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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 Portsmouth Railway
Ililt were considered and agreed to.
The followinc, bills were read a third time and
passed :—Blyth and Tyne Railway ; Fisher's Divorce;
Milford Haven Docks ; Monmouthshire Railway and
Canal ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail-
way (Wolverhampton Station, &c.)

SOUTH DEVON AND TAVISTOCK RAILWAY

BILL.

On the motion that this bill be considered with a view
to its being read a third time,
Mr. S. HERBERT wished that the motion should
be postponed for a few days.
Sir J. Y. BULLER objected to any postponement,
as the third reading had already been delayed once.
Mr. COLLIER said the postponement of this bill
would have the 'effect of throwing it out altogether.
Mr. SOTHERON hoped the request for a postpone-
ment would not be pressed.
Mr. S. HERBERT deferred to the feeling of the
house, and withdrew his opposition.
Mr. LOCKE gave it as his opinion that sooner or
later the narrow gauge would have to be extended to
the west as far as Plymouth, and it would be a national
calamity to allow a small measure like this to interfere
with the accomplishment of that object.
After a few words from Mr. L. HEYWORTII, the bill
was ordered to be read a third time.
WEXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Mr. GROGAN moved that the order that the report
on the Wexford Junction Railway Bill do lie on the table
be read and discharged. That the bill be re-committed
to the former committee, with leave to sit and proceed
to-morrow.

Sir J. HANMER opposed the motion, on the ground
that it was not shown► that the company had the means
of constructing the railway.
Mr. J. FITZGE:RALD and Mr. F. FRENCH sup-
ported the motion-.
The house then, divided, when there appeared—
For the rdotion 49
Against it

Majority against it
The motion was accordingly negatived.
Mr. O'ELAHERTY moved that the Galway Im
prevenient Bill, and the Galway Harbour Bill, be re
committed.

PETITIONS.
Mr. 13ALL presented several petitions from dissenting
bodies, against the Government Education Bill.
Mr. MIL and Mr. L. HEYWORTH presented
petitions to the same effect.
Mr. COBBETT presented petitions from Oldham
against the Registration of Assurances Bill.
BRIBERY AND TREATING AT ELECTIONS.
Mr. WALPOLE gave notice that, on Tuesday next,
he should move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the
law relating to bribery and treating at elections.
INDIA BILL.
Mr. WARITER gave notice that to-morrow he should
ask the Government whether, in the event of the Go-
vernment of India Bill being read a second time, they
would consent to the introduction of a clause to limit
its operation to a limited and short term of years.
WEST INDIA LOAN.
In reply to Mr. TOLLESIACHE,
Mr. WILSON said the attention of the Treasury
had recently been directed to the subject of the West
India Loan. It would be remembered that in 1843, a
hurricane occurred in the West Indies, which caused a
great destruction of property in Antigua, Monserrat,
and Nevis, and the British Government afterwards
agreed to advance to those three Islands the sum of
150,0001., upon their undertaking to pay 4 per cent.
interest on the loan, and to repay the capital by instal-
ments of 10 per cent. Antigua had paid about 9,0001.
of her share of the debt, and another instalment would
become due in August next, but the other two had not
paid anything but the interest. An application had
recently been made to the Government to reduce the rate
of interest, and the Treasury having had the matter under
its consideration, it had come to the following determina-
tion, viz., to recommend the Government to modify the
terms of the loan in this manner :—Antigua should be
required to pay up the instalment due in August next,
and then the balance should be paid by yearly instal-
ments of 5 instead of 10 per cent., while the interest
should be reducel from 4 to n per cent., and I,per cent.
charged by the local government for managing the loan
entirely remitted. The same terms would be open to
the other two islands when they should have placed
themselves in the same position as Antigua with regard
to the payment of the overdue instalments ; but a con-
dition would be added to the effect that, in the event of
any of the islands failing to keep the new terms, the
Government should be at liberty to revert to the old
contract.
TRANSFER OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. V. SCULLY moved the second reading of this
Lill. The bill was confined entirely to Ireland ; and, after
many years' study of the subject, it was his sincere
opinion that a measure of this kind was the fittest to re-
medy the evils of Ireland. The act of 1848 was too
overburdened with technicalities. It was a mistake to
suppose that the incumbrance of property was entirely
owing to the reckless conduct of proprietors ; but defi-
ciencies of the system of transfer and register of land in
that country had had quite as much to do with it. Of
course, local distress and the poverty of the country had
had a considerable effect in hastening that con-
clusion. A bill had been introduced in 1850
for the security of repayment of advances which went
to some extent in the direction of this bill, but not so
far as was desirable. When that bill was introduced a
meeting of Irish landlords was held in Dublin, which
passed resolutions approving of the principle of the bill,
but recommending that its provisions should be greatly
extended. His bill was founded entirely on the string
of resolutions agreed to at this meeting, and he believed
that if the house would pass the bill it would do much
towards increasing the property of Ireland. He pro-
posed free trade in land, that every mall should have
the power of disposing of his land as he liked during
life or after his death. He trusted that the Govern.
ment would take up the bill, but if they did not he
should be satisfied with the bill receiving a second read-
ing this session, and next year, should he be in Parlia-
ment, he would pledge himself that he would lose no
opportunity of pressing it forward.
Sir J. YOUNG said there was no objection to the
second reading of this bill, on the contrary, he thought
the house ought to be much indebted to the lion. and
learned gentleman for having brought it forward. It
was right, however, that lie should mention that the
Government intended to appoint a commission to inquire
into the whole subject of the sale and tenure of land, and
no doubt that commission would turn its attention to
this and other similar bills. There was a strong desire
in this country to simplify the mode of tranferring and
securing titles to land ; and the house ought to be much
indebted to the hon. and learned gentleman for the
ability and clearness with which he had dealt with the
subject so far as Ireland was concerned.
After a few words from Mr. NAPIER and Mr. HEAD-
LAM, the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
referred to the select committee on the registration o
assurances.

