. made by this 


10th— 11th July. 








1868. 


House to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships to the City of London 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 
ag to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Newspapers, 

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 the 
years ending the 30th day of June 1866, the 30th 
day of June 1867, and the 30th day of June 1868 ; 
also Stamps at Three Halfpence issued to any 
such Newspaper during such Period. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Drainage and 
to confirm a Provisional Order under ‘“ The A pay me 
Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Jreland) Act, jana) pan 
1863,” and the Acts amending the same; And mental (No, 3) 
that Mr. Sclater-Booth and the Earl of Mayo do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Saint Mary 


| to prevent the removal of the Tower of the Church So™etset’s 


Church, Lon- 


of Saint Mary Somerset, in the City of London, don. 


‘and for vesting the said Tower and the Site thereof 


in the Corporation of the said City: And that 
Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Alderman 


Lawrence do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to defray Militia Pay 
the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and Contingent Bill. 
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 Em loyment of the Non-com- 
missioned Officers: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to enable Danube Works 
Her Majesty the Queen to carry into effect a Con- Loan Bill. 
vention made between Her Majesty and other Bill 227. 
Powers relative to a Loan for the Completion of 
Works for the Improvement of the Navigation of 
the Danube: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bentinck sear a Bill to prevent the Saint Mary 
removal of the Tower of the Church of Saini oe ey 
Mary Somerset, in the City of London, and for gon Bill. m 
vesting the said Tower and the site thereof in the gy) 238, 
Corporation of the said City: And the same was 
read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills: And that 


‘the Kixaminer have leave to sit and proceed 


forthwith. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to confirm a Drainage and 
Provisional Order under “ The Drainage and leeds tee 
Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863,” and jand) supple- 
the Acts amending the same: And the same was mental (No. 3) 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second Bill. 


time upon Monday next; and to be printed. Bill 229. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, Registration 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee nel 
to consider of providing for the payment, out of 
any moneys to be provided by Parliament for the 
purpose, of any Expenses that may be incurred, 
and of any Remuneration to Clerks of the Peace 
and others for additional duties performed by them. 
in carrying out. the. provisions of any Act of the: 

present 


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present Session for amending the Law of Regis- 
tration in Ireland, and also for the payment of the 
Revising Barristers who may be appointed under 
that Act; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That 
Her Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 

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


Tithe Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

— next, my itself a a a to consider - 
imposing a Stamp Duty on the Valuation require 

cool to be furnished No the Copyhold, tae and 
Tithe Commissioners, in all cases of inquiry into 
Exchanges, Partitions or Divisions of intermixed 
Lands, and of collecting by means of Stamps the 
Fees to be charged by the said Commissioners 
under any Act of the present Session amending 
the Commutation of Tithes, the Copyhold and 
Inclosure Acts, and providing for the expense of the 
Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Office. 


Bank of Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Bombay Bill. Tords to the Bank of Bombay Bill be taken into 


consideration upon Monday next. 


And then the House, having continued to 
sit till half an hour after Two of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Monday, 13th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
South Eastern HE Order of the day being read, for taking 
Sie an 4 into consideration the Amendments made by 
? 


South Coast the Lords to the South Eastern and London, 

Railway Com- Brighton, and South Coast Railway Companies Bill; 

ae oe. Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next. 


Ardmore A Motion being made, That the Ardmore Har- 
(larde] Bill hour Bill be now read the third time ; 


The Lord Advocate, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the bon That Her Ma- 
jesty, 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. 


Norwich Union The Norwich Union Life Insurance Society Bill 

a was read the third time. 

Lords.] p Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
O pass. 

Sink 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. 


Cork and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(Direct) Rail. the Cork and Macroom (Direct) Railway Bill. 

ad Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Lords. 


Mersey Railway The House proceeded to take into consideration 
[Lords] the Mersey Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bathiveale The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway 


Rilway Bil Dill. 
(Lorde. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
* * Vou. 123, 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Star Life 
the Star Life Assurance Society Bill, as amended Assurance 
in the Committee. pee ‘a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the thirdtime. ~~ 


The Duke of Richmond’s Estate Bill was read a Duke of Rich- 
second time; and committed. mond’s Estate 
° Bill [Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Electric 
Electric Telegraphs Bill have leave to sit this day — 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the ®" 
House. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Malt Tax. 
Malt Tax have Power to report their Observa- No, 490, 
tions thereupon to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Colonel Barttelot 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 - Evidence taken before them, and an Ap- 

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


Several Public Petitions were Fo saan and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
first Report. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from cork and Kin- 
ene of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, sale Junction 
That in the case of the Cork and Kinsale Junc- a 
tion 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. 


A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clif- Royal Assent. 

ford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal 
Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both 
Houses, desire the immediate attendance of this 
Honourable House in 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 : 

An Act to make provision in the case of Bo- Voters in 
roughs ceasing to return Members to serve in Disfranchised 
Parliament, respecting Rights of Election which 3°rvsts Bill. 
have been vested in Persons entitled to vote for 
such Members: 

An Act to amend the Act of the twenty-third Municipal Rate 
and twenty-fourth years of the Reign of Her Ma- (“dinburgh) 
jesty, chapter Fifty, by abolishing the Rate im- ~~ 
posed by the said Act on all Occupiers of Pre- 
mises within the extended Municipal Boundaries 
of the City of Edinburgh: 

An Act for oxteiiline the provisions of the Thames 
Thames Embankment and Metropolis Improve- Embankment 
ment (Loans) Act, 1864, and for amending the rete _ 
Powers of the Metropolitan Board of Works in (Loans) Act | 


relation to Loans under that Act: — 


An Act for facilitating the acquisition and en- Religions, &amp;c.: 
joyment of Sites for Buildings for Religious, Edu- Buildings Sites 
cational, Literary, Scientific, and other Charitable aa. 
Purposes: 

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320 


Consecration | An Act toamend “ The Consecration ofChurch- 

= nae yards Act, 1867.” 

Amendment 

Bill | Lords.] 

Sea Fisheries | An Act to carry into effect a Convention between 

Bill. Her Majesty and the Emperor of the French, con- 
cerning the Fisheries in the Seas adjoining the 
British Islands and France, and to amend. the 
Laws relating to British Sea Fisheries : 

Vagrant Act An Act to amend the Act for punishing idle and 

Amendment disorderly Persons, and Rogues and Vagabonds, so 

Bul. far as relates to the use of Instruments of Gaming: 

Jedguents An Act to render Judgments or Decreets ob- 


Extension Bill. tained in certain Courts in England, Scotland, and 
Ireland respectively effectual in any other part of 
the United Kingdom : 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Fairs in 
England and Wales: 
Representation _ An Act to amend the Representation of the 
of the People People in Ireland: 


semen sa An Act to provide for the Collection by means 
Fees, &amp;c. of Stamps of Fees payable in the Supreme and 
(Scotland) Bill. Inferior Courts of Law in Scotland, and in the 
Offices belonging thereto, and for other purposes 
relative thereto: 

An Act to settle and describe the Limits of cer- 
tain Boroughs, and the Divisions of certain Coun- 
ties in England and Wales, in so far as respects 
the Election of Members to serve in Parliament: 

An Act for the Amendment of the Representa- 
tion of the People in Scotland: 


An Act to amend the Act twenty-fifth and 
twenty-sixth Victoria, chapter Sixty-six, for the 
safe keeping of Petroleum: 

Prisons (Scot- | An Act to amend the Acts for the Administra- 
land) Adminis- tion of Prisons in Scotland, in so far as regards the 
tration Acts = County of Lanark, and for other purposes: 


Fairs Bill. 


Boundary Bill. 


Representation 
of the People 
(Scotland) Bill. 
Petroleum Act 
Amendment 
Bil 


(Lanarkshire) 

Amendment 

Bill. 

——| An Act to make provision for the Appointment 

(Legislative of Members of the Legislative Council of New 

Council) Bill. Zealand, and to remove Doubts in respect of past 
Appointments : 

De eeess An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain 

(No. 2) Bill. Lands, in pursuance of a Special Report of the 


Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales: 
Drainage Pro. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under 


visional Order “ The Drainage Act, 1861”: 

Confirmation 

Rill. a 

Local Govern- An Act toconfirm certain Provisional Orders un- 


ment Supple- der “‘ The Local Government Act, 1858,” relating to 
— No. 2) the Districts of Southampton, Bradford, Whitchurch 
; and Dodington, Royton, Kendal, and Sunderland: 


An Act to confirm a certain Provisional Order 
4) under “ The Local Government Act, 1858,” re- 
lating to the District of Tormoham (Devonshire) : 

An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders 
under “ The Local Government Act, 1858,” re- 
lating to the Districts of Malvern, Cowpen, Bristol, 
Sheffield, Margate, Bognor, and Otley, and for other 
purposes relative to certain Districts under the 
said Act: 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental (No. 
Bill. 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental (No, 5) 
Bill. 


City of London An Act to amend the Metropolis Gas Act, 
Gu 5 1860, and to make further provision for regulating 
the Supply of Gas to the Gity of London, and for 
other purposes connected therewith : 
eer | An Act to continue in force an Act of the second ; 
Regulation Act vear of King George the Second, chapter Nine- 
Bill. veen, for the better Regulation of the Oyster | 
Fishery in the River Medway ; 
Reading Local An Act to enable the Local Board of Health in 
Board fu, 2nd for the District of the Borough of Reading to 
* acquire the Undertaking of the Reading Water- 
works Company, and for other purposes : 
Morley Gas An Act for authorizing the Morley Gas Company 
Bill (4ords.] to raise further Moneys, and for aa purposes : 
Waterford An Act to change the Name of the Waterford 
and Kilkenny ond Kilkenny Railway Company, to confer upon 
Railway Bill ‘h - 
[Lords.} them further Powers, and for other purposes: 


13th July. 









































































1868. 


An Act for enlarging and improving the Court- Glasgo 
houses and Public Buildings of the City of Glaagen Howe a” 
and County of Lanark, and erecting additional 
Court-houses, Halls, and Buildings, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to amend “ The Jéchen Floating Bridge Itchen Bridge 
Act, 1863,” and for other purposes: Bill. 

An Act to extend the Powers of the Stourbridge Stourbridge 
Railway Company with respect to the Branch Railway Bin, 
Railway to Stourbridge : 

An Act for incorporating and granting other Worthing Gas 
Powers to the Worthing Gas Light and Coke Bill. 
Company : 

An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase Clonmel, 
of Lands, and for the Construction of the Works eam and 
authorized by “The Clonmel, Lismore, and Dun- Railway Bil. 
garvan Railway Act, 1865.” 

An Act to authorize and incorporate Commis- pundee Gas 
sioners to supply with Gas the Town of Dundee Bin. 
and Districts and Places adjacent, and to transfer 
to them the Gas Works of the Dundee Gas Light 
Company and the Dundee New Gas Light Com- 
pany, and for other purposes: 

An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway Caledonian 
Company to abandon certain authorized Branches, Bailway Bill. 
for extending the periods limited for the acquisition 
of Lands and construction of Works as respects 
their Muirhirk Branch, for raising additional 
Money, and for other purposes: 

An Act for consolidating the Acts relating to Gas Light and 
the Gas Light and Coke Company, for regulating Coke Company 
their Capital, and for authorizing them to erect” * 
new Gas Works, and to construct other Works in 
connection therewith, and to raise further Moneys, 
and for other purposes: 

An Act to enable the Kington and Eardisley Kington and 
Railway Company to make Deviations of their or -aaen 
authorized Railways, to abandon portions of their ““""*Y 
Railways, to revive and extend the Powers of 
Compulsory Purchase of Lands, and to use a por- 
tion of the Leominster and Kington Railway, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act to grant further Powers to the Metro- Metropolitan 


te ‘strict Railw : District Rail- 
politan District Railway Company way Bill. 


An Act for enabling the Metropolitan Railway Metropolitan 
Company to make a Junction Line in the Parish Railway Bill. 
of Saint Sepulchre, in the City of London; for 
giving effect to Arrangements with other Com- 

anies; for extending the ‘Time limited for the 
we of certain Lands; for amending the Acts 
relating to the Company, and for other purposes : 


An Act for the Improvement of the Township New Kilmain- 
and District of New Kilmainham, in the Barony of 4 Township 
Upper Cross, and County of Dublin: 


An Act for altering the Streets in communica~ Thames 
tion with the Embankment on the North Side of (North end 
the Thames, for giving effect to an Arrangement gouth) Bill. 
with the South Eastern Railway Company with 
respect to the Pier at Hungerford, and to an Ar- 
rangement with the Metropolitan District Railway 
Company, and for amending some of the Provisions 
of the Acts relating to the Embankment on the 
South Side of the Zhames, and for other pur- 

ses : 

An Act for supplying with Water Ruthin and Ruthin Water 
Places adjacent, in the County of Denbigh: Bill. 

An Act to authorize “ The Commissioners for Waterford | 
improving the Port and Harbour of Waterford” Harbour Bill 
to construct a Dry Dock and Road, and other 
Works connected therewith respectively, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for the Extension of Time for the Pur- Barry Railway 
chase of Lands, and Completion of Works, autho- Bill. 
rized by “ The Barry Railway Act, 1865,” and 
“ The Barry Railway (Alteration) Act, 1866,” 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Tramway from the Somer- Giastonbary 
set and Dorset Railway at Glastonbury, to Street, ont Guat ba 
. e way 
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An Act for authorizing the Teign Valley Rail- 
way Company to make and maintain a Deviation of 
their authorized Railway, and for other purposes: 
Great Marlow An Act for making a Railway from the Wycombe 
Railway Bill. Branch of the Great Western Railway to Great 
Marlow, in the County of Buckingham, and for 
other purposes: 

An Act for authorizing the Tottenham and 
Hampstead Junction Railway Company to raise 
way Bill. further Moneys, and for other purposes: 


Abergavenny An Act to extend the Time for the Compulsory 
and ao Purchase of Lands for, and for the Completion of 
— the Abergavenny and Monmouth eng 


Teign Vall 
leoy Bill. 


Tottenham 
and Hampstead 
Junction Rail- 


Windsor and An Act for granting Powers to the Proprietors 

oy Woter of the Windsor and Eton Waterworks : 

Barrow-in- An Act for authorizing the Corporation of the 

Furness Borough of Barrow-in-Furness to supply with Gas 

Corporation ‘and Water the Borough and adjacent’ Districts ; 

: to purchase the Undertaking of the Furness Gas 

and Water Company; for defining and extending 
the Powers of the Corporation in relation to the 
Improvement of the Borough, and to Police and 
other matters of Local Government, and for other 
purposes : 

County Down An Act to separate, for certain purposes, por- 

deere tions of the Borough of Belfast, from the County 

6 ' te : 

of Down, and for other purposes relating to the 
Improvement and Regulation of the Borough: 

Dundee n Act to authorize the Provost, Magistrates, 

Eelnde va 22d Town Council of the Royal Burgh of Dun- 

Street Bill, dee, to construct a Sea Wall so as to enclose a 
portion of the Alveus of the Frith of Tay, opposite 
to the Burgh, and to form an Esplanade, and a 
Road or Street on and within such Sea Wall, and 
for other purposes : 

Gun Barrel An Act for repealing the Gun Barrel Proof Act, | 


Proof Houses 1855, and for making other Provisions in lieu 
= thereof, and for altering the constitution of the 
Guardians of the Birmingham Proof House, and 
for better insuring the due proof of Gun Barrels, 

and for other purposes : 
An Act to confer further Powers on the Lanca- 
~ _, shire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and on the 
Union Railways Lancashire Union Railways Company, with respect 


Lancashire 


Companies to certain Railways in Lancashire authorized to be 

Bill. re ag 
constructed by them severally or jointly : 

Lancashire An Act for authorizing the Abandonment of a 


Bar SlWay8 Hortion of the Undertaking of the Lancashire 
nion Railways Company, and for extending the 
Time for the completion of other portions thereof, 

and for other purposes : 


Wolverhamp- An Act to confer further Powers on the Wol- 
aoe aa verhampton and Walsall Railway Company : 

London and An Act for conferring additional Powers on the 
North Western 


London and North Western Railway Company for 

the construction of new Works, and in relation to 

their own Undertaking and the Undertakings of 

other Companies, and for other purposes : 

London and An Act for extending the Time limited for the 

aay Rail- compulsory Purchase of Lands authorized to be 
taken by the London, Blackwall, and Millwall 
Extension Railway Act, 1865, and also the Time 
limited for completing the Railways and Works 
under such Act; for authorizing Arrangements with 
other Companies, and for other purposes in relation 
to the London and Blackwall Railway Company : 

perttend Water An Act for transferring the Waterworks of the 
Dartford Local Board of Health to the Company 
of Proprietors of the Kent Waterworks Company, 
and for other purposes : 

gl An Act to authorize the Holywell Railway Com- 

[Lords] - pany to divert and relinquish their authorized 

ilway, and to construct other Railways in sub- 

stitution thereof, and for other purposes: 

South Eastern, 


and London An Act for the Abandonment of the Railways 
Chatham, and authorized by the South Eastern and London, 
Dover (London, Chatham and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) 
Behn) Ra Railways Act, 1866: 

ways (Aban- 

donment) Bil. Vou, 123. 


Railway Bill. 





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An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Clyde Clyde 
Navigation to construct a Giaving Dock, Quays Rarisstiow 
or Wharfs, and other Works at the Harbour of ~~ 
Glasgow, and to borrow additional Money, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for incorporating the Eastbourne Gas Eastbourne 
Company, and for conferring upon them further &amp;* 5il- 
Powers for the supply of Gas to the Town and 
Parish of Eastbourne, and the Parish of Willing- 
don, in the County of Sussex,and for other pur- 
poses: 

An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Halifax — 
Burgesses of the Borough of Halifax to construct ons cer 
new Works in extension of their Waterworks, to and Improve- 
extend their limits of Supply ; to acquire the Ma- ment Bill, 
nufacturers’ Hall; to improve the Borough of 
Halifar, and for other purposes : 

An Act for enabling the Corporation of the Portsmonth 
Borough of Portsmouth to construct a new Wharf Camber Quays 
or Quay in the Camber; for extending their Powers ®* 
to levy Rates and Dues, and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Local Board for the saint Mary 
District of Saint Mary Church, in the County of Church Local 
Devon, to supply their District with Gas; to erect Bré Bill 
a Town Hall and other Buildings, and to raise 
Moneys, and for other purposes: 

An Act to amalgamate the Court of Record for salfora 
the Hundred of Sa/ford, in the County of Zan- Hundred and 
caster, and the Court of Record for the Trial of (Git) Courts 
Civil Actions within the City of Manchester, and of Record Bill. 
to constitute the said amalgamated Court the Court 
of Record for the Hundred of Salford, in the 
County of Lancaster, with extended Powers, and 
to regulate the Practice and Procedure therein, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act to extend the Limits within which staffordshire 
the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company Potteries Water 
may supply Water, and to empower them to con- Bill 
struct additional Works, and to raise additional 
— and for other purposes : 

n Act for granting further Powers to the gaint Ives aud 
Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction Railway West Cornwall 


Junction Rail- 
Company : way Bill. 


An Act for extending the Time allowed for the Lisnelty Har- 
Completion by the Lianelly Harbour and Burry bour Improve- 
Navigation Commissioners of certain Works, and ™* Bill. 
for other purposes ; 

An Act for incorporating a Company for sup- Liynvi Valley 
plying with Gas the Parish of Liangonoyd and Gas Bill. 
other Places, in the County of Glamorgan: 

An Act to authorize the London, Brighton, and London, 
South Coast Railway Company to abandon certain Brighton, and 


5 douth Coast 
Works, and for other purposes: Railway Bill. 


An Act to enable the Metropolitan Board of Thames 
Works to embank the River Thames between the Embankment 
Royal Hospital at Chelsea and Battersea Bridge, ‘helsea) Bill. 
in the County of Middlesex, and to make a Road- 
way and other Works connected therewith, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act toauthorize the Greenock and Ayrshire Greenock 
Railway Company to make and maintain certain and Ayrshire 


Railways and Works, and for other purposes : fo 


An Act to extend the Powers of the Pontypool, Pontypool, 


Caerleon, and Newport Railway Company : Sania and 
ewport 

5 P ay ee Railway Bill. 

An Act for improving and maintaining the perdeen 


Harbour of Aberdeen: Harbour Bill. 

An Act to authorize the North British Railway North British 
Company to execute various Railways and Works, Railway (Gene- 
and to abandon certain Railways and Works, and ~ty owers) 
to extend the Time for the compulsory Purchase 
of Lands and Completion of Works with reference 
to several Railways and Works, and to amend in 
various particulars the Acts relating to the Com- 
pany passed in the last Session of Parliament, and 
for other purposes: 

An Act for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen, Bradford 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Bradford to Waterworks 
make and maintain additional Waterworks, and ie ga 

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for making additional Provision for Improvement 
of the Borough, and for other at . 
Brecon and An Act for suspending legal Proceedings with 
Merthyr Tydfil reference to the Breeon and Merthyr Junction 
Junction Rail- Railway Company; for converting the Mortgage 


oe and other Debts'into Debenture Stock; for autho- 
rizing the Completion of certain Lines of Railway ; 
for regulating the Capital and future Manage- 
ment of the Company, and for other purposes: 
Derby Waer | An Act for conferring further Powers upon the 
Bill. Derby Waterworks Company : 
Athenry and An Act to enable the Athenry and Ennis Junc- 
ey — a tion Railway Company to make Arrangements 
| Lords.] with other Companies, and for other purposes : 
Waterford An Act to enable the Waterford and Limerick 
_ oe oy Railway Company to raise additional Capital, and 
( Lords] ” for other purposes : 
Great Western An Act for conferring further Powers on the 


Railway Bill, Great Western Railway Company for the Con- 
struction of Works, and in relation to their own 
Undertaking and the Undertakings of other 
Companies, and for other purposes : 


Saint Leonard An Act for making the Acts of Parliament 
_ a relating to the Ecclesiastical Commission appli- 
Chusch bise Cable to the reputed Parishes of Saint Leonard 
tricts Bill. and Saint Mary Magdalen, in the Diocese of 
Chichester, and for other purposes connected there- 
with : 
Denn An Act to enable William Dunn Gardner, 
ardner’s Esquire, upon purchasing the respective Rever- 
Lendel sions of ae in Sostain Leasehold Estates devised 
by the Will of William Dunn Gardner, deceased, 
to charge the said Estates with the Purchase 
Money and the Expenses incident to such Pur- 
chase, and to convey or cause to be conveyed the 
same Estates, by way of Mortgage, to secure the 
payment of the said Purchase Money and Ex- 
penses, without incurring a forfeiture of his Es- 
tate and Interest under the same Will, and for 
other purposes. 
Civil Services. | Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s 


No. 419, Command,—Civil Services: Supplementary Esti- 
mate :—An Estimate of Sums required to be voted 
for the Expenditure of the year ending 31 March 
1869, in addition to the Sums already provided 
in the Estimates presented in the Session of 1868. 
Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
: Treasury Minute, dated 9th July 1868, authorizing 
the grant of Special Superannuation Allowances 
to the persons holding the Offices in the Board of 
Trade, of Permanent Secretary, of Assistant Secre- 
tary to the Harbour Department, and of Assistant 
Secretary to the Railway Department. 
Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply, and be printed; and 
that the other Paper do he upon the Table. 


Superannua- 
tions, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons con- 
victed 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 1868; showing the Nature and Extent 
of each Inaccuracy, the Business carried on by 
the Offender, and the 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 condemned was given to 
the Informer who laid the Informations, or other 
Persons engaged in enforcing the Law; distin- 
— between Offences committed in any Shop, 

‘arehouse, or Store, and those committed in the 


Public Streets; also the Amount of Salary and 


Weights and 
Measures. 


13th July. 











1868. 


other Remuneration given to the Inspectors of 
Weights and Measures (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 95, of Session 1867). 

Ordered, That 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, Treasure 
Returns of all Objects coming under the denomina- Trove. 
tion of Treasure Trove which have been claimed 
by the Solicitor of the Treasury on behalf of the 
Crown, between the 10th day of May 1867 and 
the 10th day of May 1868, setting forth the Date 
of each Claim, Description of Treasure, Estimated 
Value, and how disposed of (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 503, of Session 1867): 
And, of all Objects of Treasure Trove unaccounted 
for from the lst day of January 1859 to the 10th 
day of May 1868. 





Ordered, That the Select Committee on County County Finan- 
Financial Arrangements have Power to report cia! Arrange- 
their Opinion thereupon to the House, together ™"™ 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before N® 421. 
them. 

Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the said 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, 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. 

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


Lord Robert Montagu presented, by Her Ma- Education. 


jesty’s Command,—Copy of Circular of Lord 


Stanley to Her Majesty’s Representatives Abroad, 

relative to Technical and Primary Education, to- 

gether with their Replies. 

" i That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an Steam Vessels. 
Order, dated the 9th day of March last, for a Re- 
turn relative to Steam Vessels. 

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


Mr. Adderley presented,—Return to an Address Marriages 
to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of this instant | aeoan 
July, for Returns relative to Marriages (South wo 499, 
Australia). { 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the War War Office 
Office (Control Department), which was presented (Control De- 


_— a partment.) 
upon the 10th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 373 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the In- tphabitea 
hahited House Duty (Metropolis), which was pre- House Duty 
sented upon the 10th day of this instant July, be Metropolis.) 
printed. No. 424. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts re- Grand Jury 
lative to Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland), Presentments 
which were presented upon the 10th day of this (ireland.) . 
instant July, be printed. No, 425. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education raucation 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 10th day (Ireland.) 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 426. 


The Court of Session (Scotland) Bill was, a¢- court of Ses 
cording to Order, read the third time; and a sion (Scotland) 
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. “ 

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New Zealand 
Assembly’s 
Powers Bill. 


Supply. 


Navy 
(Construction 
of Vessels. ) 


Princess of 
‘Wales. 


Supply. 


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The New Zealand Assembly’s Powers 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 of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ a scientific inquiry be instituted to take 
‘into consideration the leading characteristics 
“ that should be adopted in the future construction 
“ of the Vessels of the Navy,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question : 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to 
the House, That their Address of the 9th day 
of this instant July, to congratulate Her Ma- 
jesty on the Princess of Wales having happily 
given birth to a Princess, and to assure Her Ma- 
jesty of our feelings of devoted loyalty and attach- 
ment to Her Majesty’s Person and Family, 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 : 

our loyal and dutiful Address on the Birth of 
the Princess, My Grand-daughter, has afforded 
Me much satisfaction; and I thank you for the 
renewed assurance of your attachment to My 
Person and Family. 








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 “—™ Por 

{ Mr. Noel, 

Tellers for the Yeas, yyy. Wiktimere + 47. 

37. 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr a S 

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. £.87,179, for the Officers and the Contingent 
Expenses of Her Majesty’s Victualling Yards and 
Transport Establishments at Home and Abroad. 

2. £.64,824, for the Medical Establishments at 
Home and Abroad. 

3. £.20,709, for the several Marine Divisions. 

4. £.592,908, to complete the Sum for Naval 
Stores for the Building, Repair, and Outfit of the 
Fleet and Coast Guard. 

5. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.742,500, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Expense 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 31st day 
of March 1869: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.742,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary 
to defray the Expense of Steam Machinery for 
Her Majesty’s Ships and Vessels, and for Pay- 


ments 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 
31st day of 

Vou. 123. 


arch 1869 ; 





13th—14th July. 





The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,| a a 


JMr. Noel, 
Tellers for the Noes, \Mr, Whitmore : 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

6. £.564,237, to complete the Sum for New 
Works, Buildings, Machinery, and Repairs in the 
Naval Establishments. 

7. £.78,164, for Medicines, Medical Stores, &amp;e. 

8. £.20,365, for Martial Law and Law Charges. 

9. £.175,800, for divers Naval Miscellaneous 
Services. 

10. £.500,166, to complete the Sum for Half 
Pay, Reserved Half Pay, and Retirement to Offi- 
cers of the Navy and Royal Marines. 

11. £.400,447, to complete the Sum for Military 
Pensions and Allowances. 

12. £.123,498, to complete the Sum for Civil 
Pensions and Allowances. 

13. £.200,600, to complete the Sum for the 
Freight of Ships, for the Victualling and Con- 
veyance of Troops, on account of the Army 
Department. 

14. £.42,079, for Greenwich Hospital and 
Schools. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Tuesday, 14th July, 1868 : 


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. 


most gracious Message of the 9th day of this in- 
stant July, relative to the important Services 
rendered by Sir Robert Napier, a Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That the Annual Sum of Two thousand Pounds 
be granted to Her Majesty, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, to be settled upon Lieutenant General 
Sir Robert Napier, G.c.B., and the next surviving 
Heir Male of his Body, for the term of their na- 
tural lives. 

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. Dis- 
raeli, and Sir Stafford Northcote do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day, at Two of the clock. 


into a Committee on the Turnpike Acts Continu- 


ance, &amp;c. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble fers oa 
CuiauseE, N® 1 (Repeal of certain Turnpike Acts. 
Schedule 1). 





out 


Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 8. to leave 
‘ TT2 the 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee to sir Robert 
whom it was referred to consider Her Majesty’s Napier. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into public schools 
consideration the Public Schools Bill, as amended Biil. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike Acts 





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the word “ Schedule,” in order to insert the words 
* and Third Schedules.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ Schedule ” 
stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

CiavseE, N° 2, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 3 (Continuance of certain Turn- 
pike Acts. Schedules 3 and 4). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p- be 
to leave out the word “ November,” in order to 
insert the word “ June.” 

Question, That the word “ November” stand 
part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Question put, That the word « June” be there 
inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Noel, } 

Yeas, \Mr. Whitmore: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Knight, \ 99 
Noes, \Mr. Henniker-Major: J“ 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criausr, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 

Three Clauses added. 

Another Clause (Provision for cases where 
Turnpike Act has expired) brought up, and 
read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time—— put, and negatived. 

First Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Second Schedule agreed to. 

Third Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Fourth Schedule. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 22, 1. 30, 
after the word “ Warwick” to insert the words 
“1 and 2 Geo. 4,c. 107, an Act for more effectually 
“ repairing the Road from Dunstable, in the County 
“ of Bedford, to the Pondyards, in the County of 
“ Hertford.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the fColonel William Stuart, } 

Yeas, Mr. Graves: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Whitmore, \ 58 
Noes, (Sir Graham Montgomery:J °” 

Other Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 24, 1. 30, 
after the word “ Bromsgrove,” to insert the words 
* ] and 2 Will. 4, c. 29, an Act for more effectu- 
“ally repairing, amending, and improving the 
** Roads from Liverpool to Prescot, Ashton, and 

“ Warrington, in the Gente Palatine of Lancaster.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Graves, 7 

Yeas, (Mr. Thomas Cave: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Whitmore, 

Noes, \(Sir Graham Montgomery 

Another Amendment made. 

Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 

Fifth and Sixth Schedules amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to, 

‘Title saeuied. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dod- 
son reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bull, and amended the Title as followeth: 

A Bill to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great 
Britain, to repeal certain other Turnpike Acts, 
and to make further Provisions concerning Turn- 
pike Roads. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at Two 
of the clock. 


86. 





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1868. 


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


(In the Committee. ) 


CravsE, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Causes, N° 2 to N° 5, agreed to. 

CxausE, N° 6 (Mortgage Debts on Leaseholds 
may be deducted from the value thereof before 
Probate, &amp;c. 

To report 


Tnland Re 
Bill, ae 


Sesion, 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 

gain. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- poor Relief 
mittee on the Poor Relief Bill; Bill [ Lords.] 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 
mittee on the Government of India Act Amend- of India Act 
ment Bill; pea 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- sa 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- g,. nor 
mittee on the Governor General of Jndia Bill ; General of 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- India Bill. 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Army Chaplains Bill was, according to army 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Chaplains 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. Ee [sort 


The Order of the day being read, for resumin 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Foreign Cottle 
upon the 26th day of June last, was proposed to Market Bill, 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do 

now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Metro- 

politan Foreign Cattle Market Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Thursday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration 

into a Committee on Registration (Jreland) [Ex- (Ireland) 

penses |. [Eupensen) 
(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 


pa. out of any monies that may be provided 
y Parliament for the purpose, of any Expenses 


_| that may be incurred, and of any Remuneration 


to Clerks of the Peace and others, for additional 
duties imposed upon them in the year 1868, in 
carrying out the provisions of any Act of the pre- 
sent Session for amending the Law of Registration 
in Ireland; and also to authorize the payment as 
aforesaid of the Barristers who may be appointed 
under that 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 received upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 








next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Th 
t+] 


ion of 
Railways Bill 
| Lords.] 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Bill [Lords.] 


