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London, England, 1847-12-15 00:00:00

ages of the Clerk of Enrolments, and of the four
Clerks, of Records and Writs of the High Court of
Chancery in England, and also of the total amount
received br each of them, such Clerk of Enrolments and
Clerks of Records and Writs, since the passing of the
Act sth and 6th Vic. c. 103, both for salary he
compensation under that Act ; and also of
t"
total amount of compensation received by
of the before-mentioned officers under any oche
Act or Acts of Parliament, as late an Examiner, or late
Clerk to an Examiner of the said Court, or otherwisem
any other character, and paid out of any funds of the
suitors of the said Court ; and, also, of the total amount
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received by any of the said officers as poundage, or
respect of the income or any other tax imposed ulr
payments made out of any of such funds, distinguishl
the sums received by each such person on each of 511°A
accounts, and giving his name; and of the names
respective ages of the late Six Clerks who are 1.3:
living and entitled to compensation under the aforessia.
Act of the sth and 6th Tic. c. 103, with the amount ct,
the compensation to each of them. Also for returns of
the number of attendable warrants granted by each°,
the Taxing Masters and late Taxing Masters of In
Court of Chancery fur the taxation of costs, each del'
within the fifth year of his appointment ; distinguishing
the warrants to justify attendances, and the number ot
bills of costs, and the amount and rate of the Per
centage on the taxation thereof paid thereon during
that year, and the sums received by him for
warrantsts
granted, and for copies of bills of costs, and for repo rd,
or certificates, or otherwise, during that period ; s"",„
of the total amount of the sums received by, each of tu,
Taxing Masters and late Taxing Masters of the Court,ol
Chancery (paid out of the Suitors' Fee Fund), both tecl
salary and compensation, since the passing of the .A
sth and 6th Vie. c. 103, distinguishing the sums pat" go
each person, and the names of the persons.
Motion agreed to.
POORLAW UNIONS (IRELAND). ht
Colonel I)UNNE wished to know from the o'g
Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Ts;
partment, whether the Government would furnish 11,10,
of the twenty two unions in which her Majesty's L.,
vernment considered assistance in aid of poor-rswe
necessary, and the reasons that had induced it to cots..
to that conclusion ; also, at what amount of destitution
relative to the amount of the rateable value of a distrie
did the Government consider that district unable W
port the destitution existing in it, and consequentlY CO
titled to assistance? of
Sir G. GREY said that out of the 180 unions...A
Ireland the Government, from inquiries which thel7f
caused to be made, were of opinion that 22 onlf,its
them would require any additional relief above tu
provided by the Act passed last year. He did 0°„,
however, think it would be of any public advantage
state to the House the names of those unions; tile(:ff
were, however, most of them situated in the' wefet
Ireland. With respect to the second question he !'
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not in a position to answer that with anything
accuracy.
ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE. Ch
Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTY wished to ask the lim.of
Secretary for Ireland whether the Lord Chancellor
Ireland possessed any and what ecclesiastical patrong.
by virtue of that office.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that he believed .there
was not a single case of ecclesiastical patronage rested
in the Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
POOR-RATES (IRELAND).
Major BLACKALL wished to know what had bee!
the total amount cf poor-rates collected in Ireland dm:,
ing the month of November, 1847 ; and, whether
was the intention of Government to devise means ofl
providing useful employment for the able-bodied- P°;d
in those districts where the rates could not be collect?
to a sufficient amount to relieve the whelp destitatiell‘reg
Sir G. GREY said that no official return had,Jie
been made of the amount of poor-rates collects s.
Ireland. With respect to the latter portion of the quest
tion, he bad to state that the subject was at prese
under the consideration of her Majesty's Government'
THE CASE OF BURON v. DENMAN. At,
Mr. URQUHART wished to know from the el
torney- General whether the Government would defenif
the actions in the cases of Buron v. Denman, &c.; and
beg
so, what money had been expended, and from !,v,
source this money is drawn; and whether there wi11..,
any objection to lay on the table the torrespondencet_lch
lative to these actions, or the circumstances.out of ir,'„.
they have arisen, between the Admiralty, the Foreign
office, and the law advisers and officers of the Croval,t,„„
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that the;l;s
vernment had directed him to defend the actions, sod sys
it was not usual to state to the House the amount Ix,
oended in the defence of any action by the Governmer,
r the sources from which it was drawn, he trusted the
he should be excused if he declined, during Istiti°
period that the actions were pending, 03 give tgo
answer to that portion of the question. With reser
the
the latter portion of the question, having referenn. t? ho
correspondence, it was hardly to be eepposed tba!
Government would consent to make public
those doF
meats upon which no doubt the defence mainly rested.
ENFRANCHISEMENT OF COPYHOLDS. _
Mr. AGLIONBY wished to know whether it IT
likely that any Bill upon this subject would be brougn"
forward by the Government previous to the recess.
