The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-04 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—WEDNESDAY, FEB. S.
The Speaker lock the chair soon
tafter twelve o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

FIR,T READlNGR—Scolliolt Litton Hallway, Leith Harbour,
North Wal=ani, Newmarket = t Chi atreord Railway Bias.

PUBLIC BUSINE,B.

PETITIONS. —By Mr. limente, from hand loom weavers of West
HWin` of Torkehlre in favinr of Ten Moon' Mill; from baud of
guard kc., of Andover. for the amendment of the Poor IRemoral
Act; trom ehllbaut to the lite effect ; from the obipowners of
Drogheda, for the abditlon of light dun.--Mr. Su.tattee Clegrucit,
from thorlcy, in fevour of Ten Hours' NIL
Trtny) KLAIrING. ei.sea Frll4ol.r, BBL

74(1f1&E.:4-7/17i1611(3!:'.:Ifil.7ory—..aciii;t7cs.—Yr. Heim oe
Tonality nest, to coo.o an addreci to her Majorty the appoint-
ment of • public Aker to continue the military Matiattc• of Lilonel
Tulloeb.

Ireland) Bill.—Mr. E. Dt.., moo, In eatnmltee es
thin bill, to move an amendment to I ith etume, to limit the sum ad-
Tamed by government to the amount raised either by rate or avian-
tary contribution" in the Doctoral diatrieM.
CO.aeme.-11r. temoorton (this day), to move fora copy of
the corms betn-en the British covvrnrnent and the British
ronvul In on the subject of Cracow.
Irish Indemnity Bin. —Yr. Honore, to-miner°. (this day), to
move that all goons ;named to the government of Iteland to ren-
der valid any future pmeotmects be expunged.
RAILWAY BILLS.

