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London, England, 1836-03-18 00:00:00

LONDON GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Mr. WILKS presented a petition from the Magistrates of
the Middlesex Sessions against the London Grand Junction
Railway.
LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY.

Mr. WILK S presented a petition from the Commissioners
of a certain turnpike trust against the London and Dover
Railway.

CLYDE NAVIGATION.
Mr. WILKS presented a petition in favour of this Bill.
GLASGOW BRIDGE BILL.
On the motion of Mr. WILKs this Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be committed.
NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Sir G. STRICKLAND presented petitions from Derby
and nine other places in favour of the North Midland Railway
Bill.

LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY.
Mr. HODGES moved that the London and Dover Railway
be referred to the Kent List Committee.
Mr. CRAWFORD observed that the Committee had spe-
cially reported that this Bill should be referred to the same
Committee as that to which Stevenson's aura Rennie's lines had
been referred, as it was a junction of these lines.—Motion
agreed to.

MEDWAY NAVIGATION.
Mr, HODGE S presented a petition in favour of the Medway
Navigation Bill ' • and then moved that the Bill be read a second
time. The Bill was nearly the same as that introduced last
year, but some additional clauses had been introduced to meet
objections that had been then made.
Sir E. KNATCHBULL opposed the second reading.
The Bill was not required, as the very railroad to which the
Hon. Member had referred ran parallel to it. The measure,
he trusted, would not receive the sanction of the House, and
he would, therefore, move that the Bill be read a second time
that day six months.
Captain PECHELL could see no reason why the Bill
should have been again introduced • he had opposed the Bill
last Session, and would most certainly give it his decided op-,
position now.
Mr. WILK S had also given his opposition to the Bill last
Session. They were then informed that some improvement
would be made in the management of the Company. None
had yet taken place, and the agricultural interest, when they
applied for relief, were treated with scorn. There were pro.
visions in the present Bill which he disapproved of ; but he
would support the second reading for the purpose of having
them removed in the Committee.
Mr. G. F. YOUNG deemed the existence of the Com-
pany a great nuisance. He would have been better pleased
had the Bill altogether abolished it, for he decidedly objected
to the controul of a navigable river being placed under the
controul of a Company who had grossly abused the powers
they were possessed of. He would support the second read-
for the purpose of amending the Bill in Committee.
Sir. C. BURRELL supported the amendment.
Mr. APLE AN thought that the Bill ought to be read a
second time, for it was only in a Committee up stairs that
the charges against the Company could be investigated.
Mr. PLUMPTRE said, if this Bill passed, not one of
the Railway Companies would be safe. This one had been
established for 100 years, and had got every thing in action
for the navigation of the river at great expence, and this Bill
would annihilate it. He would support the amendment.
Mr. HU:VIE hoped the House would not be led away by
the statements of the Hon. Member. The Company had got
a monopoly with certain trusts to perform, which they had
most shamefully neglected. What was asked was that they
might go into Committee on this Bill, in order that they
might prove that parties who had had public trusts reposed in
them, had neglected those trusts. Such being the case, could
it be said that Parliament could not interfere? He entreated
the House to vote for the second reading of the Bill, in order
that its merits might be ascertained in Committee.
Mr. HODGES supported the second reading of the Bill.
Sir W. GEARY was as anxious as any man could be- for
a full examination of all the charges that had been made, but
as he looked upon the present Bill as a gross attack upon pri-
vate property, he should oppose the second reading.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw.
The House divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading ..
Against it 46
Majority in favour of the Second Reading '
BRIGHTON RAIL ROAD.
During the exclusion of strangers, we understood that Mr.
Wigney presented a petition from the Commissioners of
Brighton in favour of Sir J. Rennie's line of railroad, and
praying to be heard by Counsel against Mr. Stevenson's line.
MACCLESFIELD SMALL DEBTS' BILL.
Lord STANLEY, during the exclusion of strangers,
moved the third reading"of this Bill.
Mr. ROEBUCK rose to oppose the third reading of the

