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sea Valley Railway ; Wimbledon and Croydon Railway;
Worcester and Hereford Railway ; Milford Haven
Docks.

PETITIONS.
Mr. TURNER presented a petition from Liverpool
against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays.
Mr. M. SMITH presented a petition from the Arch-
deacon of Rochester, against the admission of Jews into
Parliament, and a similar petition from Tonbridge.
Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Wolver-
hampton, in favour of international arbitration.
Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee,
against University Tests.
Mr. BROWN presented ,a petition from the post-
masters in Lancashire praying for a modification of the
post-horse and carriage tax.
Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a number of petitions
from various parts of the country against the admission
of Jews into Parliament.
Mr. BUTLER presented two petitions—one from
Bishopsgate, and the other from Bermondsey—against
the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays.
Mr. EWART presented a petition from a place in
Scotland, praying for the repeal of the taxes on know-
ledge.

LASLETT presented a petition from Winchester
against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays.
Mr. PHINN presented a petition from Maidstone,
praying the house to introduce a clause into the Crimi-
nal Assaults on Women Bill, sanctioning corporal pun-
ishment.

Mr. COLLIER presented a petition from the Guar-
dians of Plymouth praying for a revision of the law of
settlement.
ELECTION PETITIONS. •
The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had
received a letter from the agent to the petitioner in the
case of the Carlow election petition, stating that it was
not intended to proceed with said petition ; also a letter to
the same effect from the agents in the cases of Lisburn,
Salisbury, and Cashel.
NOTICE OF MOTION.
Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND gave notice that when
the motion came on for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical
Titles Act, he Ahould move for a call of the house as an
amendment.
Col. HARCOURT gave notice of his intention to
move an amendment to the 4th clause of the County Fi-
nancial Boards Bill.
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make in the management of the Customs.

CLERGY RESERVES.
Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to ask Lord John Rus-
sell what, in the opinion of her Majesty's Government,
will be the force and effect of the guarantee upon the
Consolidated Fund, in sec. 8, of the act 3 and 4 Vic. o.
78, in the event of the Clergy Reserves being secularised
by the Legislature of Canada.
Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government had not
asked for a written opinion from the law officer of the
Crown, but they had commualsitated to him verbally that
in the event of the secularisaTion of the clergy reserves
there would be no claim mule on the Consolidated Fund.

POOR LAWS.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE wished to ask thti President of
the Poor Law Board whether it was the intention of the
Government to bring forward, during the present session,
measures either to alter or repeal the laws with respect
to pauper settlement in England and Wales. And, if
bills with that or any other poor law objects are to be
proposed, at what period they anelikely to be upon the
table of the house. a

Mr. BAINES replied that notice had already been
given of a similar question, but all that he could now
Sate was, that on Monday next the noble load the mem-
ber for the City of London, would state the views and
intentions of the Government upon this subject.

UNIVERSITIES.
Mr. M. MILNES wished to ask Lord John Russell
whether in his declaration of the intentions of the Go-
vernment on the subject of the reform of the Universi-
ties, he intended to imply that the support and assistance
of the Government would be given to such colleges as
may be desirous to obtain the aid of Parliament to
enable them to dispense with their obligations to their
present statutes, and to substitute such other statutes as
may seem to them advisable for the advantage of their
separate societies and for the public good.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he could not bind the Go
vernment to the extent which the question went, but
the Government would be prepared to go with the
authorities of the Iliiiversities as far as they could.
LOSS OF STEAM-VESSELS.
Mr. FREDERICK DUNDAS wished to ask the
Lord-Advocate whether he has received any report,
from the local authorities at Aberdeen, of the circum-
stances connected with the Duke of Sutherland steamer,
on entering the harbour of Aberdeen on the afternoon
of Friday, the Ist instant ; and whether it was intended to
adopt any means by which, in future, the rocket appa-
ratus and life-boats usually resorted to in cases of ship-
wreck, may be rendered more available and efficient.

The LORD ADVOCATE said he had not yet received
any report on the subject, but special directions had
been given for a full inquiry into the whole circum-
stances of the case.

Mr. KENNEDY wished to ask the President of the
Board of Trade whether any investigation had been
made by her Majesty's Government into the causes of
the numerous disasters which have recently occurred in
the coasting and channel traffic of the United Kingdom,
more particularly those having reference to the following
vessels :—The Minerva, the Prince Arthur, and the
Duke of Sunderland, with a view to the prevention of
such occurrences ? And whether any, or what steps,
had been taken by her Majesty's Government on the
report made by Captain Walker of the causes attending
the late wreck of the steam-ship Queen Victoria, of
Dublin ?

Mr. CARDWELL said the local authorities were
constantly instructed to make reports upon the subject
of these occurrences, and the Board of Trade was now
engaged inquiring into the circumstances attending all
of these cases.

On the motion of Viscount MONCK a new writ was
ordered for the City of Carlow, in the room of Col.
Bruen, deceased.

CLERGY RESERVES.
On the motion for the third reading of this bill,
CLERGY RESERVES (CANADA).

On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill,
Mr.WALPOLE moved that it be read a third time that
day six months. The right hon. gentleman said that enter-
taining as he did a very strong opinion on the subject, he
trusted he should be permitted to state the more prominent
reasons that induced him to resist the further progress of
this bill. He was the more anxious to do so in consequence
of the discussion that took place in committee, and the
strange admissions then made on the part of the Govern-
ment, and partly also in consequence of the somewhat sin-
gular, and certainly surprising, announcement made upon
the subject that evening by the noble lord the member for
London. It was clear to him from the discussion in com-
mittee that the principle on which the bill had been recom-
mended to thehouse was not strictly that upon which it had
been framed; nay, more, he thought it would appear that th
main effect and object of the measure was not exactly what
it was represented to be, and that it would have a different
operation from that which constituted the principle upon
which it was stated to have been framed. At the time of
the second reading they were told that the great object of
the measure was to give to the Canadian Legislature the
fullest powers upon all matters of purely local concern and
interest, but in committee it appeared that it would not be
confined to those matters, but in fact related to investments
made in this country, and enabled the Canadian Legislature
to deal with those investments under the plea of local self-
government, though not local interest was in any way af-
fected by them. Again, at the time of the second reading
they were told that the effect of the bill would be to put
the English and Scotch Churches on precisely the same foot-
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the settlement of 1840 was not a compact in the sense of
its being a national engagement, but in committee the 3d
clause was withdrawn on the expressi ground that the set-
tlement of 1810 was a compact as far asit affected the lia-
bility of this country. These were inconsistencies and ano-
malies which convinced him that this bill was not drawn
up with that consideration which might be expected from
the Government. Now, let them consider upon what
principle the bill was founded, and what were the con-
siderations which induced the Government to introduce
it. They were most ably stated by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and he thought the argument upon which
the Government justified the measure so put by the
right hon. gentleman might resolve itself into these two
main points—first, that it was the duty of Parliament to
give to the Canadian Legislature the largest powers with
reference to matters of purely local self-government, and,
secondly, that if those powers were diminished or abridged,
there was a danger of provoking discontent in the colony,
or of a collision between the Canadian Legislature and the
Imperial Parliament. He was not going to dispute the
question of local self-government, for he was for giving
such power in the fullest sense of the word as soon as a
a colony was capable of receiving it, and undertaking the
responsibility of constitutional government ; but he
doubted whether the question of self-government strictly
arose on this occasion, and for this reason, that he thought
there were anterior obligations resting on the Imperial
Parliament, to take care that certain rights, which had
been guaranteed by Parliament should be preserved to
those for whom they were intended. And, if that were
so, it was their business to inquire whether the Imperial
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