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JUDICATVRE_ OF SCOTLAND.

Lord GIFFORD presented a petition front the inhabitants
of Wigtonshire, in Scotland, who prayed their Lordships to ac-
cede to the Judicature of Scotland Bill. •

Upon the motion of Viscount MELVILLE, the House
proceeded to the third reading of the above named Bill, when
one of. the claus2s was agreed to be re-drawn, and some
slight amendments were .made ; after which the Bill (as
amended) was read a third time, passed, and messaged to the
Commons.

GARDENS, ORCHARDS, NURSERIES.
Lord SUFFIELD now moved the second reading of a Bill
(introduced yesterday by the Lord Chancellor), entitled an'
" Act for making further provision by law for the protection of
property in Orchards, Gardens, and Nursery Gardens." The
present Bill was accordingly read a second time, and ordered
to be committedfor to-morrow.
Upon the motion of the Earl of SIIAFTESBURY the An-
nual Duties Bill and the Irish judicial Commission Inquiry
Bill were read a second-time, and understood to be committed
for to-morrow, to which day their Lordships then adjourned.

POUSE OF COMMONS.
BRITISH GAS COMPANY.
Lnrd LOWTHER moved the Order of the :Thy for the se-
cond reading of the British Gas Company Bill.
Mr. .Alderman-WOOD opposed the Bill; by the provisions
of which, although it was ostensibly to enable the Company to
sue and be sued in the name of their Chairman, the Company
might enter any town in the kingdom and break up the pave-
ment for the purpose of completing any contract, no matter how
trifling, which they might have undertaken.
Lord LOWTI-11:R defended the Bill.

After a conversation, in which Mr:M. A, Taylor, Mr. J. P.
Grant, %Ir. P. Grenfell, Mr. S. Wortley, Mr. C. Calvert, Mr.
Alderman Heygate, Mr. Ellice, and Mr. Maberly took part, the
gallery was cleared for a division which however did not take
place; the Bill W:l3 read a second time anti ordered to be coin.
mitted.

The Stockport Gas Bill was, on the motion of Lord Lowther,
read a third time and passed.
31r. 31. A. TA VLO ft presented a petition from the Imperial
Gas Company against the British Gas Company Bill.—Order-
ed to lie on the table.

NEW CORN EXCHANGE.
Mr. CURTEIS moved the Order of the Day for the second
reading of the New Corn-Exchange Bill.
The SPEAKER, before putting the question, begged leave
to state, that being astonished by the Report of the Committee
upon the bill, which declared that it did not come within the
Standing Orders, he had inquired of the Clerk respecting it,
and was informed that the Committee had acted upon what they
were taught to believe was his (the Speaker's) opinion upon that
point. Now, so far was he from having expressed himself up-
on the subject, that he had never 'heard of the Bill, except in
that House. The Report of the Committee declared, that
the Bill being for the erection of a Corn-Exchange, and not
a Corn Market, took it out of the Standing Orders, which
referred only to the erection of " Markets." But the Bill
and
purposes, a Bill for the erection of a
net t ents
christened Exchange," he could not help
feeling astonished at the conclusion to which the Committee
being,ai "although
had arrived, in declaring that it did not come within the Stand-
ing Orders. •. •
11.1 r. CLIRTEIS had been Chairman of the Committee and
never heard a word about an " Exchange." ,
Mr. CA LCRAFT complimented the Speaker upon the clear
point of view in which he had put the subject; and being op-
posed to the principle of the Bill; would move as an amendment
that it be•read a second time that clay six months. .• • L •
• Sir M. W. RIDLEY seconded the amendment, which, after
.a few words from Mr. Alderman WOW, was carried. The bill
wag o:nequally lost.
Mr. C. CALVERT presented a petition from W. Jones ar.d
J. Jones, against the South London Docks Bill—Referred to
the Committee on the Bill.

•
Mr: PHILLIPS presented a petition from the Pawnbrokers
of Manchester, against the London and Manchester Equitable
Loan Bill.—Referred to the Committee on the
Lend STANLEY presented a petition from certain Inhabi-
tants and Surveyors of Highways of a certain parish in Liver-
pool, against the Bill for the better regulating of the buildings
in that town.—Referred to the Committee on the fill.
NEW NORTH ROAD—FLEET-MARKET.
Mr. C. CALVERT presented the Report of the Committee
on Standing Orders, which declared, that in the case of the New
Nor
be th
d Road and:
sFleh. et-market, the Standing Orders ought not
tu wit

The Report was agreed to, and the intended Bill was conse-
quently lost for the present Session.
CORN IS!! RAI L-ROA
Mt. LYTTLETON presented a petition from certain Owners
of mines and Collieries, against the Cornish Rail-road.—Re-
ferred to the Committee on the Bill.
WATER-WORKS. •