Bill ; but would first present a petition from Macclesfield
against it, and he would then state the reasons why he j
objected to the Bill. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman
then presented the petition, and proceeded to say that the
principal reason for opposing the Bill was that the Chairman
of the Sessions at Macclesfield, as we understood, was ap-
pointed by persons who were self-elected. If there was any
one thing more than another desirable in a court of justice, it
was that it should be wholly responsible.—( Hear, hear.)
Among other things, this Bill gave to the Chairman the power
of committing persons to prison. Now they had already passed
a Bill for the abolition of punishment for debt, and yet this Bill
went to sanction a practice which they were at the same time
about to pass a law to abolish. This court would be wholly irre-
sponsible, and it would have a power which ought to be taken
away from every body. lie objected above all things to any
private party having this power. He might be asked why
this Bill was not opposed before ? It was opposed, but from
the peculiar way in which the private business of the House
was done, it was utterly impossible, unless attention was called
to it, to know what was going on. He would conclude by
moving that the Bill be read a third time that day six months.
Lord STANLEY said that if some intimation of objections
had been made on the second reading, the Bill might be so
modified as to meet it. He wished to observe to the lion.
and Learned Member for Bath, who brought forward this op-
position to the Bill for the recovery of small debts, that up to
the present moment no single petition had been presented
either against the principle or the details of the Bill.--( Hear,
hear.) He (Lord Stanley) brought forward this Bill at the
earnest request of a large portion of the population, consisting
of 64,000 persons. With respect to the Committee that sat
on this Bill, not only were the two Members for Macclesfield
on the Committee, but every Member of every considerable
place in the neighbourhood, and the clauses of the Bill had
received the unanimous assent and approbation of every man
on the Committee. That was a strong argument against op-
posing the Bill in any stage ; but when at the last moment,
when at the third reading such a motion was made, he thought
he was justified in saying that the Hon. Member should have
brought it forward on the second reading of the Bill. It had
been objected to the Bill that the Barrister who was to preside
was appointed by Lord Derby, the Hereditary Grand Steward,
and therefore that there was a monopoly of patronage in one
individual. The fact was that the Barrister was appointed
by the Commissioneis and removeable by them. These Com-
missioners comprised 150 of the most respectable and influen-
tial persons within the jurisdiction of the Bill, and residing
within the district. They were the persons who had the
power of controlling the proceedings of that Court.—
( Hear.) The power of imprisoning had been objected
to, but by the provisions of the Bill that did
not extend to more than seven days. That power was
still further circumscribed, as it only applied to cases of per-
sons who shifted and changed their lodgings, and refused to
come to any agreement with their creditors to pay by instal-
ments. He (Lord Stanley) believed that the opposition in
the present petition was grounded upon the supposition that
the power of imprisoning was much more extensive than it
really was. If such was the case, then the present petition
fell to the ground. Out of 2,640 persons who had come within
the jurisdiction of that Court,. only 50 persons had gone to
prison for even that short term.—(Hear.) Such were
the provisions of the Bill, and it was on these
grounds that it had received the support of the whole
population of the district. There had not been the slightest
objection throughout, and now a motion had been made, not
by any Hon. Member connected with that district—not on the
second reading of the Bill—but at the last moment, on the
third reading, by the Hon. Member for Bath, who was totally
unconnected with the district.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. AGLIONBY had not known, until within a short
time, that the Bill contained a clause opposed to the principle
of freedom from arrest for debt. That was a clause to which
he should offer every opposition in his power.—(Hear,
hear.) It was one which was contrary to the measure passed.
by the House in the last Session. He could not get the Bill
in its amended shape, but he was informed that the objection-
able principle was still preserved, only with the modification
of limiting the duration of imprisonment. He thought that
the non-payment of debts should not be punished as a fraud,
and while he was in that House he never would be a party to
any Bill where the principle was retained. It was said, if the
other House passed the Bill which received the sanction of
that House last year, the power of imprisonment for
debt contained in that before the House would be