Election 
Petitions 

and Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections 
(Salaries, &amp;c.] 


Election 
Petitions and 
Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections Bill. 


Titles to Land 


Consolidation mittee on the Titles to Land Consolidation (Scot- 
(Scotland) Bill. Jgnq) Bill : 


Tithe 
Commutation, 
&amp;c. Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Public 
Departments 
Payments Bill, 


General 

Police and 
Improvement 
(Scotland) Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Vaccination 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
oo 


Municipal 
Elections 
(Scotland) Bill. 


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325 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| reported, That the Committee had gone through 


mittee on the Regulation of Railways Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Thursday next. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 


Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices at Elec- 
tions [Salaries, &amp;c.], a Resolution; which was 
read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient to authorize the payment, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom, of the Salaries and Pensions of any Judge 
who may be appointed under any Act of the pre- 
sent Session relating to Election Petitions and 
Corrupt Practices at Elections, and of any addition 
to the Salary of any Judge in respect of any 
duties to be imposed on him under any such Act, 
and also to authorize the payment, out of monies 
to be provided by Parliament, for the purpose of 
the travelling and other expenses of any such 
Judge. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt 
Practices at Elections Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


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


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 Tithe Commutation, &amp;c. Acts Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Departments Payments Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the General Police and Improvement 
(Scotland) Act Amendment 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 Vaccination (Jreland ) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- 
ae That the Committee had gone through the 


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 of Ways and Means; 

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 Municipal Elections 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 


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 Sani 
take into consideration the Sanitary Act (1866) (1866) Amend- 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. ail 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Two of the clock. 


The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, Militia Pay 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- Bill 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Danube Works Loan Bill was, according to Danube Works 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Lean Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 

next. 


The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Jre- Drainage and 
land) Supplemental (No. 3) Bill was, according —— 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to (Ireland) 


a Committee of the whole House, for thisday. Supplemental 
(No. 3) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tithe 
into a Committee on Tithe Commutation, &amp;c. 5°". 
Acts Amendment [Stamps]. 


fStempe] 
tamps. 
(In the Committee. ) 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to impose a 

Stamp Duty the same as is now required in the 
case of Appraisements, on the Valuation that is to 
be furnished to the Copyhold, Inclogtre, and 
Tithe Commissioners, in all cases of inquiry into 
Exchanges, Partitions, or Divisions of intermixed 
Lands. 
2. Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize 
the collection by means of Stamps of the Fees to 
be charged by the said Commissioners under any 
Act of the present Session amending the Commu- 
tation of Tithes, Copyhold, and Inclosure Acts, 
and providing for the expense of the Copyhold, 
Inclosure, and Tithe Office. 


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 House, according to Order, proceeded to Bank of 
take into consideration the Amendment made by Bombay Bill. 
the Lords to the Bank of Bombay 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Probate of 
nag on the Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Ireland) (relnd) 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- Liquidation 


mittee on the Liquidation Bill; Bill [Lords.) 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
The Order of the day being read, for —a Bristol 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Election. 
upon the 9th day of this instant July, t Mr. 


Attorney General be directed to prosecute the 





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Bristol Writ. 


Poor Law 
Board Pro- 
visional Order 
Cenfirmation. 


Sir Robert 
Napier's 
Annuity Bill. 


Bill 230, 


Poor Law 
Board Pro- 
visional Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 


Bill 231. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Reformatory 
Schools ( lre- 
land) Bill. 
Compulsory 
Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Registration 
Bill. 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings Bill. 


East London 
Railway Bill. 


Great Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Chichester 
and Midhurst 
Railway Bill. 


House of 
Commons 
(Arrange- 
ments.) 


Registration 
Bill. 





and the same were twice read, and 


326 
ersons named as guilty of bribery by the Bristol | 
Blection Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Ordered, That the Evidence taken before the 
Bristol Election Committee having been delivered, 
Mr. Speaker do not issue his heme for a new 
Writ for the City of Bristol until three days’ 
Notice of a Motion for the Writ shall have ex- 
pired. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Poor 
Law Board under “ The Poor Law Amendment 
Act, 1867,” with reference to the City of Salisbury : 
And that Sir Michael Hicks Beach and Sir James 
Fergusson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to settle an 
Annuity upon Lieutenant General Sir Robert 
Napier, G.C.B., G.C.8.1., and the next surviving 
Heir Male of his Body, in consideration of his 
eminent Services: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
this day ; and to be printed. 


Sir Michael Hicks Beach presented a Bill to 
confirm a Provisional Order made by the Poor 
Law Board under “ The Poor Law Amendment 
Act, 1867,” with reference to the City of Salis- 
bury: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day; and to 


be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Reformatory 
Schools ( Zreland) Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Compulsory 
Church Rates Abolition Bill, with Amendments; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Registration Bill, 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Artizans and 
Labourers’ Dwellings Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the East London 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrenve of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Eastern 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Chichester and 
Midhurst 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 
hy this ~ ae in the present Session of Parliament 
on the House of Commons (Arrangements). 

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. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Registration Bill be now taken into 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded 
to take the said Amendments into consideration ; 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


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1868. 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the County Courts 
Lords to the County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdic- (Admiralty 
tion) Bill be taken into consideration upon Wed- ee 
nesday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Compulsory 
Lords to the Compulsory Church Rates Abolition Church Rates 
Bill be taken into consideration upon Friday next. abeien a, 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Bill 232. 
Lords, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Artizans and 
Lords to the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings Labourers’ 
Bill be taken into consideration upon Wednesday ?¥*lines Bill 
next, Bill 233, 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the | 
Lords, be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into Life Policies 
a Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Life Nomination 
Policies Nomination Bill, was read, and discharged. Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 5th day of August next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Church Rates 
nesday next, the Church Rates Abolition Bill, was Abolition Bill 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 22nd day of this instant July. 


The Admiralty Suits Bill was read the first admiralty 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon tur Bill 


Thursday next; and to be printed. a 
i 234, 
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, 14th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

IR Edward Colebrooke reported from the Com- Railway Bills 

mittee on Group 9 of Palio Bills; That (GruP %) 
Mr. Vanderbyl, one of the Members of the said 
Committee, was not present within one hour after ( 
the time appointed for the meeting of the Com- 
mittee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


os oOo ee 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolitan 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the 4i Saw 
Metropolitan and Saint John’s Wood Railway Bill ; Raiiway 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. 


Sse «At 


The House proceeded to take in consideration } sn by 


the Wey and Arun Junction Canal Bill,as amended canal Bill 
in the Committee. [Lords.} 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


resented, and Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- | 
first Report. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland) 


Amendment 
read, and discharg Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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


FPo3 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Poor Law (Ireland) Amendment Bill, was 
ed. 









Ordered, 
















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Vessels not Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | or ordered to be built, during the year 1868, in 
ciated. a Return of Vessels not Armour-plated building, | the following form :— 
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: i Deeught g, | Cost of Hull up | = 
‘ é 5; | a re eee to 31 March 1868,| = 
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ll. 
gery Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | Form, and in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
—. a Return of all Iron-plated Ships and Batteries | No. 565, of Session 1867) :— 
built, building, or ordered to be built (in the same 
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5 a 2.8 2 3 First Cost of Vessels now Complete, Vessels building in Her we 
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Is 
Poor Law The following Paper was laid upon the Table| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Election 
(Str: 1 D P po . . iy . e,¢ BP titi 
— by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, | into a Committee on the Election Petitions and ©°(008 
Union. } 7 P ° and Corrupt 
dated the 29th ~~ of May last, for a Return rela- | Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill. Practices at 
tive to the Poor Law (Strand Union). (In the Committee.) Elections Bill. 
Enst India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India| Cuause, N° 17 (Report of the Judge as to: 
— (Oriental Steam Company), which was presented | Corrupt Practices), agreed to, 
D ma: upon the 29th day of June last, be printed. Cuausgs, N° 18 to N° 24, agreed to. 
d 0, 427, Cuiauss, N° 25, amended, and agreed to. 
il. protien Ordered, That the Paper relative to the War Ct ase. Ne 26. deneitiiens neal in p. 9 
udit De- j ‘ ’ * 3 je Ys 
partment.) see da Fae gama rg hoor — 1,13, 14, and 15, to leave out the words “ The 
No. 428, P ee ee ee ‘** shorthand writer of the House of Commons, or 
Steam Vessels P “his deputy, shall attend,” in order to insert “a 
No. 429 erage Longe the es — ——— ‘¢ shorthand writer shall be — by the 
: ee tee ee "Y |&lt; Judge, in the manner hereinafter provided, to 
of this instant July, be printed. . “ attend.” 
8: _ Bridge Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an| Question, That the words proposed to be left 
(Dublin. Order, dated the 6th day of this instant July, for | out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed 
a Return relative to the Golden Bridge Cemetery ae Pye 
(Dublin). ~ ause agreed to. 
Ordered, That the said Return dolie upon the| Ciausez, N° 27, amended,’and agreed to. 
Table Ciause, N° 28 d 
' ; ’ , agreed to. 
p&gt; Turnp ’ : 
te eg The Order of the day being read, for taking Crause, N° 29, amended, and agreed to. 
&amp;. Bil, | into consideration the Turnpike Acts Continuance, CiavsE, N° 30 (Reception of Judge.) 
&amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Amendment proposed, in p. 10, 1. 25, to leave 
. ; Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera-| out the words “by the Commissioners of the 
tion after the other Orders of the Day appointed | ‘“ Treasury, out of the monies provided by Parlia- - 
for this day, at Two of the clock. “ ment,” in order to insert the words, “as if they 
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“were expenses incurred in the registration of 
“ voters for the County or Borough.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Whitmore, 1 134 

Yeas, Colonel Lindsay : Samar 

Tellers for thef Mr. James Lowther, a 

Noes, Mr. Serjeant Gaselee : 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 31 (Power of Judge). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the said Amendment, to add the words, “ and it 
“ shall be lawful for the judge, at his discretion, 
“ by order under his hand, to compel the produc- 
“‘ tion of any documents, or the attendance of any 
“‘ candidate or agent as a witness, or of any other 
“‘ witnesses, as he shall think fit, and may examine 
“ such witnesses himself, or allow the same to 
“ be examined or cross-examined by or on behalf 
“of the petitioner or respondent, or either of 
** them.” 

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

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CxavuseE, N° 32, amended, and agreed to. 

CiauseEs, N° 33 to N° 36, agreed to. 

CiausE, N° 37 (Withdrawal of Petition, and 
substitution of new Petitioners). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 1, to leave 
out from the word “aforesaid,” to the word “ and,” 
in 1. 6. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 38 to N° 40, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 41, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 42, agreed to. 

CLauseE, N° 43 (General course of Petition). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 14, 1. 11, after the 
word “ successful,” to insert the words, “ And in the 
“* case of any such Petition where any corrupt prac- 
“tice is charged to have taken place, and where 
** the court or judge has decided that any corrupt 
** practice has been proved, the court or judge 
*‘ shall have power to order any portion or the 
** whole of the costs, charges, and expenses to be 
“‘ defrayed by any party or parties who may have 
* been proved guilty of corrupt practices, or by 
“the county or borough, in the same manner as 
** expenses incurred in the registration of voters 
** for the county or borough, regard being had to 
“ the importance of securing the best efforts of the 
‘county or borough for repression of corrupt 
** practices.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 

Cause, N° 44, agreed to. 

CrausE, N° 45 (Punishment of Candidate 
guilty of bribery). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 14, 1. 32, to leave 
out the word “ bribery,” in order to insert the 
words “ any corrupt practice.” 

Question put, ‘That the word “ bribery” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


67. 


Mr. Noel, i 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Whitmore: } 175. 
Mr. Mil, 
Tellers for the Noes,, 147° “Aurion } 80. 


Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 35, after 
the word “and” to insert the word “ besides.” 

Question, That the word ‘ besides” be there in- 
serted———put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 37, to 
leave out from the ath “Commons,” to the 


14th July. 















1868. 


end of the Clause, in order to add the words, 
“ or sitting in Parliament for such County or 
“ Borough during the Parliament then in exist- 
“ ence.” 
Question put, That the words “during the” 
stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Whitmore, 1 197 
Yeas, Mr. Noel: . 
Tellers for the /Mr. Powell, } 26 
Noes, Mr. James Lowther : , 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause agreed to. 
CrauseE, N° 46 (Penalty for employing corrupt 
agent). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 14, 1. 40, after 
the word “ engaged,” to insert the words “ as an 





















































‘‘ agent.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted : 

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 Thursday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking pubtic schools 
into consideration the Public Schools Bill, as Bil. 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The Sanitary Act (1866) Amendment Bill was, sanitary Act 
according to Order, read the third time. (1866) Amend- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. no oe 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Turnpike Acts 
take into consideration the Turnpike Acts Con- fonmanc® 
tinuance, &amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee ; ~~” 
and 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. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow» Church Rates 
the Church Rates Regulation Bill, was read, and Regulation 
discharged. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 22nd day of this instant 
July. 


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 Consular Mar- 


Consular 


riages Bill, without any Amendment. Marriages Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Curragh of Kil- Carragh 4 
1 


dare Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Renewable Lease- po 
hold Conversion (/reland) Act Extension Bill, ee 
without any Amendment. (Ireland) Act 

Extension 
Bill 

The Lords have eed to the Lee River Con- Lee River 
servancy Bill, with endments; to which the eee 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. iv. 

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Railway The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

— Lords.) to further amend the Law relating to Railways ; to 

Bi “which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

Grand Jury The Lords request, that this House will be 


Presentments pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
Ireland.) . 
( of the Report from the Select Committee ap- 
— by this House, in the present Session of 
arliament, on Grand Jury Presentments (Jre- 
land), together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the said Committee, and the Appen- 
dix and Index thereto. 
Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired b 
their Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver 


the same. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
‘mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, The this House will, this day, after 
the Order of the day for receiving the Report 
from the Committee of Supply, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 

Supply. Mr. Sclater-Booth reported from the Committee 
of Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, 
as follow : 

Victualling 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.87,179, be 

Yardsand = granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 

Transport ° 

Establish. | Of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of 


ments. Her Majesty’s Victualling Yards and Transport 
Establishments at Home and Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of March 1869. 


Medical Esta- 2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 64,824, be 


blishments. ranted 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 31st day of March 1869. 
Marine 3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 20,709, be 
1V1sl0ns. 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
the several Marine Divisions, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 592,908, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expense of Naval Stores 
for the Building, Repair, and Outfit of the Fleet 
and Coast Guard, which will come in course of 

ayment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1869. 

Steam 5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 742,500, be 


Naval Stores. 


— granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expense of Steam Ma- 
chinery 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 1869. 

_ Works, 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.564,237, be 

Machine, granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

and Repairs necessary to defray the Charge of New Works, 

— Esta- Buildings, Machinery, and Repairs in the Naval 

hments.) Pstablishments, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 

. March 1869. 
Medicines, 7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 78,164, be 


Sedical Stores, sranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
t of Medicines, Medical Stores, &amp;c., which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 

the 3lst day of March 1869. 


ae Law 9, That a Sum not exceeding £. 20,365, be 
Chargee. granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 


of Martial Law and Law Charges, which will 

come in course of payment during the year end- 

ing on the 31st day of March 1869. 
= 9. That a Sum, not exceedin 


Services, 


£. 175,800, be 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, which will 
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329 


come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 3lst day of March 1869. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500,166, be Half Pay, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum fevered | 
necessary to defray the Charge of Half Pay, Re- aside 
served Half Pay, and Retirement to Officers of 
the Navy and Royal Marines, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3ist day of March 1869. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 400,447, be Military 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum — and 
necessary to defray the Charge of Military Pen- pda, 
sions and Allowances, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st 


Y | day of March 1869. 


12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.123,498, be Civil Pensions 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 8nd Allow- 
necessary to defray the Charge of Civil Pensions *““™ 
and Allowances, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1869. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 200,600, be Freight of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Viomealling ™ 
necessary to defray the Charge for the Freight troops. 
of Ships, the Victualling and Conveyance of 
Troops, on account of the Army Department, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1869. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 42,079, be Greenwich 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses Hospital and 
of Greenwich Hospital and Schools, which will 5° 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1869. 

The first thirteen Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

The last Resolution, being read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be re-com- 
mitted to the Committee of Supply. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(Iu the Committee.) 


1. £.35,609, to complete the Sum for Trea- 
sury. 

o Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.28,000, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge which will come in course of 

ayment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1869, for Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services: 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 18,000, 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 1869, for Her Majesty’s Fo- 
reign and other Secret Services:—Motion, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. £.56,410, to complete the Sum for Home 
Office. 

4, £. 52,453, to complete the Sum for Foreign 
Office. 

5. £. 19,990, to complete the Sum for Colonial 
Office. 

6. £.65,725, to complete the Sum for Board of 
Trade. 

7. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.3,176, 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 
1869, for the Salaries of the Officers and Attend- 
ants of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland and other Expenses : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Item of £.1,574.6 5. 2d. for 

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Queen’s Plates to be run for in Ireland, be omitted | 
from the proposed Vote:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

8. £. 14,927, to complete the Sum for Chief 
Secretary, Ireland, Offices. 

9. £. 12,646, to complete the Sum for Paymaster 
General’s Office. 

10. £. 4,136, to complete the Sum for Queen’s 
and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer, &amp;c. 

11. £. 22,700, to complete the Sum for Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Works, England. 

12. £.17,546, to complete the Sum for Board of 
Works, Jreland. 

13. £. 36,354, to complete the Sum for House 
of Commons Offices. 

14. £. 28,585, to complete the Sum for Privy 
Council Office. 

15. £.1,918, to complete the Sum for Privy 
Seal Office. 

16. £.6,407, to complete the Sum for Civil 
Service Commission. 

17. £. 25,500, to complete the Sum for Exche- 
quer and Audit Department. 

18. £. 16,958, to complete the Sum for Office of 
Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, &amp;c. 

19, £. 14,926, to complete the Sum for Public 
Record Office. 

20. £. 140,183, to complete the Sum for Poor 
Law Commission. 

21. £. 30,820, to complete the Sum for Mint. 

22. £. 13,294, to complete the Sum for Copy- 
hold Inclosure and Tithe Commission. 

23. £.7,200, to complete the Sum for Inclosure 
and Drainage Acts; Imprest Expenses. 

24. £. 27,961, to complete the Sum for General 
Register Office. 

25. £. 11,132, tocomplete the Sum for National 
Debt Office. 

26. £. 3,429, to complete the Sum for Public 
Works Loan Commission, &amp;c. 

27. £. 2,820, te complete the Sum for Lunacy 
Commission. 

28. £. 1,449, to complete the Sum for Regis- 
trars of Friendly Societies. 

29. £. 12,438, to complete the Sum for Charity 
Commission. 

30. £. 19,071, to complete the Sum for Patent 
Office, &amp;e. 

31. £. 215,909, to complete the Sum for Print- 
ing and Stationery. 

32. £.11,867, to complete the Sum for Poor 
Law Commission, Scotland. 

33. £.4,608, to complete the Sum for General 
Register Office, Scotland. 

34. £. 3,206, to complete the Sum for Lunacy 
Commission, Scotland. 

35. £. 9,223, to complete the Sum for Fishery 
Board, Scotland. 

36. £. 2,296, to complete the Sum for Public 
Record Office, Ireland. 

37. £. 63,267, to complete the Sum for Poor 
Law Commission, Ireland. 


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1868. 


42. Motion made, and Question proposed, 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 3lst day of March 1869, for the Compensation 
granted to the Portpatrick Railway Company in 
consequence of the Abandonment of Mail , ow 
munication between Donaghadee and Portpatrick : 

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. 

43. £.7,500, Compensation, Sateen at Clerk- 
enwell, 

44. £. 10,000, Registration Expenses. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exeeeding £. 389,800, be granted to Her 
Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £. 81,000 al- 
ready voted on account), towards defraying the 
Charge for Full Pay of Reduced and Retired 
Officers, and Half Pay, which will come in course 
of payment from the Ist day of April 1868 to the 
31st day of March 1869, inclusive : 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Wednesday, 15th July, 1868 : 


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 reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according 
take into consideration 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (General provision as to schemes) was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Provision for education of day scholars) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time:—And the said Motion and Clause 
were severally, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 4, 1. 24, by inserting, after the word 
* School,” the words “ either for the purpose of 
“ improving or enlarging the existing establish- 


to Order, 








| ment or of establishing any subordinate or other 


38. £. 14,722, to complete the Sum for General |“ Schools in connection therewith, with power in 


Registrar Office, &amp;c. Ireland. 

39. £. 250, Boundary Survey, Ireland. 

40. £. 1,188, to complete the Sum for Charitable 
Donations and Bequests, Zreland. 

Re-committed Resolution, reported this day, read, 
as followeth : 


\ the case of Eton and Winchester Colleges to re- 


| 66 


ulate the future income and all other emolu- 
“ ments of the future Provost and Fellows and 


'* the future Warden and Fellows respectively ; 
'“ and to determine the number of emoluments and 


“ advantages to be hereafter enjoyed by all the 


“ That a Sum, not exceeding £.42,079, be granted “ members of each of those foundations or by those 


to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of Green- | 
wich Hospital and Schools, which will come in| 


course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869 :” 


Whereupon, 41. Resolved, That a Sum, not | 


“ now entitled to any payment thereout.” 

And the Question ides proposed, That those 
words be there inserted ; 

‘An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment, by inserting after the 


exceeding £. 127,608, be granted to Her Majesty, | word “ therewith,” the words “ but so as not to 


to defray the Expenses of Greenwich Hospital and 
Schools, which will come in course of payment dur- 
ing the year ending on the 3lst day of March 1869. 





“ prejudice the claims to education in the existing 

* establishments.” 
And the Question being proposed, That those 
words 


roceeded to public Schools 
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words be there inserted :—The Amendment to the 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
** either for the purpose of improving or enlarging 
“ the existing viabiiidonmd or of establishing any 
* subordinate or other Schools in connection there- 
* with, with power in the case of Eton and Win- 
“ chester Culleges to regulate the future income 
* and all other emoluments of the future Provost 
* and Fellows and the future Warden and Fellows 
** respectively ; and to determine the number of 
“emoluments and advantages to be hereafter 
“enjoyed by all the members of each of those 
** foundations, or by those now entitled to any pay- 
“ment thereout,” be inserted after the word 
** School” :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Poor Relief The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill [Lords]. into a Committee on the Poor Relief Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, 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 Friday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Government The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— 4 mittee on the Government of Jndia Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Governor The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

wag ty mittee on the Governor General of Jndia Bill; 

, Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

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, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Army The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
peel mittee on the Army Chaplains Bill; 
(Lords,} Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Consolidation mittee on the Titles to Land Consolidation ( Scot- 


(rotland) and) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Tithe Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on Tithe 
pnmntation, Commutation, &amp;c. Acts Amendment [Stamps], 
» Acts . . 
Amendment Several Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 


(Stamps. ] 1. That it is expedient to impose a Stamp Duty 
the same as is now required in the case of Appraise- 
ments, on the Valuation that is to be furnished to 
the Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commissioners, 
in all cases of inquiry into Exchanges, Partitions, 
or Divisions of intermixed Lands. 

2. That it is expedient to authorize the Collec- 
tion by means of Stamps of the Fees to be charged 
by the said Commissioners under any Act of the 
ot Session amending the Commutation of 

ithes, Copyhold and Inclosure Acts, and pro- 
viding for the Expense of the Copyhold, Inclosure, 
and Tithe Office. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


zune Ordered, That the Tithe Commutation, &amp;c. Acts 
~~ Amendment Bill, and the Public Departments 
Amendment Payments Bill, be committed to the same Com- 
Bill, and mittee. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Payments Bill Vou. 123. 


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331 


into a Committee on the said Bills; and, after some 

time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 

Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 

mittee had gone through the Tithe Commutation, Tithe 

&amp;c. Acts Amendment Bill, and directed him to Commutation, 

report the same, without Amendment. yee, ll 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time pi. 

this day. 
Mr. Dodson also reported, That the Committee Public 


had th i _ Departments 
a rough the Public Departments Pay fe meee ~ 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Police 
into a Committee on the General Police and Im- and Improve- 
provement (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill; and, land) —_ 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed Amendment 
the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Bill. 
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 vaccination 
take into consideration the Vaccination (Jre/and) (Ireland) Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Municipal 
take into consideration the Municipal Elections perme 
(Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; """ 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Pay 
into a Committee on the Militia Pay Bill; and, after Bil. 
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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Drainage and 
into a Committee on the Drainage and Improve- Improvement 
ment of Lands (Ireland) Supplemental (No. 3) (Ireland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. supplemental 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson re- (No. 5) Bill. 
ported, 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. 


Sir Robert Napier’s Annuity Bill was, accord- sir Robert 
ing to Order, read a second time; and commit- pete om. 
ted to a Committee of the whole House, for this y 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Law 
Reading of the Poor Law Board Provisional Order Board. 
; ; Provisional 
Confirmation Bill ; Onder Com» 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time firmation Bill, 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Non-Traders 


Reading of the Non-Traders Bankruptcy (Jre/and) a 
Bill ; : _ Bill [Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Liquidation 
into a Committee on the Liquidation Bill; and, Bill (Lords.] 
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 - 
this day. 

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332 


The House was moved, That the several Acts 
relating to the Registration of Ships in British 
nn might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

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


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to amend the Law relating to the Registra- 
tion of Ships in British Possessions. 


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 the Registration of 
Ships in British Possessions :—And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. Stephen Cave and 
Mr. Adderley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Colonial 
Shipping. 





Drainage and Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Improvement to confirm a Provisional Order under the Drain- 
hag age and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 
mental (No. 4.) and the Acts amending the same: And that Mr. 

Sclater-Booth and the Earl of Mayo do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of the Committee 
appointed to investigate the Charges made by 
George Templeton, in relation to the Estimates 
given for Guns of cheap construction, and of all 
the Papers connected herewith. 

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


Army (Cheap 
Guns.) 


Drainageand Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to confirm 


Improvement g Provisional Order under the Drainage and Im- 
bod provement of Lands (Jre/and) Act, and the Acts 
Supplemental amending the same: And the same was read the 
(No. 4) Bill. first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
Bill 235. thisday ; and to be printed. 
Colonial Mr. Sclater-Bovth presented a Bill to amend 
Shipping 3ill. the Law relating to the Registration of Ships in 
Bill 236. British Possessions: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 
Public Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, pursuant to the 
income and directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
Expenditure. of the Gross Public Income and Expenditure in 
No. 430. he year ended the 30th day of June 1868; to- 
gether with the Balances in the Exchequer at the 
commencement and at the termination of the year, 
and the Amount of Funded and Unfunded Debt 
created or redeemed in the said year. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
Brazil and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
River Plate 4 Copy of Contract with the Liverpool, Brazil, and 
nd an River Plate Steam Navigation Gonmunes for the 
oO. . 


conveyance of a Mail once a Month from Liverpool 
to Brazil and the River Plate. 


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1868. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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



































































The Railway Companies Bill was read the first Reitway 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Companies 
Thursday next ; and to be printed. Bill (Lords. ] 

Bill 235, 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the fee River 
Lords to the Lee River Conservancy Bill be taken Conservancy 
into consideration upon Thursday next. om. 


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








Wednesday, 15th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

N { R. Dodson reported from the Committee on Isle of Wight 
the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Rail- (Newport 

way Bill; That it was proved to the Committee ane 
that, in accordance with the Resolution of the [Lorde ' 
House of 5th March 1868, an amended copy of 
the plan and section had been deposited in the 
Private Bill Office; that they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Dodson reported the Domvile Estate Bill, pomyite 
without Amendment. Estate Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. [474] 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Furcham 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Fare- and Netley 
ham and Netley Railway Bill; and the same was ¥#ilway 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 gaint Pancras 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Saint Ecclesiastical 
Pancras Ecclesiastical Regulation Bill; and the Regulation 
same were twice read, and agreed to. - 

Ordered, 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 Aberdeen Town Council Bill was read &amp; Aberdoe / 
; e ; Town Counc 
second time ; and committed. Bill [ Lorde,] 
Hamp’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and Hamp’s Estate 
committed. Bill | Lords.] 


Savile Estate 
(Extension of 
Powers) Bill 
[Lords.] 
Ward Jachson’s Estate Bill was read a second Ward 


ime : i z Jackson's 
time ; and committed Fsweeg 


[Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Select Committee on Scien- Scientific 
tific Instruction have Power to report their Obser- Iustruction. 
vations thereupon to the House, together with the No. 432. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Mr. Samuelson 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- 
endix. 
, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Several 


The Savile Estate (Extension of Powers) Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 








ee 


cil 
‘J 


tate 


] 





Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
first Report. 
Endowed 
Charities. 


No, 433. 


Poor Law 

(Strand 

Union.) 
No, 434. 


East India 
(Electric 
Telegraphs.) 


Saint Mary 
Somerset’s 
Church, Lon- 
don, Bill. 


Middlesbrough 


and Stockton- 
upon-Tees 
Loci] Courts, 


Church Rates 
Commutation 
Bill, 


Investment of 
Trust Funds 
Supplemental 
Bill. 


32 Victoria. 


15th 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Endowed 
Charities, which was presented upon the 17th day 
of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
Law (Strand Union), which was presented upon 
the 14th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22nd day of 
June last, for Returns relative to East India 
(Electric Telegraphs). 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders in the case of the Saint Mary Somer- 
set's Church, London, Bill. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address he 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 Plaints entered 
at Middlesbrough for hearing at Middlesbrough : 
Of the Number of Plaints entered at Stock- 
ton-upon-Tees for hearing at Stockton-upon-Tees 
by Middlesbrough Plaintiffs: —-—Of the like against 
Middlesbrough Defendants : And, of the Num- 
ber of Plaints entered both at Stockton-upon-Tees 
and Middlesbrough by Middlesbrough Plaintiffs 
against Defendants resident out of the Local 
Courts Jurisdiction. 

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








The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Rates Commutation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be vead a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Investment of Trust Funds Supple- 
mental Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the | 
words “this House will, upon this day three 
“ months, resolve itself into the said Committee,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question; 


July. 333 


three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Sale of Poisons and 
Pharmacy Act Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Causes, N° 4 and N° 5, disagreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 6 and N° 7, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Causes, N° 8 to N° 11, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 12 and N°’ 13, amended, and agreed 
to. ; 

Cause, N* 14, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 


CriauseE, N° 16 (Reserving rights of certain 
persons). 


the words “the business of any duly qualified 
** medical practitioner, or of any member of the 
* Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons of Great 
“ Britain, nor with.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 6, after the 
word “ dealing,” to leave out the words “ nor with 
“ the retailing of arsenic, oxalic acid, cyanide of po- 
‘** tassium, or corrosive sublimate for use in manu- 
“ factures.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Lord Elcho, 30 

Yeas, \ Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie : } , 

Tellers for the fMr. Lowe, 1 

Noes, LMr. Thomas Cave : Jj 57. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N‘ 17 (Poisons to be distinctly la- 
belled). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 18, before the 
word “ It” to insert the words “‘ Of poisons which 
* are not articles in the British Pharmacopeeia, none 
* shall be sold except under such conditions as are 
“ prescribed in regard of arsenic by sections first 
“and second of the Act fourteenth and fifteenth 
** Victoria, chapter thirteen, intituled, ‘ An Act 
“to regulate the Sale of Arsenic,’ which sections 
“ for this purpose shall be read as if the word 
*&lt;  noison’ were throughout substituted in them for 
‘the word ‘ arsenic;’ and of poisons which are 
“ articles in the said Pharmacopeia, none shall be 
“ sold otherwise than under the same conditions as 
** aforesaid, or else under the written order of a 
“ legally qualified medical practitioner, unless it 
‘* be prepared as an ointment or liniment or other- 
*¢ wise for external use, or, if for internal use, be 
“in quantity not exceeding one ordinary me- 
** dicinal dose of the article; and.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 





he House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the fMr. Ayrton, 1 16 
Yeas, Colonel Hogg : F Boreas 
Tellers for thefMr. Serjeant Gaselee, | 9 
Noes, | Mr. Thomas Cave: ay 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“this House will, upon this day three months, 
«“ yesolve itself into the said Committee,” be added 
instead thereof:—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being 


put, and negatived. 

