The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-18 00:00:00

E G EDIT lON.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMff.NT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'CloAt tc-day.
Mr B. HUGHES presented a petition fiom Carlow
against the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill.
Mr. HODGES presented petitions from the market
gardeners of Stoke Newington, Tottenham, Camberwell,
Hammersmith, Turnham-,green, Shepherd's-bush, and se-
veral places round Londm, complaining of the alteration
of the Customs duties on foreign fruit, as they were greatly
injured thereby, and praying the House to take their case
into its consideration
Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the Go-
vernor of the Apothecaries' Hall, Dublin, against the Bill
introduced by the Learned Member for Dublin, for the
purpose of preventing them from proceeding with certain
',actions at law.
On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE the Insane Pri-
soners' Bill went through Committee. Several verbal
amendments were made in some of the clauses, and the
Report was ordered to be received on Monday.
CANAL POLICE BILL.
Mr. FOX MAULE moved the Order of the Day for
receiving the Report of the Committee on this Bill, which
was brought up, And proposed some verbal amendments,
which were agreed tt;) and the Bill ordered to be read a
third time on Monday.
OYSTER FISHERIES
On the motion of the ATI pRNEY-GENERAL the
Oyster Fisheries (Scotland) Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed.
On the motion of Lord MORPETH the Newgato
Gaol (Dublin) Bill was read a third time, and passed.
The Insolvent Debtors (Ireland) Bill paoed through
Committee, and the Report was ordered to be received on
Monday.

PILOTS' BILL.
This Bill was committed pro forma for the purpose of
introduc,ng amenaments. The report was then brought
up, and the Bill vk iih amendments ordered to be printed
The Caledonian Canal Bill was read a third time and
passed.

POTATOE SUGAR.
The House then went into Cornmittee of the whole
14,?use
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pro-
posed n res,dution, the object of which was to found a Bill
to impose the sa,:ue duty as that on beet-root sugar, or
sugar manufaciuren from other articles.
Agreed to, and i eport ordered to be received on Monday-
The Imprisonment DrL! (Ireland) Bill was recom-
mitted ; several amendments west made. The House re-
sumed. The report to be received un Monday next.
The West India Relief Bill wag read a ihird time and
passed.
Tee House then went into Committe on Zhe Court of
Exchequer ( Ireland) Bill. A clause was added, provid-
ing a salary for ;he Second Remembrancer, to be made
good by stamp dun, s upon proceedings in the Court. The
Bill to be reported on Monday.
The Court Houses (Ireland) Bill thee went throvgb
Committee.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM wished to call the attention or
the House to a Bill which had passed a third reading,
although it was known that both he and the Hon. Member
for Cambridge had an objection to urge against it. 116
alluded to the Caledonian Canal Bill. He entered the
House at half-past teelve, and was astonished to find it
dispsed of. Although it was somewhat irregular, be
would call the attention of the Government to the
nature of the objection he had intended to urge:
All the outlay that had hitherto taken place upon the canal
had been by estimate and votes of that House; but by the
3d elauss ay outlay might he made by the Corumissioneet
of Woods and Forests out of the revenues at their disposal,
su:;jexten: ect only to the control of the Treasury. An outlay t°
the
of 200,0001. might, under that 3d clatise, be
made without t.::(z knowledge, sanction, or control of tb
Parliament. He therefore objected to that 3d clause, and
it had been his intention, if he had been in the Houl
at the time, to have moved a proviso at the ep,..
of it to the effect that it should not be competent for t°
Woods and Forests to expend any money on the Caleda"
nian Canal, without first submitting an estimate to th°
House of the proposed outlay, and obtaining a vote for lt•
He regretted the Bill had passed in such an objectionable
shape.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob-
served that that proviso which the Right Hon. Barone,'
had been so anxious to introduce, was actually propose°
with the sanction of the Government, and introduced it°
the 811 in Committee.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) rte
hoped ;he Right Hon. Baronet would, upon future occiv
sions, before he made a complaint, have the goodness OP
make inquiries of gentlemen who had the conduct of
Bill, or, at any rate, come down to the House in time, ill;
stead of getting up and making a speech after the Bill PI
passed, and arguing upon a omission that long ago bs"
teen fil'ei up.—(Laughter, and cheera.)
Sir JAMES GRAHAM—When was the provis°
added ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'
Why, when the Bill was in Committee on Thursday.
(Laughter.)
Sir JAMES GRAHAM explained. He really whs:
not aware that the clause had been introduced; LOS
was glad that his object had been gained.
Mr. WAKLEY did not think there had been
smuggling that morning, but there certainly bad her.;
great expedition: for when he entered the House at*"
minutes past Twelve, at least a dozen orders of tise Olt
had been disposed of.—(A laugh.) He was not awari
that he should have been there at Twelve o'clock, al!
would be more punctual the next time.—(Renewed lane"
ter.) He was anxious to have offered some remarks nen:
a very important measure, the Custody of Insane Perso
Bill, ai,d hoped the opportunity would be afforded him °
a future occasion.
Mr. FOX MAULE said the Bill had still two stagq
to pass through, and he might avail himself of either
,hese occasions.—( Hear, hear.)
SLAVE BOUNTIES.
The House then went into Committee on the Sir°
Bounties Bill.
Capt. PECHELL said there were large sums due fl
slaves captured previous to 1836, which the Governol4
had refused to pay until the parties were able to prove di:
actual adme.purenient of the vessels taken. These veas„
had been broken up, and at the time that took place i
condition of proving the measurement of the vessel W;
actually not in existence at all. He trusted the aitePtia
of the Government would be directed to that point. r°The Bill then went through a Committee, and the
port ordered to be received on Monday.
MUNICIPAL ACTS.
On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE the Turnpi°°
Acts Continuance Bill was read a second time, and or
dered to be committed on Tuesday at twelve o'clock.

STANDING ORDERS.
On the motion of Mr. ESTCOURT the follogiti%
Gontieoten were nominated as a Select Committee to rr
vise the Standing Orders of the House :—Mr. Estcoto4
Sir George Grey, Mr. Labauchere, Mr. Greene, le'
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James Graham, I.ord Stanley, Sir Thomas Fremell'
Mr. Freshfield, Sir William Heacheete, Mr. Will:
Patten, Mr. Aglianby, Mr. Loch, and Mr. Morgan .I°'
O'Connell.