overruled ; but while he had in his own hands the

power of '
objecting to a very bad principle, he would
also endeavour not to allow it to go to a place where
different feelings might be entertained and acted upon. He
should give his most cordial support to the amendment. He
did not look to the quarter whence the opposition to the Bill
proceeded, but, weighing the arguments, he should vote against
the third reading.
Mr. HA WE S—The Noble Lord opposite complained that
no notice had been given by the Member for Bath of his
intention to oppose the Bill on the third reading. Such was
not his intention, for he had not been aware of its provisions un-

til he received a petition from Bath, signed by 5,000 persons,
against its provisions. Creditors generally were opposed to
the abolition of imprisonment for debt, though it was found in
most instances to act prejudicially to them as well as to the
debtors. The Hon. Member concluded by reading an extract
from the Report of the Commissioners on small debts in Scot-
land, and he entreated the House not to sanction the principle
contained in the Bill.

Lord STANLEY hoped the House would allow him to
remark that, having looked at the petition, he found there
were no names attached to the sheet on which the petition
was written, and the paper
.was of a different kind from
that on which the signatures were placed.—( Hear, hear.)
He had never seen this petition before, and having now seen
it, he thought he should not have done his duty unless he had
stated the facts to the House.

Mr. ROE BUCK said he must be allowed to say a few
words after what had been stated by the Noble Lord. The
Noble Lord would insinuate by what he had said, that he
(Mr. Roebuck) had something to do with the getting up of
the petition.—( Cries of " No, no.") He could assure the
House he had never heard of the petition until it had been
sent up to him. Either last session or the session before he
had moved for returns respecting Courts of Request, and the
petitioners seeing those returns, and seeing that he had en.
gaged himself with the subject of Courts of Requests, had sent
the petition to him. He begged again to assure the House,
that he knew nothing of the petition before it had been sent
up to him ; and this opposition to the measure was not be-
cause it was against the wishes of the people, but because it
was against principle.
Mr. HUME thought the House would be deviating from
the principle laid down with respect to Scotland, if they
adopted the present Bill. He trusted, therefore, the House
would reject it. By the Bill for Scotland, no person could be
imprisoned for less than 101.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw.
The House then divided—
For the motion
Against it
Majority
—49
On our re-admission to the gallery,
Mr. HUME was complaining that the Bill upon which the
House had just decided had not been printed.
Lord STANLEY said that the Bill was printed, and he
held a copy of it in his hands.

Mr. HUME said if the Bill was printed, it had not been
distributed to the Members. An Hon. Friend near him
had just informed him that the Bill had been printed
for the Lords. He conceived it was most improper to
call upon the House to pass any Bill until a copy had been
furnished to each Member of the House.
Lord STANLEY made some observations across the table.
Mr. HUME said the clause he proposed to strike out was
the clause authorising imprisonment for debt.
Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH put it to the House
whether it was proper for the Hon. Member for Middlesex to
waste the time of the House by another division.
Mr. HUME felt that there was a most important principle
involved in the question, and he would not shrink from dis-
charging his duty, even although some Hon. Members might
be inconvenienced by it.—( Hear.)
Mr. FRENCH made some observation.
Mr. HUME—This is a most indecent interruption.
Mr. FRENCH again rose, but, from the noise which pre-
vailed, the observations of the lion. Gentleman could not be
heard.