Sir G. GREY stated, in reply, that the Governlneil:
had not yet received the report from the C°w
missioners, and he did not think it probable that_
any measure would be introduced on the subject at su
early a period as that mentioned by the Hon. Meulber'
RAILWAYS BILL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made a
request to those Hon. Members who had motions upon
the paper, to allow the third reading of the Railway's
Bill to take precedence, as •it was most important that
that Bill should be sent up to the Lords as speedily AS
possible.
The order of the day for the third reading of the
Bill was then read.
Mr. WYLD rose to more that the following clause be
added to the Bill: —" And be it enacted, that if any rail
way company, person, or persons, shall seek to OS.;
themselves of the powers or provisions of this Act, 11
any meeting or meetings called under this Act, it shoebe lawful for the shareholders to determine upon the
dissolution of such company, according to the powers ST:
provisions of an Act, intituled, An Act to facilitate the
dissolution of certain Railway Companies,' eth Vic"
clause 15."
trusted
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER MIL,.
that the Hon. Member would not press his motion. -1,1',4
subject had received the most serious attention a n'
Majesty's Government. hint
Mr. WYLD said that after the appeal made "c' Ids
by the Right Hon. Baronet he would not press •
motion. He thought it, however, necessary that so;
power should b e given to the shareholders cf e
numerous existing companies. Nine-tenths, at leasled
theshtarraedheoldorersmianntuhfeaseeturuensderatnadkiigth
nfswey were connee
with be
were Wog
pressed for the payment of, their calls, nothing
bankruptcy and ruin would be the result.
The Bill was then read a third time and psee_e(l.;
WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE ELECTION' tins
Mr. WAKLEY, in rising to more the consider° 000
of the petition complaining of an undue interfueretee
on the part of the Earl Fitzhardinge with ben
recent election for West Gloucestershire, said, ;410
he mentioned the subject yesterday to an hon. r" '-a to
of the Noble Peer, he stated that he was authcrietoe
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announce to the House that the Noble Peer would ' of
ee
no objection to the appointment of a Comm
Inquiry into the matter. 1 the
Captain BERKELEY—What I said was this his
House thought proper to institute an inquiry
conduct, Earl Fitzhardinge would have no obj
to it.
Mr. WAKLEY said that was precisely his iP„P oi;
sion, and consequently there was no objectle- the
there
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the House that the petitioners were pere°ll"
of
the highest respectability in the count,' .bei
Gloucester, and the manner in which `log
spoke of the transactions that occurred at the "the
election was such, that if that House desired inniri
slightest degree to protect the electors of the °°ll-fase
in the exercise of their franchise they would not
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to
_institute a searching inquiry into the circurcer" a
of the case.—(Hear, hear.) In asking for was
Committee of Inquiry he did not think
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his duty to make any charges against the Noble r.nee"„l/0
question. He had not the honour of the Noble
acquaintance, nor did he ever exchange a word with :be. r'
He merely acted in this case as an independent ge"..idif
of that House, into whose hands a petition, respec' be
s,orded, had been placed ; he considered it to it
his duty to present such petition, and to brit •
under the notice of the House. He thought he had
the
Member Noble
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no more in that respect than discharge his duty —the
but he did think the charges in this petition were ""fie
serious, and if such charges were allowed to Peel
noticed all that he could say was, that all freedom
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valiteitfheenlinagPecvrthatgtthol
election in this country was at an end. In fact, if s" of
guilty charges as these were tolerated they would be
fraud on the country if they suffered that standing °
to remain on their books which declared it to be °the
fringeucent of the liberties of that House for a Peer der,.
realm to interfere with the election of its Menibseso
Now what were the charges of these petitioners? It, be
unnecessary to go through the whole of them, en ;it,
would simply mention those that were the most Oil er
He regretted that there should be any
contentions between the noble Peer and an honourehtoi°
relative in that H ouse, and far be it from hielihe
widen the breach that existed between ..:d
parties;' but he thought what had transPll,7s
could not at all redound to the ere_ "os
of one party at least. Still such circumstance' of
these ought not to deter them from the discharge ,
Pee'
their duty. Now, the chief charge was, that orders
of the realm, in direct violation of the standing
o
of the House, had interfered, by briber 0.
family solo_ ._
and corruption, with the election of a ember of thos'
House; that he had interfered to prevent the eleciler;
from discharging the duty which that House ea
upon them to exercise, and that being one of the allege'
tions, he asked Hon. Members how they could constl;
tently discharge their duties if they allowed such stab'
ments as these to be made without instituting a it,„,
c of
searching, and scrupulous inquiry into the trut of
them? He had received a communication from ons_„,
the electors, in which it was stated that at 0.1.%
place, by order of Earl Fitzhardinge, wine 19:17c1
carried to the electors in buckets, as well as brandflor
water, and he asked whether it was right—whe_.'ch
they could discharge their duty to the public if b",
allegations as these were to remain uninvestigatewass
Why, if those statements were true, and no inquirirtuir
to be made into them, of what use would 0