Clause disagreed to. 

Cause, N° 18, disagreed to. 

Cause, N° 19, agreed to, 

CiausE, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 22 to N° 24, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 25, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 26 and N° 27, agreed to. 

Clause (Registry of any person as chemist and 
druggist)——brought up, and read the first and 
second time. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause added. 

Another Clause (What poisons it shall be lawful 











ut; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
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UuvU3 to 


Sale of Poisons 
and Pharmacy 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill 
(Lords.} 


Bill 238, 


Amendment dg oo in p. 6, 1. 2, to leave out ° 











Mines 
Assessment 
Bill. 


Inland 
Revenue Bill. 


Regulation 
of Railways 
Bill [Lords.]} 


County Courts 


(Admiralty 
Jurisdiction) 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Treasury. 


334 


to sell) 
time. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause (Adulteration of Food or Drink 
Act to extend to medicines) brought up, and 
read the first and second time. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause added. 

Schedule A. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 4, to leave out 
the words “ oxalic acid.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ oxalic 
acid” stand part of the Schedule :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 

Schedule B., amended, and agreed to. 

Schedules C. and D., agreed to. 

Schedule E., amended, and agreed to. 

New Schedule F., 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 Friday 
next; and be printed. 





brought up, and read the first and second 








The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Mines Assessment 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 
Quetsion, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
‘this day fortnight.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—lIt passed in 
the Negative. 

Ana the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day fortnight” 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 taken into considera- 
tion upon this day fortnight. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Inland Revenue Bill: 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Regulation of Railways Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, at Two of the clock, 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 County Courts (Admiralty Juris- 
diction) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Friday next. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, 
as follow: ‘ 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 35,609, be 


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1868. 


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 1869, for the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 28,000, be Secret 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Services. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for Her Majesty’s Foreign . 
and other Secret Services. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 56,410, 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 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for the Home Department. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.52,453, be Foreign 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Pepartment. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secre- 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 19,990, be colonial 
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 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secre- 
tary of State for the Colonies. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 65,725, be Board of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Trade. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of the Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,176, be Lora 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Lieutenant 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in (Household,) 
course of payment during the year ending onthe" = 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries of the 
Officers and Attendants of the Household of the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and other Expenses. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 14,927, be Lord 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Lieutenant 

A . - of Ireland 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in (chie¢ 
course of payment during the year ending on the Secretary.) 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Offices of the Chief Secretary to the 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland in Dublin and London. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,646, be paymaster 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum General. 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for Expenses of the De- 
partment of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General in 
London and Dublin. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,136, be Queen and 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the SumLord | 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in freasurer® 
course of payment during the year ending on the prancer, &amp;. 
3lst day of March 1869, for the Salaries of the (Scotland.) 
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 Revenues. 

1]. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,700, be teen a 
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 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 

_ of the Office of the Commissioners of Her 

ajesty’s Works and Public Buildings. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 17,546, be Public Works 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum (Ireland.) 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 





course 


flouse of 
Commons. 


Privy Council. 


Lord Privy 
Seal. 


Civil Service 
Commission. 


Comptroller 
and Auditor 
General. 


Woods, 
Forests, and 
Land 
Revenues, &amp;c. 


Public Record 
Office. 


Poor Law 
Administra- 
tion. 


Copyhold, 
Inclosure, 
and Tithe 
Commission. 


Inclosure and 
rainage 
Acts 


(mpeest 


Registrar 

General of 
Births, &amp;c. 
(England.) 





32 Vicroria. 


course of payment during the year ending on 


the 3lst day of March 1869, for the Salaries | 


and Expenses of the Office of Public Works in 
Ireland. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.36,354, 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 1869, for the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Offices of the House of Com- 
mons. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 28,585, 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 1869; for the Salaries and Ex- 
— in the Department of Her Majesty’s Most 

onourable Privy Council. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,918, 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 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of the Lord Privy Seal. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,407, 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 
31st day of March 1869, for conducting the busi- 
ness of the Civil Service Commission. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,500, 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 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of the Comptroller and 
Auditor Generai. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 16,958, 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 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 

enses of the Office of Woods, Forests, and Land 
Dconin and of the Office of Land Revenue 
Records and Inrolments. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 14,926, 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 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Public Record Office. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeeding £. 140,183, 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 1869, for Expenses connected 
with the Administration of the Laws relating to 
the Poor. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 30,820, 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 1869, for the Establishment of 
the Mint, including Expenses of the Coinage. 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 13,294, 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 1869, for the Expense of the 
Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commission. 

23. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,200, 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 1869, for the Imprest Expenses 
under the Inclosure and Drainage Acts. 

24. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 27,961, 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 
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15th July. 








335 


31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of the Registrar General 
of Births, &amp;c. in England. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,132, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of Ss em during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the National Debt Office. 

26. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,429, 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 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Establishments under the Public 
Works Loan Commissioners, and the West India 
Islands Relief Commissioners. 

27. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,820, 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 1869, for certain Expenses of 
the Office of the Commissioners in Lunacy in 
England. 





National 
Debt Office, 


Public Works 
Loan Commis- 
sioners, &amp;c. 


Commissioners 
in Lunacy. 


28. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,449, be Registrars 


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 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Offices of the Registrars of Friendly 
Societies in England, Scotland, and Ireland. 


of Friendly 
Societies. 


29. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,438, be Charity 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum “mmission. 


necessary to defray the Charge which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1869, for the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Charity Commission for England and 
Wales. 

30. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 19,071, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charges which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 3]st day of March 1869, connected with the 
Patent Law Amendment Act. 

31. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 215,909, 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 1869, for Stationery, 
Printing, Binding, and Printed Books for the 
several Public Departments, and for Stationery, 
Printing, Binding and Paper for the two Houses 
of Parliament, including the Expense of the Sta- 
tionery Office. 

32. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,867, 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 1869, of Salaries and Ex- 
penses connected with the Administration of the 
Poor Law in Scotland. 

33. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,608, 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 1869, of the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the Registrar 
General of Births, &amp;c. 

34. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,206, 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 1869, for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Board of Lunacy in Scotland. 

35. That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,223, 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 1869, of the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Board of Fisheries in Scotland. 

uu4 36. That 


Patent Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Stationery, 
Printing, 
Binding, &amp;c. 


Poor Law 
Administra- 
tion (Scot- 
land.) 


Registrar 
General of 
Births, &amp;c. 


Board of 
Lunacy (Scot- 


Board of 
Fisheries 
(Scotland.) 





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336 


36. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,296, 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 1869, of the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Public Record Office, and of the 
Keeper of the State Paper Office, [relund. 

37. That a Sum, not exceeding £.63,267. 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 1869, of Expenses con- 
nected with the Administration of the Poor Laws 
in Ireland. 

38. That a Sum, not exceeding £.14,722, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 


necessary to defray the Charge which will come | ) ; ) 
Payments Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1869, of Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of the Registrar General 


15th July. 












1868. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Titles to Lang 
into a Committee on the Titles to Land Consoli- a 
dation (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent 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 To-morrow. 




















The Tithe Commutation, &amp;c. Acts Amendment Tithe 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. tian, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ys 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bill. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Public 
take into consideration the Public Departments Departments 
— 
ul, 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 


_time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 


of Births, &amp;c., and the Charge of the Collection | time. 


of Agricultural and Emigration Statistics in| 


Ireland. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill tothe 


39. That a Sum, not exceeding £.250, be | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges | 
which will come in course of payment during the | 


year ending on the 31st day of March 1869, con- 
nected with the Boundary Survey, Ireland. 

40. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,188, 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 1869, of Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of the Commissioners of 
Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland. 

41. That a Sum, not exceeding £.127,608, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of Greenwich Hospital and Schools, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1869. 

42. 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 1869, for the 
Compensation granted to the Portpatrick Railway 
Company in consequence of the Abandonment of 
Mail Communication between Donaghadee and 
Portpatrick. 

43. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,500, 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 1869, for 
Compensation for Losses and Injury to Property 
occasioned by the Explosion at Clerkenwell. 

44. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,000, 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 1869, oc- 
casioned by accelerating the Registration under the 
Reform Acts of the present and of the last Sessions 
of Parliament. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Public Schools 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 of Ways and Means; 

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 taking into General 
consideration the General Police and Improvement Police and 
(Scotland) Act Amendment Bill, as amended in (een 
the Committee ; Act Amend. 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- ment Bill. 


tion To-morrow. 


The Vaccination (Ireland) Bill was, according Vaccination 
to Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Bil). 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Municipal 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third _ 
Reading of the Municipal Elections ( Scotland) Bill; (sectiend) 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. _ Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House in respect of : 
Clause 3:—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 Clause. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. , 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, Militia Pay 
read the third time. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and desire their concurrence. 


Drainage and 
Improvement 
of Lands 


The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Jre- 
land) Supplemental (No. 3) Bill was, according to 


Order, read the third time. (Ireland) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ay 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sir — 

into a Committee on Sir Robert Napier’s Annuity go huity Bill. 
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 





To-morrow. 
The 








and 
ent 


tal 
ill. 


Poor Law 
Board Pro- 


visional Order 


Confirmation 
Bill. 


Liquidation 
Bill [Lords.} 


Drainage and 
Improvement 
of Lands 
(Ireland) 
Supplemental 
(No. 4) Bitl. 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings 


(Stamp Duty.] posing a Stamp Duty on the Assignment of any 


Chichester 
and Midhurst 
Railway Bill. 


Fast London 
Railway Bill. 


Great Eastern 
Railway Bill, 


South Eastern 
and London, 
Brighton, and 
South Coast 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill, 


M 
Railway Bill 
(Lords. ] 


32 Vicroria. 
The Poor Law Board Provisional Order Con- 


firmation Bill was, according to Order, read a se- 
cond time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for To-morrow. 


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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Jre- 
land) Supplemental (No. 4) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of im- 


Charging Order, or of any portion of a Charging 
Order, made under any Act of the present Ses- 
sion for providing better Dwellings for Artizans 
and Labourers. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Thursday, 16th July, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Chichester and Midhurst Railway Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; anil 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 East 
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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great 
Kastern 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, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the South Eastern and London, Brigh- 
ton, and South Coast Railway Companies Bill. 

The said Amendments being read a second time, 
several were agreed to; and one was disagreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for dis- 
agreeing to the Amendment to which this House 
hath disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed 
of Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Laing, Mr. Leeman, 
Mr. Watkin, and Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen :—And 
they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


A Motion being made, That the Mersey Railway 
Bill be now read the third time; 

Sir John Pakington, 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. 

VoL, 123, 


15¢h—16th July. 


337 


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 third time. 


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 Waterloo and Whitehall Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


have power to appoint the Committee on the Bill 
to sit and proceed upon Monday next. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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 


‘into the following allegations:—That in 1864 
* the Royal Gun Factories, on being applied to by 
“ the Ordnance Select Committee for Estimates 
“ for cheaper 9-inch guns than those that were 
* being made at that time, sent in erroneous com- 
“* parative Estimates, on the strength of which the 
“ Ordnance Select Committee decided in favour of 
* the gun proposed by the Royal Gun Factories ; 
“ that a sample 9-inch gun was then made by the 
“ Royal Gun Factories, the details of the cost of 
“ which, on being compared with the details of 
*‘ the cost of similar guns manufactured two years 
** afterwards, show great and apparently inexpli- 
* cable discrepancies; and that like errors have 
“been made by the Royal Gun Factories with 
*‘ regard to the comparative cost of new wrought- 
“iron and converted guns, thereby entailing a 
“ heavy and unnecessary expense upon the Coun- 
“ try,” 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 


* tions:—That in 1864 the Royal Gun Factories, 
on being applied to by the Ovdasieen Select Com- 
“ mittee for Estimates for cheaper 9-inch guns 
“than those that were being made at that time, 
* sent in erroneous comparative Estimates, on the 
*‘ strength of which the Ordnance Select Com- 
** mittee decided in favour of the gun proposed b 

* the Royal Gun Factories; that a sample 9-inc 

** gun was then made by the Royal Gun Factories, 
** the details of the cost of which, on being com- 
* pared with the details of the cost of similar guns 
“ manufactured two years afterwards, show great 











“and apparently inexplicable discrepancies; and 
xx “ that 

























The Star Life Assurance Society Bill was read Star Life 


A 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, fords.) 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Waterloo and 


Ordered, That, in the case of the Aberdeen Town Aberdeen Town 
Council Bill, Standing Orders 202 and 230 be Council 
suspended, and that the Committee of Selection r#! 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
second Report. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


words “a Select Committee of Five Members be ap- Royal Gun 
** pointed by the Committee of Selection to inquire Factories. 





the words “a Select Committee of Seven Members Royal Gun 
“ be appointed to inquire into the following allega~ Factories. 








Royal Gun 
Factories. 


Supply. 


Army (Orphan 
Institution.) 


War Office 
(Control 


Department.) 


338 lfith 


“that like errors have been made by the Royal 
** Gun Factories with regard to the comparative 
** cost of new wrought-iron and converted guns, 
«thereby entailing a heavy and unnecessary ex- 
« pense upon the Country,” 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 “a 
“« Select Committee of Seven Members be appointed 
“ to inquire into the following allegations:—That in 
“ 1864 the Royal Gun Factories, on being applied 
“to by the Ordnance Select Committee for Esti- 
“mates for cheaper 9-inch guns than those that 
*‘ were being made at that time, sent in erroneous 
“ comparative Estimates, on the strength of which 
* the Ordnance Select Committee decided in favour 
“ of the gun proposed by the Royal Gun Factories; 
“ that a sample 9-inch gun was then made by the 
“ Royal Gun Factories, the details of the cost of 
“* which, on being compared with the details of the 
“cost of similar guns manufactured two years 
“‘ afterwards, show great and apparently inexpli- 
“cable discrepancies; and that like errors have 
“been made by the Royal Gun Factories with 
“ regard to the comparative cost of new wrought- 
“iron and converted guns, thereby entailing a 
“ heavy and unnecessary expense upon the Coun- 
“ try,” be added, instead thereof : —It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee of Seven 
Members be appointed to inquire into the following 
allegations:— That in 1864 the Royal Gun Fac- 
torics, on being applied to by the Ordnance Select 
Committee for Estimates for cheaper 9-inch guns 
than those that were being made at that time, sent 
in erroneous comparative Estimates, on the strength 
of which the Ordnance Select Committee decided 
in favour of the gun proposed by the Royal Gun 
Factories; that a sample 9-inch gun was then 
made by the Royal Gun Factories, the details of 
the cost of which, on being compared with the 
details of the cost of similar guns manufactured 
two years afterwards, show great and apparently 
inexplicable discrepanies ; and that like errors have 
been made by the Royal Gun Factories with re- 
gard to the comparative cost of new wrought-iron 
and converted guns, thereby entailing a heavy and 
unnecessary expense upon the Country. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the Committee 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 direct that an Institution shall be esta- 
“blished to receive and educate the Orphan 
“ Daughters of Non-commissioned Officers and 
“ Soldiers of our Army,” 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 jaid before 
“ this House, a Copy of the Draft Regulations for 
“ the Control Department originally sent in by the 
“ War Office to the Treasury, together with any 
“ memoranda thereupon by the Assistant Under 
“* Secretary of State for War, together with the 





1868. 
“reply thereto by the Controller in Chief,” in- 
stead 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.) 


Question again proposed, That a Sum, not 
exceeding £.389,800, be granted to Her Majesty 
(in addition to the Sum of £.81,000 already voted 
on account), towards defraying the Charge for Full 
Pay of Reduced and Retired Officers, and Half 
Pay, which will come in course of payment from 
the Ist day of April 1868 to the 31st day of March 
1869, inclusive :—Question put, and agreed to. 


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, at Two of the clock. 





July. 
































































Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- yfoseage from 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Norwich Union 
made by this House to the Norwich Union Life In- Life Insurance 
surance Society Bill, without any Amendment. ae 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 

Ordered, That the Account, No. 46, of the Finance ccount 
Accounts, which were presented upon the 30th referred, 
day of June 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 surplus of 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued Ways and 
and applied to the Service of the year ending the Me™. 
31st day of March 1869, the Sum of £. 537,217. 

10s. 7d., being the Surplus of Ways and Means 

granted for the Service of preceding years. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Consolidated 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Fund. 
£.22,083,532. 9s. 5d. be granted out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 


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 To- 
morrow, at Two of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gieetion 
mittee on the Election Petitions and Corrupt Petitions 


Practices at Elections Bill ; a ay 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at Two Blections Bill. 


of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa-~ Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented from the 9th to the — 
15th days of this instant July, 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. 


Mr. Watkin reported from the Committee ap- gouth Eastern 

inted to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the and London, 
~ for disagreeing to one of the Amendments a - 
made by their Lordships tothe South Eastern, and Railway Com- 
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com- panies Bill. 


panies Bill; That they had drawn up Reasons 








accordingly, 





Royal Assent, 


Reformatory 
Schools (Ire- 
land) Bill.* 
Renewable 
Leasehold 
Conversion 
(Ireland) Act 
Extension Bill. 


istratio 
“o— 


Bank of 
Bombay Bill. 


Consular 
Marriages Bill. 


Curragh of 
Kildare Bill. 


Ardmore 
Harbour Bill 
\Lords.] 


32 Vicroria. 


accordingly, which they had directed him to report 
to the House ; and the same were read, as follow : 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment 
made by the Lords to the South Eastern, and 
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com- 
panies Bill, by the omission of Clause 88, “ Issue 
of preferred and deferred ordinary stock by South 
Eastern Company,” for the following Reasons: 

Because the said Clause does not affect the 
interests of the public, but solely of the 
holders of ordinary stock in the Capital of 
the South Eastern Railway Company, who 
have requested the insertion of the Clause, 
and it enables the Company to place their | 
present ordinary stock and their unissued | 
ordinary stock on the same footing. 

Because that as the subject-matter of the 
Clause affects only the internal arrange- 
ments of the Company, and is consistent 
with the wishes of the Company as a body, 
and only takes effect at the desire of each 
individual shareholder, it is undesirable that 
Parliament should withhold its sanction to 
the Clause so as to impede the due regula- 
tion by shareholders of their own affairs. 

With the preceding exception, the Commons 
agree to the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Bill. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered,That a Message be sent to the Lords 
to communicate the said Reasons (with the Bill 
and Amendments): And that the Clerk do carry 
the same. 








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 Commission, for declaring Her Royal As- | 
sent 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. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the eres of Peers :—And being returned; | 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the | 
desire of the am authorized by virtue of Her | 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers. where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal | 
Assent to the several Acts therein mentioned; and | 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared | 
the Royal Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Refor- 
matory Schools in Ireland: 


An Act to extend the Provisions of “ The Renew- 
able Leasehold Conversion (Jlreland) Act,” to 
certain Leasehold Tenures in Jreland: 





An Act to amend the Law of Registration so 
far as relates to the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes re- 
lating thereto: 

An Act to enable Commissioners appointed to 
inquire into the failure of the Bank of Bombay to 
=— Witnesses on Oath in the United King- 

om : 

An Act for removing Doubts as to the validity 
of certain Marriages between British Subjects in 
China and elsewhere, and for amending the Law 
relating to the Marriage of British Subjects in 
Foreign Countries: 

An Act to make better Provision for the Ma- 
nagement and Use of the Curragh of Kildare: 

An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase 
of Lands and Completion of Works of the Ardmore 
Harbour, and to confer further Powers on the 
Ardmore Harbour Company : 


16¢h—17th July. 


Order, dated the 9th day of this instant July, for 





Vou. 123, 





339 


An Act to make Alterations in the Deed of Norwich Union 
Settlement of the Norwich Union Life Insurance 2 Insurance 


Society, and for other purposes : (Lee 


An Act for granting further Powers to “ The Metropolitan 

Metropolitan and Saint John’s Wood Railway sd Saint 
js ohn’s Wood 

Company. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, New Forest 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Deer Removal, 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report **4**(185) 
from the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships on the New Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. 
Act (1851), together with the Minutes of Evidence 
and Appendix: And that the Clerk do carry the 
said Message. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Electric 
Electric Telegraphs Bill have leave to make a Telegraphs 
Special Report, and that they have power to (Special 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before Report.) 
them to the House. No. 435. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the said Committee; That they had agreed toa 
Special Report, which they had directed him to 
make to the House. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer also reported ; (Report on 
That they had considered the said Bill, and taken Bill) 
Evidence thereon, which they had directed him No. 435. 
to report to the House; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. Bill 239. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Electric Telegraphs), which was presented upon (Electric 


pas &gt; Telegraphs.) 
the 15th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 487. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Wexford 
Lunatic 


Returns relative to Wexford Lunatic Asylum. sajm. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Metropolitan 

adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon a Cattle 
the 26th day of June last, was proposed to be made» _— 
to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair (for Committee on the Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle Market 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 
“the proposal to pass a permanent law, requiring 
“‘ that in order to prevent the introduction of the 
* Cattle Plague into this Country from abroad, all 
“ foreign cattle and other animals imported into 
* the Port of London shall be landed at one’ pre- 
* scribed spot, and shall not be removed thence 
** alive, ought not to be considered apart from the 
“ general policy of imposing legal restrictions on 
“the foreign cattle trade in other ports of the 
“ United Kingdom,” 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. 

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 words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :— 

And the House havin 
Twelve of the clock on 


continued to sit till after 
riday morning ; 


Friday, 17th July, 1868 : 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And 
xx 2 


the 





340 


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

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, {x ay ey 


} 191. 


Tellers for the Noes,! $4" scat rama) 82. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

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. Bazley, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Me Jacek} Brigh 7 55. 

Tellers for the Noes, | Mt Ae . } 155. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
bein put, That this House do now adjourn; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

(Mr. Cowen, } 38 

(Mr. Taylor: : 
v 

Tellers for the Noes,| me + t 131. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Cheetham, } 30 

Yeas, UMr. Woods: . 

Tellers for the ton Noel, i380 

Noes, Sir Graham Montgomery:!°°~* 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the{ Mr. Taylor, } 3] 
Yeas, \ Mr. Labouchere: f ’ 

Tellers for the/ Mr. Noel, 1 132 
Noes, Sir Graham Montgomery : J *°*" 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again 8 That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion 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 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 Com- 
mittee. 


16th—17th July. 

























































1868. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- fytana 
mittee on the Inland Revenue Bill; Revenue Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Saturday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee 0D Registration 
Registration (Jreland) [Expenses], a Resolution ; (Ireland) 
which was read, as followeth: (Expenses. ] 

That it is expedient to authorize the payment, 
out of any Moneys that may be suede by Par- 
liament for the purpose, of any Expenses that may 
be incurred, and of any Remuneration to Clerks 
of the Peace and others for additional Duties im- 
posed upon them in the year 1868, in carrying out 
the provisions of any Act of the present Session 
for amending the Law of Registration in Ireland ; 
and also to authorize the payment, as aforesaid, of 
yee Barristers who may be appointed under that 

ct. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration (/Jreland) 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 Com- Danube Works 
mittee on the Danube Works Loan Bill; Loan Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 
mittee on the Government of Jndia Act Amend- — Act 
° endment 
ment Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two 


of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Governor 
mittee on the Governor General of Jndia Bill; ——— 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two , 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Salmon 
mittee on the Salmon Fisheries ( Scotland) Bill; ey ~- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve [Lorde] 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Army — 
mittee on the Army Chaplains Bill; Bill Lorde.) 

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


The Colonial Shipping Bill was, according to Colonial _ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Shipping Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Lee River 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Garse™™? 
the Lords to the Lee River Conservancy 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 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which this 
— doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Titles to Land 
take into consideration the Titles to Land Con- eee 
solidation (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the (Scotland) 
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. ml 

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General Police The House proceeded to take into consideration 
md Improve- the General Police and Improvement (Scoéland) 
a) —‘— Act Amendment Bill, as amended in the Com- 
Amendment mittee. 

Bill. A Clause (Provision as to dividing burghs into 
wards) was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Police Commissioners of Gala- 
shiels to remain in office till election of town 
council) was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Certain proceedings under first- 
recited Act to be valid) was twice read; and made 
part of 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. 


Sir Robert Sir Robert Napier’s Annuity Bill was, according 
aad sm, *0 Order, read the third time. 
Amaury Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Poor Law The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Board Pro~ . into a Committee on the Poor Law Board Provi- 
oot taal sional Order Confirmation Bill; and, after some 
bill time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
, Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Biil, 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. 


Drainage and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
7 rowment mittee on the Drainage and Improvement of Lands 
(Ireland) (Ireland) Supplemental (No. 4) Bill; 

Supplemental Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Two 


(No. 4) Bill. of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Admiralty The Admiralty Suits Bill was, according to 
(lords Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Railway The Railway Companies Bill was, according to 
Companies Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Bill Lords.) Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Probate of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Vills, &amp;. =mittee on the Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


County Courts The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

— take into consideration the Amendments made 

moans by the Lords to the County Courts (Admiralty) 
Jurisdiction 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. 


Artizans and The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
jurers’ into a Committee on Artizans and Labourers’ 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to make provision 
for imposing the same ad valorem Stamp on the 
Assignment of any Charging Order, or of any 
portion of a Charging Order, made under any Act 
of the present Session for providing better Dwel- 

VoL. 123. 








lings for Artizans and Labourers, as would be 
chargeable if such Assignment were of a charge 
created by Deed. 


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. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, committees. 
a Return of the Number of Committees on Private 
Bills that sat during the present Parliament : 
Lists of Members of the House of Commons, with 
figure after Name of each Member, denoting the 
Number of Committees on which he has served: 
And, of Members who were appointed to sit 
on Two or more Select Committees (stating the 
Number) at one and the same time. 








Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Expiring Laws 
to continue various Expiring Laws: And that Mr, Contmuanee. 
Sclater-Booth and Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Woods and 
to assess Woods and Game to Local Rates: And Game Assess- 
that Mr. Read and Mr. Jasper More do prepare, ™"” 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Land Writs Land Writs 
Registration ( Scotland) Bill, without any Amend- Registration 


Scotland 
ment. ) 


The Lords have agreed to the University Elec- University 


tions (Voting Papers) Bill, without any Amend- (Voting: 
ment. Papers) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Trusts Turnpike 
Arrangements Bill, without any Amendment. ‘Traste Acsangy 
ments Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Police Funds Bill, without any Amendment. — 


The Lords have agreed to the Fairs (Metro- Fairs _ 
polis) Bill, without any Amendment. te 

The Lords have agreed to the Drainage and Drainage and 
Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Supplemental !mprovement 
(No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment. nae aeae 
mental (No. 2) 


The Lords have agreed to the Libel (Ireland) tin 
Bill, without any Amendment. (Ireland) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Railways( Ireland) Railways 


Acts Amendment Bill, without any Amendment. (Ireland) Acts 
Amendment 


Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Promissory 
made by this House to the Promissory Oaths Bill, ep Bill 
without any Amendment. aac, 

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern- Local Govern. 
ment Supplemental (No. 3) Bill, with Amend- ment rye 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence — ac 
of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act tudson’s Bay 
for enabling Her Majesty to accept a Surrender Company Bill 
upon Terms of the Lands, Privileges, and Rights [Zr] 
of “* The Governor and Company of Adventurers 
of England, trading into Hudson’s Bay,” and for 
admitting the same into the Dominion of Canada; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of ‘this 
House. 


The Hudson’s Bay Company Bill was read the Hudson's Bay 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time Hers | Bill 
upon Saturday next; and to be printed. (tent 
Bill 240. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to continue Expiring Laws 
various Expiring Laws: And the same was read Continuance 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Bilt 
time this day ; and to be printed. Bill 241. 

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342 


Woods and Mr. Read presented a Bill to assess Woods and 

Game Assess- (ame to Local Rates: And the same was read 

ment BE. the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
Bill 242. time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 








Compulsory The Order for taking into consideration, this 
Church Bex, Gay, the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
~~ Om ulsory Church Rates Abolition Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Wednesday next. 
Local Govern- Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
tp og Lords to the Local Government Supplemental 
Bill. ie (No. 3) Bill be taken into consideration this day, 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Three of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 
Friday, 17th July, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 
Liverpool . HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
— tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 


the Liverpool Tramways 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. 


Belfast Central The Belfast Central Railway Bill was, according 
(ronda Bill to Order, 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. 


Wey and The Wey and Arun Junction Canal Bill was, 
en eee according to Order, read the third time. 
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. 

Belgravia Mr. Dodson reported the Belgravia and South 
—. Kensington New Road Bill, with an Amendment. 
New Reed Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Bill [Lords.] 

Devon and Mr. Dodson reported the Devon and Cornwall 
Cornwall 


a on Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
[Lorde] . Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Duke of Riche Mr. Dodson reported the Duke of Richmond's 
mond’s Estate Estate Bill, without Amendment. 


aa ieee 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- 

second Report. 

Lunatic The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 

Asylums. of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—-Abstracts of 
the Accounts of the several County and Borough 
Lunatic Asylums in England and Wales, for the 
year 1867. 

Caledonian Sixty-third Report of the Commissioners of the 

Canal. Caledonian Canal. 

No, 438. Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cale- 


donian Canal be printed. 


16th—17th July. 











1868. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, — Return to an Revenue 
Order, dated the 15th day of June last, for Returns (Ireland,) 
relative to Revenue (Jreland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this Tea Licences, 
instant July, for a Return relative to Tea Li- 
cences. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this Postal Com. 
instant July, for a Return relative to Postal Com- ‘ausiaiiel 

“pea ia.) 
munication (Australia). 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an County 
Order, dated the 4th day of May last, for Returns arveyors, Be, 
relative to County Surveyors, &amp;c. (Ireland). (Ireland.) 

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


Mr, Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s Wrecks ana 
Command,—An Abstract of the Returns made to Casualties, 
the Board of Trade, of Wrecks and Casualties 
which occurred on and near the Coasts of the United 
Kingdom, from the 1st January to the 31st De- 
cember 1867, with a Statement showing the Num- 
ber of Lives lost and saved; of the Amounts 
granted out of the Mercantile Marine Fund as 
Rewards for the Salvage of Life, as Contributions 
towards the Maintenance of Life-boats, and as 
Expenses in connection with the Mortar and 
Rocket Apparatus for saving Life; and the Official 
Inquiries instituted by the Board of Trade into the 
Causes of Wrecks and Casualties on the Coasts of 
the United Kingdom. With Charts. 

An Abstract of the Returns made to the Board 
of Trade during the year 1867, of the Wrecks, 
Casualties, and Collisions which occurred on the 
Shores of the Channel Islands, and on the Shores 
of Her Majesty’s Possessions Abroad : Also of 
the Wrecks, Casualties, and Collisions to British 
Ships at Sea, and of Wrecks, Casualties, and 
Collisions to British Ships, reported by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Consuls ; together with a Statement of the 
Inquiries Abroad, instituted by Consular and Co- 
lonial Officers and others, into the Causes of 
Wrecks, Casualties, and Collisions to British Ships, 
of which the Reports were received at the Board 
of Trade, in the year 1867. With a Chart. 

Mr. Stephen Cave also presented, pursuant to Weights and 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Measures. 
Second Report of the Warden of the Standards 
on the Proceedings and Business of the Standard 
Weights and Measures Department of the Board 
of Trade, for 1867-68. 

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





Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Supply. 

Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth: 
hat a Sum, not exceeding £.389,800, be granted Reduced 

to Her Majesty (in addition to the iain of a 
£.81,000 already voted on account), towards ; 
defraying the Charge for Full Pay of Reduced 
and Retired Officers, and Half Pay, which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
April 1868 to the 3lst day of March 1869, in- 
clusive. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were Means. 
read, as follow: ee &lt; 

1, That, towards making good the Supply Surplus o 
granted to Her Majesty, ans be issued and — 
applied to the Service of the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1869, the Sum of £.537,217 10s. 7d., 
being the Surplus of Ways and Means granted for 
the Service of preceding years. 

