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London, England, 1847-02-26 00:00:00

BILL.

The House then went into Committee on this Bill.
Mr. HUME, on asking whether the Government had any
Bill under their attentii.n lor the object of town improve-
ments, was told that that was not the subject then before
the Committee. The lion. Member said he merely asked
the questions, as several inquiries had been made of him
on the lubject.
After some desultory observations from Mr. HUDSON,
Mr. IlumE, and several other Members,
Mr. HANDLEY remarked that it was useless to
adopt any general Bill for the direction of private Bills,
unless the clauses which were intended to apply gene.
rally were more carefully drawn than they had been
hitherto.

Lord G. BENTINCK thought that the practice of
reading Bills a second time, and pas:ing them
through Committee on the next day, was certainly
something like acting with very great haste. lle had
no doubt that considerable opposition would be made to
the Bill when it was well considered by the House.
Mr. GISBORNE was understood to approve of the
principle of the Bill.

The clauses of the Bill were gone through seriatim,
and agreed to.
Lord J. RUSSELL said there were certain clauses in
the Bill which would have to come under the considera-
tion of the Select Committee on the Standing Orders,
and if any amendments were deemed necessary, they
could be made on bringing up the report.
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK hoped that some time
would be allowed to elapse before the report was con-
sidered, in order to give the country time to examine
the provisions of the Bill.
The House then resumed when the Chairman reverted
progress, and the report was ordered to be brought up on
Thursday next.
COMMISSIONERS CLAUSES BILL
The House then went into Committee on this Bill.
The several clauses of this Bill passed through Com-
mittee without amendment.
GAS WORKS CLAUSES BILL. This Bill also went through Committee, and w
ordered to be read a third time on this day
week. as
WATERWORKS CLAUSES BILL.
This Bill went through Committee, and was ordered
to be read a third time on this day week.
MILITARY BARRACKS.
Mr. HUME, after a few observations, moved for the
following returns, stating—The number of barracks for
the royal artillery, engineers, and army in the United
Kingdom, distinguishing England, Scotland, and Ireland,
where situated, and the areas in square feet of
the buildings of the parade grounds attached
thereto. The date of erection, if known, and the mate-
rials of which built. The number of officers and men
each barrack is calculated to accommodate. The num-
ber of men, women and children usually occupying it;
also, what regulations there are respecting the accom-
modation of married non-commissioned officers and
soldiers. The greatest number of men, women, and
children lodged in each of these barracks and rooms
thereof, at any one time in 1846. The number of rooms,
distinguishing those for the use of the officers, non-com-
missioned officers, and privates severally, the dimensions,
length, and width of each room. The number of men
each room is regulated to hold, compared with the cubic
feet or space of each room. The number of windows in
each room ; the number of fire-places, and any other
means of ventilation in each room. How the barracks
are supplied with water, whether from wells or rivers,
and whether laid on in each floor of the barrack, or in
each room used for cooking, or in what part of the
building, and whether there is a sink or pipe for the
waste or refuse matter ; also, whether the barracks are
draiijed, and how. What accommodation each barrack
affords for cooking, for the men bathing, for washing,
and for the men cleaning their clothes and accoutre-
ments, and other necessaries ; and in what parts of the
building these several places are situated, and whether
the floors of the barrack are planked or laid with stone
or brick. The numbers and charge of the whole establish-
of thea
manci labourers),
ept of each barrack (barrack-masters, barrack-serjeants,
urareek rs)e,stasoblasshmteont in the
soar.exhibittheenTtirbee
eexxppeennssee
of building and repairs at each barrack, and all other
contingent char
year. The total
for building anges' so as to exhibit the aggregate charge
taczaoirs, for each barrack, in the last
officers and men res amount of barrack damages paid by
year 1846. Return 'Of theelY in each barrack, in the
ceived at each barrack
anadnitoliiitent of canteen rent re-
ggaregato am
t eT° nhase regulationsnd 17,91 v
thoeunstamo
regard-
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ing the kindf
the rent of all the barrack
3k.ecaarn.
was appropriated in
of spirits, beer, coffee , and other articles

sold in the canteens, stating by whom the prices
are fixed, and whether any committee of offi-
cers or men have had the management of the
canteen. Return of the reading rooms in each
barrack for non-commissioned officers and pri-
vates, the dimensions, and whether supplied with
books or other articles by Government, or by subscrip-
tion of the officers or privates, and at what total expense
it is conducted in the year. Whether any and what ac-
commodation exists in each barrack for schools for the
soldiers or their children, the average daily number of
each in attendance on the school in the year 1846, and
from what funds the teachers and requisite articles are
supplied, and the expense thereof. What places and
means of amusements are attached to the barracks, and
also whether any and what kind of rooms or other
places are prepared for confinement for minor offences in
the regiment or corps. Return of the dimensions of the
wards in the hospital, and the number of wards, how
the wards are ventilated, and the number of patients
each ward is calculated to accommodate, and the space
in cubic feet allowed for each.

Colonel FOX said there could be no objections to the
Returns moved for by the Hon. Member, and intimated
that many improvements had already been effected in
the barracks.

