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trouble to become acquainted with it. Above 14 or 15 Gentlemen
lof that desaiption voted on the last day, without having heard one
word of the evidence.
Mr. C. W. 11' YNN thought it right that the House should, on
every occasion, be put in poasenion of any suspicious circumstances
attendant upon the passing of a Report, because he apprehended
there was no doubt that they could, if a charge of that kind were
! made out, send the Report back, to be considered by another Com-
! mittee. In the present instance. however, as it appeared that the
Gentlemen who voted in the majority had attended occasionally in
! the comae of the inquiry, he thought that it was not one of the cases
which called for the correction of the House, although he hoped be
was expressing the general sentiment when he said, that whether a
Committee decided right or wrong, if the majority calm to that de.
cisien without having heard the evidence, that /louse would not
allow the Report to be received. He thought the objection of the
Gallant General (Sir R. Fergas‘in) to the appointment of Members
for Ireland upon Committees for the examination of private local
Bills, was not tenable, because Members upon such Bills were not
called upon, as in Election Committees, to decide upon questions of
I law and justice, but upon questions of policy as well as justice.
Sir R. FERGUSON explained.
Sir J. MARJORIBANKS defended the Committee.
Mr. J. P. GRANT thought it was very unfair for any Member
to vote upon a Cornniittee when he hail not heard the evidence.
Mr. CHOKER said, that the fact of the Committee having ad-
journed for two days, that they might not continue their inquiries
in the absence of a Gentleman who opposed the Bill, was, he
thought, quite sufficient to relieve the Committee from any imputa-
tion of partiality or injustice.
Mr. S. WORTLEY was very glad that the proceedings con.
netted with that Report had been brought under the notice of the
House, because lie thought the practices complained of could only
be checked by appealing to the feelings of Gentlemen connected
with such Committees, and that appeal could not be made anywhere
so effectually as in that House.
The Report was then laid on the table.
HULL DOCK BILL.
Mr. SYKES presented a petition from the Mayor and Corpora-
tion of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying that the Hull Dock Bill be
allowed to pass into a law.
ROCHESTER GAS BILL.
The Rochester Gas Bill was read a third time, and passed.
COMBINATION LAWS.
Mr. BERNAL
_presented a petition from the journeymen
woollen-weavers of Rochdale, praying compensation tor their at.
tendance on the Combination laws Committee.—Laid on the table.
ANATOMY.
Mr. HUSK ISSON presented a petition from the Literary and
Philosophical Society of Liverpool, complaining of the difficulties
thrown in the way of acquiring anatomical knowledge, from the
scarcity of subjects, and prayinc that the House might adopt such
measures, would ensure a sufficient supply of dead bodies. (Great
laughter.)—Ordered to be printed.
COMBINATION LAWS. . '

Mr. lITUSKISSON presented a patinae tram the corporation of
weavers in Glasgow, praying for a revisitstlf the Combination
Laws ; and a similar one from the masa elimemakers of Perth.
shire.
Air. P. BIOORE presented a petition from the calico printers
of Manchester, against a re-enactment of the Combination laws.
The lion. Member presented three similar petitions, one of which
was from Wion in Lancashire.
Mr. LAWLEY preseutad a petition from the master builders
of Birmingham, praying for a revision of the Combination Laws.
The petitions were referred to the Committee on the Combine-
tion 1411/11.