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London, England, 1847-05-31 00:00:00

EDUCATION.

Mr. BANKES presented petitions from "various Dis-
senting bodies in Dorsetshire, praying for a participation
in educations.: grants.
HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.

Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from
Durham in favour of the Health of Towns Bill.
EDUCATION.

Sir R. PEEL presented petitions from the Roman
Catholics of Birmingham, praying that they should par-
ticipate in the Government scheme of education.
REGISTRATION AND MARRIAGE ACTS.
Mr. SMOLLETT presented petitions from Dumbar-
tonshire and other places against the Registration and
Marriage Bills.

Mr. PORBES presented similar petitions from Stir.
lingshire.

Mr. D. APNEILL presented several petitions againsi
the Marriages Act.

EDUCATION.

Captain PECHELL presented petitions from the
Roman Catholic clergymen and inhabitants of Brighton,
praying to be admitted participators in the Government
educational scheme.
MEDICAL REGISTRATION BILL.
Mr. HUME presented several petitions in favour of
this Bill.

Sir G. GREY presented a similar petition from
De vonport.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION.

Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition from
the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Malton in favour of
a participation in the grant for educational purposes.
CHURCH AT HONG-KONG.

Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he should inquire
as to whether the grant of 6001. for a church at Hong-
Kong, which appeared among the miscellaneous esti-
mates, had been duly considered by her Majesty's Go-
vernment.

IMPRISONMENT OF A GIRL NAMED DAWSON.

Mr FERRAND gave notice that he should, to• morrow,
move that the petition of John Dawson, complaining of
the illegal imprisonment of his daughter, be printed
with the votes.

EXCISE.

On the motion of Dr. BOWRING the following re-
turns were ordered :—Returns, in columns, of the gross
amount of duty levied by the Excise, year by year, from
the year ending the sth day of January, 1800, to that
ending the sth day of January last, showing the rate of
duty on each article, and the amounts received on each;
of the net amounts paid into the Exchequer, exhibiting
the cost of collection, year by year, as above ; of the
number of Excise seizures in each year, as above, show-
ing the number of condemnations, the number that were
tried, and the number compromised, the value of the
seizures and penalties, the amount paid into the Exche-
quer, and the annual cost of Excise prosecutions.
PENSION WARRANT.
Sir H. DOUGLAS inquired of the Hon. Gentleman
the Secretary at War if tie had any objection to lay on
the table of th • House the late .t. elision Warrant?
Mr. F. MAULE had no objection.
CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE, SPAIN,
AND PORTUGAL.

