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PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.
1101.75 t OF LORDS, TattatariAT, Vale* 10.
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Mr. Gaskell. from the Council OfSee, presented Copies of all
Orders in Council relative to the Export and Import Trade with
Sweden.
The Duke of MONTROSE replotted his Majesty's Answet to
. the Address praying for a Copy of the Etzventh Report of the Com.
. miseionen of Charity, with the Appendix thereto ; and his Ma-
jest) 's most gracious permission that such Copy should be granted.
Mr. Brogden and several Members from the House of Commons
brought op the Weighttand Measures Hill, which was read a first
Wale.
Alf. AV hitmore nisei biought up a Private
GLEBE LANDS BILL.
The Glebe Lands Bill was nerd a third time, and returned to the
Counrioni with amendments.
ASSESSED TAXES.
Lord ROSEBERY presented a petition from the inhabitants
of the wish of St. Peter, Coenhill, praying fora Reduction of the
Assessed Taxes.—Laid on the table.
Baring's and Green's Divorce Bills were read a third time.
SCOTCH JUDICATURE BILL.
On the motion of the LORD CH ANCELIAM the House
went Into a Committee on the Scorch Judicature Bill.
Lead ROSEBERY said, he approved highly of the general
principles of the Bill.
Some verbal amendments were propose/ by ord Al wrivt.r.n,
the Earl of LAVDERDALE, and the LOAD CHLANCELLOR. i
The Report was then received with amendments, and the Bill
was ordered to be printed as amended.
On the motion of Lord MELVILLE, the Committee on the
Scotch Jury Bill war adjourned till this day week.
The House then adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, TatUltSpat, 111eacii10.
LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.
Mr. WILBRAHAM presented two petitions from the Earls
of Wilton and Derby against the Liverpool Railway. The Hon.
Member presented a simiLm petition from certain inhabitan.s of the
district through which the Railway was to pass.
The petitions were ordered to be referred to the Committee on
the Bill.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE BILL.
Mr. ORENFELL obtained leave to bring in the Royal Ex-
change Assuranee Bill.
ASSESSED TAXES.
Me. GOSSET presented a petition front Chipperiiiarn, praying
for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes.
Mr. Alderman BRIDGES presented • similar petition 'from
the parish of St. Peter, Cornhill.
The petitions were then ordered to be printed.
RANK OF IRELAND.
Mr. SPRING RICE presented a petition from certain Noble.
men and Gentlemen of Ireland, respecting the claims on the Batik
of Ireland, as we understood.
COUNTY COURTS BILL.
Mr. PIKES presented a petition from Kingstar-tar.Hull, in
Lsatr of the County Courts Bill.
Mr. MANNING presented a similar peti:ion from Lymington.
The petitions were ordered to be printed.
ABERCRO3IBY presented a petition from a Mr. Dawson,
against the County Courts Bill.—Referred to the Committee on
the Bill. •
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.
Colonel PONSON BY presented a petition from Kilkenny, In
.favour of the Catholic claims.
Mr. G. LAMB presented a similar petition from Kenmore, in
as county of Kerry.
Mr. M. FITZGERALD presented a similar petition from the
Protestants of the county of Kerry.—The petitions were ordered
to be printed.
COTTON TRADE OF IRELAND.
Mr. SPRING RICE moved for certain Returns connected with
.
the Cotton Trade of -

'LEITH DOCKS.
Mr. A BERCRO3IBY presented a petition against the Leith
D BM,
After a few words firm Mr. W. DUNDAS, the petition was
tred to be referred to the Committee on the 13ilh
STAMP ACTS.
A prition way presented from Dumfries against the present
Stamp Acts.—Ordered to be printed.
IRISH PROVINCIAL BANKS.
N-. PA WSON presented a petition from certain Noblemen
a ,;cattlemen of Ireland, in favour of the measure for establishing
Pr,...7 Banks.—Ordered to be printed.

MARINE MUTINY BILL.
07 the motion of Mr. CROKER, the Marine Mutiny Bill was
retv: A second time, and to-morrow was fixed for going into a Com-
mittte on it.
PERSONAL INTEREST OF MEMBERS IN PRIVATE

