The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKR.ER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The I:l7erston Waterworks Bill was read a third time
and passed.

The following Bills were considered and agreed to
Belfast Harbour.
Great Western Railway.
L.:vcn Railway.
London Necropolis and National Mausoleum.
London and North-Western Railway.
PETITIONS.
A con,iderable number of petitions were presented
against the Militia Bill, and also against the Maynooth
grant.
Mr. W. BARON presented a petition in favour of
the ocean penny postage.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Greenock?
against the Charitable Trusts Bill.

- ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Mr. WALPOLE moved that the House at its risig
should adjourn until Friday next.
Sir B. HALL complained that Members who were
serving upon Committees on a Wednesday had not er.
portunity, in consequence of the shortness of notice, wd
get to the House in time for a division. He suggee,t,9
that a short time should be allowed to elapse a'4
strangers withdrew, before a division took place.
Mr. W. PATTEN thought that at present no alters'
tion should be made in the usual practice of the Reuse'
Lord DUDLEY STUART said it was quite ticZ
cessary, as well as very inconvenient, to require
withdrawal of strangers during a division.
Captain HARRIS thought that the reporters ought°
be allowed to remain in the gallery, even though tb
other strangers were ordered to withdraw, because.,"
often happened that important discussions took Ow
during their absence.
Mr. GLADSTONE was against any new regulatti)iello
being made during the present session. He thought
better plan would be to refer the subject to a Select Cotr
mittee.
Mr. WAKLEY would prefer leaving the matter
the hands of the Speaker.
and
After a desultory discussion on the same subject,
also with reference to the ventilation and dirty state Q
the House, the motion for the adjournment was agreed tch
LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD.
Mr. HUME asked a question, whether, after the 15,1
loss of the Birkenhead steamer, it was the intential of
the Government to order a survey of the East Coot 19
Africa to the northward, whore the passages of Yels"
were numerous and frequent.
Mr. STAFFORD replied that the question bad b,,efgell.
under the consideration of the Government, but u.idat
culty had arisen in consequence of the surveys Poll, a
for in the years 1852 and 1853 not including 8.
survey of this particular part of the CliPbe
If the survey were made it would have Oho,
undertaken as extra work. The Government 00
however, made up their minds to have the surrey tl3j for
as extra work; and arrangements bad been effsoto,
that purpose. He might mention that the lots of reos
Birkenhead was hardly to be attributed to the irePerd to
survey of the coast. The court-martial appeinte_sde
institute an inquiry into the loss of the vessel had wvrf,
a report, which he proposed to lay on the table on
day, and to have printed for circulation.
ABOLITION OF THE PROPERTY QUAL-
TION OF MEMBERS.

In reply to Mr. HUME,
with
bed
Mr. TUFNELL said he felt compelled to wit'-he-
his Bill to abolish the property qualification of Me°37i)ot
during the present session. He did so reluctantly, i;
if he had the honour to be re-elected, he would bring
forward again at an early period next session.
PARISH CONSTABLES BILL.
On the motion for going into Committee on this -1;4
Mr. RICE hoped that at this period of the seBt"
this Bill, which was a piece of experimental legialatii'
would not be further proceeded uiteo. aid
Mr. FREWEN defended the Bill, which he 9e.
would remedy the present aLomalous state of the laA
in a vtry satisfactory and economical manner. esU
DEEDES said he was not in a condition to-be
the house to assent to the Bill as it now stood, an
would, therefore, move that they go into Committee P a
fotina, so as to enable him to introduce new and 00°3
other clauses.
The Bill then went through Committee preforeui.
ABOLITION OF TEE PAPER DUTY. to
Oa the order of the day being read for resuming
adjourned debate on this subject, inter
Mr. COWAN said he had been a paper manufac—ol
thirty years, and daring the last twenty years he tice
made representations to the Government of the iniclided
of the tax, but unfortunately they had not been atteneri
by any ucces 2. If the impost were removed Bve of
great impetus would be given to the manufacturriti
paper.—(Hear, hear.) There was this pentili,a
about the duty, that it not only involved be
protracted survey, but a variety of details were tlooe
recorded by the manufacturer, which consume a sera by
amount of time. The trade was severly depresse,,, see
the Excise laws, and it was the duty of the House " re.
whether some measures ought not to be adopted t°
medy the evil.