Mr. B. OSBJRNE wished to know from the Ncble
Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether
the protccol, which appeared in the papers of this
morning, respecting a convention which had been
entered into by this country with France, Spain, and
Portugal for an armed intervention was authentic, and
whether he was prepared to lay it on the table of the
House ?
Lord PALMERSTON replied that the Noble Lord
the Member for Lynn had intimated to him that he in-
tended to ask the same question, and also several others
upon the same subject. As far as the perusal of the docu-
ment enabled him to judge, he was in a position to state
that the protocol which had been published in the papers
was a fair and proper translation of the one agreed to on
Saturday week. He had no objection whatever to lay a
copy of it on the table of the House.
In answer to questions put by Lord G. BENTINCK,
Lord PALMERSTON replied that all the papers re-
ferring to the proposed intervention would be laid on
the table of the House in a short time, when the
grounds which had led to the intervention would be
set forth. There had been a British naval force
in the Tagus, but no ,collision had Set taken place
between them and the insurgents. As it would
not be possible to go into Committee of Supply, if
at all, till a late hour to-night, he hoped the Hon. Mem-
ber fur Montrose would pospone his motion.
Ms. HUME said that he was unwilling to postpone
his motion beyond Friday, when he expected the papers
would be laid on the table of the House, He would,
therefore, postpone his motion till that day, if he ob-
tained an assurance from the Government that this
should be the first order of the day then.
Lord J. RUSSELL intimated that the remainder of
the estimates would be taken on Friday.
Lord JOHN MANNERS asked it' there had been
any information received by Government respecting a
collision between the British troops and the Portuguese
insurgents?
Lord PALMERSTON said there had been no infor-
mation to that effect.
Mr. HUME said, that under these circumstances he
would take the discussion upon the subject that evening,
and he hoped that one of the remaining items in the
supplies would be postponed, that he might have an
opportunity of bringing it forward.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he was quite ready at any
time to bring on the discussion, if the papers connected
with the subject were laid on the table. He could not,
however, permit himself to fix a day till the papers
were in the hands of the Members of the House.
Mr. HUME would like to know from the Noble Lord
the Secretary for Foreign Affairs what were the papers
which could not be ready. He thought a few days were
surely sufficient to have them in readiness.
Lord PALMERSTON said that every possible expe-
dition would be used in getting them ready, bat in trans-
actions such as these a great amount of correspondence
necessarily passed, and it took some time to prepare it
to be laid before the House.
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said,perhaps the Noble
Lord would also consent to lay upon the table of the
House the proclamation of the Queen to her subjects.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said ho should have no ob-
jection to lay the prcclamation before the House when
the other papers should be produced; but he hoped
the House would not come to any decision upon
the subject until the matter was fully before them.
There were the offers made by other Powers which the
Howse could not be aware of, and he therefore did not
want to give any papers which would merely suit the
obiect of Honourable Gentlemen who asked for them.
Lord JOHN MANNERS suggested the charter by
which the Queen of Portugal held her throne should be
included in the papers.
BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.
Mr. DIVETT desired to know what business the
Noble Lord the Prime Minister intended to proceed
with, and what to abandon ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that, in answer to his
Hon. Friend, he begged to remind him, that he stated
on Friday last what course he intended to pursue
with regard to certain measures, and that he further
pledged himself on that day to state what would be his
course with respect to the Bills upon the table of the
House ; and first, with regard to the Scotch Bill regu-
lating the law of registering births, it should be taken
into consideration on Monday next, as the first business.
His Hon. Friend who had brought them forward would
then state his reasons for so doing, and why the objec-
tions which had been urged against them were invalid ;
also, in what shape he would wish them to stand, and after
that it was his intention not to proceed with them further
this session of Parliament. The next Bill was that of ,

the Eceles.:astical Commissioners, and with regard to

that Bill he considered that it was absolutely necessary
that some amendment should take place in that
Commission. But, at the same time, he Lund
that the precise mode in which that amend-
ment was to be made would be a matter
of some consideration, as there was great objection made
to the plan proposed. They should, therefore, see, in
another session, what other mode of amendmsnt could
be carried into effect. He moved the order of the Re-
gistry of Births Scotland Bill for the purpose of post-
poning it.

Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to ask the Secretary of the
Home Department what were the intention of the Go-
vernment with regard to the Bill which was to regulate
the stocking trade.
Sir G. GREY said that he intended to move the se-
cond reading of that Bill for this evening.
Mr. E. DENISON said that he had heard with some
regret the avowal of the Noble Lord that the Bill for the
reformation of the ecclesiastical commission was with-
drawn for the present session.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that if the Hon. Gentleman
would bring forward his motion, without impugning the
conduct of the Commissioners, he should not oppose it.
Mr. J. COLLETT wished to know whether it was the
intention of the Government to create a new bishop or
bishoprics this session? and whether they were to have
seats in the House of Lords?

Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Government intended
:o introduce a Bill into the other House of Parliament

for the purpose of uniting the Bishoprics of Bangor and
St. Asaphs, and also for providing a new Bishop for
Manchester. It was not intended to add to the seats in
the House.
Mr. C. BERKELEY said he had received a commu-
nication from the First Lord Commissioner of Woods
and Forests informing him that he was as yet unable to
give him an answer to his question respecting the Wel-
lington statue.—(Laughter.) He should like to know
when the Noble Lord would be able to answer his ques-
tion.

Lord J. RUSSELL said that he understood the Noble
Lord would be able to answer the question on Thursday.
ARMED INTERVENTION OF ENGLAND IN
THE AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL.
Mr. BERNAL OSBORN said he had to object to the
armed intervention of this country in the affairs of Purtu
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to liberty, and favourable to despotism, and he hoped
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his Hon. Friend, the Member for Montrose, would not
be induced by honied words, to discontinue the prose-
of bringing on the qu •
feel himself bound to question on Friday next. lie should
stated his intention
of bringing the questionvaLlrhwiacarsde.lf of every opportunity