Mr. HUME said he had a decided objection to give a
power of imprisonment, even for seven days. Ile moved,
therefore, now, that this portion of the clause be struck out.—
( Hear, hear.)
Mr. HAWES said, since the last division, a great many
members had entered the House who were not aware of
the nature of the question which they were now discussing.
The object of his Hon. Friend's (Mr. Hume's) amendment
was to establish a principle in England which had already
been recognized with regard to Scotland.—( Hear.)
Mr. E. J. STANLEY said that it was only in peculiar
cases that the power of imprisonment remained.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could not support this
clause.—( Loud cheers from the Ministerial side of the House.)
He did not think that the power of imprisonment ought to re-
main where a man was willing to give up the whole of his
property.—( Hear.) He thought that a man ought not to be
subject to imprisonment unless fraud was proved. It seemed
to him that the House would fall into an inconsistency in sup-
porting a practice which they had condemned in a former ses-
sion. At that time of day it was too much to hope'that House
would be prevailed on to sanction the power proposed to be
given by these clauses.—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. MACLEAN supported the clauses.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw.
The House divided, when the numbers were—
For the third reading 97
Against it
Majority 23
Oa our re-admission to the gallery we found
Mr. WARBURTON moving the further adjournment of
the question till Monday next.
Mr. GROTE had great pleasure in seconding the motion,
on the ground that the House was called upon to sanction a
Bill of the contents of which they were quite ignorant. He
would give the Bill, if pressed, all the opposition in his power.
Mr. EWA RT rose amidst loud cries of " Divide, divide."
There were two reasons why the Bill should not be pressed
now. The House was taken by surprise—he for one was ig-
norant that the Bill was in contravention of a great public Bill.
The other was, that the Bill had not been printed according
to the usual practice. He was sure the public would justify them
for the Opposition they were determined to give to it.
The Gallery was then cleared for a division, when there ap-
peared—
For the motion
Against it
Majority
On our entrance to the gallery, some Hon. Member (Mr.

ROEBUCK, we were told) moved that the House do now al
j )urn.

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Strangers were ordered to withdraw.
The [louse then divided, when the numbers were—
For the adjournment 53
Against it . . l2B
Majority against the adjournment —7s
It was then moved that the debate be adjourned to Tuesday
next.

For the adjournment 43
Against it
Majority against the adjournment _-96
On our re-admission to the gallery, we found

Mr. II LT NIE on his legs, when
Sir CHARLES I3U RRE LL rose to order. Strangers
had been ordered to withdraw, and he now saw strangers In
the gallery.—(Cries of " withdraw.")
The SPEAKER then directed that the reporters gall
should be cleared.
The House divided—
Ayes
Noes
Majority
Question again stated, " That the Bill do pass."
Where-
upon motion made, and question put, " That this House do
now adjourn."
`The House divided
Ayes
Noes
Majority
The House adjourned at a quarter before Eight o'clock.

The following is the clause objected to :
" And be it further enacted, That no person or persons shad
be committed to any gaol or prison by order of the said Court
for any debt or debts, or kept or continued in custody, on an)
pretence whatsoever (except in the cases herein provided), ff'r
any longer space of time than seven days, from the time ofhifl,
her, or their commitment ; and the keeper or keepers of every
such gaol or prison is and are hereby directed and required to
discharge such persons accordingly."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS'

TOM-HOUSE, MARCH 16.

Tee John Bull, Corbin, from Hamburgh.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, MA.aciil6'
The Lord Goderich, Wetherall, for Sydney ; Sarah, Aplett'
Stettin; Arno, Seale, Cadiz ; Falcon, Falconer, Rio Janeiro',
Cherry, Partridge, Hamburgh ; William Ritchie, Kerr'
Quebec; ; Champion, Tindall, Elsineur; Sarah Maria, JeP"'
Pernambuco; Lord Hawkesbury, Overton, Ostend, Bruges,
ane Ghent ; Jubilee, Spencer, Antwerp ; Pioneer, Tree'
thon, Naples; Alcide, Lavarry, Havre.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, MAacu 16'
The Viscount Melbourne, Thomas, for Madras and Cal-
cutta; Red Rover, Currie, Hobart Town; Gratitude, Todd,
New York ; Royal Tar, Symonds, Santander; Dart, Orra-
ston, Madeira; William Joliffe, Downie, Antwerp.
CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, MARCIE. 16.
The Ceres, Aday, for Hamburgh; Camilla, Callings, Rani;
burgh; Visery, Bies, Worcum ; Selina, Lidstone, Gras
Canary ; Saucy Jack, Tarrant, Zante.

ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL, Mettcti 15.
The Caravan, Nichols, from Charleston; Forth, Winton'
son, Laguna; Antmus, Gregson, Honduras.