2. That, towards making good the Supply reas 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of eae _ 

s, 5d. 


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32 Victoria. 


9s. 5d. be granted out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Brituin and 
Ireland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and 
the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of 
the year ending the Thirty-first day of March One 
thousand Eight hundred and Sixty-nine, and to 
appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of 
Pariiament: And that Mr. Dodson, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, and Mr. Sclater-Booth do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Danube Works Ordered, That the Danube Works Loan Bill 
Jon Bill, and and the Drainage and Improvement of Lands 


nces, 

Om- 

= Consolidated 
pristion.) 

» &amp;e, 

nd Drainage and 

8. Improvement 
of Lands 
(Ireland) 

plemental 

(No, 4) Bill. 
Election 
Petitions 
and Corrupt 
Practices at 
Blections Bill. 

nd 

od 

ed 








(Ireland) Supplemental (No. 4) Bill, be committed 
to the same Committee. 

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 ; 
and Mr. Dodson reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bills, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Election Petitions and 
Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill, 


(In the Committee. ) 


Cause, N° 46 (Penalty for employing corrupt 
Agent). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 15, 1. 3, after 
the word “ tribunal,” to insert the words “or by a re- 
‘* port of a Committee of the House of Commons.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 3, after 
the word “ tribunal,” to insert the words “ or has 
‘“* been reported guilty of any corrupt practice by a 
“ Committee of the House of Commons.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen,) 74 

Yeas, (Sir Robert Collier : or 

Tellers for they Mr. Whitmore, 1 63 

Noes, Mr. Noel: . 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 6, after the 
word “ fifty-seven,” to insert the words “ any such 
“ canvasser or agent shall be guilty of a misde- 
“ meanour and,” 


Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. James Lowther, 

~~ IMr.” Philip Wykekam \ 62. 
— Martin: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Whitmore, \ 84 

Noes, (Mr. Noel : ' 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 7, to add, at 
the end of the Clause, the words “ and he shall be 
“‘ incapable of being elected to and of sitting in 
“the House of Commons during the three years 
“ next after such trial.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { cee tone Amberley, \ 48 
Yeas, Sir Robert Anstruther : : 
Tellers for the fom Whitmore, 1 1s 
Noes, Mr. Noel: J . 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciausz, N° 47, (Disqualification of person 
found guilty of bribery). 

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17th July. 





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Amendment proposed, in p. 15, 1. 8, to leave out 
the words “ other than a candidate.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 16, after 
the words “ voting at any,” to insert the words 
** Parliamentary and Municipal.” 

_ Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 48 (Returning Officer may be sued 
for neglecting to return any person duly elected). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 15,1. 32, to leave out 
from the word “* Westminster” to the words “ pro- 
** vided in,” in 1. 34, in order to insert the words 
** and the said returning officer shall be liable to a 
** penalty of 500 J.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed 
to. 

Clause agreed to. 

CiauseEs, N° 49 to N* 53, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 54, amended, and agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 2, agreed to. 

Clause (Provision as to payment of judges) —— 
brought up, and read the first and second time. 

Amendment proposed, to insert at the commence- 
ment the words “ No additional judge shall be ap- 
** pointed under this Act until fourteen days after 
“ all the Election Petitions presented to the Court 
* of Common Pleas respecting the first Elections 
* to the Parliament convened on the dissolution of 
* the present Parliament shall be at issue.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, to leave out 
from the words “ Admiralty Court,” to the end of 
the Clause. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the Yeas, tyr — } 96. 
Tellers for the N. oes, Me ae ds \ 123. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Three other Clauses added. 

Another Clause (Rules as to agents practising) 
—— brought up, and read the first and second time. 

Amendment proposed, in |. 2, after the word 
“ agent,” to insert the words “ or counsel.” 

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

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause (Duration of Act) —~brought 
up, and read the first and second time. 

Amendment proposed, in 1. 2, to leave out the 
word “ three,” and insert the word “ two.” 

Question, That the word “ three ” stand part of 
the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause (Lords Spiritual and Temporal 
not to interfere in Elections) brought up, and 
read the first time. 

Question proposed, That the Clause be read a 
second time:—Motion and Clause, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another Clause (Payments defined by former 
Acts to be illegal, to be bribery)——brought up, 
and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time——put, and negatived. 


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- 
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344 


gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 

That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Regulation of Railways Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


Regulation 
ot Railways 


Bill [Lords.} 


Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Government of Jndia Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Governor The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
arog mittee on the Governor General of India Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Cambrian Sir Edward Colebrooke reported from the Com- 
Railways 


— mittee on Group 9 of Railway Bills; That in the 
nay sone Sara case of the Cantden citicans (Revived Line to 
Bill (Lords.)_ Dolgelly) Bill, they had examined the allegations 

contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same verbally, and by striking out reference 
to certain matters the clauses relating to which 
were taken out of the Bill, and by adding reference 
to a provision for staying litigation, and found the 
same,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. 


Queen Aune’s Ordered, That the Select Committee on Queen 
onnty Board. Anne’s Bounty Board have Power to report their 
No, 139, Observations thereupon to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Mr. Bouverie 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. 


Married Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 

oo pit, Married Women’s Property Bill have leave to 

(Special “" make a Special Report, and that they have Power 

Report.) to report their Observations thereupon to the 

No, 441, House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the said Com- 
mittee ; That they had agreed toa Special Report, 
which they had directed him to make to the 
House. 

(Report on Mr. Shaw Lefevre also reported from the said 
Bil.) Committee; That they had considered the said 
No. 441. Bill, and taken Evidence thereon, which they had 
directed him to report to the House ; and had, gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 

same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Reports 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. 

Standing Lord Hotham reported from the Select Com- 

Orders, mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which 
was read,as followeth: — 

Saint Mary That in the case of the Saint Mary Somerset's 

ng ll Church, London, Bill, the Standing rw ought to 

don, Bil. | be dispensed with; that the Bill be permitted to 
proceed. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to 


17th—18th July. 


Ordered, That the Saint Mary Somerset's Church, Saint Mary 








1868, 


Somerset's 
yg 
» Di 
Mr. Sclater-Booth presented a Bill to apply a i 
Sam, ont af the Canelieash Hend anh tie Bane Leryn 
plus of Ways and Means, to the Service of the Priation) Biu. 
vear ending the Thirty-first day of March, One 
thousand eight hundred and Sixty-nine, and to 


appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session 
of Parliament: And the same was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


London, Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from, 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of the Loras, 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Revenue Officers Revenge 
Disabilities Removal Bill, without any Amend- Officers 


ment. Disabilities 
Removal Bill, 


The Lords have agreed to the Poor Law and Poor Law 
Medical Inspectors (Jre/and) Bill, without any ont Medical 


nspectors 
Amendment. (inelend) ee. 


The Lords have agreed to the Petit Juries Petit Juries 
(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment. (Irelana) Bil, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Star Life 
made by this House to the Star Life Assurance Assurance 


Society Bill, without any Amendment. fea 


The Lords have agreed to the Divorce and Divorce and 
Matrimonial Causes Court Bill, with an Amend- Matrimonial 
ment; to which the Lords desire the concurrence jin'®* °ut 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Indorsing of Indorsing of 
Warrants Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Warrants Bill, 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Entail Amend- Entait amend. 
ment (Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to which ment (Scot- 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House, '""4) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Assignees of Assignees 
Marine Policies Bill, with Amendments; to which of Marine 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. P*lieies Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern- Local Govern. 
ment Supplemental (No. 6) Bill, with Amend- ment Supple- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence — (No. 6) 
of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bishop Stort- Bishop Stort- 
ford, Dunmow, and Braintree Railway Bill, with ety re 
Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- Railway Bill. 
currence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An District 
Act to amend “ The District Church Tithes Act, Church Tithes 
1865,” and to secure Uniformity of Designation ene 
amongst Incumbents in certain cases; to which [Lords] 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Adjournment. 
_ That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next; 


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


Saturday, 18th July, 1868: 


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


Poor Relief 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bill (Lorde) 


into a Committee on the Poor Relief Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 3 (Poor Law Board may appoint 
officers when guardians make default). 

Amendments made, 
_ Another Amendment proposed, at the end of 
the Clause to add the words (Provided wing 
that the Poor Law Board shall not insist upon the 
appointment uf a chaplain wherever the duties of 
that officer shall be efficiently performed without 
payment). : ! 
Question 








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Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings 
[Stamp Duty.] 


Artizans and 
Labourers’ 
Dwellings Bill. 


32 Vicroria. 
Question put, That those words be there added; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for they Mr. Taylor, } 97 
Yeas, {Mt Lusk: : 
Tellers for the Mr. Noel; } -- 
Noes, Sir Graham Montgomery: ; 
Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “(Provided always that 
“nothing herein contained shall relate to the ap- 
* pointment of chaplain).” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Colonel William Stuart, } 25 
Yeas, Mr. Harvey Lewis: : 
Tellers for the Mr. Noel, } 73 
Noes, Sir Graham Montgomery: é 
Question put, That the Clause, as amended, 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the} Mr. Noel, \ 71 
Yeas, Sir Graham Montgomery : : 
Tellers for the; Mr. Knight, 29 
Noes, \Mr. Newdegate: . 
Crausz, N° 4 (Consent of meeting of guardians 
sufficient for the formation of a school district). 
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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on 
Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings [ Stamp Duty }, 
a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient to make provision for im- 
posing the same ad valorem Stamp on the Assign- 
ment of any Charging Order, or of any Portion of 
a Charging Order, made under any Act of the 
present Session for providing better Dwellings for 
Artizans and Labourers, as would be chargeable 
if such an Assignment were of a Charge created 
by Deed. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Artizans and Labourers’ Dwell- 
ings Bill. 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
Clause N., being read a second time, several were 
agreed to; and several were amended, and agreed to. 

Clause N. (Assignment of Charge), the next 
Amendment, being read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Clause be committed to 
a Committee of the whole House:—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr, Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, 
That the Committee 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 tlie said Clause, so amended, was agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time (and it appearing that the Amend- 
ment in p. 12, lL. 30, provided that Loans under 
this Act should be subject to the conditions pre- 
scribed by ~— Acts relating to the granting of 
Loans by the Public Works Loan Commissioners, 
and that the Amendment tothe Schedule was in- 
tended to carry this Act into execution in a manner 
consistent with the Provisions of the Metropolis 
Local Management Act, 1855), were, with Amend- 
ments to several of them, agreed to; and consequen- 
tial Amendments were made to the Bill. 

VoL. 123. 





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Ordered, 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, and with consequential Amend- 


ments to the Bill; to which this House doth desire 
the concurrence of their Lordships. 


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


mittee on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; pie se 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (it [Lore 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Colonial 
into a Committee on the Colonial Shipping Bill ; S*!pping 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 Expiring Laws 
Reading of the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill; $o;"=uanee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Local Govern- 
take into consideration the Amendments made by ment Supple- 
the Lords to the Local Government Supplemental = (No. 9) 
(No. 3) Bill; and the same were twice read, and ~ 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Admiralty Suits Bill and the Admiraity 


Railway Companies Bill be committed to the same Suits Bill 


- Lords), and 
Committee. reals Com- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself panies Bill 
into a Committee on the said Bills; and, after l474] 
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 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to yale of Poisons 
take into consideration the Sale of Poisons and and Pharmacy 
Pharmacy Act Amendment Bill, as amended in Act Amend- 

P ment Bill 
the Committee. [Lords.] 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Regulations to be observed in the sale of Poisons): 

—&lt;And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read, and amended. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
thereunto, by inserting, after the words “ registered 
*“ under this Act,” the words “ under the written 
* Prescription of a legally qualified Medical Prac- 

* titioner.” 

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, Mr. Lowe, 


Mr. Bruce: 1 2. 
Tellers for the Noes, — ae, } 14, 


And it appearing upon the Report of the Divi- 
sion by the Tellers, that Forty Members were not 
present; and it being then half an hour after Two 
of the clock on Saturday morning :~—The House 
was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Ques- 
tion first put, till this day. 










346 
Saturday, 18th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


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

Vide Thirty- 

second Report, 

Navy (First- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
he) Boys, 4 Return showing the Number of First-class Boys, 


Second-class Boys, bond fide Seamen, Coast Guard 
Fleet Men, &amp;c. who were borne, rated, entered, or 


who left the Service during the years 1867-8 (in| 


continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 23, of 
the present Session). 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 


Bill. ~— Court Bill be now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the said 
Amendment 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 
Lordships. 

Electric A Motion being made, That this House will, 

a upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee 

Gel “sr to consider of empowering the Postmaster Ge- 


neral, out of any moneys which may be from time 
to time appropriated by Parliament for the pur- 
pose, to purchase the whole or any part of the 
undertaking of any Electric Telegraph Company, 
and also of providing for the payment as aforesaid 
of certain Compensations and Expenses under any 
Act of the present Session, enabling the Post- 
master General to acquire and maintain Electric 
Telegraphs ; 

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

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


Patents for 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
Inventions, 


of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Report of the Com- 
missioners of Patents for Inventions, 1867. 


Manufactures, Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Commerce, &amp;¢. 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. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Wez- 
ford Lunatic Asylum, which was presented upon 
No. 442, the 16th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Tea Licences. Ordered, That the Return relative to Tea Li- 
No. 443. cences, which was presented upon the 17th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Wexford Luna- 
tic Asylum, 


Naval Savings Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval 
Banks. Savings Banks, which was — upon the 12th 
No. 444. duy of June last, be printed. 


Consolidated The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill 
Fund (Appro- was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
priation) Bill. committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 

Election The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
se al : into a Committee on the Election Petitions and 
Practices ee Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill. 
Elections Bill. ° 

Bill 943. (In the Committee. ) 


Another Clause (Votes for Candidates guilty 





18th July. 















1868. 


of bribery to he deemed to have been thrown away) 
——brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {Sir Francis Goldsmid, 48 
Yeas, Mr. Thomas Hankey ; } , 
Tellers for the Colonel Taylor, 79 
Noes, { Mr. Noel: aes 





Another Clause (Providing for payment of 
Returning Officers’ Expenses out of Rates)—— 
brought up, and read the first time. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Mills, } 78 
Yeas, \Sir Colman O’Loghlen: ‘ 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Noel: } 69 
| Noes, \ Sir Graham Montgomery : 
Amendment proposed, in 1. 1, after the word 
* Borough,” to insert the words “one moiety of.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted —— 
put, and negatived. 
Another Amendment proposed, before the words 
** Provided that,” to insert the words “ Provided 
* also that in case the County for which the 
** County Rate is made is or shall be divided into 
| two or more parts for Parliamentary Representa- 
|“ tion, then the same expenses shall be charged 
“upon and defrayed by and out of the County 
** Rate, levied within and for that part of the 
** County for which such Election shall take place.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
An Amendment made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, be added to the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the bo Mill, } 84 
Yeas, Sir Colman O’Loghlen: s 
Tellers for the (Mr. Noel, 76 
Noes, {Sir Graham Montgomery : : 
Another Clause (Declaration to be subscribed by 
Members)—— brought up, and read the first time. 
Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Clay, 
' Yeas, {Colonel Gyher : \ 45. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Noel, } 85 
Noes, Sir Graham Montgomery: , 
Schedule 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 Wednes- 
day next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- poor Relief 
mittee on the Poor Relief Bill ; Bill [Lords.} 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Danube Works Loan Bill was, according Danube 

to Order, read the third time. — Loaus 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


‘The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (/re- Drainage and 


land) Supplemental (No. 4) Bill was, according to Improvement 
Order, read the third time. phew 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Sapplomentel 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the (N° 4) 8il 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The 








Colonial 
Shipping Bill. 


Admiralty 
Suits Bill 
[ Lords.] 


Railway Com- 
panies Bill 
(Lords. } 


Inland 
Revenue Bill. 


Regulation 
of Railways 
Bill [Lords.] 


Expiring Laws 
Continuance 


Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Governor 
General of 
India Bill. 


Hudson’s Bay 
Company 
Bill [ Lords. } 


Saint Mary 
Somerset's 
Church, Lon- 
don, Bill. 


Probate of 
Wills, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenure and 
Improvement 
of Land, &amp;c, 
(Ireland.) 


Royal Gun 


Factories, 





32 Vicroria. 


The Colonial Shipping 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 Admiralty Suits Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Inland Revenue 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 Regulation of Railways 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- 


18th—20th July. 





mittee on the Expiring Laws Continuance 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 Government of India Act Amend- | 
ment Bill ; | 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Governor General of India Bill; 

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


The Hudson’s Bay Company Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The Saint Mary Somerset’s Church, London, Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Select Committee of Eight Mem- 
bers. 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Thomas Chambers, Mr. Walde- 

rave-Leslie, Lord John Manners, Mr. Crawford, 

r. Tite, Mr. Alderman Lawrence, and Mr. 
Powell. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Probate of Wills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law relating to the Tenure and Im- 
provement of Land, the Sale and Purchase of Land 
and Tenants’ Interests, and the Reclamation of 
Waste Lands in Ireland: And that Mr. Rearden 
and Mr. Michael Bass do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


The Select Committee on the Royal Gun Fac- 
tories was nominated of Major Azson, Mr. Bag- 
Vou. 123. 











347 


gallay, Mr. Howes, Mr. Scourfield, Mr. Samuda, Schools and 
Mr. Bazley, and Mr. Laird. Training 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. (inelend) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sale of Poisons 


for the establishment of Primary and Industrial yom a 
Schools and Training Factories in Jreland: And jyent Bill 


| that Mr. Rearden and Mr. Leader do prepare, and [ Lords. } 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy Tenure and 
Act Amendment Bill, as amended in the Com-!™provement 


. e rs Y f : d, ‘ 
mittee, be taken into further consideration upon (freian . 


(Ireland) Bill. 
Monday next. Bill 244. 


Mr. Rearden oe a Bill to amend the Law Schools and 
relating to the Tenure and Improvement of Land, Training 
the Sale and Purchase of Land and Tenants’ In- (ireland) Bill. 
terests, and the Reclamation of Waste Lands in Bill 245. 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Saturday 

the 1st day of August next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Rearden presented a Bill for the establish- 
ment of Primary and Industrial Schools and Train- 
ing Factories in Jreland: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Saturday the lst day of August 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 the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Belfast Central 
by this House to the Belfast Central Railway Bill, Corda] ae 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the West Indies Bill, Wes Indies 
with an Amendment; to which the Lords desire ~ 
the concurrence of this House. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 


next. 








Monday, 20th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


Ee HE House proceeded to take into considera- Bishop Stort- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to ety Catenin 
the Bishop Stortford, Dunmow, and Braintree Rail- Raleap Bill, 
way Bill; and the same were 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 Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Domvile Estate Bill was read the third Domvile 
time. Estate Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. on 

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 Duke of Rich- Duke of Rich- 
mond’s Estate Bill be now read the third time ; Bill [Lorde] 
Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy, by Her Ma- sates 
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. 

Ordered, That the Clerk % carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

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348 


Seedits The Lambeth Market Bill was read the third 


Market Bill time. 
(Lords. } Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Waterloo A Motion being made, That the Waterloo and 
and Whitehall Whitehall Railway Bill be now read the third 
Railway Bill time ; 
anit Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy, 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 is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 
hen 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. 


Bristol and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
North Somer- the Bristol and North Somerset Railway Bill, as 
set Railway gmended in the Committee ; and an Amendment 
Bill [Lords.] was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Wig! i i 
Isle of Wight the Isle of Wight ( Newport Junction) Railway Bill, 


(Newport 


Junction) as amended in the Committee. 
Thode} Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cork and Kin. Lhe Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway Bill 
sale Junction Was read a second time; and committed. 
Railway Bill Ordered, That Standing Orders 202 and 230 be 


agen suspended in the case of the said Bill; and that 
the Committee of Selection have power to appoint 
the Committee on the Bill to sit and proceed To- 
morrow. 
Saint Mary Mr. Powell reported from the Select Committee 
Somerset’s on the Saint Mary Somerset's Church, London, 
Chur. (“"- Bill; That they had examined the allegations of 
Bill 247 the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
* gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 
Ward Mr. Dodson reported Ward Jackson’s Estate 
Jackson's Bill, with an Amendment. 
autate Bie Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
|Lords.} 


Table. 


Hamp's Estate Mr. Dodson reported Hamp’s Estate Bill, with- 


Bill [Zords.) out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Savile Estate Mr. Dodson reported the Savile Estate (Exten- 
(Extension of sion of Powers) Bill, without Amendment. 

Powers) Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

[ Lords. ] 
Aberdeen Mr. Dodson reported the Aberdeen Town Council 
Town Council Bill, with an Amendment. 


Bill [Lords] Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 

Public Several Public Petitions were oe -—g in and 

Petitions. | read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Thirty- 

second Report. 

District The District Church Tithes Act Amendment 


Church Tithes Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be 
-read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


Act Amend- 
ment Bill 


Wth July. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, poor Law 
eturns of the undermentioned particulars, viz. :— (In-door 
1, Of the Number of In-door Poor in the F°r-) 


FE 







1868. 


Workhouse on the Ist day of J uly 1867 No, 445, 


and the Ist day of January 1868, classed 
as follows :— 





1. 2. 3. 4. 


Total 


Day for Number 


which 
Return 
is to be 
made. 


Adult Inmates 
(Able-bodied). 


Adult Inmates 


Children und q 
(not Able-bodied), oe 


Paupers 
in 
Work- 





house, 





Males, 
Femules, 
Total. 
Males. 
Females, 
Total. 
Boys. 
Girls. 
Total. 








1867 : 
July Ist 








1868 : 
Jan. Ist 
































INSTRUCTIONS, 


l. The above Return is to include all the In-door Paupers in the Workhouse 

on the days specified. 

2. Under the head of “ Able-bodied” are to be entered, for the purpose of 

this Return, those Inmates who were on the stated days above 16 years of age, 

and who were in good health, and not suffering from bodily or mental infirmity, 

-_ who, : — — a aus ene to maintain themselves by 
eir own labour. Any Inmates, although above 60 years ge 

this description should be tnchoted. . ‘ vies hans 

3. Under the head “ not Able-bodied” are to be entered all those Inmates 

above 16 years of age not returned as “‘ Able-bodied.” (See Instruction 2.) 

4. The Lunatics and Imbeciles, although included amongst the *‘ not Able- 

bodied,” are also to be returned separately in Column 5. 


2. Of the Number of In-door Poor on the 
Workhouse Medical Relief Book on the 
ist day of July 1867 and the Ist day of 
January 1868, classed as follows :— 


Males. 


Females. 





| Total. 


Lunatics and 
Tmbeciles, 

















1, 2. 3. 4. 5. 


Aged 
and Infirm 
requiring 
Medical 
Treatment, 


Chronic Cases 
(exclusive 
of Aged and 
Infirm.) 


Fever and 
Zymotic 
Cases, 


Venereal rom 
Cases. ome 


Cases. 





6. 


only. 


Inmates 
requiring 
Extra Diet 








made. 
| Females. 


Day for which Return is to be 

| Males. 

| Females. 
Total. 
Males. 
Total 
Males. 
Females, 
Total. 

| Males. 
Females. 
Total. 
Males. 

| Females. 
Total. 
Males. 








Females. 


Total. 


Workhouse Medical Relief 


Book. 


Total Number of Cases on the 





1867 : 
July Ist 








1868: 
Jan, st 


















































Sir Michael Hicks Beach accordingly presented 
the said Returns. 

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


persons, papers, and records. 


charged with Duty for Consumption in England, 
Scotland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom re- 
spectively, with the Rates and Amounts of Duty, 
and the Population in each Census year from 1800 
to 1867 inclusive : Like Return for Foreign 
Spirits : Like Return for Colonial Spirits : 
Returns of the Quantities of British Spirits ex- 
ported to Foreign Parts from the United Kingdom 
in each year from 1840, and also of the Quantities 
methylated Duty-free and on Drawback of the 
Duty under the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 38 :——Of 
the Quantities of Malt charged with Duty in Eng- 
land, Scotland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom 
respectively, the Rates and Amounts of Duty, the 
Population, and the Average Price of Bar vt in 
each year, from 1800 to 1867 inclusive: nd, 
of the Quantities of Malt made Duty-free for Dis- 
tillation, Exportation, or Cattle Feeding, and the 


























Quantities 











Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Royal Gun 
Royal Gun Factories have Power to send for Factories. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, spirits and 
a Return of the Quantities of British Spirits Malt. 











- 


I 401al. 


ook, 








32 Victoria. 20th 


Quantities of Malt and Beer respectively exported 
on Drawback in each year from 1830. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had 
received a Letter from Lord Napier of Magdala, 
dated the 18th day of this instant July, acknow- 
ledging the Thanks of this House to himself and 
other Officers for the success attending the Abys- 
sinian Expedition: —And the said Letter was read, 
as followeth: 


Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


49, Cleveland Square, Hyde Park, 
Sir, July 18, 1868. 

I have duly received the Resolutions of the 
House of Commons conveying the Thanks of the 
House, for the manner in which the Campaign in 
Abyssinia was conducted, to myself and to Com- 
modore Heath, c.B., Major General Sir C. Stave- 
ley, K.C.B., Major General George Malcolm, C.B., 
Major General FZ. ZL. Russell, Brigadier General 
W. Merewether, c.B., and the other Officers of the 
Army and Navy; 

And the further intimation that the House ac- 
knowledge and approve ot the conduct of the Petty 
Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men of 
the Navy and Army, both European and Native, 
during these operations. 

I beg to express for myself, and on behalf of the 
Officers and Men of the Force, our profound sense 
of the honour conferred upon us. 

I have taken the requisite steps to convey the 
said Resolutions to the Officers named, and to the 
several Officers of the Navy and Army who have 
served in the Expedition. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servant, 
Napier of Magdala. 


P. S.—T regret extremely that this Communica- 
tion should have been accidentally delayed. 


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





Bank Notes. Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 6th day of this instant July, for 
Returns relative to Bank Notes. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A List of 
all Pensions granted between the 20th June 1867 
and the 20th June 1868, and charged upon the 
Civil List. 

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


Civil List 
Pensions, 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the 
Special Commissioners for Jrish Fisheries, for 1867. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of 
June last, for a Return relative to Foreign Cattle. 

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


Fisheries 
(Ireland.) 


Foreign 
Cattle. 


Trade and Mr. Stephen Cave presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Navigation. ~~ Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- 
No. 119. gation for the Month ended 30th June 1868, and 
Six Months ended 30th June 1868. 
| ome Agricultural Returns for Great Britain, with 
om Abstract Returns for the United Kingdom, 1868. 


Import and A Return of the New and Old Rates of Duty 

— (so far as the same can be given) levied by the 

Countries.) Tariffs of Foreign Countries, in which alterations 
have been made since the Publication of the Re- 
turn, No. 187, of Session 1867. 

Colonial Statistical Tables relating to Colonial and other 

Statistics. Possessions of the United Kingdom: Part XII. 
for the year 1866. 

sa and Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation 

avigation. 


of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries 
and British Possessions, in the year 1867. 
VoL. 123 





July. 


Mr. Stephen Cave also presented,—Return to an Joint Stock 
Order, dated the 11th day of June last, for Returns Companies, 
relative to Joint Stock Companies. 

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


349 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Court of Ses- 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table j04 _ 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Act of — 
Sederunt anent commencing the Winter Session 
of the First and Second Divisions of the Court of 
Session on Monday the 2nd, instead of Thursday 
the 12th day of November next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration 
into a Committee on the Registration (Jreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Bill. Bill 248, 

(In the Committee. ) 

Preamble postponed. 

CriauseEs, N° 1 to N° 13, with an Amendment to 
one of them, agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 14 and N° 15, amended, and 
agreed to. 

CiausEs, N° 16 to N° 24, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 25, disagreed to. 

CLaAusE, N° 26, agreed to. 

CLAusE, N° 27, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 28 to N° 31, agreed to. 

CLAusE, N° 32, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 33 (Evidence to support claim). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment, proposed, in p. 15, 1. 6, to 
leave out from the word “claim” to the end of 


the Clause. 
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, N° 34 (Act and parts of Acts in Sche- 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 
Bill. 
Tellers for ” Mr. Noel, } 74 
Yeas, Colonel Charles Lindsay : : 
Noes, Mr. Synan: 
Criausss, N° 35 to N° 45, disagreed to. 
Criavuse, N° 48 (Power to Lord Lieutenant to 
appoint Revising Barristers in certain cases). 
out the words “ the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief 
“ Governor or Governors of Jreland,” in order to 
** Superior Courts of Common Law in Dublin, 
“ sitting as Vacation Judge for the dispatch of 
Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
Clause agreed to. 
Two Clauses added. 
may appear and be heard by Counsel)——brought 
up, and read the first time. 
Clause be read a second time :— Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 
Schedule B., amended, and agreed to. 
Schedule C., agreed to. 








Another Amendment made. 
dule E. repealed). 
again:—Motion by leave, withdrawn. 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. E'smonde, } 84. 
Causes, N° 46 and N° 47, agreed to. 
Amendment proposed, in p. 21, 1. 26, to leave 
insert the words “ any Judge of Her Majesty’s 
‘* chamber business.” 
by leave, withdrawn. 
Another Clause (Parties at the Revision Court 
Motion made, and Question aa That the 
Schedule A., agreed to. 
y¥_¥3 


Schedules 






















































350 


Schedules D. and E., disagreed 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 upon Wednes- 
day next; and be printed. 


Metropolitan The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Foreign Cattle into a Committee on the Metropolitan Foreign 
Market Bill, Cattle Market Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That the Preamble be 
postponed :—Question put, and agreed to. 
CiauseE, N° 1, agreed to. 
CrauseE, N°2 mms IE 
Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 8, to leave out 
the word “ sheep.” 
Question put, That the word “ sheep” stand part 
of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Noel, 
Yeas, Colonel Charles Lindsay 
Tellers for the; Mr. Milner Gibson, 
Noes, (Mr. Melly: 
Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Watkin, 1 37 
Yeas, Mr. Jacob Bright: ie 
Tellers for the { Mr. Noel, } 132 
Noes, \ Colonel Charles Lindsay : 
Criavuse, N°’3 (Constitution of market autho- 
rity). 
/ proposed, in p. 2, Ll. 15, to leave out 
the word “ or.” 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 
Question put, That the word “ or” stand part of 
the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the -&gt;Mr. Noel, 1113 
Yeas, Colonel Charles Lindsay: ‘thee 
Tellers for the Mr. Locke, 1L 9 
Noes, \Mr. Ayrton: ; 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 


} 134. 
1 52 


Tellers for the; Mr. Shaw Lefevre, \ 36 
Yeas, Mr. Jacob Bright: J . 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Schreiber, 1 91 
Noes, Mr. Selwin-Ibbetson : ( . 


Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do now leave the Chair put, and negatived. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Crawford, } 33 

Yeas, Mr. Shaw Lefevre: F 
“ellers for thef Mr. William OrmsbyGore,) 5. 
Noes, Mr. Freville Surtees: } ; 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, lL. 16, to insert 
before the words “If the,” the words “ the 
* Board of Works, if the Corporation fail to sig- 
“ nify their willingness as aforesaid, and the Board 
“ within fourteen days after receipt by them from 
“one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of 
* State of a notification in writing of such failure, 
“ signify in writing under their common seal, to 
“ one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of 
“ State their willingness to undertake the execu- 
“ tion of this Act; or.” 





20th—2Q1st July. 










1868. 


Question proposed, That those words 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, 21st July, 1868 : 


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 Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Electric 
into a Committee on Electric Telegraphs [Pur- 
chase, &amp;c. }. Por si 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to empower the 
Postmaster General, out of any Moneys which may 
be trom time to time appropriated by Parliament 
for the purpose, to purchase the whole or any part 
of the Undertaking of any Electric Telegraph 
Company; and also to provide for the payment 
as aforesaid of certain Compensations and Ex- 
penses under any Act of the present Session 


*} enabling the Postmaster General to acquire and 


maintain Electric Telegraphs. 
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- Electric 
mittee on the Electric Ddeaie Bill; Telegraphe 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- B! 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to gate of Poisons 
take into further consideration the Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy 
and Pharmacy Act Amendment Bill, as amended on ae 
in the Committee. [Lords.] 