Mr. STRUTT moved the following resolutions, which
were severally put and agreed to :
That a committer of five members be appointed, to be celled the
Claasidmition Comenii tee of Railway Nils, end that three be the
quorum of leach committer. That COIN(a of all petitkes le railway
• prweenud to the home, be laid before the said committee
That the committee of elmeification shall form into group. all rail-
way bills which, in their opinion, it would be expedient to submit to
the same committee. That m soon se the committee of classilitatun
shall here determined what seaway bills ore to be grouped together,
they Pull report the came to the home, and all pennons ag tort any
of said bills shall be presented to the house three elver dava before
the meeting of the committee thereon. That their he no more than
seven clear days between the firetreading of any railway bid and the
arced reeding thereof, ezmpt by special order of the home.. That
the beet tate of every railway bill knoll he laid on the table of the
hotter, and be printed and °rhymed one chi ar day before the wood
reeding. That each railway tells umbel have Wen read a ant time,
*adore the Lome shall agree to three eettlutiona, shall be reed a
mooed time within amen clear days thereafter. That such of the
standing orders te relate to the compueitiou of the commith ea on
private bells and the orders comequi at thereon, be suspendi 1, no
far as regard% railway bill, pending in the course of the prism acs.
son. That commuters on railcar bill., dui lag the menet wission
of t arlionent, shall be coniaMed of a chairman and Late
members, to be appointvd by the committee of i.1.-tion. 'I hat
etch member of a committee tie a railway bill or bills, shall, be lore
he be entitled to attend and vote on such omumittee, then a declare-
, taco that his constituents lime no local intelests, and that he hint .elf
has no personal intense kw or wine any bill referred to him ; I ad
no such committee shall proceed to budness until the w
of the members thereof shall have stgr.ed each declata-
tin, not the promoters of a railway bill shall be me-
tered to go into the committee on the bill on sorb Nary
as the ouimnittee of selection Khali, tubject to the ord. r
that there be teen clear days been= the occend reeding • t
every private bill, and the sitting of the committee thereupon, thii v
proper to appoint, provided that the claraieleation eaninottee she
have ieported on each bill. That the committee at election elm:
pire each member not lees than fourteen days' notice ot the week',
which it will be nemeary for him to be in shenciance, for the pure.,
of serving, if required. on • raithity bill oummittee. That the com
mince of elect:on shall give each !lumber a suffkient notice of hi.
appointment as a member of a committee on a railway bill, and shah
transmit to him a copy of the twelfth revolution, and a blank form oz
the derlaration therein required, with a request that he
will forthwith return It to them properly filled up end signed.
That if the committee of seketion shall not within due time receive
from nu+ such member the idoreraid tholaration, or an excuse which
they shall deem sufficient, they shall report to the home the name of
such defatiting member. That the counnittee of siilectitm *hall
have the power of sittheetuting, at any time before the first meeting
• eannutnee, another nteenter 1, a member whom they deem
it proper to excuse from serving on that committee. That power be
given to the committee of selection to send for persons. paper., and
motto, in the execution of the duties imposed on them he the tore-
going resolutions. That no member sal a committee shall
absent himself from his duties en each committee, union
in the case of ricknee or by leave of the house. That all
questions before committee. on railway gri OpF or bills sholt be de-
coded by a majority of voice", including the voice of the chant.° ; and
that, whenever the voices shall be equal, the chairman elan have a
second or emoting rote. That, if the chairman shall be absent from
the committee, the member neat in rotation oo the list who shall be
preeent shall act as chairman. That eidamthers shall be allowed to
proceed so long three member. sholl be present, but not with a lees
number, unlese by special leave of the home. That if on any day
withinor, hour otter the time appointed for themeeting do committee
three members shall not be present, the committee shell be atijournel
to the canoe hour on the next day on which the home shad .11, as
had been fixed fur that dee. That In the ease ore member not ih dug
present within one hour after the tame appoinhd for the meeting et
the committee, or of any member abeennag Morel( from his dunes
on such comminee, each member shall he reported to the house a'
Its neat sitting. That each committee shall be appointed to meet On
seek day of its sitting not later than twelve o'clock, link," by the
regular vote of the eionimince. '1 hat committee. un railwa; hill. have
leave torn is the permit semion, note ithstundina soy adjournment
of the home, if the committees shall so Wink tiL 'that it be an
instruction to all committees upon private bills, not to hear
any petition hereafter referred to them, which shall not
puller
on
pond and signed In strict conformity with the rule. and order.
of this house.—lhat all select committees on rade ay groups or bill.
he empowered to refer, if they shall FO think St, to the C4;1404111 at
ways and means, together end' the member, addled to prelate and
bring in tacit ouch bill, any unopposed railway bill suomittel fur
their comideration, and that such bids be severally dealt
with by the said chairman, sod those mend era respectively acting
with him, 0 other unopposed bills are to be dealt cab.—
That the folliawing clause be levet.' in ull railway bill. psesleg
through this home —And he it farther enacted, that nothing hereon
contained elan be deemed or coostreed to emunit the railway by this
or the sa d recited acts authorised to he made from the provteia.ee of
my general cc: relating to such bills Or of any general art relating to
railways which may berceltt r pass daring this or any. tut= mean
of perliameut, ve from any future resinon mil alteration, ender the
authority of parliament, of the maximum rates of Wee and therm
authorited by this act.
In answer to a question from Mr. Herz,
Mr. 8T1l111"f said that no doubt the practice which had
been adopted with respect to private hills, of causing a local
inquiry previous to such hale tocoloto isetore tne house, seen
most d. sirable ; and no doubt the same principle should be
applied to railway bills. The commissioners of railways had
prepared a measure which was now under the consideration
of the government, and included, amongst its other provi-
...ions, clauses for causing a preliminary inquiry and report on
the uteri aof railway scheme.. The measure would be sub-
mitted to the h.. se were shortly. (Hear, hear.)
CLASSIFICATION COMMUTER.

On the motion of Mr. taraurr, the classification committee
of railwa3 bills wasnominated as folloas :—Mr. Wilson
Pstteu, Lord Courtenay, Sir Robert Ferguson, Sir John
Pakington, aud Lord Dalmeny.
IMPRISONMENT OF LABOURERS FOR BREACH

OF CONTRACT.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that petitions ofWilliam
Prowling Roberts, Jane Gerrard, Ellen Wvke, Margaret
Ireland, and Ellen Dobson (presented god of .F..bruary), be
print.d with the sotes.—Agreed to.
SUNDAY RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

Mr. HUME moved for a copy of the resolutions and
orders of every railway coropsay where the travelling on
Sunday has been stopped wholly or partially, so as to show
the accommodation afforded for travelling to the public
generally, and to the post-office especially, on that day.—
Agreed to.
The boo. member said it was his intention to propose a
measure on the subject, if the government did not take it cp.
MILLBANK PRISON.

