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London, England, 1853-03-19 00:00:00

The SPEAKER informed the house that he had re-
ceived a letter intimating that it was not intended to
proceed with the petition against the return for the
county of Tipperary.
A considerable number of petitions were presented
against opening the Crystal Palace on the Lord's-day,
and against the admission of Jews into Parliament.
Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from
printers at Birmingham against all taxes on knowledge ;
also, a petition from the same place in favour of the re-
moval of all Jewish disabilities.
RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

Mr. CARDWELL brought up the report of the
Select Committee on railway management. The report
was ordered to lie on the table.
ROYAL COMMISSION.

Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD, the Usher of the Black Rod,
here entered, and summoned the house to attend the
House of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given to seve-
ral bills which have passed both houses. (For the list
of bills see Lords' report.)
The SPEAKER then left, preceded by the Sergeant-at-
Arms with the Mace, and followed by, on his return, a
few hon. members.
ELECTION FOR MALDON.
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Lord R. GROSVENOR reported that the committee
on the petition for Maldon had come to the resolution
that Mr. Du Cane, and Mr. Taverner J. Miller were not
duly elected for the borough at the last election, and that
the last election was a void election ; also, that Mr. Du
Cane and Mr. Miller were, by their agents, guilty of bribery
and treating, but it had not been proved to the satisfac-
tion of the commitee that it had been committed with
their knowledge and consent. The committee were also
of opinion that corrupt practices had extensively pre-
vailed at elections for that borough.
On the motion of the NOBLE Loan the evidence before
the committee was ordered to be laid on the table. The
noble lord also gave notice that, after the recess, he
should move that the writ be suspended until the 21st
April, and that an address be presented to the Crown
to appoint a commission to inquire into the existence of
corrupt practices in that borough. (Hear, hear.)

COUNTY OF WESTMEATH.
The SPEAKER informed the house that the parties
did not intend to proceed with the petition against the
return for Westmeath.

INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the house, at its ris-
ing, do adjourn until Monday, the 4th of April, and
announced that after this motion was disposed of he
should move that the order of the day have precedence
of notices of motion on Thursdays.
Viscount JOCELYN took the opportunity of asking
the President of the Board of Control whether any and
what measures have been taken according to the recom-
mendation of the Governor-General of India, in his
lordship's minute dated the 27th day of February,
1851, to appropriate a portion of the revenues of the ter-
ritory withdrawn from Ali Morad, Ameer of Upper
Scinde, as a penalty for forgery, to the relief. of

the Ameers of Scinde and w their families, who
were dispossessed of their territories in 1843 by
the orders of the British Government. The noble
lord reminded the house that last session he
brought the whole subject of Scinde affairs under the
consideration of Parliament, and it was now only neces-
sary for him to state that a Commission of Inquiry had
reported that Ali Morad was unjustly deprived of his
rights. Now, he thought the present was an appropriate
time to make the amende honorable mentioned in his
question. _

Sir C. WOOD (President of the Board of Control),
declined going into any discussion on this subject ; but,
with regard to the question, he could only state that
Mr. Frere had been instructed to make an inquiry into the
whole case. In the meantime, a liberal allowance was
made to the whole family of deposed Scindian sove-
reigns.

Mr. DISRAELI had given notice of his intention to
inquire whether it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to take steps for establishing gold as a legal tender
in our Indian territories ; but as he intended to found a
motion upon this subject, he should defer his question
until after Easter.

The motion for the adjournment of the house was then
agreed to, after a few words from Mr. Hums.

ORDERS OF THE DAY.
Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that after• Easter
orders of the day should take precedence of notices of

motion.

