The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-01 00:00:00

LONDON CORPORATION DILL.

On the anti at Ist firs eonsith reties of thel Ueda' slued-
Ism%

Kr. Alderman SIDNEY celled the attention of the house
te the fact that the amendments made by the Lords would
have the fftee of very peaty curtailing the vows of the
city of London. Clause 3 prodded that from the lit No
rusher the aldermen an common council should make out
a list of voters who should be on the register fur the year en-
suing, and this must be taken from the parliamentary
register. The parlismentsry register wu only published on
the lit December, and the consequence would he that upon
the Ist November the aldermen and emarion council would
be o►liged to publi•h a list of v”ten which would be melees
at the end 01 a month. They would be compelled to lease
at a voter if be had not appeared in the parliamentary
register for the year before. Ile considered the amendments
to be very unnecessary endue, e-steic.ise to their character ;
they would have the effect of displacing men who were ea-
cable of voting. He moved that the house disagree to the
amendments of the Lords.

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Si; J. DL 8314 that the bill would not oceissioa say
Weoareeence, and would be highly sitislictory to the citi-
zens of Lwrdon.

The sinendenents were then we'd to.
YORK., NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY
BILL.

Oa the notion for the consideration of the Lords' emend•
mass is t►is bill,

F MAU LE said this bill bad been very considerably
amseded by the Lords, sad muse things had been inserted
aad some omitted which warranted hiss in moving that the
emendsmats be considered this day three months. Het
thought they ought not to pass a hill to which, in the first
plate, the railway commigioners, who were engaged in the
INlBlldnatioa of the public intetest, had strongly objected ;
sad is the neat place, he understood they were shut out by
ths standing order• of the house from amending the bill in
say way se as to give protection to the public or the parallel

Mr. HEADLAM said that the house had usually been in
the habit of paying great respect to the decisions of com-
mittees of the bowie, end when this hill had run the gaunt-
let of committees of this and the other house of parliament,
the house erht not to reject it on the third reading. The
object of the lai was to facilitate the transit of goal from this
pest coal districts on the eastern side of the island to the
other side of the island, and that the 07111aUtlielLtied from
this country to Ireland should be made r cheap as possible.
The clause relating to the audit of accounts was Introduced
by the House of Lords. The company said that if each a
dear were right, it ought to be applied to all comparr,
and not to their alone; but they were 'mewed to adopt it
rather than that the bill should not be passed.

Sir 3. GRAHAM objected to the Lords' amendments. 11
He objected entirely to the audit clause.
Mr LABOUCHERE said that he had always thoTigit
that questions which ri quired a minute inquiry into details
should Iss delegated to ossesittees of the house, and he had
he hated to my that it would require a strong ease In-
deed to induct his to Tote against the decision of the eon-

Mr. CARDWELL observed that while they bed the opi-
nion of Lord Dalhousie and the railway eenuaissionen who
had examined tally into the merits of the ease,they had in Its
favour only the opinion of those who had heard one side
oul~; and of these, the Lords' committee had decided by a
majority of one. II the two protecting claw suggested by
Lord Grenville, but which, ia cosmoses's* et Use rapidity
with which the bill waiherried through the Leeds, there bed
not been time to blunder*, and which, in etnenvienes ef a
technical difficulty, it appeared could set be introduced in
that how, were inserted, all opposition would mese; but if
not, representing the interests he did, be felt hound to vote
for the motion of the right hos. member (Mr. F. Mamie).
Mr. GREENE supported the sodas on the peva* that
Wires peeper that the house should uphold the decisions& of
its committees.

Mr. ROEBUCK inquired if the two clauses referred to
were nywesary in consequence of the amendments made in
the bill by the Lords ; if so, the house oogLs to support the
view of the right hes. baronet (Sir J. Orakeies)4:zsiy
not, he did not think they would be justified in g
the decision of the committees of both hawse. (Hear.)
Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that the einem is qualm
were not nemesery in cosisequenee of the Leeds' simendlegate
to the bill, but might ly have bees isteedneed es the
bill we whoa it the Commons.
Mr. SPOONER supported the amendment of Mr. Pen
Mauler, conteeding that the absence of the equal readying
and equal rating clauses in this amalgamation bill would in
effect give • monopoly to the promoters, to the prejudiee el
the opponents of the measure and of the public.
Mr. FORSTER supported the bill, and alter a few weeds
from Mr. Roma ou the audit clause, in the course of which
be wee laterrepted by the Sr CALEB, who intimated that that
geodes would not be before the home nntilthey deckled
whether the Lords' amendments should be taken into cote&
deratkin at all,
The hoses divided.
tee the Biotic&
Fee Mr. Fox's Maule's unendment 6l-111
TM bill wee accordingly het.
HOSPITAL OP ST. CROIX.

Mr G. GREY appeared at the bar sad reported that the
address of the HOW of Commas, of tk• 20th of Jim hat.
far an bquiry into ths application of the revesse et IS.
adz, with the view of placing the hospital et a puilioa
awry oat the 'steatites of the foundation, had bees ps
seated to bar Majesty, and that her Majesty bad given dim.
thee test steps sherald be taken by the linorney-General
with a view to the placing the hospital on sack • footing r
arid costy out the object of its founders.
Mr. HIIIIMM bad a notice on the pew width tiers had
Oct been tine to bring forward, is reprd to some 30 Me-
pitals and other charitable institutions which kat not bees
blushed late—could the right hon. buomet state wbotlitz

any mompas would be adoptsd to carryout &similar iteisizy
with lw thaw wbieit it cow append was about to be
oda loops* to Si. Oak? (Hoar, boar.)

tie O. GUY believed that as isquivy bed bees instituted
Weds, Neffeetriy if not all of those iastitutionee by the ehaeity
eohninieel. The subject would, however, be referred to
the AtimearGeneral to determine in what eases further pro-
digal,. lbsuid be taken. (Hear, leas.)

LORDS' AIIIIIpM*NTB.

The Lords' ai;adaaents to&loffc;riri bills were con-
sidered and agreed to:—Joint Stork Companies Art (1848)
AlLamas's% Bill ; Bevel Pavilion, Brighten, Bill ; Chapels
of Baas (Ireland) Bill; Judgments Unbind) Bill; Patty
Deg, ita.. Ofices Amendment BM; Baahraprer (Ireland)
Bill ; Pecw-law Union Charges Ace Amendment Bill ; Bank-
rupt Law Consolidation Bill ; and Drainage of Lands Bill.