And the Amendment being again proposed, in 
the Clause offered to be added to the Bill upon 
Friday last (Regulations to be observed in Sale of 
Poisons), after the words “ registered under this 
* Act,” to insert the words “under the written 
“ Prescription of a legally qualified Medical Prac- 

* titioner ;” 

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

Then the said Clause was further amended, and 
made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Inland _ 
into a Committee on the Inland Revenue Bill. Revenue Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Cause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciauses, N°8 and N° 9, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciauseg, N° 11, disagreed to. 

Two Clauses added. 

Schedule disagreed to. 

New Schedule added. 

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 this day. i. 











82 Vicroria. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Army Chaplains 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, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 


Army 
Chaplains 
Bill | Lords.] 


ment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Salmon The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Fisheries mittee on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; 
eo Lorde. Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Consolidated Fund (Appro- 
riation) Bill and the Expiring Laws Continuance 
ved Expiring ill be committed to the same Committee. _ 
Laws Con- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
tinuance Bill. into a Committee on the said Bills; and, after 

some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 

the Chair; and Mr. Dodson reported, That the 
Consolidated Committee had gone through the Consolidated 
Fund (Appr Fund (Appropriation) Bill, and directed him to re- 
priation) Bill. ° 

port the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

this day. 
Expiring Laws Mr. Dodson also reported, That the Committee 
Continuance had gone through the Expiring Laws Continu- 
Bill. ance Bill, and directed him to report the same, 
without Amendment. 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill 


Wth—2 1st July. 








Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
upon Wednesday next. 


Hudson’s Bay The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


Company ill mittee on the Hudson’s Bay Company Bill ; | 
_— Resolved That, this House will, this day, resolve | 
itself into the said Committee. | 
Married The Order of the day being read, for the Com-_ 
Women’s mittee on the Married Women’s Property Bill; | 
Property Bill. "Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
County Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
ol Lords to the County General Assessment (Scot- 
(Scotland) land) Bill be now taken into consideration :— 
Bill. 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. 

Entail Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 

(oanament Lords to the Entail Amendment (Scotland) Bill 

Bill. ) be now taken into consideration:—The House 
accordingly proceeded to take the said Amend- 
ments 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. 

npaloory The Order for taking into consideration, upon 
Abolition Bil, ednesday next, the Amendments made by the 


Lords to the Compulsory Church Rates Abvlition 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 


into consideration upon Friday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Three of the 


clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


this instant July, be printed. 





Vox, 1123, 





351 


Tuesday, 21st July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


i q R. Dodson reported the Cork and Kinsale 
. Junction Railway Bill, without Amend- 
ment. 


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


Cork and 
Kinsale Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill [Lords.} 


The Weedon and Daventry Railway Bill was Weedon 


read the third time. os vill 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, [Zorde} 


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 Devon and 
the Devon and Cornwall Railway Bill, as amended “o™wall ” 
in the Committee. ti weet if - 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Several Public Petitions were 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


resented, and Public 
‘able. Petitions 


Vide Thirty- 
second Report. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to County County 
Surveyors, &amp;c. (Jreland), which was presented upon S¥tveyors, &amp;e. 


ee ° (Ireland.) 
the 17th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 446: 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Weights weights ana 
and Measures, which was presented upon the 17th Measures. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No, 447. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bank ganx Notes. 
Notes, which was presented upon the 20th day of No, 445 
this instant July, be printed. a: 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Civil Civil List 
List Pensions, which was presented upon the 20th Pensions. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 449. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Joint Joint Stock 
Stock Companies, which was presented upon the Companies. 
20th day of this instant July, i printed. No, 450. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign 
Cattle, which was presented upon the 20th day of Cattle. 
No. 451. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an Weights and 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2nd day of Measures 
_ last, for a Return relative to Weights and apron 

easures (Metropolis). 

. — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Marriage 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Laws. 
Royal Commission on the Laws of Marriage. 

Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy also presented,— Factories, 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
5th day of December last, for Returns relative to 
Factories. 

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


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 Contagious Contagious 
Diseases Act (1866) Amendment Bill, without any Viseases Act 
Amendment. ment Bill. 


The Lords have ed to the Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners Bill, with Amendments; to which Commissioners 
the Lords desire the concurrence.of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Lunatic Asylums Lunatic 
(Ireland) Accounts Audit Bill, with Amendments ; A*y!uus (Ire- 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this \'0‘),4ecounts 
House. ; 


The ~ 


(1866) Amend. 


yry4 

















Glebes (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Wey and 
Arun Junction 
Canal Bill 
[Lords.] 


Poor Rates 
Assessmont, 
&amp;c. 


County 
Financial 
Arrangements. 


Judicial 
Committee of 
Privy Council. 


James F, 
Wilkinion. 


Army and 
Navy Esti. 
mates. 


Assignees 
of Marine 
Policies Bill. 


Consolidated 


Fund (AL was, according to Order, read the third time. 


priation) 


352 


The Lords have agreed to the Court of Jus- 
ticiary (Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical 
Buildings and Glebes ( Scotland) 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 Wey and Arun Junction 
Canal 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 eam in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, on Poor Rates Assessment, &amp;c.; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the 
said 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 ap- 
= by this House in the present Session of 
-arliament on County Financial Arrangements ; 
together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the said Committee, and the Appendix and 
Index thereto. 

Ordered, That printed Copies of the said Re- 
~ be communicated to the Lords, as desired 

y their Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver 
the same. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Days the Ju- 
dicial Committee of the Privy Council has sat 
during the current year for the hearing of Appeals : 
Of the Number of Appeals heard and de- 
cided during the above period : Of the Number 
of Appeals now actually set down for hearing, and 
the Number of Appeals now ready to be set down 
for hearing: And, of the Names of the Judges 
who have attended the Sittings during the current 

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. 











The Order made upon the 7th day of this instant 
July, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble 
Address, that She would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this 

Iouse, a Return relative to the case of James 
F. Wilkinson, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account distinguishing Original from Supple- 
plemental Estimates, and showing the Amounts 
voted on each Vote of the Army and Navy Esti- 
mates in the years 1865, 1866, 1867, and 1868, 
with the Totals of such Original and Supple- 
mental Estimates, and the entire Sums voted in 
each year respectively. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Assignees of Marine Policies 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. 


The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill 


Q1st July. 








1868. 







































































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 Inland 
take into consideration the Inland Revenue Bill, as ®¢venue Bill, 
amended in the Committee. 

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


The Army Chaplains Bill was, according to Army 
Order, read the third time. Chaplains Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ey 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth reported from the Committee Electric 
on Electric Telegraphs [Purchase, &amp;c.], a Resolu- Telesraphs 
tion; which was read, as followeth: ay) — 

That it is expedient to empower the Postmaster 
General, out of any moneys which may be from 
time to time appropriated by Parliament for the 
purpose, to purchase the whole or any part of the 
undertaking of any Electric Telegraph Company, 
and also to provide for the payment as aforesaid 
of certain Compensations and Expenses under any 
Act of the present Session enabling the Post- 
master General to acquire and maintain Electric 
Telegraphs. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


: The House, according to Order, resolved itself Electric 
into a Committee on the Electric Telegraphs Bill. a 


(In the Committee. ) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

CriauseE, N°4 (Power for Postmaster General to 
purchase Telegraphs). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 40, to leave out 
from the word “ successors” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to add the words “ and the price 
* to be given for such Undertakings and Property 
** shall be decided by Arbitration as to their value, 
‘* in the manner hereinafter provided.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

CriausE, N° 5, agreed to. 

CLAUuSE, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 7, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 9 to N° 14, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 15 (Postmaster General to make 
Regulations for conduct of Business and to fix 
Charges). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1. 20, to leave 
out from the word “ Business” to the end of the 
Clause. 

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. 13, 1. 27, 
after the words “‘ of Five words,” to insert the 
words “except for the transmission of messages 
** within the limits of the Metropolis.” 

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

Another Amendment proposed, in the same line, 
after the words “of Five words,” to insert the words 
« Provided always, that for messages sent, and de- 
“ livered within the limits of all corporate towns 
“ and all cities having a population of more than 
« 30,000, the rate for the first twenty words shall 
“ not exceed sixpence.” 








Question 











Poor Relief 
Bill (Lords. } 


Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Governor 
General of 
India Bill, 





82 Vicroria. 


Question put, That those words be there inserted; 
The Committee divided. 


Mr. Watkin, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Synan: 25. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Noel, 68. 


Mr. Whitmore: 
CxiausEs, N° 15 to N° 19, agreed to. 
Cuiavuses, N° 20 to N° 22, amended, and agreed 

to. 

Ciavses, N° 23 and N° 24, agreed to. 

Schedule 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 To-morrow. 





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


(In the Committee. ) 


2 Ilst—22nd July. 





CriausE, N° 4 (Consent of Meeting of Guar- 
dians sufficient for the formation of a School Dis- 
trict). 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause, agreed to. 

CuiauseE, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 


CriausE N°6 (A separate Creed Register to 
be kept in every Workhouse and Pauper School). 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the; Mr. Noel, } 58 
Yeas, | Sir Michael Hichs Beach: : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Chambers, } 27 
Noes, Mr. Harvey Lewis : : 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Mr. Newdegate, 95 
Yeas, Colonel William Stuart. } ; 
Tellers for the { Mr. Noel, 7 55 
Noes, Sir Michael Hicks Beach :JS °° 
Cuiavuses, N° 7 and N° 8, agreed to. 
CrausE, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 10 (Minister may, subject to regu- 
lations, visit and instruct Inmates registered as of 
his religious creed). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Wednesday, 22nd July, 1868: 


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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-. 
mittee on the Government of India Act Amend- 
ment 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 Governor General of India Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 





353 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Regulation 
mittee on the Regulation of Railways Bill ; of Railways 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Bil! [Lords] 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Salmon 


. weer eee _. Fisheri 
ree —_— on the Salmon Fisheries ( Scot (sotland Bill 


(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 


Crauses, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 4, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 5 (Power of Secretary of State to 
alter Regulations). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 11, to leave out 
the words “ always be,” and insert the words, “ not 
* to be less than.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again, 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Hudson’s 
into a Committee on the Hudson’s Bay Company By Company 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Bill (Lords.) 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Dodson 
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 House, according to Order, resolved itself gaint Mary 
into a Committee on the Saint Mary Somerset's Somerset's 
Church, London, Bill; and, after some time spent = 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 Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy Act Amend- Sale of Poisons 


ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third "4 Pharmacy 
° Act Amend- 
tume. 3 , ment Bill 
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. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage ‘add boon brought from the Lords by one of js agg 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Portpatrick and Portpatrick 
Belfast and County Down Railway Companies = — 
Bill, without any Amerdment. Dews Railway 
Companies 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment Leg River 
made by this House to the Amendments made by Conservancy 
their Lecdihign to the Lee River Conservancy Bi 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Artizans and 
made by this House to the Amendments made by Labourers’ 
their Lordships to the Artizans and Labourers’ P¥eUinss Bill. 
Dwellings Bill; and also to the consequential 
Amendments made by this House to the said Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Towns Drainage Towns 
and Sewage Utilization Bill, with Amendments; Drainage and 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this ee 5 





next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vo. 123. 





House. 
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Validi 
t 
(Blakedown) 
Bill [Lords.} 


Public 
Accounts. 


No. 452. 


Court of 
Justiciary 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Buildings and 
Glebes (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Trades 
Societies and 
Combinations 
of Workmen 
Bill. 


Taunatic 
Asylums (Ire- 
land) Accounts 
Audit Bill. 


West Indies 
Bill. 


Bill 249. 


Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Natal, 


Belgravia and 


South Ken- 
sington New 
Road Bill 


[Lords.} 


354 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to render valid Marriages heretofore solemnized in 
the Chapel of Ease called Saint James the Greater 
Chapel, Blakedown, in the Parish of Hagley, in 
the Bounty of Worcester ; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Public Ac- 
counts have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Bvidence taken before them. 

Mr. Childers 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 Ap- 
pendix. 

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


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill 
be now taken into consideration: --The House 
accordingly proceeded to take the said Amend- 
ments 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 Ecclesiastical Buildings and Glebes 
( Scotland) Bill be now taken into consideration :— 
The House accordingly proceeded to take the said 
Amendments into consideration; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Trades Societies and Combinations of Work- 
men Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Accounts 
Audit Bill be taken into consideration this day. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the West Indies Bill be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday next; and be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Church Rates Abolition Bill was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Adderley presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of this instant 
July, for Returns relative to Natal. 

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


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








Wednesday, 22nd July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Belgravia and South Kensington New 
Road Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


21st —22nd July. 






































1868. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Cambriun etieenes (Revived Line to Dolgelly) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


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 senaloulls pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Charges and Expenses 
incurred by the Corporation of the City of London, 
the Metropolitan Board of Works, and the Thirteen 
Metropolitan Gas Companies, also by the Board 
of Trade, in relation to Proceedings in Parliament 
respecting the Supply of Gas to the City and the 
Metropolis, from the year 1867 to the present 
time (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
330, of the present Session). 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oxford and Cambridge Universities 
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) (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Church Rates Regulation Bill ; 


Cambrian 
Railways 
(Revived Line 
to Dolgelly) 
Bill [Lords,] 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thi _ 
second Repart, 


Metropolis 
Gas. - 


Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Universities 
Bill. 


Local Officers 
Superannua- 
tion (Ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Church Rates 
Regulation 


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 Church Rates Commutation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Election Petitions and 
Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

A Clause (Removal of disqualification on proof 
that disqualification was procured by perjury), was 
twice read, and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Application of Act to Scotland): And the 
said Clause was brought up, and twice read; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Lord Robert 
Montagu reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Clause, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Lord Robert Montagu accordingly reported the 
Clause. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Clause, by leaving out paragraph 6. 

And the Question being proposed, That para- 
graph 6 stand part of the Clause:—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Then Amendments were made to the Clause. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to 


Church Rates 
Commutation 


Election 
Petitions and 


Corrupt 


Practices at 
Elections Bill. 





ine 








$2 Vicrorta. 


to the Clause, by adding at the end thereof the 
words “19. At every Election for any county or 
“ burgh in Scotland, the expenses lawfully incurred 
* by the sheriff or other returning officer, or the 
* sheriff clerk or town clerk, for the provision of 
* hustings, poll sheriffs, poll clerks, polling booths 
* or rooms, and any other necessary requisites, for 
* the conduct of the Election, shall be ascertained 
“and fixed by the commissioners of supply in 
* counties, and by the magistrates of burghs, as 
“the case may be; and the said commissioners 
“ or magistrates, as the case may be, shall cause 
*‘ the amount of such expenses so ascertained and 
* fixed to be apportioned upon the parishes within 
“such county or burgh respectively according to 
“the yearly rent or value thereof; and the same 
“shall be assessed and levied, along with the 
“assessment for the relief of the poor for the 
“ current year within such parishes respectively, 
*“ or they shall cause such amount, along with such 
* reasonable sum as they may deem necessary to 
“ meet the expenses of collection, to be assessed and 
* levied and collected in some other of the modes 
“ allowed by the Act seventeenth and eighteenth 
“ Victoria, chapter ninety-one: Provided always, 
** That no county or burgh shall be liable under 
“ this Act for any expenses heretofore defrayed in 
“ Exchequer, or which, under the provisions of this 
* Act, may come in lieu of such expenses.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Mc Laren, } 71 

Yeas, | Sir Colman O’Loghlen: : 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Noel, 1 93 

Noes, LMr. Whitmore: sf 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the said Clause, so amended, was made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Levying of county rate where county is 
divided): And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time:—And the said Motion and Clause 
were severally, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (For the better prevention of personation at 
Elections): And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to ' added to the 
Bill (Payment of expenses for conveying voters 
in counties and certain boroughs illegal): And 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Labouchere, 1 39 
Yeas, { Mr, Henry Beaumont: J ~™ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Noel, } 194 
Noes, Mr. Whitmore: : 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Prohibiting the use for election purposes of 
remises Beaneed for sale of drinks): And the said 
lause 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; 
Vow. 123. 








22nd July. 355 


The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the ; Mr. Ayrton, } 70 

Yeas, | Mr. Beresford Hope: ? 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Noel, 

Noes, Mr. Whitmore: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Corrupt Practices at previous Municipal 
Elections may be inquired into): 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 it the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Employment of paid canvassers or of paid 
agents other than the one appointed under the 
Corrupt Practices Prevention Act to be illegal): 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


\ 
j 130, 


Tellers for the Yeas, re Taylor \ 86. 
Mr. Noel, 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mt Noel, } 6. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Appointment of attornies of the House of 
Commons): And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 


*| being put, That the said Clause be now read a 


second time; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Ayrton, 102 

Yeas, \Mr. Thomas Hughes: } q 

Tellers for thef Mr. Noel, 110 

Noes, Mr. Whitmore: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Declaration by Candidates): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time: —It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause (Treatment of Petition after 
presentation), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Provision for Expenses of Trials and In- 
quiries): And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question _ 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ 


Mr. Mill, } 49 
Mr. James Lowther: ' 


Tellers for the Noes, {yr pr ne }46. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (No new Judge to be appointed until the 
number of Election Petitions presented to the 
Court of Common Pleas be ascertained): 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. 
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$56 


Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Postponemerit of election of Municipal and 
Local Officers for the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Sixty-eight): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ yr — 
{ Mr. Noel, 
Tellers for the Noes,) yy," Yyastmore : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on Con- 
sideration of the said Bill be adjourned till To- 
morrow, at Two of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the District Church Tithes Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow, at Two of the clock. 


75. 


} 
}100 


District 
Church Tithes 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill 
[Lords.] 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Registration (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

A Clause (Amendment of Law respecting. regia- 
tration ot Lodgers), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Power to Lord Lieutenant to 
appoint Deputy for Revising Barristers in city of 
Dublin), was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Words in this Act and principal 
Act to have same meanings), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Then 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. 


Registration 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market 
Bill; 

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


Metropolitan 
Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill, 


Expiring Laws The Expiring Laws Continuance Bill was, ac- 
Continuance 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. 


Inland The Inland Revenue Bill was, according to 
Revenue 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 House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Electric Telegraphs Bill, as amended in the 
Committee; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow, at Two of the clock. 


Electric Tele- 
graphs Bill. 


Hudson’s Bay The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Company Bill into a Committee on the Hudson’s Bay Company 
(herds, 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 To-morrow, at 
‘Iwo of the clock. 


22nd July. 
















































































(868. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Saint Mary 
Reading of the Saint Mary Somerset’s Church, Lon- Somerset's 
don, Bill; hone ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time " 
To-morrow, at Two of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Lunatic , 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Sarre (Ire. 
the Lords to the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Ac- Aede mente 
counts Audit 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. 


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 Amendments Weedon and 


made by this House to the Weedon and Daventry eee 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. [Lorde ” 


The Lords have agreed to the Burials ( Jreland) Burials (Ire. 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire !#"4) Bill. 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bankruptcy Act Bankruptey 
(1861) Amendment Bill, with Amendments; to Act (1861) 
—_ the Lords desire the concurrence of this ,i"™ 

ouse, 

The Lords do not insist upon their Amendment South Eastern 
to the South Eastern and London, Brighton, and = London, 
South Coast Railway Companies Bill, to which a 


, é South Coast 
this House hath disagreed. Railway Com. 


panies Bill, 

Reselved, That an humble Address be presented Army, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Officers of the Artillery 
and Engineers who have received any Sum of 
Money on retiring from the Service during the 
last Five years ; stating the Name and Rank of each 
Officer, the length of his Service, and Amount 
paid to him, and the Amount of Pay he was re- 
ceiving when Reduced: Similar Return as to 
the Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners: And, Re- 
turn of the Names, Rank, and Services appointed 
to that Corps on the Retirement of those thus paid 
for Retirement. 

Ordered, That 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 Oyster Beds 
Copy of Correspondence between the Jrish Society (Lough Foyle.) 
oak the Board of Works in Jreland, and the Irish 
Society and the Treasury, and the Treasury and 
the Board of Works in Jrelund, relating to Li- 
censes to form Oyster Beds on portions of the 
Shore of Lough Foyle, in the County Donegal, 
granted 7 the Board of Works in Jre/and, in 
April and May 1867, under ‘“‘ The Oyster Fishery 
(Jreland) Amendment Act, 1866.” 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Burials (Ire- 
Lords to the Burials (Zreland) Bill be taken into !#n4) Bill. 
consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. Bill 251. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Bankruptcy 
Lords to the Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment - , 
Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow; and Ri 


be printed. Bi!] 252. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, police Systems 
to request that their Lordships will be ag -y00 to (Scotland.) 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships on Police Systems (Scotland), together 
with Minutes of Evidence and Appendix: And 
that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 7" 

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ints 








Marriages 
Validity 
(Blakedown) 
Bill [ Lords. } 


Bill 250, 
Ecclesiastica 


Commission. 
ers Bill. 


Bill 253. 


Indorsing of 
Warrants Bill. 


Local Gavern- 
ment Supple- 
mental (No. 6) 
Bill. 


Cattle Plague. 


Births, Deaths, 
and Marriages 


(Scotland.) 


Factories. 
No. 453. 


Natal. 
No. 454. 


Bristol and 
North 
Somerset 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords, } 


Hamp's Estate 


Bill [Lords.] 


Savile Estate 
(Extension of 
Powers) Bill 
(Lords. 


32 Vicronta. 


The Marriages Validity (Blakedown) Bill was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill be 
taken into consideration To-morrow; and be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Indorsing of Warrants Bill be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Local Government Supplemental 
(No.6) Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Lord Robert Montagu presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
Report on Cattle Plague in Great Britain during 
the years 1865, 1866, and 1867. 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, b 
Her Majesty’s Command,— Copy of Elevent 
Detailed Annual Report of the Registrar General 
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Scotland. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Factories, 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Natal, 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 








Thursday, 23rd July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 

T HE Bristol and North Somerset 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. 


A Motion being made, That Hamp’s Estate Bill 
be now read the third time; 

Sir John Pakington, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, 9s far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and 
verbal Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, 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 Savile Estate (Extension of Powers) 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. 

Vou. 123. 


22nd—23rd July, 





357 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 
Vide Thirty- 
second Report- 
Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Judicial 
Her Majesty’s Command,—A Paper, intituled, Statistics. 
** Judicial Statistics, 1867 ; England and Wales, 
Part I. Police—Criminal Proceedings — Prisons. 
— IT, Common Law—Equity—Civil and Canon 
aw.” 
Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of Mines to Mines. 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State, for the year 1867. 
- oo That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an County and 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of Police Rates. 
April last, for Returns relative to County and 
Police Rates. 

Sir James Fergusson also presented, pursuant to Local Taxa- 

the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract tion Returns. 
of the Returns transmitted to the Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, pursuant to the 
Local Taxation Returns Act, the 23 &amp; 24 Vice. 
c. 51., for the latest period of Twelve months 
preceding the month of June 1867, for which the 
Accounts of the different Corporations, Commis- 
sions, Vestries, Bodies, &amp;c. were made up, being 
for the seventh year during which the Act has been 
in operation. 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented,—Return to an fast India 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of (Army.) 
April last, for a Return relative to East India 
(Army). 

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


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s Post Office. 
Command,—Copy of Fourteenth Report of the 
Postmaster General, on the Post Office. 

Mr. Sclater- Booth also presented,—Return to an Distillers, &amp;c. 
Order, dated the 15th day of June last, for a Re- 
turn relative to Distillers, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3rd day of this Labouring 
instant July, fora Return relative to the Labouring —— 
Classes’ Dwelling Houses Act (1866). Act (1866. ) 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to Foreshores. 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy - 
of the Treasury Warrant, dated 30th June 1868, 
providing for the Compensation to be made to the 
Land Revenue for the Crown’s Foreshore Rights 
transferred to the Lords of the Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, under Act 29 &amp; 30 Vic. c. 62, 
and of the Schedule of Pensions, Annuities, or 
other Annual Payments theretofore payable out 
of the Land Revenue of the Crown, referred to 
in such Warrant. 

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


Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return to an Railway, &amp;c. 
Order, dated the 8th day of this instant July, for Bills. 
a Return relative to Railway, &amp;c. Bills. 

Mr. Stephen Cave also presented, pursuant to Lighthouses 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Statement 4&gt;read. 
of the Amount expended in the Maintenance of 
Lighthouses in British Possessions Abroad, for 
which Tolls are levied, under the Merchant 
Shipping Act Amendment Act (18 &amp; 19 Vie. ¢.91), 
and the Amount of Tolls received during the years 
1866-7—1867-8. 

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


The Electric Telegraphs Bill was, according to Electric Tele- 
Order, read the third time; and a verbal Amend- 8*#Pbs Bill. 
ment was made to the Bill. 





ZZz3 Resolved, 


























































t 
eatines at 
Elections Bill. 


358 


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, resumed the 
further Proceeding on Consideration of the Elec- 
tion Petitions and Corrupt Practices at Elections 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Another Clause (Applications to the court 
respecting trials) was brought up, and read a first 
oe | second time, and amended; and made part of 
‘he Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Hiring persons to disturb meeting a corrupt 
practice): And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Attorney General to prosecute persons re- 
ported guilty of corrupt practices): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was Pa to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 14, 1. 36, by adding, at the end 
of the Clause, the words “ and such canvasser or 
* agent shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” 

And the Question being put, ‘That those words 
be there added ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas tothe Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for — James Lowther, ] 99 
Yeas, Mr. Schreiber : J y 
Tellers for the/ Mr. Noel, } 105 
Noes, (Mr. Whitmore: : 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 16,1. 35, by adding, at the end 
of the Clause the words, “ it shall not be lawful 
“for any person to be nominated as a candi- 
*‘ date at any such Election unless he or some 
* person on his behalf shall have paid to the 
“ returning officer the sum of One hundred pounds, 
* to be applied in the following manner.” 

And the Question being omen That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 16, 1. 35, by adding, at the end 
of the Clause, the words “ Provided every candi- 
«date who shall not have polled one-fifth of the 
* total number of Electors voting at a Election 
** for a County or a Borough shall be liable (in the 
* same way as if this Act had not passed) for his 
“ share of the expenses lawfully incurred by the 
“ returning officers for the provision of hustings, 
* poll clerks, polling booths or rooms, and an 
*‘ other requisites for the conduct of the Elec- 
** tion.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
werds be there added; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment, in 1. 1, by leaving out 
the word “ fifth,” and inserting the word “ third,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “fifth” stand part of the said proposed 
Amendment :—The Amendment to the said pro- 
posed Amendment and the “wy mea Amendment 
were severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 16, 1. 35, by adding, at the end of 
the Clause, the words “ Provided, That every 
** unsuccessful candidate who shall not have polled 





3rd July. 











1868. 


“ one-fifth of the total number of Electors voting at 
“ any Election for a County or a Borough shall be 
“liable (in the same way as if this Act had not 
“ passed) for his share of the expenses lawfully 
“ incurred by the returning officers for the pro- 
* vision of hustings, poll Serka, polling booths or 
“rooms, and any other requisites for the con- 
“duct of the Election, and the proposer and 
“ seconder of such candidate (who shall have been 
“nominated without his consent) shall in like 
“ manner be liable for such aforesaid share.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment, by leaving out from 
the word “ every” to the end of the proposed 
Amendment, in order to add the words “ candidate 
“ or other person demanding a poll at any Election 
“ for any County or Borough shall, on demand by 
“the returning officer, pay or secure to his satis- 
* faction One hundred pounds in the case of a 
“ Borough, and Two hundred pounds in the case 
“ofa oa which shall be applied by the re- 
“turning officer in aid towards the expenses of 
‘such Election, in case such candidate shall not 
* poll one-fifth of the constituency,” instead thereof, 

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

And the Question being put, That the words 
* Provided, That every unsuccessful candidate who 
shall not have polled one-fifth of the total number 
“ of Electors voting at any Election for a County 
“ or a Borough shall be liable (in the same way as 
“if this Act had not passed) for his share of the 
“expenses lawfully incurred by the returning 
** officers for the provision of hustings, poll-clerks, 
** polling-booths, or rooms, and any other requisites 
*‘ for the conduct of the Election, and the pro- 











és = and seconder of such candidate (who shall 
* have been nominated without his consent) shall 
“ in like manner be liable for such aforesaid share,” 
be added at the end of the Clause ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
{Mr. Beaumont, 


Tellers for the Yeas.) My Melly : \110. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ 3" -— : \119. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 16, 1. 35, by adding, at the end 
of the Clause, the words “ Provided always, That 
*‘ one moiety of such expenses shall be defrayed 
“as heretofore by the candidate or candidates at 
** such Election.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill in 
Clause 53. : 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by leaving out Clause 53, as amended. 

And the Question bows ut, That Clause 53, as 
amended, stand part of the Bin’. 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

r. James White, 


jM 
Tellers for the Yeas, \ Mr. Labouchere : 


Tellers for the Noes,| Mt meh 

So it passed in the N®gative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the further consideration of the Bill, 
as amended, be adjourned till Monday next :— 


And 


97. 


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32 Victoria. 23rd—24th July. 359 


And the said Motion was, with leave of the House,| Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue Revenue 
withdrawn. (Ireland), which was presented upon the 17th day (Ieland.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | of this instant July, be printed. No. 388. 


To-morrow, at Two of the clock. | Ordered, That the Return relative to Postal Postal Cus. 
. . - : munication 
Regulation of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Communication (Australia), which was presented Australia.) 


Railways Bill mittee on the Regulation of Railways Bill ; upon the 17th day of this instant July, be printed, No. 403, 
[Lords] Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at| Ordered, That the Return relative to Import Import and 
Two of the clock, resolve itself into the said Com- and Export Duties (Foreign Countries), which was Export Duties 
mittee. ae ee upon the 20th day of this instant July, Countries.) 
| be printed. No. 493. 


District The District Church Tithes Act Amendment Bill | 
Church Tithes was, according to Order, read a second time; and! Ordered, That the Paper relative to Local Local Taxation 
ne committed to a Committee of the whole House, for Taxation Returns, which was presented upon the Returns. 
[Lords. ] To-morrow. | 23rd day of this instant July, be printed. No. 436. 


| , ' 
geiecn's Bey The House, according to Order, proceeded to | Ordered, That the Return relative to East India fast India 
&gt; 5] 


: 4 - Army), which was presented upon the 23rd day (Army.) 
Company Bill take into consideration the Hudson’s Bay Com- | (Army), epee P y 
pany Bill, as amended in the Committee. | of this instant July, be printed. No. 440. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third| Ordered, That the Return relative to Distillers, pistijters, xe 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third &amp;e., which was presented upon the 23rd dayof wo. 455, 
time. this instant July, be printed. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, | Ordered, That the Return relative to the Labouri 
do ade, d. That the Clerk d the Bill to th Labouring Classes Dwelling Houses Act (1866 , Classes? 
. yp be ee ae SD CRE EO ee TOTS | wide was presented upon the 23rd day of this Dvelling 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath Semtents Sabet welenel Houses Act 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to y0°P ; (1866.) 


. . . N . 456. 
pn ey doth desire the concurrence of| (),dered, That the Return relative to Fore- Minton 


shores, which was presented upen the 23rd day of No, 457. 


Saint Mary The Saint Mary Somerset’s Church, London, Bill | this instant July, be printed. 

