The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-24 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THIS DAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 20 minutes past 12.
POLICE AND IMPROVEMENT (SCOTLAND)
BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill.
Clauses to 14 were agreed to.

On clause 15,

Sir M. STEWART said he believed and hoped the bill
now before Parliathent would never pass into law. He
would have opposed the bill going into committee, but he
thought he should have had no chance of success. Many of
the provisions of the bill w ere monstrous and thoroughly non-
sensical. His objection to theabill was that it tied proprietors
of land and occupiers in towns hand and foot, and placed
them at the mercy of a body of commissioners and magi-
strates. The only safeguard was that the commissioners
might have the good sense to throw away 200 or 300 of the
clauses, and to look for one here or there that might work.
He did not believe that Scotch members generally had read
the bill.

The LORD ADVOCATE said he could only account for
the strong language used by the hon. baronet by the fact
that he himself had net read the bill. He believed the bill
was regarded in Scotland as one of the most important sani-
tary measures ever introduced. If there were nonsensical
clauses in the bill he wished the hon. baronet had pointed
them out to him. He thought the bill was exceedingly
well drawn up, and that it would work well. The difference
between it and Lord Rutherfurd's bill was that Lord
Rutherfurd's bill cculd only have been worked as a whole,
whereas this bill might be adopted in parts.
Clauses up to 83 were agreed to.
On clause 84,

Mr. BLACK proposed to add "provided further, when
in any burgh, under the provisions of any Police Act, a
higher rate of assessment is now and has been in use to bo
levied upon lands and tenements above a certain fixed rent
than upon lower rented lands and tenements, it shall be in
the power of the commissioners, in laying on the assess-
ment under this Act, to continue the same relative rates of
assessment, if they think proper.
The amendment was negatived and the clause was
agreed to.
On clause 88,
Mr, C. EWING proposed as an amendment after the
word "may," to insert "if they think fit, exempt from the
police assessment under this act all premises which shall
be let at a rent not exceeding £3, or such lower sum as they
may think fit for that purpose, and that in respect to pre-
mises let at any higher rent, they may also."

The committee divided—
For the amendment
Against it
itlaj
The amendment was lest and clause was agreed to.
Clauses to 177 were agreed to.
On the motion of Sir M. STEUART, clause 178 was
struck out.

LEFT SITTING.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

Lo-Nnow, June 24.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly ; light breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy. _

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Olt PORTSMOUTH, June 23.—Wind
Queen Bee, from London for Sydney. _

FLEETWOOD, June 23.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Panoro
Orphelin, for Hayti. .
PLYMOUTH, June 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Eliza,
from Quebec.
BRISTOL, Juno 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Princeas
Royal, from Cuba.
DUNDEE, June 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Retriever, for
Quebec.
CLYDE, June 23.—Wind W.—Arrived—Nadyd a, from
Pernambuco; llary Hampton, from Huelva; America,
from Montreal. Sailed—Cheviot, for Otago, N.Z. ;
Glengarnock, for Cuba.