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London, England, 1853-07-20 00:00:00

Nutpecker .

Three ran.
STEWARDS' PLATE.

Rackapelt .
Weatliergage
Poodle

Won by half a length. A head between second and
third.

Harmony Filly..
Cock Pheasant ..

Three ran.
HANDICAP.

Four ran.

GOODWOOD STAKES.
4to 1 agst Hobby Horse (taken).

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The • Lords' amendments to the Ayrshire and Gallo-
way (Smithstown and Dalmellington) Railway ; Cale-
donian Railway (Connecting Branch with Edinburgh
and Glasgow Railway) ; and Furness Railway Bills were
considered and agreed to,
The Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Bill was
read a third time and passed.
The •Pauncefort Duncombe's Estate Bill was read a
second time.

A number of petitions were, presented by various hon.
members in favour of the Recovery of Personal Liberty
(Inspection of Nunneries) Bill.

VACCINATION EXTENSION BILL.
Sir J. PAKTNGTON moved the second reading of
this bill, which had come down from the House of
Lords, and the object of which he explained to he to
protect the public against the ravages of the small-pox.
The voluntary system had been found insufficient, and
it had been found necessary to introduce a measure for
compulsory vaccination. England and France were the
only two countries in Europe where vaccination was
not compulsory.

CLITHEROE ELECTION.- COMMITTAL OF A
WITNILISS.
. .

At this point,
Mr. G. HAMILTON appeared at the bar, and re-
ported that as Chairman of the Clitheroe Committee, he
had committed a witness named Robert Fowler to the
custody of the Sergeant-at- Arms, for prevarication in
giving his evidence before th,s committee.
The debate was then resuraed by
Lord PALMERSTON, w,ho said the house was greatly
indebted to the right hon. gentleman for introducing this
subject to the house. He thvought the details and ma-
chinery of the bill might be improved in committee ;
but on the understanding that the right hon. gentleman
would give his attention to the subject, he should cor-
dially support the second reading of the bill.
Mr. BRADY objected to the bill, as being impracti-
cable and inadequate to the purpose for which it was
intended. He believed the voluntary system would not
have failed had it not been fo r the introduction of the
contract system which had ast the medical professors
against it.
Sir G. STRICKLAND okiected to the principle of
the bill. He objected to the 'compulsory clause, and he
thought the house went too fa r in passing measures of a
compulsory nature. He thought the voluntaryprinciple
in all things would, in the loin run, always succeed best
in this country.
Mr. FREWEN also objected to the bill.
The bill was then read a second time.
ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY (No. 2.)
BILL.

Lord R. GROSVENOR moved the second reading of
the bill. He had postponed the second reading from
time to time, and had he be pressed to bring it on at
an earlier period he shoule probably have declined
to do so ; but as the financial scheme of the
Chancellor of tbe Exchequer had safely passed
through the ordeal to which iit had been very properly
subjected, and as the returns of the quarter's revenue,
lately published, showed a considerable surplus, he
thought he was not taking an -unjustifiable course in now
pressing for the entire reduction of the tax. The pro-
position of the right hon. gentleman with regard to the
tax had not been at all approved of by the attorneys and
solicitors. He understood that the Government had
been beating up for recruits in all directions, and it was
said that they had succeeded in obtaining the support of
the right hon. gentleman the member for Manchester
and his friends, ou the understanding that the Govern-
ment would take the newspaper taxes into their favour-
able consideration. If the right hon. gentleman the
Chancellor of the Exchequer would give an assurance
that he would take the tax into his consideration next
session, he should not press the bill to a second reading.
Mr. MURROUGH denounced the bill as a political
sham, He never had seen such a ridiculous manner of
advocating the cause of a class as the course adopted by
the noble lord, and he thought that if the noble lord
had taken as straightforward and sincere a course as the
right hon. gentleman the member for Manchester, the
attorneys would now be in as good a position as the
newspaper proprietors were.
Mr. HUME had always been opposed to the abolition
of the tax, but he did not think the hon. gentleman was
advancing the interests of the attorneys by imputing
partial motives to any member of that house.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought
that no imputation could be made on the course which
had been taken by the noble lord the member for Mid-
dlesex. (Hear, hear.) He could not conscientiously
give any assurance that the Government would pledge
itself to any particular year to propose the reduc-
tion of the tax, because, forming the most sanguine esti-
mate-of the resources of the country, and the probable
state'of the revenue, he still thought
here were subjects
beneficial to the solicitors and attorneys as part of the
• community, the claims of which were far more
(Hear, hear.)
important than these.
in the distance a long arrear He could see
coming far higher than these. of financial claims
With regard to the
financial part of the question, though
hthere appeared to
be a surplus of 495,000/., but since elahcaedwrcdhecohnis. financial statement, changes had taken
ifsethpey were to take
siderably reduced that surplus,adavnedrti
enteduty, they
off this tax, as well as the
would be left in an absolute deficirnt
the rrepeal of one or other of these deurtainly, if
forced upon the Government, it certainltyieswowu not be the repeal of the Attorneys' CertificatelfDutalyds which they would propose to the house.
they
acceded to both these requests they would
mence the next year with a deficit instead of a au/TT::
but he was in the hands of the house upon this subject,
and he hoped they would finally settle the matter.
(Hear, hear.) He moved that the bill be read a second
time this day six months.
After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP,
Mr. EWART had repeatedly moved in former years
the repeal of the advertisement duty, and had as repeat.
edly supported the motion of the noble lord the member
for Middlesex, but he could not for a moment hesitate
now in giving his support for the repeal of the advertise-
ment duty in preference to the repeal of the attorneys'
certificate duty.
Mr. 3fAGUIRE urged the claim of the attorneys to
the consideration of the house.
The house then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading lO2
Against it
Majority _B4
The bill was consequently thrown out.
RECOVERY OF PERSONAL LIBERTY BILL.
On the motion for resuming the adjourned debate on
the second reading of this bill,
Mr. BOWYEIF rose to order. He understood that
the second reading was negatived by the division which
took place on the 23d of June, and he wanted to know
how they could resume the 'debate on that question
now?
the
The SPEAKER
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they were strictly in order. At
former occasion
now read a second tth imeq iol°wlli •nchvas "That this bill be
in amendment was moved to leave out all the wordsafter the word
moved " that," in order to invert the words
by the hon.
nd learned member for Bath, and the question which
SPX house had now to decide was whether these words
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~, moment was an unjust attack upon a number of most
il. vatilable institutions, which ministered to the wants of
NI- the sick, provided education for the poor, and pro-

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