ENTERED FOR LOADING, MARCH 15. ,
The Jane, James, for Arichat and Quebec; London Packet'
Auman, Antwerp ; Nautilus, Cockbain, Buenos Ayres
Highland Lad, Betts, Constantinople; Jane, Granby, CiLad-
rertte ; Gertrude, O'Brien, Lisbon ; Liberty, Sange,
and Messina ; Garonne, Foster, New York ; Osage, 8ar'!,317
Philadelphia ; Nautilus, Dermaid, Quebec ; Kerstelin, Sau'4"
Rotterdam ; Phoenix, Post, Venice and Ancona ; Felicity"
Eassin, Quebec.

CLEARED OUTWARDS, MARCH 15.
The Europe, Marshall, for New :York ; Alfred, Cheeva'
New York ; Isabella, Campbell, Demerara; Johanna Gegin
Schino, Rotterdam ; Smyrna, Cornish, Leghorn; Susan an
Ann, Windsor ; Vigilant, Magab, Havre, B.:c. ; William
Rathbone, Brown, Africa ; Lacy, Jamaica ; Halifax, ClairP
Halifax ; Norna, Dott, Charleston.
SAILED, MARCH l5.
The Vrow Caterine, Wykmeyer, for Elsineur ; Bazaar:
Homan, Boston ; Cheerful, Linley, Cape of Good Hope,
Hunter, Sherry, Genoa ; Catherine, Julia Rotterdam!
Cintra, O'Brien, Lisbon; Asia, Mess, Rio Janeiro; LW'
Ann, Little, Lisbon.

TELEGRAPHED.
Wind, at Holyhead, south, light breeze.—Off Point LYOI
inward bound, at 7 e. M., an American packet-ship, with a re
star in her topsail (not quite sure), has a pilot.

a
ha
A SCENE IN THE ALPS.—Trag (the guide) --
disputed the propriety of the path we pursued, and deseendefi
more abruptly towards the lake to reconnoitre, intending to r•
proceed towards the rocks from the bottom of the glaeleh.
Garinot had no confidence in him, and continued his mare
„t
Soon Trag's voice thundered up the glacier, announcing tu:h
it would be certain destruction to proceed by the course whit
Garinot was taking; for from where he was he could see lin"
mediately below us a fissure in the glacier half a mile long'
and varying in width from one to five or six feet. This d
concealed from us like a hawhaw, because the lower side "a
sunk below the plane of the upper. Garinot, however, perse-
vered,
Trag
vered, after desiring us to stand firmly where we were. -I
prayed, entreated, and cursed his obstinacy. At length the
Syndic saw his danger, and, getting the lad to assist him, at-
tempted to turn the mule and retrace his steps. In doing 50
the poor beast slipped from them, and rolled over and over
down the glacier, to our horror. It crossed the crevice at a•
spot where it was fortunately narrow, but continued its fright'
ful descent towards the lake, imbedding and leaving our 14.:
gage in the road as it rolled over. Garinot lost not a rer
ment ; he dashed downwards, in a sitting posture, with gleeu
speed than the mule rolled, and shot safely across the Essig::
Trag also slid forward, perfectly understanding Garinot's
)Otto
tion. They met below the mule, and when near the
succeeded in stopping it. Our situation during this se!
cannot be imagined. We stood perfectly still; the lad bad ruse.fet_
down to aid the men with the mule ; and at length, one 11 g
ing it by the bridle and the other by the tail, the poor beast I!,_
poised and placed trembling upon its legs, and left there
110'
allow it time to rest and recover itself. We looked into t
horrible abyss of the crevice, unable to perceive its bottom!
probably 100 feet below us ; but the beautiful and brilliant
display of every tint of hue, from the most delicate azure near
the surface to the intense blue in the darkness of the depth,
was most striking.—Blachwood's Magazine.
ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST.—THE AL
LEGED MURDER OF A FEMALE IN KING-STREET, Ditvilleri
LANE.—Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock the adjourn
10
inquest on the body of Ann Ryan, whose death was alleged
have been caused by the violence of Stephen Davis, the 1°,_8,,
a ter
whom she lived with, was resumed before Mr. Stirling,
fi
Hercules Pillars, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inc-cis.
A number of witnesses were examined, but no material au
ci
tional facts were elicited beyond what has already sPrairteej
and the Coroner having addressed the Jury, they Conan
of
about a quarter of an hour, and then returned a verdict
Manslaughter" against Stephen Davis, and the Coroner
issued his warrant for his apprehension and committal W
Newgate.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 161
We have had a very good business doing in our Cotton-mars
to-day, to the extent of 5,000 bales, at yesterday's full Pri:it:lis
for American, and, if anything, good fair and good uplaiwto
have sold rather dearer. About 1,000 American placed or
speculation account, chiefly in good Uplands. We heat SO
400 Surat, 61d. to 101-d. ; 400 Bengals, Sad. to 51d. ;
Cearas and Pernams, 12d. to 13d. ; 80 Maranhams, 12g der
150 Sawginned ditto, Ifed. ; 40 Bahias, 121 d. ' • raisin at
American, from 9i-d. to 11:kd. Several hundred LTpland,s 0,
114 d. to and 60 at ; 200 Surats, and the Pe
gal, taken for export.
" The eighth plague is the gout," said Dr.
son ; " and eighth
man," continued the learned lexicographer, ~nttrY;
covers a medicine to alleviate its torments, deserves well of his
but I e who can effect a cure should have a monument raised to 11.'s n
g 3
mory as high as St. l'aul's as wide as the Thames, and as lost'‘,l;di-
eternity." The success of Gout and Rheumatic l'ills, in the
cation of these formidable plagues, justly entitle the discoverer of s?
le
luable and efficacious a remedy to the lasting thanks of the aftlicte

