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London, England, 1852-05-29 00:00:00

George IV. persons ocinvieted of feb my or larceny were
liable to be ordered to be whipprid at the discretion of
the court before whom they were •yri ed.
PIMLICO DIPRONTEI 11ENT.

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished tc a•_k the Chief Com-
missiener of Works if ho would p 1 tse, 3 on the table of the
House a plan and estimate of the ex pence to be incurred
under the Pimlico Improvement I ►ol ,?

MANNERS said there (mid be no objection
to produce both the plan and thee estimate, and it was
ordered accordingly.
POSTAL COMIUNICATION V TITH SCOTLAND.

Mr. COWAN wished to ask 1 the Secretary to the-
Treasury if there was any intentio. 2 of the mails between
London and Edinburgh being acc, de rated so as to save a
day in the course of post between th e two cities, and, if
so, when such change was intend itti l to b 3 carried into
effect?

Mr. HAMILTON said, that a pi 'oposition had been
made to the Treasury for twee lit 'ating the mail be-
Awecn London and Edinburgh, b) at it had only been re-
cently made, and he was not, the to Fore, prepared to say
whether it was likely to be carrif id into effect. An ar-
rangement had, however, been c in• tered into by which
letters-would be dispatched to Ei linburgh by the five
o'clock Dublin mail.
POST-OFFICE SA L ARIES.

Mr. COWAN wished to ask the Secretary to the
Treasury if the copies of mem ar ids end the answers
thereto (from officers in the ink ,nt I department in the
General Post-office, Edinburgh), of dered on the Lst day
of April last, were likely to be to id on the table of the
House before the dissolation of P 12.1 liament?
Mr. HAMILTON said the ret .ru would be laid on
the table within the next fortnigb jy '.
HISTORY OF HA fl SOURS.
Mr. TENNENT wished to aslc the Secretary of the
Admiralty, whether it was intend o I to prc,:eed with the
of the Harbours of the U:n ited Kingdom, which
had been already commenced by the History of Belfast
Harbour, recently published by t" 1a Harbour Department
of the Admiralty ?
Mr. STAFFORD said that t here were difficulties in
the way of the work being conth to led, and be could hold
out no hope for its completion.
NEW ZEALAND C.CIMPANY.

Ia reply to Sir JAMES GRA,I AM,
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON said. he ho must decline
producing the opinion of the law c Moors as to the claim
of the New Z34land Company to o ampensation for their
unappropriated land.
AGRICULTURAL S'l7., ATISTICS.
Mr. O'FLARERTY wished t o know if Govern-
ment intended to introduce any Itt IL far calculating the
agricultural statistics of Ireland, a nd the value of agri-
cultural produce?

Lord ITA.AS said that a Bill ' q as in preparation on
this taint, which would short d; 7 be laid before the
House.

Ur. SCULLY hoped it would b e i aid before the House
before the General Valuation Bill las proceeded with.
Lord NAAS could nut make sufeh a promise.
MR. MATHEI
Mr. OSBORNE said. a correspotat Jenne relating to the
case of Mr. Mather had cppot red in the public
prints this morning, in whiot t the Secretary of
State fur Foreign Affairs 'w as represented to
have expressed himself disp o sed to compromise
the affair for 200/., that being t sec price for which, in
the estimation of the Noble Lo rd, the life of a British
subject might be exposed to risk and danger in a foreign
country. Nov he wished to l ow if this correspond-
ence was authentic? •
The CHANCELLOR of th La EXCHEQUER said
that it was very inconvenient th at these questions should
be put without notice. He was r tat prepared to answer it.
Mr. OSBORNE gave notice. that he should call the
attention of the House to the anbject early after Whit-
suntide.

AYNO 0 TH.
Mr. REYNOLDS said the adjourned debate on the
Maynooth grant stood No. 23 .on the paper for to-night,
and he wished to know if the, Hon. Member for North
W arieickshire had come to airy understanding with the
Government as to fixing a day for resuming it?
Mr. SPOONEft said he lime had no communication
with the Government upon the subject, but as for fixing
a day, that must depend upon what took place when the
debate again came on.

MILITIA BILL.
Colonel SIBTIIORP wished to know if the Alilttia
Bill would be reprinted before the third reading?
Mr. WALPOLE said that very little alteration had
been made in the report, and. there would be no neces-
sity to reprint the Biil.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.

