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letter were; he would, however, state that the Home-affice
refrained from opposing the second reading of the Bill for
the purpose of giving an opportunity to the parties in-
tereaed in the matter making their case known;
Mr. BYNG supported the reception of the Petition,
because as there was no other Petition on the subject,
Hon. Members would, by the rejection of the present
one, be deprived of what they wanted; that was infor-
mation as to the truth of the allegations made in support
of the bill.

Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE said that the pe-
tition was signed by only four individuals who did
not mention their having signed it on behalf of
the vestry. It could therefore be received only
as the petition of those four persons. There was
nothing satisfactory as to its being a petition emanating
from the vestry at large. A sentence bad been intro-
duced into the petition after it had been presented, which
was, he conceived, a ground for its rejection on the score
of the informality. He, as an individual, had no objection
to the Bill.

Aft,r a few words from Mr. GALLY KNIGHT the
motion was withdrawn, and the Hon. Member present 'd
a petition to the same effect fGm the sestrymen of the
v_rish of St. Gecrge.
BARN::,I'APLE ROADS BILL.

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Sir B. CHICHESTER brought up the Report on this
Bill.

Mr. FOX MAULE moved the insertion of certain
clauses in the Bill, to the effect that tulle levied shoal i
be devoted to the repair of the roads, and to the payment
of the interest on the money borrowed.
After some discussion which was inaudible in the Gal-
lery, the motion was agreed to.
PL ANTA presented a petition from an individual
praying to be heard by Counsel against the Blackwell
Railway Bill.

Sir fIUSSEY VIVIAN laid on the table certain re-
turns, which were ordered to be printed.
NOTICE OF MOTION.
Sir DE LACE Y EVANS gave notice of his inten-
tion to move certain amendments in the Committee on the
Putr-law Amendirtut Bill.
On the ruction of Sir Thomas FREMANTLE leave
of absence was granted to Mr. Dawson Darner.

DUTY ON WINE.
Mr. MACKINNON begged to ask the Right Hon.
Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade a ques-
tion in which gentlemen connected with the wine trade
we e deeply interested. In the event of any commercial
treaty taking place with France, and any reduction of the
duty on wines taking place in consequence thereof, would
the gentlemen connected xith the wine-trade who had
their stock laid in be allowed the drawback?
Mr. LA BOUCHE RE said it was not very regular or
convenient to ask a cittestiau upon a treaty which had not
yet been signed, or to state what course the Government
intended to adopt, He had, however, no difficulty in
statik'g as a -eheral principle that whe:e any reduction of
duty w-es proposel the drawback would be allowed.
WAKLEY wished to inquire of the Noble Lord
the Seerctery fir the Colonies whether he was Frepared
to support any proposition trade for altering the moc:e of
the medical arrangement of the Ui-ions.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he was disposed to oppose
certain measures, but be could not state what those ow acorns
were, or what might be the nature of his opposition with-
out entering in tome degree into an argument on the sut-
ject. He was not justified, therefore, he conceived, in
saying further th.n that there were ce taie enaeadasents
which seemed to him objectionable. He could not be
prepared on every subject, with respect to the argu-
ments, which might be stated.--( Hear, hear.) He
hai finally made up his mind on the subject, and he
hoped the House would excuse him from replying to
every suggestion or argument that might be advanced
on the question.
Mr. WA KLEY said that it was kind of the Noble
Lord to listen ti whet might Le advanced on the question.
The suggestions on the medical amendments were at least
three el- tour years known to the House, and ti-e Noble
Lord, he thought, ought to be sufficiently conversant with
teem to give the required information. The Hon. Member
then gave notice that he would submit a Motion on the
subject on Monday week.
In answer to a question from Mr. PA KINGTON,
with respect to the intention of Government relating to
the Colony of Newfoundland,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he was not pre-
pat ed to state the course he proposed to be adopted
with respect to the Colony ; but when he received, as he
expected he would in the course of a few weeks, the de-
spatches of the Governor of the Colony regarding the
course of proceedings in its Legislative Assembly, he
would then state to the House, in reply to the inquiries
made, the course intended to be adopted by the Govern-
ment with regard to that colony.
In answer to a question from Sir R. FEEL,
Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was his intention to
postpone for the present the further consideration of the
Bill relating to the registration of voters in Et-gland. He
did not intend to bring it before the House until the Bill
for the Registration of Voters in Ireland had been previ-
ously discussed.