After a few words from Mr. HENLEY and Colonel
ANSoN the Returns were agreed to.
The House then Adjourned at a Quarter past Seven
o'clock.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Slum.)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
Torbay and Brixham Deep Sea Harbour of Refuge and
Docks.—Complied with.
Agriculturist Cattle Life and Fire Insurance Company.—No
appearance.
Wexford and Valencia Railway (Killarney to Valencia).—
No appearance.
Belfast Improvement Acts Amendment.—Part heard, ad-
journed till to-morrow.
Lough Neagh Drainage.—Not complied with.
Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway and Pier
(from Ilarwich to the Eastern Union Railway at Ardleigh).
—Not complied with.
London Sewage Chemical Manure Company.—Csomplied
with.
Rathmines Improvement.—Not complied with.
Tyne Docks.—Not complied with.
OPPOSED LIST.
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No. 4—Branch
from Stowmarket to Sudbury).—Opposition withdrawn.
Complied with.
Mold Railway (from Mold to join the Chester and Holy-
head Railway).—Formal proofs taken.
KILMARNOCK AND AYR DISTRICT RAILWAY.
This adjourned opposed case occupied the rest of the day,
but ne allegations were sustained. Further adjourned.
(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAT.)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
Charine•-cross Bridge.—This Bill is withdrawn.
In the following cases the customary formal proofs were
completed :
South Wales Railway (Deviations, Branches, and Amend-
ment).
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 2
Extension and Amendment ).
Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks.
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkintilloch
Ballochney and Slamannan Railways Amalgamation, crr
Sale or Lease.
London and North-Western Railway (Lime-street, Liver-
pool, Station Extension and Branch Tunnel ; Crewe Station
Extension and Amendment of Acts).
Liverpool Guardian Gas Company.
Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company (for making a
railway from Bombay to Alleh, with extensions to Mhure
and the Pera River, and branches or extensions to Sholapoor,
Hyderabad, Kandeish, Indore, and Iloshurgabad, and else-
where).
Swansea and Amman Junction Railway (lines from
Yuisymond to Nantmelyn, and thence to Yui3lomlyd and
Guaun Cae Gurwen Colliery and Cwmannan).
Wexford Free Bridge (building of now bridge and removal
of present bridge across the River Slaney at Wexford).
O.PPOSF.D LIST.
SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY EXTENSION AND
AMENDMENT.
The several allegations in this opposed case were sustained.
Standing orders not complied with.

ELECTION OF CHANCELLOR OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
STATE OF THE POLL, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Prince Albert...
Earl Powis

427
451

Majority
FOUR O'CLOCK.

Prince Albert

Earl Powis

Majority
FIVE O'CLOCK.
Prince Albert .
Earl Powis
Majority .

582
572
-10

The polling was then adjourned till Eight o'clock.
NINE O'CLOCK.
Prince Albert
Earl Powis
Majority -15

THE GOVERNMENT LOAN OF

EIGHT MILLIONS.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE PRELIMINARY MEETING
RESPECTING THE LOAN OF 8,000,000/. PROPOSED
TO BE RAISED IN THE PRESENT YEAR.
The following gentlemen attended the meeting 3-ester-
day, in consequence of the Chancellor of the Exchi pier's
letter to the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank
of England, of the 23d inst., to hear the terms proposed
for the said loan:—
Mr. Isaac L. Goldsmid, Mr. B. B. Williams, Mr.
Lawrence, Mr. J. Wrefor3, Mr. Bates, Mr. Thomas
Baring, Mr. George Webb, Air. Thomson Alers Han-
key, Mr. James Ricardo, Mr. Humphrey John Mild-
may, Mr. Guilliam Scott, Mr. James Capel, Mr. John
Nor bury, Mr. B. S. Lloyd, Mr. Burnand, Messrs. Roths-
child, Mr. E lward Satterwarthe.
The measures proposed were-
1. That the loan to be contracted was for 8,000,0001
of money.
2. That the tenders should state the amount in money
that the party will give for 1001. Stock in the Three per
Cent. Consa's.
3. No discount to be allowed.
4. The instalments to be paid on the days following:—
Deposit of 12 p,:r c nt. on Friday, the sth March.
Payment of 12 pot- cent. on Friday, the 9th April.
12 „
~ 7th May.
17 12 „
~ 11th June.
~ 12 ~
9 9 9th July.
19 12 „
~ 6th August.
12
, t ~ 3i Sept.
16 „
~ 15th October.

5. The deposit to be retained as a security for mak-
ing the future payments on the days specified, and stock
will be given for the money paid in at each instalment
after the first, if requirtd.
6. The interest to commence from the sth January,
1817, and for whole payments, made on or before the
2d July, 1847, the contributors will receive the half-
year's dividend at the sth July, 1847.
7. No reserve for public companieli.
8. A sealed paper will be laid upon the table pre-
viously to opening the tenders, containing the lowest
amount of money that Lord John Russell and the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer will feel themselves justified in
accepting for every 1001. stock ; and in the event of a
smaller sum being tendered in the several proposals than
that in the sealed paper, it will, in such case, be opened,
and the amount in it declared.

9. The biddings to take place on Monday next, the
at March, at the Treasury, at ten o'clock.