Somerset’s was, according to Order, read the third time. | Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway, Railway, &amp;c. 
Church, Lon- = Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _&amp;c. Bills, which was presented upon the 23rd day Bills. 
=. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to of this instant July, be printed. No. 458. 


the Lords; and desire their concurrence. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
present:—The House was told by Mr. Speaker; 


and Forty Members not being present, and it Austria; signed at Vienna, April 30, 1868. 


being then after Four of the clock :—The House . . 
was ‘adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Ques- oe ae Shen Go ent Pager do Ee agent 


tion first put, till To-morrow. 


| Lord Stanley py by Her Majesty’s Com~ Austria, 
-mand,—Copy of Treaty of Navigation between 
Her Majesty and His Majesty the Emperor of 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign 
, Returns of the Number of Mails daily to and from Mails. 
Friday, 24th July, 1868. London, vid France and vid Belgium, and the 
under-mentioned Cities of Europe : Of the 
PRAYERS. Hour of Departure from each place, and the Day 
Wey and Aran Le House proceeded totake into consideration | and Hour of Arrival at each x distinguishing 
a _— the Amendments made by the Lords to the | each Day, as same Day, next Day, second Day, 
[Lords] Amendments made by this House to the Wey and | &amp;c.:—— And, of the Number of Hours occupied 
Arun Junction Canal Bill; and the same were by each Mail: 








twice read, and agreed to. If Mail passes through Paris, the Time of 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Arrival at and the Time of Departure from 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath Paris ; 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- If Mail passes through Brussels, the Time of 
ships. Arrival at and the Time of Departure from 
Brussels ; 
Devon and The Devon and Cornwall Railway Bill was read | 4,455 — Vienna Norway ~- Christiana. 
— Bill the third time. . ‘ Belgium - Brussels. Portugal - Lisbon. 
Lords. Poa That the Bill, with the Amendments, Denmark Copenhagen. | Prussia ~- Berlin. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 7*ae? - pone pons 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath p nw ; Sida. « Stockhoim. 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which Mars — Gottenburg. 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their Strasbourg. | Switzerland Berne. 
Lordships. Holland - The Hague. Basle. 
Aberdeen The House proceeded to take into consideration pantry Turkey - beanie 
Town Council the Aberdeen ‘Town Council Bill, as amended in| ,,_, ~ Smee nanks 
Bill [Lords.] the Committee. uy p egy sith 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Torin. 


Ward Jackson’s The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(rats Bil =~ Ward Jackson's Estate Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 4 
examined the Petitions presented from the 15th a 
to the 23rd days of this instant July, both days in- 
ar Several Public Petitions were presented, and pemert Be — seaagen him to make a Report 
ee -P0bs: Gad endened to Mp pen the Satie, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
ment to _ and be printed. 
second Report. VOL. 123. : ZzZA4 Mr. 

























360 24th July. 1868, 


Income and Mr. Sclater-Booth presented,—Return to an _ Sir James Fergusson presented, pursuant to the Constabulary 

Property Tax. Order, dated the 20th day of February last, fur directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Returns (Ireland.) 

Returns relative to the Income and Property Tax. showing the Strength, &amp;c. of the Constabulary 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of Force serving in Jreland on the 1st January 1868. 

March last, for a Return relative to Correspon-| Annual Account of the Receipt and Expendi- Dogs Regula. 

dence with the Board of Inland Revenue respect- ture under the Dogs Regulation (Jreland) Act, tion (Ireland) 
ing Registration of Newspapers. | 1865, for the year ending 31st December 1867,  *% (1865.) 

Inland Revenue hetem to an Order, dated the 26th day of _ Abstract of Returns received by the City Mar- Pawnbrokers 

(Defalcations.) March last, for a Return relative to Inland Re- | shal, Dudlin, from Pawnbrokers in Ireland. (Ireland. ) 
venue (Defalcations). Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Public Statues, Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of June | Table. 

&amp;c. (London.) last, for a Return relative to Public Statues, &amp;c. 


Newspapers. 


















































(London). The following Papers were laid upon the Table orders of 
Tones end Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Removal, 
Imposts. instant July, for a Return relative to Taxes and | dated the 7th day of May last, for a Return re- 
Imposts. | lative to Orders of Removal. 
Civil Service. eturn to an Order, dated the 9th day of this!) Keturn to an Order, dated the 6th day of this poor Law 
instant July, for Returns relative to the Civil instant July, for Returns relative to the Poor Unions (Valua. 
Service. | Law Unions (Valuation Lists). tion Lists.) 
Newspapers. Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this 
instant July, for a Return relative to Registered! The Order of the day being read, for the Third prection 
Newspapers, and Stamps thereon. Reading of the Election Petitions and Corrupt Petitions 
Treasure Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this | Practices at Elections Bill ; = ae 
Trove. instant July, for Returns relative to Srennene And a Motion being made, and the Question giections Bill. 
Trove. being proposed, That the Bill be now read the 
Spirits and Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of this | third time ; 
alt. instant July, for Returns relative to Spirits and| An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Malt. 
Armyand Navy Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of this 


Estimates. instant July, for a Return relative to the Army 
and Navy Estimates. 
Isle of Man. Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented, pursuant to 


the directions of an Act of Parliament,— Account 
of Revenue and Expenditure of the Isle of Man 
for the year ending the 3lst March 1868, with | 
General Abstract of the Account of the Isle of 
Man Accumulated Fund from Ist April 1867 to 
31st March 1868. 

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


Navy (Coating Lord Henry Lennox presented,—Return to an 





Ships. ) Order, dated the 26th day of May last, for Returns 
relative to the Navy (Coating Sh‘ps). 

Navy (Trans- Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of June 

ports.) last, for a Return relative to the Navy (Transports). 


Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instant July, for a Return relative to Vessels not 
Armour-plated. 


Vessels not 
Armour- plated, 


Iron-plated Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 

Ships and instant July, for a Return relative to Lron-plated 

re Ships and Batteries. 

Navy (First- Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this 

Class Boys, instant July, for a Return relative to the Navy 

my (First-class Boys, &amp;c.) 

Greenwich Lord Henry Lennoz also presented, pursuant to 

Hospital. the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Income 
Account, Capital Account, and Accounts of the 
Receipt and Expenditure of the Capital and of the 
Income derived from the Lands of the Property 
held for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital, . for 
the year 1866-67. 

Ordered, That thesaid Papers do lie upon the Table. 

Reformatory Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 

and Industrial Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Tileventh Re- 

seam, port of the Inspector appointed under the pro- 
visions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will, 4, c. 38, to visit the 
certified Reformatory and Industrial Schools of 
Great Britain. 

Print Works Copy of Report on the Print Works Act, and 

ptant 4 00 the Bleaching and Dyeing Works Act; with 

Dycing Worse Appendix. 

Act. 

Agriculture, Copy of First Report of the Commissioners on 


the Employment of Children, Young Persons, 
and Women in Agriculture; with Appendix. 

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


Question, by leaving out the words “ now read the 
“third time,” and adding the words “ re-com- 
“‘ mitted inrespect of a Clause providing for Return- 
“ing Officers’ Expenses out of Rates,” 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 ; 


Nr. Noel, 7 
Tellers for the Yeas, ae | a 
fs Viscount Milton, } 91 


Tellers for the N 0€8,) Mr. James White: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


into a Committee on the Regulation of Railways [ 
Bill. 
(In the Committee. ) 


CiauseEs, N° 13 to N° 29, with Amendments to 
nine of them, agreed to. 

A Clause added. 

Another Clause (Where a Company is authorised 
to build, or buy, or hire, and to use, ma‘ntain, and 
work, or to enter into arrangements for using, 
maintaining, or working steam vessels for the 
purpose of carrying on a communication between 
any towns or ports, and to take tolls in respect of 
such steam vessels, then and in every such case 
tolls shall be at all times charged to all persons 
equally, and after the same rate in respect of 
passengers conveyed in a like vessel passing between 
the same places under like circumstances; and no 
reduction or advance in the tolls shall be made 
in favour of or against any person using the 
steam vessels in consequence of his having 
travelled or being about to travel on the whole or 
any part of the Company’s Railway, or not having 
travelled or not being about to travel on any part 
thereof; or in fayour of or against any person 
using the Railway in consequence of his having 
used or being about to use, or his not having use 
or not being about to use the steam vessels; and 
where an aggregate sum is charged by the Com- 
pany for conveyance of a passenger by a — 

vesse 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Regulation of 











; 
| 





SY VicToRIA. 24th 


vessel and on the Railway, the ticket shall have 
the amount of toll charged for conveyance by the 
steam vessel distinguished from the amount 
charged for conveyance on the Railway. 

The provisions of The Railway and Canal 
Traffic Act, 1854, so far as the same are applicable, 
shall extend to the steam vessels and to the traffic 
carried on thereby) ——brought up, and read the 
first and second time. 

Amendment proposed, in 1. 6, after the word 
“ passengers,” to insert the words “‘ or goods.” 

Question, That the words “or goods” be there 
inserted put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Seven other Clauses added. 

Another Clause (Company may appoint or 
authorize appointment of Executive Committee), 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time put, and negatived. 

Another Clause (Power to separate capital and 
revenue management) —-- brought up, and read the 
first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time put, and negatived. 

Another Clause (Capital Expenditure to be 
voted at general meetings) brought up, and 
read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time——put, and negatived. — 

Another Clause (Company in General Meeting 
may remove Directors)——brought up, and read 
the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time——-—put, and negatived. 

Another Clause (Preference holders, on certain 
questions, to have a right to vote) —— brought up 
and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time——put, and negatived. 

Another Clause (Questions may be decided by 
Voting Papers) brought up, and read the first 
time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time put, and negatived. 

Another Clause (Report of question and voting 
papers to be sent to Shareholders)——brought up, 
and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time——put, and negatived. 

Two other Clauses added. 

Another Clause (Smoking Compartments for all 
Classes)——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. 

Another Clause (Carriages to be provided ex- 
clusively for Women )—— 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. 

Another Clause added. 


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 , will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 






































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 : 

Railway The Lords have agreed to the Railway Com- 

(nt panies (Jreland) Advances Bill, without any 


Advances Bill, Amendment. 
VoL. 123. 








Juiy. 361 


The Lords have agreed to the Vaccination (Jre- 
land) Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Courts of Chan- 
cery and Exchequer (/reland) Fee Funds Bill, 
without any Amendment. 


_ The Lords have agreed to the Tithe Commuta- 
tion, &amp;c. Acts Amendment Bill, without any 
Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Public De- 
partments Payments Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to Sir Robert Napier’s 
Annuity Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Tain Provisional 
Order Confirmation Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Land Drainage 
Provisional Order Confirmation Bill, without any 
Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the New Zealand 
Assembly’s Powers Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Militia Pay Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the New Zealand 
Company Bill, without any Amendment. 

The fare have agreed to the Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill, without any Amend- 
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 
made by this House to Hamp’s Estate Bill, without 
any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Court of Session 
( Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords communicate copy of Report from the 
Select Committee dippeiated, by their Lordships 
to inquire into the operation of the New Forest 
Deer Removal, &amp;c. Act, 1851; together with the 
Minutes of Evidence, Proceedings of the Committee, 
and Appendix, as desired by this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendment made by the Lords 
to the West Indies Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Government of India Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Governor General of Jndia Bill; 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
ut, That this House will, at the rising of the 
Hanes this day, adjourn till Monday next; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
ju Jacob Bright, 
Mr. John Benjamin} 38. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 
| Smith : 
110s 


Tellers for the N 008, aie 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Vaccination 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Courts of 
Chancery and 
Exchequer 
(Ireland) Fee 
Funds Bill. _ 


Tithe 
Commutation, 
&amp;c. Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Public 


Departments 
Payments Bill. 


Sir Robert 
Napier’s 
Annuity. 
Tain Provi- 
sional Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Land Drainag 
Provisional 
Order Con- 
firmation Bill. 
New Zealand 
Assembly’s 
Powers Bill, 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


New Zealand 
Company Bill. 


Clerks of 
the Peace, &amp;c, 
(Creland) Bill. 


Hamp’s Estate 
Bill | Lords.] 


Court of Ses- 
sion (Scotland) 
Bill. 


New Forest 
Deer Removal, 
&amp;c. Act (1851.) 


West Indies 
Bill. 


Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Governor 
General of 
India Bill. 


Adjournment. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolitan 


into a Committee on the Metropolitan Foreign 
Cattle Market Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Foreign Cattle 
Market Bill, 


CiavusE, N°3 (Constitution of Market Autho- 


rity). 
3A 





Amendment 














= 


ngeetenere: -- 
a inser gl a ae 


oa ee 


Poor Relief 
Bill [Lords.} 


District Church 


Tithes Act 
Amendment 
Bill [Lords.] 


Compulsory 
Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


362 


Amendment again proposed, in p. 2, 1. 16, 
before the words “if the,” to insert the words 
“ the Board of Works, if the Corporation fail to 
signify their willingness as aforesaid, and the 
r as within fourteen days after receipt by 
“them from one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
** Secretaries of State of a notification in writing 
* of such failure, signify in writing under their 
“ common seal, to one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
*&lt; Secretaries of State their willingness to under- 
“ take the execution of this Act; or.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted i, ot iy by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 16, to 
leave out from the word “if” 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 put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Ayrton, lL 39 
Yeas, (Mr. Shaw Lefevre: J : 

Tellers for the! Mr. Noel, 105 
Noes, (Mr. Whitmore: 


Question again proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Clause : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again—— put, and negatived. 


Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out sro § part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

pMr. Noel, } 

Tellers for the Yens,) og + Se 83. 

Tellers for the N oes, | ea + pal : } 31. 

Question proposed, That the Clause stand part 
of the Bill: 
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, 25th July, 1868: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Colonel 
Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee had 
made Progress in the Bill; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Relief 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 District Church Tithes Act 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Colonel 
Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee had 
made Progress in the Bill; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Compulsory Church Rates Abo- 
lition Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the said Amendments do not 
affect the general Law relating to Church Rates, 


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1868. 


but apply to Parishes subject to Local Acts), 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, resolved itself — 
into a Committee on the Salmon Fisheries (,Scot- (Scotland) 
land) Bill. Bill [Lords,] 


(In the Committee.) 


Cause, N° 5 (Power of Secretary of State to 
alter Regulations). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 4, l. 11, to 
leave out the words “ always be,” in order to insert 
the words “ not be less than.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

CLAUSE, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 7, agreed to. 

Causes, N°8 to N° 10, disagreed to. 

Criaussgs, N° 11 to N° 20, with Amendments to 


‘| three of them, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 21, disagreed to. 


CLauseEs, N° 22 to N° 38, with Amendments to 
six of them, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Schedules B. to G., agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Colonel 
Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Ecclesiastical 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Commissioners 
Lords to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill. 3 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Indorsing 
into consideration the Amendment made by the of Warrants 
Lords to the Indorsing of Warrants Bill ; - 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken 
into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Local Govern- 
into consideration the Amendments made by the ment Supple- 
Lords to the Local Government Supplemental Tent! (N° ®) 
(No. 6) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day. 


The Marriages Validity (Blakedown) Bill was, Marriages 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Validity 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Car Lorde 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Woods and 
Reading of the Woods and Game Assessment Game sass 
Bill ; ment . 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


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

mittee on the Married Women’s Property Bill; | Women’s Bill 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged, Property ™* 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Burials (Ire- 
take into consideration the Amendments made by land) Bill. 
the Lords to the Burials (Zreland) Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, 


Bankruptcy 
Act (1861) 

Amendment 
Bill. x 


Regulation of 
nem Bill 
[Lords.] 


Prisoners 
(Ireland.) 


Dunkeld 
Bridge, 


$2 Vicrorta. 


Ordered, 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 Bankruptcy Act (1861) 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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Regulation of Railways 


Bill. 
(In the Committee). 


First Schedule agreed to. 

Second Schedule amended, and agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Colonel 
Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Number of Prisoners confined 
in County and County of City Prisons in Jreland 
during the year 1867, for the Maintenance of whom 
Government was chargeable :——-Of the Number 
of Weeks for the Maintenance of said Prisoners 
for which Government was liable in each Prison: 
Of the Average Cost per Week, including 
Food, Clothing, Salaries of Officers, &amp;c. of each 
Prisoner in every such Prison :——Of the Amount 
allowed by the State for the Maintenance of the 
Prisoners for which it was liable in each County 
and County of a City Prison, and the Amount it 
should have paid if charged with their Average 
Cost, including Diet, Clothing, Officers’ Saiaries, 
&amp;e.: Of the Total Sum expended for Pri- 
soners for whom Government was chargeable, 
including Officers’ Salaries, in County and 
County of City Prisons in 1867:—— And, of 
the Total Amount allowed by Government for 
said Prisoners. 








Resolved, That 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 original Estimate for and 
of the Monies expended upon the Bridge over the 
Tay at Dunkeld, specifying separately, the Sums 
spent on the Bridge itself, and the Sums spent on 
Accesses, including the Deviation of the Public 
Road, and the Sums spent in buying Property 
necessary to be obtained for the Alteration of the 
Road; also specifying the Sums received from the 
Commissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges 
towards the Erection of said Bridge : ——Copy of 
all Minutes and Reports of the Commissioners of 
Highland Roads and Bridges relative to the 
Erection of the Bridge, and of the Reports made 
to them by Mr. Telford and others relative thereto: 
And, Statement of the Sum received each 
year for Pontage since the Erection of the Bridge, 
and of other Sums, if any, credited in the Bridge 
Accounts, and the Amount credited to the Bridge 
Trust from Feu Rents received by the Duke of 
Athole for portions of that Property built upon. 

Ordered, That 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. 123, 








QMth—25th July. 





363 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Kilkenny 

Copies of the Correspondence that passed between Model School 

the Commissioners for National Education, Ireland, 

and the Reverend James Porter, with reference to ~ 

the Books in use in the Model School, Kilkenny : 

Of the Evidence taken in reference to the 

subject-matter of that Correspondence, together 

with the Reports or Letters of the Officers, In- 

spectors, and Head Inspectors of the Board on the 

same Subject: And, of the Minute of the Com- 

missioners by which the Alterations were made in 

the Books referred to, and the Names of the Com- 

missioners who were present at the Meeting, and 

who voted for such Alterations. 








Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Royal Gun 
Royal Gun Factories have Power to report their Factories. 
Observations thereupon to the House, together No. 459. 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Major Anson 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. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Court of Ses- 
Lords to the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill be sion (Scotland 
taken into.consideration this day. -_ 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Three of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Saturday, 25th July, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into considera- Towns 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to pane 
the Towns Drainage and Sewage Utilization Bill; zation 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 Cambrian Railways (Revived Line to Cambrian 
Doigeily) Bill was read the third time. rn Pe 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, c Dolgelly) 
do pass. Bill (Lords.1 

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 Cork and Kin- 
the Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway Bill. sale Junction 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. feiss’ Bl! 


[Lords.} 


Several Public Petitions were eae and eon 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. a 


Vide Supple 
ment to Thirty 
‘ second Report. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Income Jncome und 


and Property Tax, which was presented upon the Property Tax. 
24th day of this instant July, be printed. No, 460, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corres- Newspapers. 
pondence with the Board of Inland Revenue, No. 461. 
poo tase Registration of Newspapers, which was 
— upon the 24th day of this instant July, 

e printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Registered Newspapers. 
Newspapers and Stamps thereon, which was pre- Ne 461. 
sented upon the 24th day of this instant July, be 


printed. 
3a2 Ordered, 


No. 468, of Man, which was 


EES er le Re Si er 


364. Dh5th 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Inland 


(Defalcations.) Revenue apr yccrgnt which was presented upon 


the 24th 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Taxes and 
Imposts, which was presented upon the 24th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Civil 
Service, which was presented upon the 24th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Treasure 
Trove, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits and 
Malt, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
and Navy Estimates, which was presented upon 


ay of this instant July, be printed. 


No, 467. the 24th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Isle 
ape upon the 24th day 


of this instant July, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be dischar ged 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Regulation of Rail- 
ways Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to he added to the Bill 
(Liability for Accidents): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time: —And the said Motion and Clause 
were severally, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

A Clause (Costs, Charges, &amp;c. to be taxed 
and settled by Masters of the Court of Queen’s 
Bench), was brought up, and read a first and 
second time, and amended; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Company may apply to Com- 
mon Law Judge at Westminster to hear Cases of 
Compensation under “ Lands Clauses Consolida- 
tion Act”), was brought up, and read a first and 
second time, and amended; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Company may obtain Judge’s 
Order instead of issuing gral was brought up, 
and read a first and second time, and amended ; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Power of verdict of Jury, and 
judgment of the Court), was twice read ; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Interpretation of certain ex- 
pressions), was brought up, and read a first and 
— time, and amended; and made part of the 

ill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Rill (Railway Companies in Jreland shall run one 
Passenger Train each way every Sunday): 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 (Carriers Act.—Rate of Insurance): 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 




























































1868. 


time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Smoking Compartments for all Classes): 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


July. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Henry B. Sheridan, | 38 
Yeas,  |Captain Stacpoole : ue 

Tellers for thes Mr. Gilpin, 1 46 
Noes, Mr. Leeman : oe, 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Clause was accordingly read a second time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
** when so required by the Board of Trade.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then Amendments were made to the Clause. 

And the said Clause, so amended, was made part 
of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Rates or Charges not to be increased without 
Public Notice): Anu the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then 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, 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 Com- Poor Relief 


mittee on the Poor Relief Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to salmon 
into consideration the Salmon Fisheries Fisheries 


take 
(Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; ‘ 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Indorsing of 
take into consideration the Amendment made by Warrants Bill. 


the Lords to the Indorsing of Warrants 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 Local Govern 


take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Local Government( Supplemental) 
(No. 6) 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, accurding to Order, 
take into consideration the Amendments made Py 
e 


proceeded to Court of -, 





Marriages 
Validity 
(Blakedown) 
Bill [Lords.] 


Woods and 
Game Assess- 
ment Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Hudson's Bay 
Compavy Bill 
|Lords.} 


Devon and 
Cornwall 
Railway Bill 
[Lords. } 
Sanitary Act 
(1866) Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Municipal 
Elections 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Larceny and 
Embezzlement 
Bill. 


General Police 
and Improve- 
ment (Scot- 
land) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Municipal 
Elections 
(Scotland) Bill. 


General Police 
and Improve- 
ment (Scot. 
land) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


East India 
Revenue 
Accounts, 


Enberlon 
m ement 
Bill, 


32 Vicrorta. 


the Lords to the Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill ; 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Marriages Validity 
(Blakedvwn) 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 Second 
Reading of the Woods and Game Assessment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Hudson’s Bay Company Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Devon and Cornwall Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Sanitary Act 
(1866) Amendment Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Municipal Elec- 
tions ( Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Larceny and 
Embezzlement Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the General Police 
and Improvement (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill, 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Municipal Elections (Scotland) Bill 
be now taken into consideration:—The House 
accordingly proceeded to take the said Amend- 
ments 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 General Police and Improvement 
(Scotland) Act Amendment 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 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 Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

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


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Larceny and Embezzlement Bill be 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. 

VoL. 123, 





25th—-27th July. 








365 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Sanitary Act 
Lords to the Sanitary Act (1866) Amendment Bill (1866) ‘Amend- 
be taken into consideration upon Monday next. ™ ; 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 


next. 








Monday, 27th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That the Select Committee on Admiralty 
Admiralty Monies and Accounts have Power eg 

to report their Observations thereupon to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence No, 460. 
taken before them. 

Mr. Seely 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. 


The Aberdeen Town Council Bill was read the Aberdeen — 
third time. Bil [herds } 
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. 


Ordered, That the Belgraviaand South Kensing- Belgravia 
ton New Road Bill be read the third time To- tne 
morrow. Men mes 
Bill [ Lords, 


(Direct) Railway Bill Cork and 

was read the third time. (Dincet) Balle 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. way Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to (Zords.] 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Cork and Macroom 


The Isle of Wight (Newport 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 to the same, with Amendments; to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


Isle of Wight 
( Newport 
Junction) 
Railway Bill 
Lords. | 


The Rathheale and Newcastle Junction Railway Rathkeale 

Bill was read the third time. and Newcastle- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ——— 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to [Lords.} 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ward Jackson’s Estate Bill was read the third Ward Jackson's: 


time. Estate Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, !4°r4] 
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. 


Public 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Publi 
Petitions. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Vide Supple- 
ment to Thirty- 
second Report. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cotton Statis- 
a Copy of any Report to the Board of Trade (with ** 4 
accompanying Documents) from the Officer of Her 
34a 3 Majesty’s 

































































Abyssinian 
Expedition. 


River Plate. 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Churchyards 
and Burial 
Grounds. 


$66 Q7th 


Majesty’s Customs appointed by the Board of 
Trade to make Arrangements for putting in opera- 
tion the provisions of the Cotton Statistics Act. 


Resolved, That 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 Quantity of Hay contracted 
for, for the Abyssinian Expedition at Bombay and 
Suez, with the Quantity actually shipped, and the 
Price paid to Messrs. Grierson and Frederickson, at 
Alexandria, and the Price paid for Hay at Bom- 
bay: Of the Quantity of Hay landed at Zoulla, 
and the Quantity eventually left there, together 
with the Quantity shi ped but not landed :—— 
Of the Number and Names of the Transports 
which never discharged their Cargoes, and the 
Time they remained in Annesley Bay without dis- 
charging : And, of the Quantity of Coal sup- 
plied at Aden to the Men of War and Transports, 
and the Prices paid to the Peninsular and Oriental 








July. 1868. 


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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army and Navy 
to Her Majesty, that She will be mene pleased Ch#plains. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Pay and Allowances of 
Army Chaplains of various Ranks, and the Pay 
and Allowances of Navy Chaplains. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, New York 
a Return of the Arrivals and Departures Out- Mails. 
wards and Homewards, and Duration of each Pas- 
sage, for the Half-year ended the 30th day of 
June 1868, of the Steamers of the Cunard and 
Inman Lines conveying the Mails between Queens- 





Company on each occasion of a Ship taking Coal, 
from 1st November 1867 to the 15th day of July | 
1868. | 

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


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence respecting Hos- 
tilities in the River Plate (in continuation of Papers | 
presented to Parliament, February 1868). 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names, Objects, Places where Busi- 
ness was conducted, Date of Registration, Nominal 
Capital, Liability per Share, Paid-up Capital as | 
far as known, Date of Winding-up Order, Amount 
of Liabilities at»same Date, Number of Persons 
settled on the List of Contributories, Amount of 
Calls per Share, Expenses of Winding-up, and 
Name of Liquidator or Liquidators of all Joint 
Stock Companies wound up, either voluntarily or 
subject to the supervision of the Court, under di- 
rection of the High Court of Chancery, of the 
Court of Chancery in Jreland, and of the Court 
of Session in either division thereof in Scotland 
since August 1862, distinguishing /reland and 
Scotland from England. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Name or Description of 
each Churchyard, and of each Burial Ground in 
each Parish, and of the Number of Burials therein 
respectively in each year, accounts of which have 
been received by the Registrar of each Diocese, 
under the provisions of 52 Geo. 3, c. 146, since the 
lst day of January 1865 :——Like Return with 
respect to all other Burial Grounds, giving in like 
manner the Number of Burials therein respectively, 
accounts of which have been received by the Re- 

istrar of each Diocese, under the provisions of 
Se 27 &amp; 28 Vie. c. 97; together with the Names 
or Descriptions of any Churchyards or Burial 
Grounds known to the Registrars, from which no 
such accounts, or partial accounts, have been re- 
ceived :—-—And, Return of the Total Number of 
Burials, of which accounts have been received, 
under each of the above Statutes respectively, in 
each year. 

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


Council. 





town and New York, and the Steamers of the North 
German Lloyd and the Hamburg- American Steam 
Packet Company conveying the Mails between 
Southampton and New York. 


Mr. Selater-Booth presented, pursuant to the Fortifications, 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Account of 
the Moneys raised and issued on account of the 
Expenses of Fortifications, &amp;¢., and the Amount 
of Annuities created in respect of the Moneys so 
raised, to lst July 1868. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented, pursuant to the Committals 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Returns (!teland-) 
from the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the 
Peace of the several Counties, Counties of Cities, 
and Counties of Towns in Jreland, of the Num- 
bers of Persons committed to the different Gaols 
thereof for Trial, in the year 1867. 

An Abstract of the General Statements of the Turnpike 
Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike Trusts (Scot- 
Trusts in Scot/and, between the Térm of Whit- @*) 
sunday 1865, and the Term of Whitsunday 1866. 

Returns from Clerks of the Peace in Ireland, mititia 
relative to Qualifications of Militia Officers. (Ireland. ) 
” — That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Private Bills. 
by the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 9th day of this instant July, for Returns 
relative to Private Bills. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this Select 
instant July, for a Return relative to Select Committees 
Committees. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this sittings of 
instant July, for a Return relative to Sittings of the House. 
the House. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this Divisions of 
instant July, for a Return relative to Divisions of te House. 
the House. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of this Committees. 
instant July, for Returns relative to Committees. 


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Prisons 
Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Forty-sixth Report (Ireland.) 
of the Inspectors General on the general State of 
the Prisons of Jreland, 1867; with Appendix. o 

A Paper, intituled, “ Judicial Statistics, 1867 : — 
(Ireland). Part I, Police—Criminal Proceedings (Ireland.) 
~Prisons. Part II. Common Law—Equity— 

Civil and Canon Law.” 

Copy of Report on the Cholera Epidemic of Cholera. 
1866, in England. Supplement to the Twenty- 
ninth Annual Report of the Registrar General of 
Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England. , 

opy 











ent, 


Navy 








32 Victoria. 


Copy of Report from the Royal Commission on 
International Coinage; together with the Minutes 
of Evidence, and Appendix. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


International 
Coinage. 


Table. 
Convict Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Establishments mand,—Copy of Annual Reports on the Convict 
Vr eeralia and Establishments at Western Australia and Tas- 
Tasmania. ) mania, 
South Sea Copy of further Correspondence relating to the 
Islanders Importation of South Sea Islanders into Queens- 
(Queensland.) 74 (in continuation of Papers presented 6th July 
1868). 
Prison vr | of further Correspondence respecting the 
Discipline Discipline and Management of Prisons in Her 
(Colonies.) ~~ ‘Majesty’s Colonial Possessions (in continuation of 
Papers presented in 1867). 
Convicts Mr. Adderley also presented,—Return to an 
(Fremantle.-) Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of 
March last, for a Return relative to Convicts ( /re- 
mantle). 
British Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
Columbia. the 2nd day of this instant July, for a Return re- 
lative to British Columbia. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Military Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Prisons. Command,—-Copy of Report on the Discipline and 
Management of the Military Prisons, 1867, by 
Lieutenant Colonel FE. Y. W. Henderson, R.£., In- 
spector General of Military Prisons, &amp;c. 
Army Medical Copy of Statistical, Sanitary, and Medical Re- 
Department. ports of the Army Medical Department, for the 
year 1866. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Navy (Coating Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
Ships.) (Coating Ships), which was presented upon the 
No. 470. 24th day of this instant July, be printed. 
Navy Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy 
(Transports.) (Transports), which was presented upon the 24th 
No. 471. day of this instant July, be printed. 
Vessels not Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels 
Armour-plated. not Armour-plated, which was presented upon the 
No. 472, 24th day of this instant July, be printed. 
Tron-plated Ordered, That the Return relative to Iron-plated 
so Ships and Batteries, which was presented upon 
No ae the 24th day of this instant July, be printed. 
Navy (First Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
ay Boys, (First Class Boys, &amp;c.), which was presented upon 
No. 474. the 24th day of this instant July, be printed. 
Greenwich Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Green- 
Hospital. wich Hospital, which were presented upon the 
No. 475. 24th day of this instant July, be printed. 
Constabulary Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Con- 
(Ireland.) “ stabulary (Jreland), which were presented upon 
No. 476. the 24th day of this instant July, be printed. 
Orders of Ordered, That the Return relative to Orders of 
Removal. 


Removal, which was presented upon the 24th day 
No. 477. of this instant July, be printed. 


Poor Law Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
Yoleas (Value Unions (Valuation Lists), which was presented 
No 470 upon the 24th day of this instant July, be printed. 


New Forest Ordered, That the Paper relative to the New 

in nah Forest Deer Removal, &amp;c. Act, 1851, which was 

No. 479, communicated from the Lords upon the 24th day 
"~~ Of this instant July, be printed. 


Public Statues, Ordered, That the Return relative to Public 
fe. (London.) Statues, &amp;c. (London), which was presented upon 
No, 480, ~ 24th day of this instant July, be printed. 
OL. 123. 


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367 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself East India 
into a Committee on East India Revenue Ac- y sence 
ccounts. 
counts. 
(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That it appears by the Accounts laid 
before this House that the total Revenue of India 
for the year ending the 3lst day of March 1867 
was £. 42,122,433; the total of the direct claims 
and demands upon the Revenue, including charges 
of collection, and cost of Salt and Opium, was 
£. 7,637,527 ; the charges in India, including In 
terest on Debt, and Public Works ordinary, were 
£. 29,848,640; the value of Stores supplied from 
England, was £. 873,363; the charges in Eng- 
land were £. 5,549,345; the Guaranteed Interest 
on the Capital of Railway and other Companies, 
in India and in England, deducting net Traffic 
Receipts, was £. 731,049, making a total charge 
for the same year of £. 44,639,924; and there was 
an excess of Expenditure over Income in that year 
amounting to £.2,517,491. 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 
mittee on the Government of Jndia Act Amend- of India Act 
ment Bill; ‘rca 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. : 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Governor 
mittee on the Governor General of Jndia Bill; Pegg 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee on the Poor Relief Bill. Bill | Lords.] 


