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which they properly belonged, and these men were now
chargeable on the rates of the place where. they re-
sided.

Lord BEAUMQNT—That could not be, for a fire
years' residecoe was required to give a title to perma-
nent relief.

Lord PORTMAN—That might be true, but the ques-
tion was whether they could be removed.
Lord BEAUMONT—That wa, the law.
Lord PORT.MAN—His Noble Friend might be the
best lawyer in that House, but he evidently knew very
little of the practice. However legitimate it might be to
make an order for removal, it required a great deal of
evidence to justiy it in a court of law.
After some few words from Lvrd COLCHESTER,
the subject was dropped.
The Marquis of CONYNGHAM said that he had
a few remarks to make in reference to a matter
persrnal to himself. There was a matter at
present before the other House of Parliament,
with respect to which a deputation had waited
upon Lord John Russell. His name had been
inserted inadvertently in a list of persons who attend, d
that deputation, and he wanted to state the fact publicly.
to avoid the absurdity of having his name upon the list
of a deputation in favour of a measure to which he was
opposed.
Lord MONTEAGLE said that the mistake arose
partly with him, The Noble Lord had attended a meet-
ing with reference to this deputation, but was compelle I
to leave the room before the business was over. The
Noble Lord's name had been put down in the list
those who had attended the meeting, but by a mistakt.,
was placed by the secretarry upon the list
those who had voted in favour of the deputation.
Lord BROUGHAM said, that according to the mi-
nutes of the meeting it would appear, that those who
were not there were represented as being there, and
those who were there were represented as being nc.t
there.—(Laughter.)
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COIVIMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
SECOND READINGS.

The following Bills were read a second time :
Bingley Improvement—Claridge's Patent Asphalte
Company—Ewell Rates—Legal Quays (London)---
Macduff Harbour—Ross, Cromarty, and Part .of
Nairn District Roads—Saffron Walden Rates—Warlt-
worth Harbour.

INCOME-TAX.
Several lion. Members presented petitions from the
collectors and assessors of the income-tax, praying for
an increased remuneration for their labour.

EDUCATION.
Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Norfolk
against the Government scheme of education.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from several school.
masters in Scotland, praying that they might be ap-
pointed registrars of births, deaths, and marriages, in
order to afford an addition to their scanty income.
LIGHT DUES.
Mr. FORSTER presented a petition from Whitehead
in Bristol from the merchants and shipowners, praying
for a reduction of the charges made for light dues.
POOR REMOVAL ACT.
Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a petition from
the city of Westminster against the Poor Removal Act.
THE MARRIAGE ACT.
Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented four peti-
tions from Cheltenham from the Dissenting ministers, the
solicitors, the medical men, and general inhabitants of
the place against the law forbidding; marriage with a
deceased wife's sister.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Bolton
against the Bolton Improvement Bill.

ReM DUTIES,
Mr. DENNISTOUN rresented a petition from the
distillers of Glasgow, praying that no alteration might
take place in the rum duties.

RATINGOI:iENEMENTS BILL.
Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from
Drogheda, complaining of the injustice of allowing
several rate-paying clauses to remain on the statute-
book, restricting the Parliamentary franchise of voters
in Ireland.

PLACES OF WORSHIP.
The HON. MEMBER presented a petition from Chatham,
praying that the registration of places of worship might
be vested in the civil, instead of the ecclesiastical courts.
The HON. MEMBER also presented a petition from
Finsbury, praying tor an inquiry into case of the Raja
of Sattara ; and a petition from Bolton, praying fur a
general inquiry into the Anatomy Act.
Mr. R. YORKE presented a petition from a parish in
Yolk praying for a general revision of the Poor Re-
moval Act.