Mr. WILSON presented petitions from the East London
Water-works Company, against the, Metropolitan Water-works,
and against the London Water-works Company.—Laid on the
table.
GAS LIGHTS.
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Mr. DENNISON presented- a. petition from the Gas Light
and coke Company, against the British Gas Company._Laid
On the • table. •
• • • '. 1 ' ROOMS FOR COMMITTEES.
Mr. CA LCRAFT complained of the want of room for the
Sitting of Committees. He came down to the House that even-
ing a 'few minutes before the tirnefor business, and found the
body of the House.occupied by one hundred and fifty persons.
The House ought not to be turned to' such uses. The Com.
.mitiee-looms 'already existing ought to be enlarpd in size; they

were mere closets. He hoped the Right Hon-Gentleman op-
Posite would take the subject into consideration.
Mr. S. WORTLEY agreed with the observations of the
Hon. Member. He himself had seen two Committees sitting
in one room, and Lawyers addressing each Committee at the
same time.—(A laugh.)
Mr. PEEL admitted, that every gentleman who had been a
Member of a Committee could not but acknowledge the cor-
rectness of the Honourable Member's observation on the incon-
veniences arising from the want of a sufficient number of
Committee-rooms. The subject was certainly deserving of
consideration; and, as far as he (Mr. Peel) was officially con-
nected with a remedy of the inconvenience, he should give the
matter his most prompt and particular attention.—(Hear !)
Mr. LYTTLETON trusted that the occupation of the body
of the House by Committees would not be again permitted.
The SPEAKER stated, that it was himself who, on applica-
tion to him, had directed the Serjeant at Arms to open the
House to the Committee alluded to. Ile agreed with those
Members who thought that au alteration of the custom was ne-
cessary, but was himself of opinion that the desired alteration
could not take place in the present Session.
MR. GOURLA Y.
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Mr. J. BENET presented a petition from Ali'. Robert Gour-
lay, complaining of injuries suffered by himin person and pocket
in consequence of the delays in-the proceedings in the Court of
Chancery.—Laid on the table. , . .. .
COUNTY RATES.

The same Hon. Member .presented a petition from the Ma-
gistrates of Wilts, complaining of the increasing weight of the
County Rates.—Laid on the table.

HOUSE AND WINDOW TAXES

Mr. LINDSAY presented a petition from the Corporation
and Inhabitants of Perth, praying a repeal of the above taxes.
Ordered to be printed.
CATHOLIC BILL.

Mr. ESTCOURT wished to ask a question of the Hon.
Member for Westminster relative to the next discussion of the
Catholic Emancipation Bill. He (Mr. E.) had heard that the
second reading of that Bill was fixed' between the Hon. Ba-
ronet and his political friends for the 14th 'of April ; that day
would fall in the middle of the Quarter Session week, when
those Members who were Magistrates would be engaged in at-
tending their. Magisterial duties in the Courts of Session. The
Hon. Baronet's arrangement would be very inconvenient to
those Gentlemen. He wished to be informed whether the re.-
ported arrangement had really been made ; if it had been, he
trusted the Hon. Baronet would alter it for one (suppose the
week after that) more convenient to Hon. Members on both
sides of the House.

Sir F. BURDETT stated in answer (as we understood him)
that the 14th was the day fixed for the second reading; but
as to the requested alteration, he begged to be allowed time till
to-morrow for consulting many persons more immediately in.
terested in the fate of the question.
Mr. PEEL expressed his opinion that the :postponement of
it for a week 'further would be most convenient. He hoped
there would be no objection to fixing it for the 21st. He trust.
ed that the Hon. Baronet, who was so anxious :nr the fullest
discussion of the important question, would not object to it.—
However, it was placed between two inconvenient periods—the
Quarter Session week and the following on which the New-
market races would be held.—(Hear ! and a laugh.)—A discus..
sion the latter week would also be inconvenient to some Hon.
Members—(a laugh)—but, however, less generally so than the
week preceding. Beside there was a rumour of an intention on
the part of Gentlemen opposite to bring forward other measures
connected with that question. He thought it but just in those
gentlemen to give the opponents of the question fair notice and
sufficient time to consider those intended measures. Before lie
concluded he would take that opportunity of stating that it was
his intention to take the sense of the House on the second read;
ing of the Bill..—(Hear !)

kr. TIERNEir' hoped that his Hon. Friend would not post-
pone the second reading, but rather hasten its progress through
the House, and send it up,to the Lords as soon as the forms
would allow. The other House would want time to consider
and discuss the question at large • if it should go up to them
about the Ist of May, they would reasonably say, " Why
have we not had it sooner; we have not had time to consider
it." The present delay arose not from the wishes of that side
of the House, but from the intervention of the Assizes, which
had taken many Members from their attendance on Parlia-
mentary duties. As to the Newmarket race week, he would
say, - without the slightest reference to the Right Hon. Secre-
tary, that there would be as many Protestant Members as
Catholic found attending them.,-(A laugh.)—lt was but fair
to give the Lords 'ample time for 'the consideration of the sub-
ject, a thing which could be done only by sending it speedily
through the House. No county business, however important,
could come up to the vast magnitude and intrinsic importance
of the question of Catholic Emancipation—a clear month's no-
tice had been given. The Hon. Member concluded by hoping
that. his Hon. Friend would not consent to postpone the
measure.

Mr. PEEL trusted that Hon. 'Members opposite would do
him the credit not to suspect that he had any secret motives in
requesting a postponement of the discussion..(No, no ! from
the Opposition.)—He, however, could not help thinking that
the present arrangement was a departure from the practice of
Parliament—(Heer !)—lt was most unusual to proceed to a
second reading on the eve of a recess, and read it a third time
immediately on their re-assembling. Even-Many Gentlemen
"who took a different view from himself of the general question,
entertained a Wish to obtain time to consider the other intended
subsequent measures.—( Hear !)
Mr. TIERNEY explained.

Sir F. BURDETT would be happy to make the period of
discussion convenient to all parties, but would be obliged to
the lion, Member who interrogated him, if he would allow
him to decline giving an answer until he should have consulted
with his friends.