(In the Committee.) 


Cause, N° 10 (Minister may, subject to regu- 
lations, visit and instruct inmates registered as of 
his religious creed), 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ unless such inmate, being above 
“ the age of twelve years, and after having been 
“ visited at least once by such minister, shall object 
*‘ to be instructed by him.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Amendment amended, by leaving out “ twelve,” 
and inserting “ fourteen.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ unless such 
“ inmate, being above. the age of fourteen years, 
“and after having been visited at least once by 
“ such minister, shall object to be instructed by 
*¢ him,” be there added. 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, as amended, to add, at the end thereof, 
the words “ and who shall be considered by the 
«“ Poor Law Board. to be competent ta exercise a 


* judgment upon the subject.” 
Question put, That those words be added to the 
said proposed Amendment ; 
The Seaneisien divided. 
Tellers for the { Captain Stacpoole, } 18 
Yeas, Mr. Rearden : . 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Noel, 1 66 
Noés, \Sir Graham Montgomery: J 
Question, That the proposed words, as amended 
be there added——put, and agreed to. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Crauseg, N° 11, agreed to. 
Criavuse, N° 12 (No child in the workhouse or 
school visited by a Minister of its own religion 
344 shall 

















































































‘&gt; 
308 
shall be required to attend any other religious 
services, unless, being above twelve years of age, 
he shall desire to do wy 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 9, to 
leave out the words “ religious creed.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause ut, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CrauseEs, N° 13 to N* 23, with Amendments to 
four of them, agreed to. 

Clauses A. to J., added. 

Clause K. (The Act of the twenty-fifth and 
twenty-sixth Victoria, chapter forty-three, and sec- 
tion fourteen of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 
1866, shall apply to illegitimate as well as legitimate 
children; and with regard to illegitimate children 
the consent of the mother, if she has the care, cus- 
tody, or possession of the child, shall be sufficient 
for the purposes of those Acts; and in case of a 
deserted child or an orphan child on behalf of 
whom no relative, next of kin, step-parent, or 
God-parent shall make Application, the Poor Law 
Board may exercise the power conferred upon 
them by section Fourteen of the said Act of 1866, 
upon being satisfied that there is reasonable ground 
for their doing so)——brought up, and read the 
first and second time. 

Amendment proposed, in 1. 7, to leave out the 
words ‘ a deserted child, or.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 6, to leave 
out from the word “ Kets” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Noel, 1 

Yeas, (Sir Graham Montgomery : s 

Tellers for the; Mr. Newdegate, } 13 

Noes, | Mr. Thomas Chambers: . 

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Clauses L. to Q., agreed to, and added. 

Five other Clauses added. 

Another Clause (Guardians shall provide a 
sinking fund for repayment of loans) brought 
up, and read the first time. 


Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time —— put, and negatived. 

Two other Clauses added. 

Another Clause (Lands and buildings acquired 
and used under the Poor Law Acts exempted 
from increased assessment )——brought up, and read 
the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
put, and negatived. 

Another Clause (Regulating assessments on 
asylums, &amp;c. used for purposes of Metropolis Poor 
Act, 1867) brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time—— put, and negatived. 

Another Clause (Any ratepayer shall, under 
proper regulations, have the right to be present at 
the meetings of boards of guardians)——brought 
up, and read the first time. 

Question put, That the Clause be read a second 


time ; 
} 5. 








56. 











The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the (Me Taylor, 


Yeas, Mr. McLaren: 
Tellers for the f Sir Graham Montgomery, 
Noes, {Colonel Lindsay: } 32, 


Another Clause (Power to Overseers to number 
houses)——brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second 
time ——put, and negatived. 





Q7th—2Wth July. 








1868. 


Another Clause (Regulating Assessments)—— 
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. 








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


Tuesday, 28th July, 1868 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Dedson reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and amended the Title, as fol- 
loweth: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to make further 
Amendments in the Laws for the Relief. of the 
Poor in England and Wales. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Salmon Fisheries (Scot/and) Bill was, ac- Salmon 
cording to Order, read the third time; and verbal - 7 Ps 


Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. ; 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 

their Lordships. 


The Marriages Validity (Blakedown) Bill was, Marriages 


according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to West Indies 
take into consideration the Amendment made by Bil 


the Lords to the West Indies Bill. 

The said Amendment being read a second time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words, “as such coadjutor, 
“ continue to act in the same manner as at present 
“ as Archdeacon of Middlesex ;” and inserting the 
words, “‘ and exercises episcopal functions therein, 
* continue to receive out of the Consolidated Fund 
“the annual payment of Two thousand pounds 
** which has been hitherto made to him in part by 
“ the Bishop of Jamaica out of the stipend of Three 
*‘ thousand pounds paid to the said Bishop from 
the rem ore Fund under the before recited 
** Acts, and in part out of the stipend appropriated 
“to his Archdeaconry of Middlesex out of the 
* Consolidated Fund, under the said Acts: Pro- 
* vided, That during his receipt of such annual 
“ payment no payment shall be made to him out 
“of the Consolidated Fund in respect of the 
* Archdeaconry of Middlesex,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Amendment made by the Lords:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 
P Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 

ay. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Ecclesiastical 
take into consideration the Amendments made by gage 


the Lords to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 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, accordin 











to Order, proceeded to Sanitary Act 
take into consideration the Amendments made by (1866) Amend- 
th e ment Bill. 





Scot. 


s.] 


ical 
ners 


Act 
nend- 





$2 Vicroria. 


the Lords to the Sanitary Act (1866) 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. 


District Church ~The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ee mittee on the District Church Tithes Act Amend- 


Bill {Lords.] ment Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Woods and The Woods and Game Assessment Bill was, ac- 


= cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day week. 

Larceny and The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


_—_ take into consideration the Amendments made by 


the Lords to the Larceny and Embezzlement 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 Petition of James Freeling 
Wilkinson, which was presented upon the 24th day 
of this instant July, relative to his late Trial and 
Imprisonment, be printed. 


James Freeling 
Wilkinson. 


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

(ent. to make further and better Provision for the 
Custody of Prisoners, and to amend the Law 
relating to Prisons in Jreland: And that the Earl 
of Mayo and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Message from = Mr, Speaker acquainted the House, That a 

the Lords. = ‘Message had been brought from the Lords by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth: 

Drainage and The Lords have agreed to the Drainage and 

Improvement 


of Lands (Ire- Lmprovement of Lands (/reland) Supplemental 


land) Supple- (No. 3) Bill, without any Amendment. 
— (No. 3) 
LU, 


Titles to Land Tne Lords have agreed to the Titles to Land 
(Goutland) Bal Consolidation (Scotland) Bill, with Amendments ; 
“to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House. 


Public Schools The Lords have agreed to the Public Schools 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

— The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 

y' 


(Revived Line made by this House to the Cambrian Railways 

to Dolgelly) (Revived Line to Dolgelly) Bill, with Amend- 

Bill[Lords.] ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

Sale of Poisons Lhe Lords have 

and Pharmacy ments made by this 


eed to certain of the Amend- 
ouse to the Sale of Poisons 


on and Pharmacy Act Amendment Bill, without 

[Lords.] Amendment; and to other of the said Amend- 
ments, with Amendments, to which they desire 
the concurrence of this House ; and have disagreed 
to one other of the said Amendments, and assign a 
Reason. 

Police The Lords communicate a Copy of the Report 


“vs (Scot from the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships in the present Session of Parliament, to 
inquire into the County and Burgh Police Systems 
of Scotland, together with the utes of Evidence 
taken before the said Committee, and the Appendix 
thereto, as desired by this House. 


Railway 


Accidects, Mr. Stephen Cave ——- by Her Majesty’s 


Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspectin 
Officers of the Railway Department to the Boar 
of Trade, upon certain Accidents which have 
occurred on Railways during the months of April, 
May, June, and July 1868. Part III. 

VoL. 123. 


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369 


Mr. Stephen Cave also presented,—Return to an Railways. 
Order, dated the 14th day of Febuary last, for 
Returns relative to the Number and Nature of 
Accidents on Railways, Traffic upon Railways, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of March Railways. 
last, for a Return relative to the Amount of Land 
held by Railway Companies. . 

* ere That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


The Earl of Mayo presented a Bill to make Prisons (Ire- 
further and better provision for the Custody of #4) Bill 
Prisoners, and to amend the Law relating to Bill 256. 
Prisons in Jreland: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon this day week; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Titles to Land 
Lords to the Titles to Land Consolidation ( Scot- (Scotland) Bill. 
lend) Bill be now taken into consideration :— 

The House accordingly proceeded to take the 
said Amendments into consideration; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Public Schools 
Lords to the Public Schools Bill be taken into Bill. 
consideration this day ; and be printed. Bill 254. 


Ordered, That the Reason assigned by the Lords Sale of Poisons 
for disagreeing to one of the Amendments made ye a 
by this House to the Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy jrent Bill 
Act Amendment Bill be taken into consideration [Zords.] 


this day ; and be printed. Bill 255. 


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








Tuesday, 28th July, 1868. 
PRAYERS. 


oo Belgravia and South Kensington New Belgravia 
Road Bill was, according to Order, read the and South 
third time. ang oy 
ao erated That the Bill, with the Amendment, Bill [Lords 
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 an Amendment; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of. their 
Lordships. 


- Cetin - the case of the Cambrian Cambelen 
ailways (Revived Line to Dolgelly) Bill, Stand- Railways 
ing Orders 211 and 241 be cama and that the ag Delis) 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Amend- Bill [Lords] 
ments made by this House be now taken into 
consideration:—The House accordingly proceeded 
to take the said Amendments into consideration ; 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Return Mountjoy 
relative to Mountjoy Convict Prison, ordered upon Convict 
the 29th day of 5 Bae last, a Copy of a further Prison. 
Letter from the Earl of Mayo to Dr. M‘Donnell, 

dated the Ist day of July 1868, and of Dr. 
M‘Donnelfs Reply thereto, dated the 3rd day of 





July 1868, 
3B Several 





370 


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

Vide Supple- 

ment to Thirty 

second Report. 

Midland Rail- A Petition of Henry Booth Clarke, of No. 14, 
Live nef Serjeant’s Inn, Fleet-street, in the City of London, 
Additional Solicitor for Francis Schwench Gilbert, of No. 11, 


Powers) Bill Park-street, Westminster, Civil Engineer, was pre- 
(1865. ) sented, and read; setting forth, That the said 
Francis Schwenck Gilbert is Plaintiff in an action 
now pending in Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s 
Bench, in which the venue has been laid for trial 
at the next Liverpool Assizes holden at Liverpool, 
in the County of Lancaster, but the Defendants 
have applied to change the venue to Middlesex ; that 
the Petitioners are advised that it is material that 
the Midland Railway (New Lines and Additional 
Powers) Bill, 1865, as amended in Committee, the 
Petition of Owners, Lessees, and Occupiers of 
Lands and Houses in Hendon, in the County of 
Middlesex, against the Bill, and the plans and other 
documents relating thereto, put in by the Peti- 
tioners, should be produced at the said trial of the 
said cause; and praying, that the proper officer of 
the House may be ordered to attend at Liverpool 
aforesaid, or at the sittings in Middlesex, on the 
trial of the said action, and produce the Midland 
Railway (New Lines and Additional Powers) Bill, 
1865, as amended in Committee, the Petition of 
Owners, Lessees, and Occupiers of Lands and 
Houses in Hendon, in the County of Middlesez, 
against the Bill, and the plans and other docu- 
ments relating thereto, put in by the Petitioners. 
Ordered, That leave be given to the proper 
officer to attend accordingly. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Weights 
and Measures (Metropolis), which was presented 
upon the 21st day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fortifica- 
tions, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Com- 
mittees, which was presented upon the 27th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Convicts Ordered, That the Return relative to Convicts 
(Fremantle.) ( Fremantle), which was presented upon the 27th 
No. 482. day of this instant July, be printed. 


Weights and 
Measures 
(Metropolis. ) 


No. 104. 
Fortifications. 
No. 488. 


Committees, 
No. 481. 


British Ordered, That the Return relative to British 
Columbia. = Columbia, which was presented upon the 27th day 
No. 483. of this instant July, be printed. 
Railways. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Num- 
No. 484, ber and Nature of Accidents on Railways, Trafic 
upon Railways, &amp;c., which was presented upon 
the 27th day of this instant July, be printed. 
Railways. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Amount 
No. 485. of Land held by Railway Companies, which was 
resented upon the 27th day of this instant July, 
fie printed. 
Police Systems Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Police 
(Scotland.) Systems (Scotland), which was communicated from 


No. 486. the Lords upon the 27th day of this instant July, 
ke printed. 


Thames The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
Conservancy. of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—General Re- 
pert of the Proceedings of the Conservators of the 
iver Thames, from lst January 1867 to 3lst De- 
cember 1867; with Accounts of Moneys received 
and expended by the Conservators of the River 
Thames, for one year ending December 1867 ; and 
also from the 6th August 1866 to the 31st Decem- 
ber 1867, for the upper part of the River between 
Staines and Cricklade. 


Qth July. 





























































1868. 


Report of the Registrar of Friendly Societies, Friendly 


Ireland, for the year ending 31st December 1867. (Ireland) 


Mr. Selater- Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s Civit Contin. 

Command,—Accounts showing, 1. The Receipts cies Fund. 
and Payments in connection with the Civil Conrtin- 
gencies Fund, in the year ended 31st March 1868 ; 
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 
the 3lst March 1867, and the disposal of that 
Balance up to the 3lst March 1868. 

Mr. Sclater-Booth also presented,—Return to Post Office, 
an Order, dated the 25th day of May last, for a 
Return relative to the Post Office. 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Exchequer 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of First Report Standards. 
of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 

Condition of the Exchequer Standards. ' 

Copy of Tenth Report of the Commissioners Trades’ Unions 
appointed to inquire into the Organization and {"4 —_ 
Rules of Trades’ Unions and other Associations; eee 
together with Minutes of Evidence. 

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


Sir James Fergusson presented, pursuant to the Local Govern- 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Ait, Aa 
Tenth Annual Report presented by the Secretary ‘ ’ 
of State for the Home Ke artment to Parliament, 
on the Execution of the Local Government Act, 

1858. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Stephen Cave presented,—Return toan Order, Foreign 
dated the 15th day of June last, for Returns re- on = 
lative to Foreign Seamen and Apprentices. ejrmeens 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Public Schools 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Bill 
the Lords to the Public Schools Bill. 
The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in p. 9,1. 10, being read a second time, were agreed 
to 


P. 9, 1. 10, the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth disagree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Mr. Noel 71 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Whitmore ; f 28. 

{ Mr. Bouverie, l 
Tellers for the Noes,) yy (etal sj 18. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments being read a 
second time, several were disagreed to; and 
several were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for 
disagreeing to the Amendments to which this 
House hath disagreed:—And a Committee was 
appointed of Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Walpole, 
Lord Robert Montagu, the Judge Advocate, Mr. 
Noel, and Mr. Whitmore :—And they are to with- 
draw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Poor Relief | 
take into consideration the Poor Relief Bill, as Bill \Zords.] 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause 


32 VicTorRIA. 


A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Greater uniformity in treatment of casual poor) : 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read 
the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then 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, 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 


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371 


And the Question being put; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left; 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Me ye : } oe 


Tellers for the Noes,{ - sae Lge ; 29. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Lords in the said Amend- 
ment :——It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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. 





their Lordships. Mr. Dodson reported from the Committee on past India 


East India Revenue Accounts, a Resolution ; Revenue 
which was read, as followeth: Accounts. 






Sale of Poisons 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


and Pharmacy take into consideration the Reason assigned by the 


’ Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 
{Lords. | 


District 


Lords for disagreeing to one of the Amendments 
made by this House to the Sale of Poisons and 
Pharmacy Act Amendment Bill; and the same 
was again read. 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist on the 
Amendment to the said Bill, to which the Lords 
have disagreed. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House doth 
not insist on the Amendment to the said Bill, to 
which their Lordships have disagreed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Church Tithes jnto a Committee on the District Church Tithes 


That it appears by the Accounts laid before this 
House that the Total Revenue of Jndia for the 
year ending the 3lst day of March 1867 was 
£. 42,122,433; the Total of the Direct Claims and 
Demands upon the Revenue, including Charges of 
Collection and Cost of Salt and Opium, was 
£.7,637,527 ; the Charges in India, including In- 
terest on Debt, and Public Works ordinary, were 
£. 29,848,640; the value of Stores supplied from 
Englund, was £.873,363 ; the Charges in England 
were £. 5,549,345; the Guaranteed Interest on 
the Capital of Railway and other Companies, in 
India and in England, deducting Net Traffic Re- 
ceipts, was £. 731,049, making a Total Charge for 
the same year of £. 44,639,924; and there was an 


by Act Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent | excess of Expenditure over Income in that year 
{ Lords.] therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and | amounting to £. 2,517,491. 


West Indies 
Bill, 





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 now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 27th day of this instant July, was pro- 

osed to be made to the Amendment made by the 
ords to the West Indies Bill; and which proposed 
Amendment was, to leave out the words “ as such 
“ coadjutor, continue to act in the same manner as 
*¢ at present as Archdeacon of Middlesex,” in order 
to insert the words “ and exercises episcopal func- 
*‘ tions therein, continue to receive out of the 
‘* Consolidated Fund the annual payment of Two 
“ thousand pounds which has been hitherto made 
“to him in part by the Bishop of Jamaica out 
“of the stipend of Three thousand pounds paid 
“to the said Bishop from the.Consolidated Fund 
“ under the before recited Acts, and in part out 
“¢ of the stipend appropriated to his Archdeaconry 
“of Middlesex out of the Consolidated Fund, 
“ under the said Acts: Provided, That during his 
“ receipt of such annual payment no payment shall 
“ be made to him out of the Consolidated Fund in 
“ respect of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex,” in- 
stead thereof ; 

And the Question being again sed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Amendment made by the Lords :—The House re- 
sumed the said adjourned Debate. 

VoL. 123. 





The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


turns showing the nominal Value and Weight of old 
Copper Coin received at the Mint from the year 
1860 to the 31st day of March 1868: Showing 
the Weight of old Copper Coin, if any, used in the 
manufacture of new Bronze Coin; the Amount, if 
any, received from the sale of old Copper Coin; 
and the Weight and approximate ma 5 ste of 
the Stock on hand on the 31st day of March last : 
Showing the Profit or Loss on this transac- 
tion, estimating the old Copper Coin as Metal at the 
time of its sale or conversion into new Coin, or its 
Value in Stock on hand at the above date: 
Showing the entire Sum received for new Bronze 
Coin since its first issue to the 31st day of March 
1868, with the Amount in Stock at the above date: 
And, showing the Amount paid for the manu- 
facture of the same apart from its manufacture at 


























the Mint, debiting the Account with all Charges 
for Issue, Exchange, Carriage or otherwise, if any, 
and exhibiting in a General Balance Sheet the 
entire Profit or Loss on the recall of the old Copper 
Coin and Issue of the new Bronze Coin; to- 
gether with the Amount paid to the above date by 
the Mint to the Treasury as Seigniorage, if any. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented population, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Revenue. &amp;, 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return (in continuation of Return, No. 
268, of Session 1866) showing the estimated Po- 
pulation of England, Scotland, and Ireland re- 
spectively at the middle of the year 1868, according 
to the Tables of the Registrar General, and the 
Total Amount of Revenue derived from Taxation 
of England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively for 
the last two years, under the Departments of In- 
land Revenue, Customs, and Post Office respec- 
tively, showing also the Number of Representatives 
which each of these divisions of the United King- 





3B2 dom 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Re- cuinage. 

























































372 


dom would have if the 658 Members of the House 
of Commons, were allotted to them; (1) propor- 
tionally to such Population ; (2) proportionally to 
such Revenue; (3) proportionally to the Mean of 
such Population and Revenue; and (4) also show- 
ing the Number of Members for each division, 
and any Excess or Deficiency which any portion of 
the United Kingdom may have as compared with 
the Results shown by taking the Mean of the Po- 
pulation and Revenue; the Inland Revenue of 
the Property Tax to include Schedules (A.),(B.), 
and (D.) only; and the Post Office Return 
either to allocate the Colonial and Foreign 
Postage Revenue according to same equitable 
Estimate amongst the three ebiens; or to omit it 
from all. 

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


Gibraltar. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of any Land and Sums of Money 
granted in Gibraltar for the Erection of Places of 
Religious Worship and the Maintenance of Re- 
ligion in that Colony since the year 1864, dis- 
tinguishing the several Denominations to which 
such Grants have been made. 

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


The Order made, upon the 27th day of this in- 
stant July, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return relative to Joint Stock Companies, was 
read, and discharged. 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Resolved, That 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, Objects, Places 
where Busines¢ was conducted, Date of Registra- 
tion, Nominal Capital, Liability per share, Paid- 
up Capital as far as known, date of Winding-up 
Order, Amount of Liabilities at same Date, Num- 
ber of Persons settled on the List of Contributories, 
Amount of Calls per Share, Expenses of Winding 
up, and Name of Liquidator or Liquidators of all 
Joint Stock Companies wound up or now winding 
up, either voluntarily or subject to the Supervision 
of the Court, under direction of the High Court 
of Chancery, of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, 
and of the Court of Session in either division 
thereof in Scotland since August 1862, distinguish- 
ing Ireland and Scotland from 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. 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Mr. Welpole reported from the Committee ap- 
ointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 
Sele for disagreeing to several of the Amend- 
their Lordships to the Public 
Schools Bill; That they had drawn up a Reason 
accordingly, which they had directed him to re- 
rt to the House; and the same was read, as 
olloweth : 
The Commons disagree to the Amendments 
made by the Loxds in p. 9, Is. 10, 11, and 14: 
Because it is inexpedient to increase the 
number and to alter the constitution of the 
Special Commission. 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments 
made by the Lords to the said Bill. 
The said Reason, being read a second time, was 


agreed to. 


Public Schools 
Bill. 


ments made b 


28th—29th July. 





1868. 


Qrdered, 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. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of adjournment, 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at a 
quarter of an hour before Four of the clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Houses of 
a Copy of Report upon the Results of the expe- Parliament. 
rimental application of certain Compositions to the No. 487, 
Stone of the Houses of Parliament. 

Lord John Manners accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Wednesday, 29th July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway Bill Cork and Kin. 
was read the third time ; and verbal Amend- sale Junction 
ments were made to the Bill. [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, 


resented, and public 
able. Petitions. 


Several Public Petitions were 
read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Vide Supple- 


ment to Thirty- 
second Report. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a cathedral and 
Copy of the Replies to the Questions issued by the Collegiate 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Non-Capitular Churches. 
Members of Cathedral and Collegiate Churches 
(in continuation of Return presented upon the 
23rd day of May 1867). 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- yorth America 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence with the United (No. 2) (1868.) 
States, in regard to the Imprisonment of Messrs. 

Warren and Costello. 

Copy of Papers respecting the British Barque north America 
* Springbok.” (No. 3) (1868) 

 , of Papers relative to the Convention of 8th sugar. 
November 1864, between Great Britain, Belgium, 
France, and the Netherlands, respecting the Deu. 
backs on Sugar. 

Copy of further Correspondence respecting the Foreign Office 
abolition of Foreign Office Agencies. Agencies, 

Copy of Commercial Reports from Her Ma- China, Japan, 
jesty’s Consuls in China, Japan, and Siam, 1867. and Siam. 

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


Mr Stephen Cave presented, pursuant to the di- Railways 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Abandonment. 
Warrant of the Board of Trade, authorizing the No. 203. 
abandonment of the Petersfield and Bishops Wal- 
tham Railway, in pursuance of “ The Abandon- 
ment of Railways Act, 1850,” and “ The Rail- 
way Companies Act, 1867,” and Report thereon. 

Copy of Warrant of the Board of Trade, autho- 

rizing the abandonment of the Worcester, Dean 
Forest and Monmouth (Extension to Gloucester) 
Railway and Deviations, in pursuance of “ The 
Abandonment of Railways Act, 1850,” and “ The 
Railway Companies Act, 1867,” and Report 
thereon. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 





Table; and be printed. 
Mr. 




















32 Vicroria. 


Mr. Sclater-Booth presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Thirteenth Report of Her 
Majesty’s Civil Sentes Commissioners; with Ap- 
pendices. 

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


Civil Service. 


tocal Taxae Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by 
tion (Ireland.) fer Majesty’s Command,—Returns of Local Tax- 
ation in Ireland, for the year 1865, collected and 
compiled by direction of his Excellency the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Local Courts 
of Civil 
Jurisdiction. 


Sir James Fergusson presented,—Further Return 
to an Address to Her Majest , dated the 20th day 
of April last, for a Return yekahes to Local Courts 
of Civil Jurisdiction. 

Ordered, That the said 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House’ 
a Copy of a Report from Rear Admiral Warden, 
dated the 11th day of July 1868, enclosing Letters 
from Rear Admiral Ryder and the Commanding 
Officers of Her Majesty’s Ships in the Channel 
Squadron, upon the subject of the respective merits 
of the various Ships. 
7 Admiral Seymour accordingly presented the said 
aper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Return do lie upon the 


Navy (Channel 
Fleet.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Opinions of Naval Officers upon the 
merits or otherwise of the Turret Ship as a Sea- 
going we: 

Admiral Seymour accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


Navy (Turret 
Ships.) 


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 Consolidated Fund 
( Appropriation) Bill without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Electric Tele- 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Electric Tele- 


graphs Bill. graphs Bill, without any Amendment. 

Expiring Laws ‘The Lords have agreed to the Expiring Laws 

Centinuanee Continuance Bill, without any Amendment. 

Drainage and The Lords have agreed to the Drainage and 

mae Improvement of Lands (Jreland) Supplemental 

(Ireland) (No. 4) Bill, without any Amendment. 

(Nor) Bl, 

Poor Law The Lords have agreed to the Poor Law Board 

a Pro- Provisional Order Confirmation Bill, without any 

onal Order 

Confirmation Amendment. 

Regulation The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 

Bil ona made by this House to the Regulation of Railways 
‘] Bill, without any Amendment. 

Aberdeen The Lords have agreed to the Amendment 

Bill [Lorde made by this House to the Aberdeen Town Council 
“ Bill, without any Amendment. 

a The Lords have agreed to the Amendment 

eg ‘in made by this House to Ward Jackson’s Estate 

[ Lords.) Bill, without any Amendment. 

Belgravia The Lords have agreed to the Amendment 

bd made by this House to the Belgravia and South 

ies Kensington New Road Bill, without any Amend- 

Lords.| ment. 

— and The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 

act oo” made by this House to the Bristol and North 

Bill [Lords.} Somerset Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 

Ine of Wight © The Lords have agreed to the Amendments 

Junction) made by this House to the Isle of Wight (Newport 


i, Junction) Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 
Lords. VoL. 123. 


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373 


The Lords have agreed to the Colonial Shipping cojontal 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords Shipping Bil. 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Turnpike Acts 
Continuance, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments; to Continuance, 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this ~~ 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Registration Registration 
(Ireland) Bill, with Amendments; to which the (Ireland) Bill 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Colonial 
Lords to the Colonial Shipping Bill be now taken Shipping Bill. 
into consideration :—The House accordingly pro- 
ceeded to take the said Amendment into considera- 
tion; and the same was twice read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Registration 
Lords to the Registration (Ireland) Bill be now (Ireland) Bill. 
taken into consideration :—The House accordingly 
proceeded to take the said Amendments into 
consideration ; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
—— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Turnpike Acts 
Lords to the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c, Continuance, 
Bill be now taken into consideration :—The House ®* Bill. 
accordingly proceeded to take the said Amend- 
ments 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. 


read, for taking Mines 
ssessment Bill, as  ecramae 


The Order of the day bein 

into consideration the Mines i 

amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Church Rates 
Reading of the Church Rates Regulation Bill ; —_ 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. , 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second vhurch Rates 
Reading of the Church Rates Commutation Bill ; pommutation 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


A Motien was made, and the Question was Adjournment. 
proposed, That this House do now adjourn :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The Order made upon the 28th 
instant July, for presenting to Her Majesty an 
humble Address, That She would be ciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Return relative to Gibraltar, was 
read, and discharged. 


day of this Gibraltar. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Patent Office 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a I=quiry. 
popy of all the Proceedings and Evidence in the 
Information in Chancery, Attorney General v. 
Edmunds; together with the Papers relative to 
the Patent Office Inquiry :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

3B3 Mr. 





874 


M fi Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

Danube Works The Lords have agreed to the Danube Works 
Loan Bill. | Loan Bill, without any Amendment. 
Colonial The Lords have agreed to the Colonial Gover- 
Governors’ nors’ Pensions Act Amendment Bill, without any 
Pensions Act Amendment. 
an 

ll, 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint Mary 
Saint Mary . 5 . ; 
Scmerset’s Somerset's Church, London, Bill, without any 


Church, Lon- Amendment. 


a” ‘The Lords have agreed to the Inland Revenue 

Revenue Bill, Bill, without any Amendment. 

Poor Relief The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 

Bill [Lords.] by this House to the Poor Relief Bill, without any 
Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 


a by this House to the Salmon Fisheries ( Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill without any Amendment. 
Bill { Lords.] 


Stemi, The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
sale Junction by this House to the Cork and Kinsale Junction 


mers Bill Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 
a The Lords have agreed to the Election Petitions 
Petitions and Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill, with 


and Corrupt 


Amendments; to which the Lords desire the con- 
Practices at 


currence of this House. 


aig pu. The Lords do not insist upon their Amendments 
— Schools t4 the Public Schools Bill, to which this House 
; hath disagreed. 
oie The Lords rm, to one of the Amend- 
Church Tithes Ments made by this House to the District Church 
Act Amend- ‘Tithes Act Amendment Bill, and assign a Reason; 
tor &lt; and agree to the uwther Amendments made by this 
House to the said-Bill, without any Amendment. 

a Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Petitions Lords to the Election Petitions and Corrupt Prac- 
and Corrupt tices at Elections Bill be now taken into con- 
eo. sideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to 

* take the said Amendments into consideration; and 

the same were twice read, and agreed tv. 

Ordered, 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 Reason assigned by the Lords 
Church ‘Tithes for disagreeing t f the Amendments mad 
Church Tithes £0r Speoees o one of the Amendments made 
Act Amend- by this House to the District Church Tithes Act 
Lede) Amendment Bill be now taken into consideration: 

. —The House accordingly proceeded to take the 

said Reason into consideration ; and the same was 
again read. 

Resvlved, That this House doth not insist upon 
the Amendment to which the Lords have dis- 
agreed, 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
doth not insist on the Amendment to which their 
Lordships have disagreed. 

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


the House this day, adjourn till Friday next. 


Constabulary Ordered, That the Return relative to Con- 
(Cornwall.) rmrey | ( Cornwall), which was presented upon 
No. 490. the 1st day of this instant July, be printed. 


Thames Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Thames 
Conservancy. Conservancy, which was presented upon the 28th 
No. 491. day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Friendly 


puaaies Societies (Ireland), which was presented upon the 
(Ireland.) 28th day of this instant July, be printed. 
hey ev Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Civil 


ies Fund, Conti cies Fund, which were presented upon 
“aie On 20th day of thie natant Jaly, be printed. 


Q9th—31st July. 






































































1868, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Local Local Govern. 
Government Act (1858), which was presented upon ment Act 


the 28th day of this instant July, be printed. ge 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign 


Seamen and Apprentices, which was presented Seamen and 
upon the 28th day of this instant July, be printed. Ben 
y NO. 495, 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the South gouth soa 
Sea Islanders (Queensland), which was presented Islanders 
upon the 27th day of this instant July, be printed. (Queensland. 


’ : No. 496, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Private Private Bills, 


Bills, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That Return relative to Select Com- ggiact 
mittees, which was presented upon the 27th day of Committees. 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sittings Sittings of 
of the House, which was presented upon the 27th the House, 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Divisions pijvisions of 
of the House, which was eee upon the 27th the House, 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 








Friday, 31st July, 1868. 


