The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-17 00:00:00

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

Lord J. RUSSELL opportunity
of stating to the House the course I wish to pursue with res-
pect to public business for to-morrow and next week. It is
my intention to move to-morrow that the Order of the
Day for the second reading of the Irish Municipal
Corporation Bill take precedence of other Orders of the
Day fixed for to-morrow. If the Bill is read a second time
to-morrow, I shall then move that the Committee stand appointed
for Monday next.—( Hear, hear.) A Noble Lord opposite
(Lord Francis Egerton) has given notice of a motion, the same
as he brought forward last year, proposing instructions to the
Committee for the abolition of Corporations. Now that, I
suppose, will be the chief debate on the subject of that
Bill, and it certainly is possible that that debate will
last more than one day. Now, supposing that to be the case, I
certainly wish if an arrangement could be made, to let my
Right Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, bring
forward the question of Church Rates on Thursday, and put
off the Canada question till the following Tuesday—that
will depend on gentlemen being willing to give us pre-
cedence on Thursday.--( Hear.) With respect to another
question which the Hon. Member for Berkshire has asked me
more than once, namely, with respect to the Committee on the
Poor-laws, finding there is no chance of our concurring as to
the terms in which that Committee should be appointed (and
if a Committee is to be appointed, it is desirable that no time
should be lost in coming to an issue on the question
in what terms the Committee should be appointed), and
therefore I shall not object to let the Honourable
Member make his motion. Then I will move my amendment, or
I will first move for the Committee, and the Hon. Gentleman
can then state his views and move any amendment he thinks
proper, and I propose that this should be done on Friday next.
Mr. WALTER would agree to the Noble Lord's proposi-
tion, that he should move his amendment upon the Noble
Lord's motion for a Committee.
CORPORATION OF LONDON.

Mr. MACLEAN wished to ask the Noble Lord op-
posite whether any steps had been taken towards effecting a
Reform in the Corporation of London, and when the Report
of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into that subject
would be laid before the House.

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Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there were some papers con-
nected with that Report which were not at present fully com-
pleted, but he trusted that in a week or ten days, he should be
able to lay the Report on the table.
WEST INDIES.

Mr. MACLEAN also wished to ask whether any steps
had been taken for the purpose of carrying into effect a
Bill passed last Session for the purpose of enlarging the ju-
dicature in the West India Islands.

Sir G. GREY said that instructions had been sent out to
the authorities in the West India Islands to carry into effect
the Bill of last Session.

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Mr. MACLEAN then wished to know if the Hon. Gen-
tleman, the Under Secretary for the Colonies, could inform
the House whether or not any law had passed the West India
Legislature on the subject.
Sir GEORGE GR E Y—l believe there has.
THE BALLOT, TITHES, &c.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented twelve petitions, from dif-
ferent places in Ireland in favour of the rote by Ballot—
(Hear)—eleven petitions in favour of the abolition of Tithes
—twelve petitions praying the House to grant a measure of
Municipal Reform for Ireland, similar to that now enjoyed
byEngland and Scotland—two petitions in favour of Poor-laws
for Ireland—two for Peerage Reform on Radical principles—
and one petition complaining of a particular grievance under
what was commonly called Lord Stanley's Act.
The petitions were all ordered to be brought up and laid on
the table.