Mr. DISRAELI objected to the motion. He did

not wish to throw any obstacles in the way of the ad-
vancement of public business, but the house ought to
pause before they consented to give up any of their
constitutional privileges, of which Thursday night
notices formed a part. (Hear, hear.) What were the
circumstances under which the motion was made ?
Why the pubhc business had never been so much ad-
vanced at this period of the session, as it was at pre-
sent, while they were called upon to adjourn for an un-
usual length of time. Such was not, however,
the state of affairs in 1847, when the noble
lord proposed that, after the 19th of April, orders of
the day should take precedence on every alternate Thurs-
day, but that motion was opposed by the present First
Lord of the Admiralty, though it was true it was ulti-
mately carried. In 1851 this concessionwas sought only on
the Ist of July, but even then, although he did not divide
the house upon the motion, he took objection to it, and
said it would be establishing a dangerous precedent to
agree to it. The result had proved that he was right
in his apprehensions. In 1841, when this motion was
made, there were 45 bills on the papers, but now there
were only 25, and he really did think that this proposal
ought to be postponed until after Easter, or he must
give it his unqualified opposition.
Mr. WILLIAMS also opposed the motion, and ex-
pressed his belief that the Government would btain no
additional time by carrying it, because advantage would
then be taken to make independent motions upon going
into committee of supply.
Lord J. RUSSELL said the practice of the house had
been to give three days to independent members, and
two to the Government. Hitherto that had worked well,
but of late years the Government had been pressed to take
up great public questions which ought to remain in the
hands of private members, and under these circumstances
it was indispensably necessary that the Government
should have another day placed at its disposal. For the
last 20 years the Government had been compelled to
give up an inquiry of bills of the greatest importance,
because there had been no time to pass them through
the various stages. Now, was that a state of things
which ought to continue. He thought not, and that
was the reason for his making the present motion. After
Easter, many subjects of the utmost importance would
have to be taken up; such as the Financial Scheme and the
Income Tax, besides that of Education, which he intended
to bring forward the very first day after Easter. (Hear,
hear.) There was another question of great interest,
namely, the bill for the registration of lands, which
would have to be discussed, and, on the whole, he
thought the house could not do better than agree to the
motion. _ _

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE did not think the practice of
keeping the Thursdays for independent members had
worked so well as was supposed, for it very often hap-
pened that there was " no house," or a " count out,"
on a Thursday, and by adopting the motion, that evil
would be got rid of.
Lord R. GROSVENOR did intend to vote against the
motion, but he thought an exception ought to be made
in favour of hon. members who had their names in the
ballot box for motions. (Hear.)
Mr. WALPOLE admitted that there was still a good
deal of business on hand besides that specified by the
noble lord, such as the question of India, and that of
secondary punishments, which ought to be brought on
after Easter, and every facility ought to be given to the
Government for conducting the public business. But
still he thought Government ought to be content to take
the alternate Thursday, and to that extent he was ready
to support the motion.
Lord PALMERSTON thought the speech of the right
hon. gentleman opposite ought to be sufficient to induce
the house to adopt the whole motion, but nevertheless
he had no doubt his noble friend would be quite
ready to postpone the commencement of the rule
until after the 18th of April, so that the existing notices
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asked for when the proper time arrived ; but at present
it was too much to ask for every Thursday.
Mr. HUME said it would be time enough to ask for
additional days when the house was in possession of the
measures which the Government intended to propose,
but at all events there was no necessity for passing this
motion before Easter.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he had no objection to
substitute the 18th of April for the 4th.
Mr. DEEDES moved as an amendment that the date
be " on and after the 2d of May" next ; but after a brief
discussion the amendment was withdrawn, at the sug-
gestion of Mr. F. French.
The house then divided, when there appeared—
For the motion ..............................171
Against it .................................. .. 139

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Majority
The motion was accordingly agreed to.
HULL ELECTION.
Mr. LABOUCHERE gave notice that on Tuesday, the
sth of April, he should move for an address to the Crown
for a commission to inquire into the state of the represen-
tation of the borough of Hull.
NORWICH ELECTION PETITION.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Tuesday, the
sth of April, he should call the attention of the house to
the report of the select committee on the Norwich election
petition, and move that the resolution of the house on the
14th of February last, for discharging that petition, be re-
scinded.

Mr.BANKES presented a petition from a farmers' club
in Dorset praying for the repeal of the-malt tax; also,
three petitions from Dorset against opening any public
places of amusement on the Lord's day.
Sir E. DERING presented a petition from Kent
against the admission of Jews into Parliament.
Mr. DUNDAS presented a petition from members of
the Free Church of Scotland against the grant to May-
nooth.
Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from the metro-
polis against the admission of Jews into Parliament.
Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from working men
in Whitechapel against the Crystal Palace being opened
on Sundays.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Glasgow
against a bill for regulating the opening of public-houses
in Scotland.
Mr. LOWE presented a petition from the guardians
of the poor at Kidderminster, in favour of the county
rates being taken out of the Consolidated Fund ; also,
a petition from the same place, praying for the repeal of
the Militia Bill, and in favour of international arbitra-
tion in lieu of war.
COUNTY OF TIPPERARY ELECTION.