Mr. M. GORE moved that the report made to her Majesty
by Mr. Escou, a member of this house, oa the state of Mill-
bank Prison, be laid Lcfore this house.
Sir G. GREY repeated his statement on a former night
—namely, that two of the three commissioners having
signed a report, it was not competent fur the hon. member
for Winchester to present another report signed only by
himself, the proper form tor him to adopt being to put his ob-
servations in the shape of a letter, and when that had been
done, it should be laid before the house. It was not neces.
airy for him to alter a word of his report, but only its form.
Mr. ESCOTT thought that, in obedience to the commis-
sion, he was bound to make a report ; and he believed that
the two noble lords who had sent in a report had not pre-
pared it in a formal and regular manner.
Mr. T. BUNCOMBE said it was in conformity with prac-
tice, precedent, and the commands of her Majesty that a sepa-
rate report should be made. That course was adopted by Sir
F. Palgrave on a similar occasion. It was immaterial to the
public whether the information came to them by letter or
report, but he himself thought it better that it she uld come
by report.
Mr. ROEBUCK mid that from the construction of the
words of the commission one commissioner, dissenting from
the opinions of the other two, might lay his own views be-
fore her Mejetty, with his seal and signature attrched
thereto, though he could not do other things apart from
them.
Mr. F. MAULE thought the house was arguing unlit a
=attend' little muss urns. lie thought that a report made by
the majority was to be considered the report of the commis-
sioners. In the case of the Scotch poor inquiry, Mr. Tes isle-
ton, who dissented from the report of his brother commis-
sioners, recorded his dissent at the conclusion of that report,
and furnished the reasons of that dissent to the Secretary of
State. If the hon. member for Winchester had taken that
course the public would be in possession of the information
they required. The motion was then withdrawn.
MILITARY STATISTICS.
Mr. HUME wished to know from the right lion. gentle-
man the Secretary at War whether any arrangements had
been made for continuing the military statistics originally
prepared by Col. Tulloch. They were of great importance
in enabling government to select places favourable to the
health of the troops. Re also wished to know whether he
had netived from India those returns connected with the
troops in India, which had been ordered two yean ago ?
Mr. F. MAULE said he was not aware whether the
returns from India had been received, but he would make
inquiries at the War.ofllee. With respect to the statistical
returns to which the hon. gentleman alluded, he was afraid
that Col. Tulloch could not spare time from his other occu-
pations to continue them, though he knew that Col.Tidbxh
was most anxious to do so.
The house adjourned at a quarter-past one.

SUGAR.—A return of the amount of duty received on
sugar from sth April, 1846, to 6th January, 1847, has been
issued with the 's otes. The total receipts during that period
were 3,067,94111. Of this there was paid upon sugar, the
produce of British possessions, not equal to white-cloyed
(duty 14s. per cwt.), 2424,202 L, and upon sugars from the
same places, equal to white-cloyed (duty lfes. 4d. per cwt.),
22,8791. On the sugars of the British possessions within the
limits of the East India Company's charter. into which the
importation of foreign sugar ii not prohibited, there was
paid, on sugar not equal to white-cloyed (duty 18s. Bd.
per cwt. till 18th August, 1846, 171. 6d. after), 5561.;
on equal to whitetlayed (duty 11. Is. 9d. per cwt.
till 18th August, 1846, and IL Oe. 6d. after) nil. On
foreign sugar, the produce of free labour, or admitted at the
same rate of duty under treaty, there was paid (until the
18th of August, 1846) • —on not equal to cloyed (duty
11.3.. 4d. per cwt.), 7,7331.; on equal to white-cloyed (duty
1!. Bs, per cwt ), nil. On foreign sugar, the growth of any
foreign country, and imported directly from such countries,
there was paid (from the 18th of August, 1846) :—on not
equal to rhito-dayed (duty 11. Is. per cwt.), 596,7011.; on
equal to white-cloyed (duty 11.45. 6d. per cwt.), 15,8001. On
other foreign sugar (duty 331. per cwt. till 15th Augus..,lB4;,
sud 221. atter), there was paid 831.

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MAILS.

TV, mai!, for the Dr.tril,' the ii;Ver Male. Mrmte Tick°, renown-
bum Bahia. 31a401r.i, and Buenos Ayres, will be nude sp on the
efellill,r11! the 4th Februa:y.
I 'llw mail. :or Vigo, Oporto, I.khon, Madam, Cadiz, and Gibraltar.
will be made up on the morning of the Bth February.
The civet: Land clamed mods, rio Marseilles, to the Modlternumes.
Egypt, Aden, Cerin, India, 'long hung, ate., will be made up as slhe
evening of Mt at' Fehruar-
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7i; West Iter, onuL., int:rain; tho.e for Siet;oo, llonthets, and
!be Flarannuh. o ill be made up on the morning of the 17th February.
overhort mad. for Gibraltar, Malln, tlrerne, the tom. I•latidn,
Freut, Aden, Ceylon, India, flona-liorig, and er.:no, via Poutustopton.
. will be nude op op the morning of the .oth of February.
The natl. for Sc. not.th Woles, Van I omen), land, and Sew
Zelliuwl will be mace up ..n the eveninz of the lot Mon h.
"lbe mails for North At. -:c, lb rinuria, and the MAMA
fleateo, will Le made up on the evening of the ..:rd March.