The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-07 00:00:00

JULY 7. 1840

established before the Committee on this Bill, that the
trustees did not expend sufficient money on the im-
provement of the navigation—they having only in view
to have as large a surplus as possible. The trade had
completely established that case ; and he thought it
would be only just and fair to agree to this clause, which
would in no way affect the principle of the Bill. The

complaints against the trustees or the river Weaver
applied very much to the trustees of the docks.
In both cases it was desirable to admit per-
sons interested in the trade, to some share in the
management of the trusts.
The House then divided, when the numbers were—
For the clause
Against it l4O
Majority ag 'inst the clause -6il
On the re-admission of strangers to the Gellert', we
found
Mr. WILBRA ANI me% ing a clause, for the pur-
pose of subjecting the trustees to the Poor-rates.
The SPEAKER intimated that the clause could not
be submitted to the House at that stage of the Bill with-
out notice, whereupon the clause was withdrawn, as
was also, on the same ground, an amendment which
Mr. Stanley was about to propose.
On the question that the Bill do pass,
Lord R. G It OSVE NO It said, that although he did
not hope that any thing which he could say would pre-
vail upon the House to reject the Bill, yet he could not
allow it to pass without entering his protest against it. He
did so on two grounds, that it would alienate the property
of the trusts in question from the purposes for which they
were created, and that it. would give to the Established
Church a new endowment of property to which it had
no claim.—( Hear, hear.) The effect of the Bid would
be to tax, in a new form, the people of all religious de-
nominations for the benefit of the Established Church.
If it passed, the trustees of other navigations, and
other docks, would come to Parliament for leave
to apply their surplus income to the building and
endowing churches, by which the tolls would be diverted
from the important objects for which they were origi-
ginally intended. The majority of the population in the
district which would be affected by this Ball did not be-
long to the Established Church ; and on the same
principle, the trustees of public works in Ireland, where
the majority of the people were Roman Catholic, would
come to ask for leave to apply their income to the pur-
poses of the Established Church.—( Hear, hear.) It
was not his intention to divide the House, and he would
now trouble it no further than by protesting against the
Bill.

Sir C. LEMON, though he admitted the
.object of
the Bill to be good, thought it went in so roundabout
a way to work, that it would be much better that it
should be thrown nut, in order to afford an opportunity
of bringing in another and more perfect Bill. For these
reasons he should vote against the passing of the Bill.
Mr. HOBHOUSE protested against the 13111, be-
cause, in the first instance, it purposed a breach of trust ;
and, secondly, because it devoted funds raised for secu-
lar to ecclesiastical purposes.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided, when there appeared,
For the passing of the Bill
Against it 93
Majority in farour of the Bill -88
The Bill then passed.
MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.

On the motion of Mr. W. EVANS the Midland
Counties Railway Bill was read a second time and
ordered to be committed.

Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he should to-
morrow move for leave to bring in a Bill to suspend the
proceedings at law of the Governor and Company of
the Apothecaries Hall Dublin.
Mr. E. TEN NE NT brought up the Report of the
Com..nittee on the Copyright of D:signs.