PRAYERS. 


A PUBLIC Petition was presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Vide Supple- 
ment to Thirty 
second Report. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Local Boards 
a Return showing the Number and Names of the (Areas.) ) 
several Local Boards in England and Wales acting No. 489. | 
under the authority of the Public Health Act or ' 
the Local Government Act; the Names of the 
several Parishes and Townships within the Dis- 
trict of each such Board, distinguishing those 
Parishes and Townships which are wholly from 
those which are partly within the District, and 
also the Area, Population, Gross Estimated Rental, 
and Rateable Value of each District: And, 
similar Return with respect to the several Dis- 
tricts under Improvement Commissioners or other 
body acting under a Local Act for the Improve- 
ment or Regulation of any Town or District. 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 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, Local Taxation. 
a Return showing,— No. 497. 

I. The Gross Estimated Rental and Rateable 
Value of the several Parishes and Townships in 
England and Wales (exclusive of the Metropolis) 
according to the last Valuation List, or, if none, 
according to the last Poor Rate: 

II. The Amounts levied in each Parish or Town- 
ship in respect of the following Rates during the 
year ended the 25th day of March 1868, viz. :— 

i. The Poor Rate, distinguishing the Pay- 
ments thereout for— 

(a.) The County, Hundred, or Borough 
Rate or Police Rate ; 

(b.) Contributions to Highway Boards, 
Burial Boards, Commissioners: of 
Baths and Washhouses, and Fire Bri- 
gade Rate; 

2. The County, Hundred, or Borough Rate, 
or Police Rate, if separately collected, 
and not paid out of the Poor Rate ; 

3. The Highway Rate when levied separately ; 

4, ae ati $ cningenners 

es at Common Law ; 
sins (b.) Church 





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32 Vicrorta. 31st 


(b.) Church Rates under Church Building 
Acts and other Statutes; 

5. Rates by Improvement Commissioners or 
other body acting under a Local Act for 
the Improvement or Regulation of any 
Town or District ; 

6. General District Rates under the Public 
Health and Local Government Acts ; 

7. Lighting and Watching Rates under the 
Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, ¢. 11; 

8. And the Rate in the Pound of the aggregate 
of the foregoing Rates in each Parish or 
‘Township upon the Rateable Value thereof: 

IlI. The Amount levied in each Parish or 
Township in respect of the following Rates during 
the year ended the 25th day of March 1868, viz. : 

1. Rates under Courts or Commissioners of 
Sewers ; 

2. Drainage and Embankment Rates ; 

3. Rates of any other kind than those before 
specified, describing the purpose for 
which each Rate is levied; 

4, The Rate in the Pound of the aggregate of 
such last-mentioned Rates (1, 2, and 3) 
in each Parish or Township upon the 
Rateable Value thereof: 

And, IV. The Number of Paid Collectors sepa- 
rately employed in collecting the several Rates 
levied in each Parish and Township; with the 
Amount or Estimated Amount of the Annual 
Remuneration, whether by Poundage or Salary, of 
such Officers. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 Return (in Supplement of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 361, of the present Session, relative to Public 
Bills (Jreland and Scotland),) giving the same 
Information for each of the last Ten years, includ- 
ing the present Session, and showing how many of 
the Bills were passed into a Law each Session, 
with a Summary of the Results for the Ten years. 


Public Bills 


(Ireland and 
Scotland. ) 


The Crder made upon the 14th day of this in- 
stant July, for presenting to Her Majesty an 
humble Address, that She would be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Return relative to the Army (Cheap 
Guns), was read, and discharged. 


Army (Chea 
rn 


United States Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, in 

America. pursuance of a Resolution of the Congress of the 
Tnited States of America, a Volume containing the 
expressions of condolence and sympathy communi- 
cated to the United States Government on the 
subject of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, 
late President of the United States of America, 
and the attempted Assassination of William H. 
Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. 
Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the evening of the 
14th of April 1865, has been transmitted to the 
House of Commons as a testimonial of the grateful 
appreciation by the People of the generous expres- 
sions of condolence and sympathy in the late Na- 
tional Bereavement, communicated by the House 
of Commons to the Department of State of the 
United States. 

Resolved, That this House accepts, with much 
gratification, the Volume transmitted to them in 
pursuance of the Resolution of the Congress of 
the United States, and hereby directs that the said 
Volume be placed in the Library of the House; 
and that a Copy of this Resolution be forwarded to 
Mr. Secretary Seward, with a request that he will 
communicate the same to the Congress of the 
United States. 

VoL. 123. 


July. 375 


Ordered, That the Standing Orders of this Standing 
House, as amended, be printed. Orders. 
No. 498. 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Dogs Regula- 
Dogs Regulation (Ireland) Act (1865), which were tion (Ireland) 
presented upon the 24th day of this instant July, ah nes. 
be printed. No. 499. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Local Local Courts of 
Courts of Civil Jurisdiction, which was presented Civil Jurisdic- 


upon the 29th day of this instant July, be printed. an 310 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Navy w Channel 
(Channel Fleet), which was presented upon the Fleet.) 
29th day of this instant July, be printed. No, 500. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Navy Navy (Turret 
(Turret Ships), which was presented upon the 29th Ships.) 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 501, 





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 
1868. 

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


Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy presented, by Established 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of Her Chureh 
Majesty’s Commissioners on the Revenues and ‘!e#@) 
Condition of the Established Church (Ireland). 

Copy of Report of the Directors of Convict Convict 
Prisons, on the Discipline and Management of Prisons. 
Pentonville, Millbank, and Parkhurst Prisons, and 
of Portland, Portsmouth, Dartmoor, Chatham and 
Brixton Prisons, with Fulham Refuge and the 
Invalid Prison at Woking, for the year 1867. 

A Paper, intituled, Judicial Statistics, 1866, (Ire- Judicial 
land). Supplement to Part II. Statistics of Pro- Statistics 
ceedings against Cottier Tenants; Civil Bill Eject- ("°"" 
ments, and other Civil Bills served ; with Statistics 
of Executions of Writs and Processes for taking 
Possession of Land. 

Copy of Fourteenth Annual Report of the Di- Convict Prisons 
rector of Convict Prisons in Ireland, for the year “"*!#"4) 
ended 3lst December 1867, with Appendix. 

Mr. Secretary Gathorne Hardy also presented, Mountjoy 
—Return to several Orders, dated the 29th day of ©ovict Prison. 
June last and the 28th day of this instant July, No. 502. 
for Returns relative to Mountjoy Convict Prison. 

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


Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s Shoeing Horses. 
| Command,—Copy of Report by Captain Cockerell, No. 503. 
R.E., on a new System of Shoeing Horses, intro- 

duced by Monsieur Charlier, of Paris; and Ob- 

servations thereon by Principal Veterinary Surgeon 

Wilkinson. 

Sir John Pakington also presented,—Return to an Army and Navy 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of this ©»#p!ains. 
instant July, for a Return relative to Army and No. 504, 
Navy Chaplains. 

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


Lord Robert Montagu presented, by Her Ma- Education. 
jesty’s Command,—A Paper, intituled, French 
Ministry of Agriculture, euben and Public 
Works :—Copy of Commission on Technical In- 
struction, appointed by Imperial Decree, 22nd June 
1863: Abstract of Evidence taken before the 
Commission. 

Lord Robert Montagu. also presented, pursuant Cattle Plague. 
to the directions of an Act of Delonte A baie 
of Four Orders of the Lords of the Council, relating 
to Cattle Plague, dated 24th July 1868. 
Copies of Two Orders of the Lords of the 
Council relating to Cattle Plague, dated 29th July 
1868. 





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376 
Copies of Two Orders of the Lords of the 
Council relating to Cattle Plague, dated 31st July 
1868. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Highways Act. Sir James Fergusson presented,—Return to an 


No. 505. Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18thday of June 
last, for a Return relative to the Highways ,Act. 
Veterinary Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
College ‘ the 8th day of this instant July, for Returns re- 
(Scotland.) _Jative to the Veterinary College ( Scotland). 
Ordered, That.the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 
Parliamentary © Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—List of the 
Supers. Bills, Reports, Estimates, and Accounts and Papers 
No. 506. printed by Order of the House of Commons, and 
of the Papers presented by Command, Session 
1867-68, with a General Alphabetical Index 
thereto, 19th Parliament, 3rd Session, 3lst and 
32nd Vict., 19th November 1867 to 31st July 
1868. 
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 
Royal Assent, | A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clif- 


ford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commissions, for declaring Her Royal As- 
sent 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 Com- 
missions read, 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several Acts 
therein mentioned; and the Lords, thereby autho- 


rized, declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, 


as follow: 


Consolidated An Act to apply a Sum, out of the Consolidated 

Fuod(Ap- = Fund, and the Surplus of Ways and Means, to the 

pee) Service of the year ending the Thirty-first day of 
March One thousand eight hundred and Sixty- 
nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in 
this Session of Parliament: 

Sir Robert An Act to settle an Annuity upon Lieutenant 

—— - General Sir Robert Napier, G.C.B., G.C.S.1., and 

’ the next surviving Heir Male of his Body, in con- 

sideration of his eminent Services: 

pe An Act to facilitate Liquidation in certain cases 

me) of Bankruptcy, Arrangement, and Winding-up: 

Land Writs An Act to improve the System of Registration 

(Seotlsnd) Bill ~ _— relating to Heritable Property in Scot- 
and : 

University An Act to amend the Law relating to the use 

(Voting of Voting Papers in Elections for the Univer- 

Papers) Bill. Sities: 

TurnpikeTrusts An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders 


a e* ~made under an Act of the Fifteenth year of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Ar- 
rangements for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts: 


Metropolitan An Act to amend the Law relating to the Funds 
Ba Funds provided for defraying the Expenses of the Metro- 
: politan Police: 
Fairs (Metros An Act for the Prevention of the holding of 
= unlawful Fairs within the limits of the Metro- 
politan Police District : 
Libel (Ireland) An Act to assimilate the Law in Ireland to the 
wa Law in England as to Costs in Actions of Libel: 
Railways An Act to amend “ The Railways (Jreland) Act, 


(Ireland) Acts 15,” « The Railways (Jreland) Act, 1860,” and 
nel “ The Railways (Ireland) aay bene? as to the 
Trial of Traverses : 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Pro- 
missory Oaths: 


Promissory 
Oaths Bill 
[Lords.] 


31st July. 











1868. 


An Act for conferring Admiralty Jurisdiction County Courts 
on the County Courts: (Admiralty 
= 
An Act to relieve certain Officers employed i 
: yed NR, 
the Collection and a of Her Majesty's Officers Dis. 
Revenues from any Legal Disability to vote at the bilities Re. 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament: a 
An Act to extend the Powers of Poor Law In- Poor Law ana 
spectors and Medical Inspectors in Ireland ; Medical 
ree 
. reland) Bill. 
An Act to amend the Law relating to Petit petit Juries 
Juries in Ireland: (Ireland) Bil, 
_ An Act to amend the Law relating to Proceed- Admiralty Suits 
ings instituted by the Admiralty, and for other Bill (Zords,] 
purposes connected therewith : 
An Act to further amend the Law relating to Railway com. 
Railway Companies: panies Bill 
‘ [Lords.} 
An Act to amend the Law relating to Appeals Divorce and 
from the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Matrimonial 
in England : gee Court 
il, 
An Act to amend “ The Contagious Diseases Contagious 


Act, 1866”: Diseases Act 
pty Ea 
ae i . ment Bill, 
An Act to afford greater Facilities for the Mi- pinons Chap. 


nistrations of Army Chaplains: Jains Bill 
F , - .. Lords, 
An Act to enable Assignees of Marine Policies pores of 


to sue thereon in their own Names: Marine Policies 
Bill. 


An Act to abolish the Power of levying the County General 
Assessment known as “ Rogue Money,” and in Assessment 
lieu thereof to confer on the Commissioners of (S¢otland) Bill 
Supply of Counties in Scotland the Power of levy- 
ing a “ County General Assessment” : 

An Act to amend in several particulars the Entai! 


Law of Entail in Scotland: Amendment 
(Scotland) Bill, 


An Act to provide better Dwellings for Arti- Artizans’ and 


zans and Labourers : Labourers’ 
Dwellings Bill, 


An Act to amend the Procedure in the Court Court of 
of Justiciary and other Criminal Courts in Scot- Jvsticiary 
land: (Scotland) Bill, 
An Act to amend the Procedure in regard to Ecclesiastical 


Ecclesiastical Buildings and Glebes in Scotland: Biidings and 
(Scotland) Bill, 

An Act to make Provision for the Audit of Lunatic Asy- 
Seog of District Lunatic Asylums in Jre- ee 
and : Bill. 

An Act to authorize the further Extension of Railway 
the Period for Repayment of Advances made Companies 
under the Railway Companies (Jreland) Tempo- a Bill, 
rary Advances Act, 1866: 

An Act to amend the Act of the twenty-sixth Vaccination 
and twenty-seventh years of the Reign of Her (!eland) Bill 
present Majesty, chapter fifty-two, intituled “ An 
Act to further extend and make Compulsory the 
Practice of Vaccination in [reland” : 

An Act for transferring the Fee and other Courts of 
Funds of the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer Chancery and 
in Ireland to the Consolidated Fund: (Teelen) Fee 
Funds Bill. 

An Act to alter certain Provisions in the Acts Tithe Com- 
for the Commutation of Tithes, and Copyhold mutation, &amp;&amp; 
Acts, and the Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, mess Bill. 
and Improvement of Land; and to make Pro- 
vision towards defraying the Expense of the 
Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Office : 

An Act to empower certain Public Depart- Public 
ments to pay otherwise than to Executors or Departments 
Administrators, small Sums due on account of 
Pay or Allowances to Persons deceased : 

An Act to declare the Powers of the General New Zealand 
Assembly of New Zealand to abolish any Province ea 
in that Colony or to withdraw from any such 
Province any part of the Territory thereof : 

An Act to remove Doubts respecting the opera- New Zealand 
tion of the New Zealand Company’s Act of the Company's 
ninth and tenth years of Victoria, chapter 382 


(Local and Personal): 
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32 Victoria. 3 Ist 
clerks of thee An Act to make Provision for the payment of 
Peace, + Salaries to Clerks of the Peace and Clerks of the 
(Ireland) BM. Crown, in certain Boroughs in Jreland: 

Militia Pay An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, 


Bill. Clothing, and Contingent and other Expenses of 
the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and 
Treland ; to nt Allowances in certain cases to 
Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quar- 
termasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons and 
Surgeons Mates of the Militia; and to autho- 


rize the Employment of the Non-commissioned 
Officers : 





Hudson's Bay An Act for enabling Her Majesty to accept 

Company Bill _g Surrender upon Terms of the Lands, Privileges, 

[Lerda.} and Rights of “The Governor and Company of 
Adventurers of England trading into Hudson’s 
Bay,” and for admitting the same into the Dominion 
of Canada: 

Indorsing of An Act to amend the Law relating to the 


Warrants Bill. indorsing of Warrants in Scotland, Ireland, and 
the Channel Islands: 


Bankruptcy An Act to amend the Bankruptcy Act, 1861: 

Act Amend- 

ment Bill, : , 

Rerials An Act to amend the Law which regulates the | 

. . . | 

(Ireland) Bill. Burials of Persons in Jreland not belonging to the | 
Established Church : 

Compulsory An Act for the Abolition of Compulsory Church | 

Church Rates Rates: 

Abolition Bill. 

Court of Ses- An Act to amend the Procedure in the Court | 


tio (Scotland) of Session, and the Judicial Arrangements in the | 
Superior Courts of Scotland, and to make certain 
changes in the other Courts thereof: 

General Police An Act to alter the Qualifications of the Elec- 

md Improve- tors in places in Scotland, under “ The General 


tent (Sentlond) Police and Improvement ( Scotland) Act, 1862,” or 


ment Bill. under the Act Thirteenth and Fourteenth Victoria, 
chapter Thirty-three, and to amend the said Acts 
in certain other respects : 

Municipal An Act to amend the Laws for the Election of 

Elections the Magistrates and Councils of Royal and Par- 


(Scotland) Bill. Jiamentary Burghs in Scotland : 


Marriages An Act to render valid Marriages heretofore 

Validity solemnized in the Chapel of Ease, called Saint 

pees James-the-Greater Chapel, Blakedown, in the 

Words.) Parish of Hagley, in the County of Worcester : 

West Indies An Act to relieve the Consolidated Fund from 

Bill. the charge of the Salaries of future Bishops, Arch- 
deacons, Ministers, and other Persons in the West 
Indies : 

Ecclesiastical An Act to amend the Law relating to the Eccle- 


rmmissioners siastical Commissioners for England: 


Larceny and An Act to amend the Law relating to Larceny 
Eubeszlement and Embezzlement : 


Sanitary An Act to amend “ The Sanitary Act, 1866”: 
Act (1866) 

— 

Titles toLangd An Act to consolidate the Statutes relating to 


Consolidation ‘the constitution and completion of Titles to Heri- 

(Scotland) Bill. table Property in Scotland, and to make certain 
changes in the Law of Scotland relating to Heri- 
table Rights : 

Sile of Poisons An Act to regulate the Sale of Poisons, and 


ind Pharmacy alter and amend the Pharmacy Act, 1852: 
~ ment 
Bill {Lorde.] 
nation of 
he 
[Lords] % 
Expiring Laws 
mance 


An Act to amend the Law relating to Railways: 
An Act to continue various Expiring Laws: 


An Act to enable Her Majesty’s Postmaster 
Telegraphs Bill. General to acquire, work, and maintain Electric 
Telegraphs: . 
An Act to make further provision for the good 
Government and Extension of certain Public 
Schools in England: 
District Church An Act to amend the District Church Tithes 
Tithes Act ~~» Acct, 1865, and to secure Uniformity of Designa- 
Bil [Zorae) tion amongst Incumbents in certain Cases: 
[Lords.] of 
VoL. 123, 


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July. 377 


An Act to make further Amendments in the Poor Relief Bill 
— for the Relief of the Poor in England and [Lord] 

ales: 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Salmon Salmon 
Fisheries in Scotland : , ‘leaned Bill 

[Lords.] 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Inland Revenue 
Inland Revenue : Bill. 

An Act for amending the Laws relating to Election 
Election Petitions, and providing more effectually Petitions and 
for the prevention of Corrupt Practices at Par- ae 


- Practices at 
liamentary Elections : Elections Bill. 


An Act to enable Her Majesty the Queen to Danube Works 
carry into effect a Convention made between Her Lo Bill. 
Majesty and other Powers relative to a Loan for 
the completion of Works for the Improvement of 
the Navigation of the Danube : 

An Act to prevent the Removal of the Tower Saint Mary 
of the Church of Saint Mary Somerset, in the Somerset's 
City of London, and for vesting the said Tower Lam Bill. 
and the Site thereof, and a portion of the Burial 


| Ground attached to the said Church, in the Cor- 
| poration of the said City: 


An Act to extend the Provisions of the Act Colonial — 
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Victoria, chapter Governors, 
113, to persons who have held the office of Lord 4iner 


: Ee Amendment 
High Commissioner of the Jonian Islands : Bill. 
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Re- Colonial _ 
| gistration of Ships in British Possessions: Shipping Bill. 
An Act to amend the Law of Registration in Registration 
Treland: (Ireland) Bill. 


An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Turnpike Acts 
Great Britain, to repeal certain other Turnpike Continuance, 
Acts, and to make further provision concerning ®* Bill. 
Turnpike Roads : 

An Act to authorize Loans of Public Money to Portpatrick and 
the Portpatrick and the Belfast and County Down — end 
Railway Companies, and a payment to the Port- at yt 
patrick Company in consequence of the abandon- panies Bill. 
ment of the Communication between Donaghadee 
and Portpatrick : 

An Act to make better Provision for the Pre- River Lee 
servation and Improvement of the River Lee and ne 
its Tributaries, and for other purposes: ; 

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under Tain Pro- 

“ The Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867,” relat- rsional Order 
° ; ofirmation 
ing to the Burgh of Tain : Dill. 

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by voor Law 
the Poor Law Board under the Poor Law Board = ae 
Amendment Act, 1867, with reference to the City Confirmation 
of Salisbury : Bill. 

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under Land Drainage 
“ The Land Drainage Act, 1861: ” Provisional 

Order Con- 
firmation Bill. 

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under Drainage and 
“The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Jre- Improvement 


land) Act, 1863,” and the Acts amending the CIrelnad} 
same: Supplemental 
ni (No. 2) Bill. 
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under Drainage and 
“The Drainage and Improvement of Lands !mprovement 


(Ireland) Act, 1863,” and the Acts amending the Clrelead) 
same: Supplemental 
(No. 3) Bill. 
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under Drainage and 
“ The Diainage and Improvement of Lands (Jre- — 


land) Act,” and the Acts amending the same: (Ireland) 


Supplemental 
(No. 4) Bill. 
An Act to confirm a certain Provisional Order Local 
under “*The Local Government Act, 1858,” re- Government 
lating to the District of Tunbridge Weils : A 
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders Local 
under “The Local Government Act, 1858,” re- eter" 
lating to the Districts of Harrowgate, Layton-with- a 26) Bill 
Warbrick, Bury, Lower Brizham, Hexham, Tipton, 
Gainsborough, Worthing, Aberystwith, Cockher- 
mouth, Burnham, Wednesbury, Burton-upon- Trent, 
Hornsey, and Keswick, and for other purposes re- 
lative to certain Districts under the said Act : ¥ 
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378 


TownsDrainage An Act to alter and amend the Act relating to 
Uulisation Bill the Towns Drainage and Sewage Utilization Com- 


pany, and for other purposes : 
An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of 


Mersey 


cee Bill ands and Completion of the Mersey Railway, 
are and for other purposes : , é 
Fareham and An Act for the Extension of Time and Revival 


of Powers for the compulsory Purchase of Lands 
and Completion of Works authorized by “ The 
Fareham and Netley Railway Act, 1865,” and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for the Abandonment of the ewe d 
authorized by “ The Chichester and Midhurst Rail- 
way (Extension) Act, 1865” : 

An Act to confer further Powers on the East 
London Railway Company for the Execution of 
Works, and otherwise with reference to their 
Undertaking, and for other purposes : 

An Act to extend the Time for the compulsory 
Purchase of Lands and Completion of Works au- 
thorized by several Acts relating to the Great 
Eastern Railway, and to alter certain Powers of 
appointing Directors of the Great Eastern Railway 

ompany, and for other purposes : 

An Act for the better Ecclesiastical Regulation 


Netley Railway 
Bill. 





Chichester and 
Midhurst 
Railway Bill. 


East London 
Railway Bill. 


Great Eastern 
Railway Bill, 


Saint Pancras 


Ecclesiastical of the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the Diocese of 
— London, and the County of Middlesex : 

Star Life An Act for enabling the Star Life Assurance 
Assurance Society to sue and be sued in their own Name, and 
fede) for other purposes : ee 
Liverpool An Act for making Street Tramways in Liver- 
Tramways pool, and for other purposes : 


Belfast Central An Act to empower the Belfast Central Rail- 
Railway Bill way Company to construct New , Railways and 


[Lords.] Tramways, and a Central Station, and to abandon 
Portions of their authorized Undertaking, and for 
other purposes ; 

Lambeth An Act for making and maintaining a Market in 

‘ion the Borough of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey : 

Waterlooand An Act to extend the Powers of the Waterloo 

Whitehall and Whitehall Railway Company with respect to 

litera} a Portion of their authorized Bahuniten : 

Bishop Stort- An Act to provide for the Settlement of the 

ford, Dunmow, Claims of the Contractors and others with re- 


and Braintree 


; ee spect to the Construction of the Bishop Stortford 
etenees Saibwer, and for vesting the Possession of that 
Railway in the Great Eastern Railway Company: 


Weedon and An Act to incorporate a Company for making 
ba nae * The Weedon and Daventry Railway,” and for 
[ Lords} other purposes : 

South Eastern, An Act for granting certain Powers to the 
and London, _ y : &gt; : 

item, ont South Eastern Railway Company 

South Coast 

Railway . 

Companies Bi ° . . 

Sean Aran An Act to provide for the inclosing of the Wey 


Junction Canal and Arun Junction Canal, and the Sale of the Site 
Bill (Zore’s.) thereof, and for other purposes : 
the Devon and Cornwall 


Devon and An Act for authorizin 
Re nin ailway Company to alter the Line and Levels 
[ Lorde] ” of Parts of their Railways, and for other purposes. 
Bristol and An Act to authorise the Bristol and North 
ae Somerset Railway Company to deviate from the 
[Lords Bill authorized Line of their Railway at Bristol, and 
for other purposes : 

Cork and An Act to grant further Powers to the Cork 
Macroom i i : . 

[Dawes and Macroom Direct Railway Company : 

ees! Bill 

Lords. eys48 

—— ana An Act to confer Facilities on the Rathkeale 
Newcastle and Newcastle Junction Railway Company for rais- 
Junction i i i ° 

Railway Bn 228 Funds under their Borrowing Powers : 

| Lords. ° . 

—e An Act to provide for the vesting and manage- 


ment of certain Funds held in Trust by the Town 
Council of Aberdeen, and for other purposes : 


Town Council 
Bill [Lords.] 


Isle of Wight An Act for making Railways in the Isle of 
( ton - Wight to connect Newport and Cowes with Sandown, 
u 


Ryde, and Ventnor : 


Railway Bill 


31st July. 





1868. 


An Act for fusing all the Revenues of the Cam- Cambrian 
brian Railways Company, and settling the applica- Reilways 
tion thereof, and to confer Rights of Voting on the tp Delgelin 
Preference Shareholders of that Company, and for Bill [Lords.} 
other purposes : 


An Act to extend and amend the Borrowing Belgravia ana 


Powers of the Belgravia Road Company, and for —_ +~ 
. ing to’ 
other purposes : Road Bill” 
[Lords.] 


An Act to make more effectual Provision for the Cork ana 


working of the Cork and Kinsale Junction Rail- Sinai June. 
way, and for other purposes : Bill [Lorde 


An Act for authorizing the Trustees under an Duke of 
Act ee in the thirty-ninth and fortieth years of Richmond's 
his Majesty King George the Third, for enabling Frere} 
the Duke of Richmond for the time being to grant 
Jointures as therein mentioned, and for other pur- 

poses; to sell certain Parts of the Duke of Rich- 

mond’s Settled Estates, and to invest the Money to 

arise from such Sales in the Purchase of other 
Estates, to be settled to the same uses; and also 

to raise a Sum of Thirty thousand Pounds by 
Mortgage of the Settled Estates, to be invested 

in the same manner, and for other purposes: 

An Act to enable Sir Charles Compton William Domvile Estate 
Domvile, Baronet, to borrow upon the Security of Bill |Zords.] 
his Entailed Estates, situate in the County of 
Dublin, a Sum of Money for the Re-payment to 
him of a portion of the Moneys laid out by him in 
the Improvement of the said Estates: 

An Act to extend the Powers contained in the Savile Estate 
Will of the Right Honourable John Savile Lumley (Extension of 
Savile, Earl of Scarbrough, deceased, and in the oa 
* Savile Estate (Leasing) Act, 1861,” with respect 
to certain Estates in the County of York, part of 
the Savile Estates devised by or subject to the 
Trusts of the said Will, and for other purposes, 
and of which the Short Title is “ Savile Bstate 
(Extension of Powers) Act, 1868” : 

An Act to carry into effect an Arrangement ap- Hamp's Estate 
proved in the Suits “ Hamp v. Hamp,” “ Hamp Bill |Lords.] 
v. Robinson,” and “ Hamp v. Bolt,” now depending 
in the High Court of Chancery, for the purpose of 
compromising certain opposing Claims to the Real 
Estates of Francis Hamp, late of Bacton Villa, 
in the Parish of Bacton, in the County of Here- 
ford, Esquire, and for other purposes : 

An Act to extend and amend Ward Jackson’s Ward Jackson's 


Estate Act, 1853, and for other purposes. ae _ 


And afterwards, Her Majesty’s Most gracious Queen's 
Speech was delivered to both Houses of Parlia- SP 
ment, by the Lord High Chancellor, in pursuance 
of Her Majesty’s Commands, as followeth : 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I am happy to be enabled to release you from 
your labours, and to offer you my acknowledg- 
ments for the diligence with which you have 
applied yourselves to your Parliamentary duties. 

y relations with Foreign Powers remain 
friendly and satisfactory. I have no reason to 
apprehend that Europe will be exposed to the 
calamity of War, and my policy will continue to 
be directed to secure the blessings of Peace. 

I announced to you at the beginning of this Ses- 
sion that | had directed an Expedition to be sent 
to Abyssinia to liberate my Envoy, and others of 
my Subjects detained by the Ruler of that Country 
in an unjust Captivity. 

I feel sure that you will share in My satisfaction 
at the complete success which has attended that 
Expedition. After a march of 400 miles, through 
adifficult and unexplored country, My Troops took 
the strong place of Magdala, freed the Captives, 
and vindicated the honour of My Crown; and by 
their immediate return, without one act of oppres- 
sion or needless violence, proved that the Expe- 
dition had been undertaken only in obedience to 





[Lords. 





the 








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tate 
J 


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son § 





32 VicToRIA. 


highest duties of My Sovereignty. 

Lhe cessation of the long-continued efforts to 
promote Rebellion in Jreland has for some time 
rendered unnecessary the exercise by the Execu-| 
tive of exceptienal Powers. I rejoice to learn that 
no person is now detained under the provisions of 
the Act for the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus, 
and that no Prisoner awaits Trialin Jreland for an 
offence connected with the Fenian Conspiracy. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


I have to thank you for the liberal Supplies 
which you have voted for the Public Service. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I have had much gatisfactionin giving My Assent 
to a series of measures completing the great work 
of the Amendment of the Representation of the 
People in Parliament, which has engaged your 
attention for two Sessions. 

I have seen with satisfaction that the time neces- 
sarily occupied by this comprehensive subject has 
not prevented you dealing with other questions of 

reat public interest, and I have gladly given My 
Sanction to Bills for the better Government of 
Public Schools, the Regulation of Railways, the 
Amendment of the Law relating to British Sea 
Fisheries, and for the Acquisition and Mainte- 
nance of Electric Telegraphs by the Postmaster 
General; and to several important measures having 
for their object the Improvement of the Law, and 
of the Civil and Criminal Procedures in Scotland. 
| the appointment of a Comptroller in Chief 
in the War Office a considerable reform in Army 
Administration has been commenced, which, by 
combining at home and abroad the various Depart- 
ments of Military Supply under one authority, 
will conduce to greater economy and efficiency both 
in Peace and War. 
. It is my intention to dissolve the present Par- 
liament at the earliest day that will enable My 
People to reap the benefit of the extended system 
of Representation which the wisdom of Parlia- 
ment has provided for them. I look with entire 


31st July—14th September. 379 


the claims of humanity, and in fulfilment of the | 


confidence to their proving themselves worthy of 
the high privilege with which they have thus been 
invested; and I trust that, under tke blessing of 
Divine Providence, the expression of their opinion 
on those great questions of public policy which 
have occupied the attention of Parliament and re- 
main undecided, may tend to maintain unimpaired 
that Civil and Religious Freedom which has been 
secured to all My Subjects by the Institutions and 
Settlement of My Realm. 


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 Parliament 
the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, Proregued. 
and now read, we do, in Her Majesty’s Name, and 
in obedience to Her Commands, prorogue this 
Parliament to Thursday the Eighth day of October 
next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament 
is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Eighth 
day of October next. 








By The QUEEN. 
A PROCLAMATION. 
VICTORIA R. 


HEREAS Our Parliament stands pro- Parliament 
rogued to the Eighth day of October next: further 
We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, °°" - 
hereby issue Our Royal Proclamation, and publish 
and declare, That the said Parliament be further 
prorogued to the Twenty-sixth day of November 
One thousand eight hundred and Sixty-eight. 


Given at Our Court at Windsor, this Fourteenth 
(lay of September, in the year of our Lord One 
thousand eight hundred and Sixty-eight, and 
in the Thirty-second year of Our Reign. 


GOD save The QUEEN. 











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