Mr. HlNDLEYsaidruniens some arrangement were
come to for resuming the adjourned debate on the May-
nooth question, he should move that the order of the
day bo reed for the purpose of being discharged.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that he would take the opportunity of moving that
the House, at its rising, do adjourn till Thursday next,
in order that be might be enabled to state what course
ho thought it best to take to expedite the progress of
public business.—(Hear, hear.) He should still adhere
to the original arrangement of proceeding with the
Committee on the Militia Bill on Thursday next, but
with regard to other Bills, he had placed certain resolu-
tions upon the paper, for the purpose of making their
morning sittings more efficient, which would enable
them to dispose of several important questions, and
which he therefore hoped would receive the assent of
the House. Those resolutions wore;—" That whenever
the House shall sit, for dispatch of business, at twelve
o'clock on any day except Wednesday and Saturday,
if such business be disposed of not later than three
o'clock, the House will resume its sitting at five o'clock;
and if such business be disposed of after three o'clock
apd before four o'clock, the House will resume its sit-
ting at six o'clock. That when such business has not
been disposed of at four o'clock, Mr. Speaker (or the
Chairman, in ease the House shall be in Committee) do
leave the chair, and the House will resume its sitting
at -six o'clock, when the orders of the day
not disposed of at the morning sitting, and
any motion which was under discussion at
four o'clock, shall be set down in the Order
Book after the other orders of the day. That when
in Committee at four o'clock,
regress when the House re-
tehvee ever
Chairmantls
doe shallrepo report
e p
re-
sumes its sitting. That all dropped orders of the day
be set down in the Order Book, after the orders of the
day for the next day on which the House shall sit."
These resolutions, if they
were adopted, would render
the morning sittings far more satisfactory than they had
hitherto been, and if they were passed, he should feel
himself at liberty to avail himself of the privilege im-
mediately after the holidays.—(Hear, hear.) He did
not intend to interfere with the Tuesday sitting,
which was devoted to independent Members, but looking
to the present state of.public business, and the advanced
period of the session, it would be necessary for him to
appeal to the forbearance of Honourable Gentleman
even on that day.-- (rea-r , hear.) If those reso-
lutions were assented to, he should propose, that on
Thursday they should go into Committee upen the New
Zealand Bill, and that on the Monday and Tuesday
followingtropolitan they should meet at twelve o'clock to discuss
Interments Bill, and the Metropolitan
the Me
Buildings ste Bill.----s—ear.) With regard to the question
to which several Gentlemen had referred is the course
place, it was expedient that the Maynooth debate
i
of the evening, it was his opinion that after all that had
be brought to an issue, and with that view he
proposed that it should be continued this day week
at twelve o'clock, but it would be only on the
taken
should
understanding that there would be a determination on
both sides of the House to bring the question to a
close on that night. —(llear, hoar.) It now only re-
mained for him to move, that the House at its rising do
adjourn till Thursday next. He should take the supply
after the New Zealand debate on Friday.
Mr. MILES hoped, as the Government had given way
Maynooth question to an issue, if
a s m
to adjourn the debate beyond iri-
diay Fri-
day, orderttiheen
pw tou
ebbrlreiien gmwatohdueel
would
y.
Mr. LA.O
be convinced that Hon. Members
opposite were disposed to take a factious course for the
purpose preventingofßo
e a E an inuir
REy heard with deep regret the
announcement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The
proceedings upon the Maynooth question were utterly ir-
reconcileable with the dignity and integrity of the House,
and he considered that to institute an inquiry within a
fortnight of the end of the session was a farce and a
mockery.
Mr. SPOONER admitted that in the present session
the inquiry could not be brought to a satisfactory con-
clusion, but the House ought to show the country that
it was not unwilling to entertain an inquiry.
that he had done anything to injure the character of the
House, though he considered Hon. Members opposite
had done so by the factious course they bad adopted.
Mr. GOULBURN thought an inquiry was un-
avoidable after What had happened; but as Mr. Spooner
had admitted that an • - .f. could not be properly
in y
made this session the Government
, he suggested that
should at on institute- • • on their own
Mall number of
once an investigation
nextn
meat.
T h
eresponsibility,oGopt and report the result to the
House
--MAN MAHON proposed that the
the
should sit to id continuously with
-morrow, and prooee
debate from day • it terminated.
Mr. TIP try to day until
d the practice of a
--, ‘eDEGATE deprecate Pdaernliiead-
tious course, and endeavouring to coerce the majority.
Mr. RUME thought the Government might put an
jury to Protestantism end to all dispute by appointing a Commission to con.
duct the inquiry. entibsemrs ininthe House taking a fact
would do more ins
discussion had been conducted
University of
Mr' it HERBERT said spirit in which the
colleges of ' Maynooth in twenty years. If the Hon.
Member for North Warwickshire really wished for in-
thelreland than ten
quiry, and
if the Government desired to support
him, the Right Honourable Member for the
Cambridge
(Mr. Goulburn) had
pointed out a course which would fully accom-
plish the desired end.
He believed, however,
that the proposal for inquiry was a mere sham and de-
lusion, the object of which was to
get up a cry for the
hustiners. gn--(Che ) After a few
Sir B. HALL hoe d •f• the Government were sincere,
they would t e ' Isuggestion of Mr. Goulburn
words from Mr-
carry out the .
for the appointment of a Commission.
and liberality, itMembers who
thatsaid if onth
this
ahe inquiry
Housewere
charac-
terlessthatimpossiblewould becould only, sit for two or three
weeks, and then the subject
the tomb of all the Capulets.. They invited
and courted inquiry, but they we'" not consent
to a division until they dispelled the cloud that had been
thrown before the indepsndent electors of the country.
subject
wast hn
orderedbe
bettor. rt.()
blot
The ;Hon. *Member for Peeblesshire, one of the Under-
Seorettates, bad gone so the grelit emporium