COURT OF COMMON LAW (IRELAND) BILL.
The committee on this bill was then resumed, and the
remaining clauses were agreed to.

ELECTIONS BILL.
This bill was passed through committee.
SEAMAN'S SAVINGS' BANKS BILL.

This bill was read a second time and ordered to be
committed this day fortnight.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES (IRELAND) BILL.

Mr. C. FORTESCUE moved the second reading of
this bill, the object of which was to extend the Public
Libraries Act of 1850, to Ireland.
The bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed this day week.

PUBLIC HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
This bill was passed through committee.
SHERIFFS' COURTS (SCOTLAND) DILL.
This bill was considered as amended, and ordered to
be read a third tide on Friday next.

LIVERPOOL ELECTION.
Mr• PRESUFIELD moved that Mr. Speaker do
issue his warrant to the clerk of the crown to snake out
a new writ for the electing of two burgesses to serve in
this present Parliament for the borough of Liverpool, in
the room of Charles Turner
whose elections
and William Forbes Macken-
zie Esqs.,
void. Nothing came
out
in the
have been determined to be
tify the suspension of the writ.
committee which could jus-
hgainst the late memberswnt. The treating established
kind, and the committee wwearse unanimously of opinion
of the most moderate
that the evidence was not of that
further inquiry on the suspension nature to sanction any
day. There ought, therefore, to
be of the writ for a single
'potion. no objection to this
Lord D. STUART said it had been his
move that the vote at the next electi onf intention to
should be taken by way of ballot ; bur Liverpool
lie Was •
in-
formed by the Speaker that he could not do it as an
amend-
ment to, this motion, and he had no alternative llst to
move that the writ be suspended until the 20th of July
next, in order that he might have time to move
for leave to bring in a bill to carry out his
first intention. His object in making this motion Was
not to punish the electors, but to afford an opportunity
Of testing the efficacy of the ballot in preventing corrupt
practices at elections for large towns. The noble lord

was proceeding to combat the arguments which had
been used on former occasions against the ballot, but
Lord J. MANNERS rose to order, as it was mani-
festly irregular to refer to -a--speech which had been
made in a former debate, and upon a totally different

question.
The SPEAKER decided that the noble lo_d was out
of order ; and
Lord D. STUART said he would abstain f. ern quoting
these speeches again, though it was a very common
practice to do what he bad done. This was not the first
time that Liverpool bad been convicted of bribery and
treating, for Messrs. Ewart and Denison were unseated
on the same ground in 1831, when the writ was sus-
pended in the same manner that he now proposed,
to give the Marquis of Chandos time to bring in a bill
to prevent corruption at the next election. It was not,
however, on the ground of the corruptibility of Liver-
pool that he made this motion, but as he had already
stated, to test the ballot in a large town.
The noble lord spoke up to six o'clock, when the
SPEAKER adjourned the house until to-morrow at four.