BIRTH.
On the 4th inst., at Greystoke, the lady of H. W. Askew' q''
of a (laughter.

MRRIED.
On the 15th inst., the RevA.
John Woodhouse, to LauraA dneP
fifth daughter of Sir J. Trevelyan, 13art., of Nettleeombe
Cou
Somersctshire.
On the 15th inst., at Presthury, Cheltenham, Lieutenant Fr ancoisC.
Ferdinand Mathews, 2,t West India Regiment, to Anne, relict
Ens:gn
On the. Cooper. uc! filg
W 15th inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Alesander L
Gubba, of Memel, to Emily, Youngest daughter of G. I.Jrq':,'"`"
Esq., late of Somerset House.

DIED. ati u"
On the 15th inst.., at Gainford, near Darlington, Marro
Cradock, Esq., in the 91st year of his age. „.. 01
On the 15tn inst., at Swerford Park, Oxon, Lieutenant-,-,e1.°,10,
Sir Robert Bolton, G. C. H. , Colonel of the 7th Dragoon u,0,.,,, to
and formerly Aid-dc-Camp to George the Third, and 'clue'-''
George the Fourth.
relic
On the 11th inst., at Wilton, Wilts, aged 88, Mrs. Hetley' Aid-
of the Rev. Henry Hetley, Rector of Wilton, Wilts, and n'
worth, Berks.
On the 13th inst., aged 58, Mr. Thomas Higginbotham, of Great
'rower-street, City. , ii. Locke'
On the 14th inst., Margaret Frederica, wife of Captain J.
Upper Fitzroy-street, Fitzroy-square.
0 Lydia,
On the 16th inst., at Serjea.nt's Inn, Temple, aged 7-, i St'
relict of Alexander Burroughs Irwin, Esq., of 'the Island 0
Vincent. 1005'
On the 16th inst. William Henry, eldest son of W. 1-1. Fel
Esq., of Lower Berkeley-street. ightell
On the 16th inst., aged 34, Mr. William Wylde,- for c cins
years in the sprvice of the late firm of Gresham and Grant,
well -street. Vsq'
On the 14th inst., at Chiswick, Archibald D. Stewart,
late of Parliament, street, aged 47.
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