BI LLS.
Mr. HUME rose to make his promised motion on the subject of
Me 'them voting where they had a pecuniary interest. He enured
the House, that he wished the subject had fallen into the hands of
some individual more equal to the performance of the task than
fie was. He had looked into the practice of Parliament as determined
be the Resolutions of the House, and the result of his research was,
that there were on the Journals many Resolutions declaring that
MO Member should vote when he had anything to gain. Yet there
was no case to which a direct decision was made, that no Member
Monad vote in a case where lie had an interest opposed to the Bill.
Thus stood the usage of Parliament as far as he could collect. He
hoped the House would not, out of any distaste for innovation, re.
fuse to meddle with its practice ; on the contrary, he trusted they
would torn their attention to the subject, and where they found the
laws unjust, reconsider them with a view to their amendment.
(Hear, hear.) Such a course he felt was not beneath the dignity
of Parliament—it was nth beneath them to look over their Journals
for the purpose of altering those laws capable of admitting of
alteration for the better, or of abrogating them if gone beyond
amendment. There was no course more calculated to raise Parlia-
ment high in the respect and estimation of the community. and
to keep Parliament equally pure and free from challenge, as the
other tribucals of the country were. So anxious had their ances-
tors been at all times to preserve unsuspected and free from imput-
ation the administration of justice, that long-established laws gave
to either party in a suit the rigid of challenging. If then the evils
of partiality were guarded against in mimor and inferior Courts, how
much more necessary was it that the Parliament, the highest tri-
bunal in the kingdom, should be free not only from absolute par.
etiality, but even from the suspicion of it. It should not only be
fre- from suspicion, but above it. The Hon. Member then said,
the course he meant to adopt on the present occasion was, to bring
under the notice of the House the practice and proceeding". of Par-
liament at different times, and then leave them to deal with his
motion as they should think fit. He assured the House, that in
preparing the Resolution, he had much more difficulty to encourter
alien be anticipated. Many of the Hon. Members he had consulted
on the subject bad expressed opinions and views so different and ,1
contradictory that he felt at a loss how to proceed, yet he thought
himself called on to proceed. The question was one which em-
braced the whole country. The cheracter of Parliament was inti-
mately connected with it; for it was impossible not to compare the
proceedings in that House with the proceedings before inferior
trilamals; and any oae comparing them must see an evident sn-
periority in the latter. The flop. Member went on to say, that so
strongly impressed or. his mind was the necessity of impartiality,
sled a few days back he felt himself bound to oject to the votes
of' certain Members who had an interest in the Bill then before
fee House; that course he pursued, although he approved of the
Bill and its objees ; he looked on it as a measure likely to destroy
a dirty monopoly, and to give the comsnunity at large the ad-
stm 'age of competition. In eontinuction, the lion. Member stated
that there did rat appear on the Journals soy Results an that could
La lucked on ass precedent. Before the year 1604 a Mr. Seymour,
a Alen:her of the House, had his vote set aside, on the motion
of Sir E. Stafford, because he had an interest in a Bill. It did
did mit state whether for or against ; it merely says that he was
challenged ; and the disallowing his vote was according to former
orders and precedents. The circumstance was not very distinctly
set forth ; it MSS said that it was moved that Mr. S. walk oft, and
that he accordingly did walk off. The lion. Member next ad-
verted to the case of Sir IL Tarston, which occurred en she stat of
Feld'ultre, 1664. No other case in point took place till the
year 1797, when a Ball was introduced to reduce the debt of
public interest, and it was proposed to give a bonus of five
per cent. to the proprietors of certain stuck. An objection was
then taken to the votes of the subscribers to the Loyalty Loan, in-
asmuch as they were interested in the mining the BiU, which was
to plate money in their own pockets, and that objection was urged
by the hoe Mr. Sheridan among others. Mr. Speaker then de.
claret, that he always considered there existed a manifest dithrence
between an immeltate interest end an eventual contingent one.
After that Mr. Manning, who was one of the persons so Interested,
did not vote. The votes of two or three other% were also challenged;
they however arose and intended to vote, but finally their votes
were rot accepted. That opposition was not succeeded in without
earesideratile exertion and work—so far did it go, that a Mr. Ryder
declared the principle laid down would ifts to incapacitate any Mem-
ber from voting on ley question of taxation. The then Speaker
declared, that in the case of taxes the interest was merely eventual,
and that there the Member hail an interest concurrent with the rest
of the community. That de, tinction bet Nlr. H.) thought quite
clear, and ought to guide the House on all similar eases. A short
time afterwards, a case analogous occurred with respect to the Grand
Junction Canal. The next case bearing on the question was that
which came before the House in 1911—it was the Bank Note Bill.
On that OCCMIOII the Member for Appleby, and now for Thetford,
objected to the rotes of those interested in the measure. lie counted
their number, and found there were forty-five Bank proprieturs in
the ilouse, anti to their votes he made a sweeping objection, Inas-
much as the passing of the Bill would bring an increasing profit to
them 3 they were therefore deeply interested, and, as hecoeccived,
disouelified from impartially voting. To that it was replied by 111 i.
Manning and other proprietors that, be they interested or not, they
had nothing to do with the introduction of the Bill; that Hort ni-
nemt originated it for the general interest and welfare of the COW-
swanky, awl that they misfit out to be disqualified from voting be.
catme they hut an interest in it, when that interest wan concurrent
with the mt.:fent of the public. The Speaker at the time decided
that, according to the usage of l'arhainent for the preceding three
bunched years, the practice wont to make a distinction between
iguana.* of tlate policy and merely private interest, and cited it
case where Sr. Act Mai brought in to reverse a decree of the Court
of Chancery respecting some houses and lands in Aldeate. Meer
°mach, a Member el the House, and connected with the cause,
lawl his You duallowca ; he was permitted to address the House,