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London, England, 1849-07-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF- COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair ,hortly after Twelve.

REPORT.

The report on the New North Road Continuation Bill
was further considered and agreed to.

SECOND READING.

llogliton's Divorce Bill was read a second time and
ordered to be committed.
PETITIONS.

Mr. T. D'EYNCOURT presented several petitions
from different parts of Lambeth in favour of the Pro-
tection of Women Bill. _ _ _

Mr. GODSON presented a petition from the clerks of
the Palace Court praying for some small compensation
in case of the abolition of the Palace Court.

Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from Lincoln
iu favour of the Marriage Affinity Bill.
Mr. BROTIIERTON presented a petition from Sad •
dleworth praying that no new licences might be granted
to beer houses.

Mr. W. BROWN presented petitions to the same
effect from ditresent parts of Lancashire.

Mr. W. PATTEN presented petitions from Lanca-
shire in favour of the People's Charter.
HIGHWAY (DISTRICT SURVEYORS) BILL.
Mr. FREWEN moved the second reading of this Bill.
His only object in bringing forward the Bill was to have
a district surveyor appointed. The Bill was founded
entirely on certain clauses in the Highway Act,
which could not be carried out unless the
present Bill was adopted. He knew of in.
stances in bis own county (Leicestershire) where
the surveyor was appointed sulely by the au-
thority of the proprietors of the districts through
which the road run, and these roads were always in the
best order, and the expense less than in any other parts.
Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND opposed the Bill.
In all the districts with which be was acquainted great
opposition was made to the Bill. This seemed to him
to be one of the instances of meddling legislation to in-
crease county rates and expenses, which were always
being brought before the House. He should move that
the Bill be read a second time that day six months.
Mr. RICE thought the only objection to the Bill was
the time of the session at which it was introduced.
Nothing could be worse than the present system of road
surveying.
Sir JOHN TROLLOPE thought it would be much
better.f his Hon. Friend withdrew this Bill for the pre-
sent at least. He thought that this measure would be
better introduced by the Government. He should,
therefore, vote for the amendment.

Lord H. VANE would also support the amendment.
Mr. CORNEWALL LEWIS could not think that it
would be desirable to proceed further at present to legis-
late on this subject. He was not, however, unfavourable
t o the general principle, but the machinery was very
complicated, and it was almost impossible to carry it into
operation. He hoped that it would not be proceeded with.
Mr. BECKETT DENISON thought that it would
be very advisable to withdraw the Bill, for it was absurd
to think that it could be gone through with at this
period of the session.
Mr. TATTON EGERTON supported the principle
of the Bill, and hoped to hear an answer from the Go-
vernment that a measure of this sort would be intro-
duced.

Sir GEORGE GREY thought that the real objection
to the Bill was the increased expenditure which it would
entail on the county rates. He had no objection to say
that Government were favourable to such a measure, and
his Hon. Friend the Under-Sec etary of State had long
had his attention directed to the subject.
After some observation from Mr, GOULBURN,
Mr. VERNON SMITH advised his Hon. Friend to
persevere with the B 11.
Mr. BANKES thought that if his Hon. Friend fol-
lowed the advice of the Right Hon. Gentleman who had
just sat down, he would greatly benefit the country.
Mr. ROBERT PALMER would support the Bill on
the ground that it was a short Bill and aimed only at
one object, and was therefore more intelligible.
Captain HARRIS said that his experience of com-
prehensive measures had bi en such that he was very
much inclined to fight shy of them, and if the promoter
of this Bill pressed the second reading to a division, he
should certainly vote with him.
Mr. FREWEN explained why the Bill had not been
pressed forward at an earlier period of the session, and
stated that the circumstance had arisen from the position
of the ministerial measures.

Mr. C. LEWIS said that he had alreay stated
that the Government were not by any means unfriendly
to the principles of the Bill, although they greatly ob-
jected to several of the details, and he was prepared to
vote for the second reading, with the understanding that
it should not proceed any further this session than the
affirmation of the principle.
To this Mr. Frewen assented, and after a few words
of observation from Mr. Roebuck, to the effect, that he
trusted those who employed the surveyors would be
obliged to pay them, and from Mr. Becket Denison, ex-
pressing a desire that every surveyor would be limited
to his own parishes, the Bill was read a second time
without a division, and was ordered to be committed this
day week.