The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-25 00:00:00

BLACKWALL RAILWAY.

Mr. GREENE brought up the Repoit from the
Private Bill Committee, on the petition of the London
and Bllckwrli Railway Company, stating that the Com-
pany had comiliA with the StAnciing Orders, and leave
was givea to bring in the
BIRMINGHAM CHARTER.

In answer to a guntion from Sir E. WILMOT,
Tue ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the
Judges having decided in favour of the validity of the
Birmingham Charter, he thought that a Bill ought to
be introduced to remove all doubts as to the right of the
Corporation to appoint a Court of Quarter Sessions,
and to settle the disputes at present subsisting between
the towns of Birmingham and Warwick relating. to the
gaol. He had not yet had an opportunity of conferring
with the Ministers on the subject, but- h© should cer-
tairly advise the introduction of some such measure.
Cclonei WOOD presented a peftion from the pre-
sent and the ex-officers of the Poor-law Guardians of
the county of Brecon, praying that the powers of the
Commissioners may not be extended.
Mr. AINSWOItTH presented a petition from the
inhabitants of the borough of Bolton, signed by 6,000
persons, against the New Poor-law Bill.
Mr. ROCHE presented a petifon from the county
of Cork praying the House to reject Lord Stanley's
and to adopt Lord M3rpcth's Registration Bill.
Mr. LYTTON presented petitions from the coun-
ties of Waterford, Tipperary, and Meath, in favour of
Lord Stanley's Registration Bill, and against that
brought in by the a)ternmcnt.
Mr. H. GRATTAN presented petitions from
places in the counties of Meath and Dubin in favour
of the Government Registration Bill.
Mr. J. GRATTAN presented similar petitions to
the same effect from the county of Wicklow.
Mr. A. YATES presentei two petitions from Car-
low to the same cfreet.
Mr. CHALMERS presented a petition praying for
the abolition of patroiage in the Kirk of Scotland.
Lord MORPETH presented a petition from 22,000
inhabitants of Lverpool, in favour of the Noble Lord's
Irish Registration Bill, and against the measure of
Lord Stanley. Alqo petitions from several parishes in
Ireland to the same effect.
SOUND DUES.

Mr. HUTT gave notice that on Tuesday, the 9th
March, he should call the attention of the House to
the tolls and customs levied at Elsineur by the Kin," of
Dont-nark on all ships and cargoes under the name of
Sound Dues. The Hon. Member also gave notice,
that on Friday lie should move for the minutes of
evidence taken before the Select Committee on the
Hull Docks in the course of last Session.
Mr. W. ELLIS gave notice that in Committee
on
the Poor-law Continuance Bill, he should move an
aamgeoeninadmetheerentato,irndeeempowering the guardians of the poor to
administer out-door relief to persons over sixty years of
debate on the
questiontorayssoocefstoltorhoed dayrlea
reading
resumingof the
tra adjournedtio
u of
Mr. HAMILTONs
reland) Bill being read,
Colonies. Though he
Parliamentarythe Noble Lord the Secretary for the
said,ol thatu hel wished\ to put a
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brimA s Assistant s tpaanrtti
parties
otoer -fol trtaisimoubtolen
second section of the Poor-I<<w
Act, had
thed knewtipi
aottwhiaci
he
frto,inamr.tph"aend examine them, ho
Commissioners, under the
trusted ho should hear from
in those inqusitorial proceedingsuoi,voNer of which he (Mr. Ha.
Hamilton)
did not sanction the Assistant
House,
there e roe
lwas an itnpor-
oor-law Commissioners
readu d not occupy
Ha-
milton) complained.
taut discussion before the Holt;
the cttention of Hon. Members, butwan extract
from a letter on the subject which he had just
from a Magistrate in the county of Buckingham. received.
The
Magistrate in question was not an Ultra-Tory or a
cal—either of whom might be supposed to be inimical
• 1-Ilc-1".
&
to the Poor-law Bill—but he was a most intelligentn al
Magistrate. The question which he wished to put was,
"concerning the powers of the Assistant Poor-law Com-
missioners to examine privately, on oath, into matters
cognizable by the common law of the land, and hear wit-
nesses on oath without allowing legal advisers to the par-
ties." The lion. Member then proceeded to say that he
trusted the Noble Lord would not suppose that he was
now putting an irrelevant question. It was one, he
thought, which affected all the poor classes of her Ma-
jesty's subjects. The Hon. Member concluded by read-
ing the extracts from the letter to which he had alluded.