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London, England, 1841-06-11 00:00:00

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BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM.

Mi. T. I)ii:NlCol\ll3Epre,..ented;l7;tiion from the
borough of Nottingha-m, givutg further contradiction to
the statements contained in the petition of Mr. Cox,
The lion. Member.requested that the petition be read at
length by the clerk a: the table. The petitioner stated
that the aSsertions. of Mr. Cox of his being ap-
pointed one of a numerous deputation to wait on
Joseph Goddell was totally untrue. That Cox
repeatedly declared that he was in the habit of re-
ceiving sums of money for the services rendered by him •
to the late sitting Member. That he (Cox) was the con-
necting link between the Chartists and the Conservatives.
That the petitioners were ready to prove that voters
were induced to vote for Mr. Walter in consequence of the
overtures made to them by Cox. The petitioners also
prayed for a full inquiry into the conduct of Cox with
reference to the practices set forth in the petition.
Mr. WARBURTON presented petitions from Dor-
chester and other places, praying for an alteration in the
Corn -laws.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN presented a petition from
Rathkeale; in the County of Limerick, against any alte-
ration in the Corn-laws.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Dunfermline,
signed by 3,236 inhabitants, comprising the Provost,
many of the magistrates, the whole of the clergy, and
almost all the householders, praying for the adoption of
principles of free trade. The petitioners stated that they
considered a protecting duty of Bs. a quarter on corn as
a tax which the community ought not to bear. Also five
petitions from Walsall, and twelve petitions from the me-
tropolis and its neighbourhood, praying for an alteration
in. the Corn-laws.

Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented petitions from
Waterford, Clonmel, an& a place in the county of Tip-
perary, against any alteration in the present Corn-laws.
Sir CHARLES GREY presented a petition from
Teignmouth, signed by near 3,000 inhabitants, in favour
of a revision of the import duties ; also a petition from
a congregation of Baptists, praying for the abolition
of Church-rates ; and a petition from certain Roman
Catholic inhabitants of Teignmouth, complaining of al-
leged hardship towards the Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar,
and of his imprisonment. The 'petitioners prayed for in-
quiry into the subject.
Mr. BUCK presented a petition from Devonshire
against a fixed duty on corn.
Mr.,BROTHERTON presented a petition signed by
14,000 inhabitants of Newtown, in Montgomery, praying
for a total repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. ROUND presented petitions from various parishes
in. Essex, praying that no alteration might take place in
the Corn-laws.

The Westwood Estate Bill was read a second time.
Mr. H. T. HOPE presented a petition in favour of
Church Extension.

On the motion of Sir E. KNATCHBULL, the order
of the day for going into Committee on the Parish Con-
stables' Bill, which stood for to-morrow, was ordered to
be discharged.
MISTAKE IN THE DIVISION LISTS.
Mr. LAW HODGES said that the printed Division
Lists could only be valuable on account of their cor-
rectness. Now on the division on the motion brought
forward by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, praying
the House to address her Majesty for the release of
political offenders, he (Mr. Hodges) found his name on
the list as having voted with the ayes. Now the fact
was that he had not been in the House at all, and conse-
quently had not voted ; and he thought it but right to
state, that had he been present he should have voted
with the noes.—(Hear, hear.) It was rather an im-
portant motion, and had been decided by the Speaker's
casting vote, and he thought it right to draw the atten-
tion of the House to the subject.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE was very glad the matter had
been mentioned, because the Hon. Member for Birming-
ham (Mr. Scholefield) who had voted with the ayes, had
complained to him (Mr. T. buncombe) that his name
had been altogether omitted from the division lists. It
appeared, therefore, that the one name had been substi-
tuted for the other.

Mr. HUME said that it was only surprising the accu-
racy with which those lists were generally made out, and
this solitary example of a mistake only proved their-ge-
neral accuracy.

Mr. HODGES had not brought the subject forward
with a view to cast imputation on any person, but merely
for the purpose of putting himself right.
Mr. LANGI)ALE had some time since moved for a
return of the number of infants who had been given into
the guardianship of the Infants' Friends Society by the
Lord Chancellor, under the Infant Prisoners' Act last
Session ; that return had not yet been made, and he moved
that it be made forthwith, - -
The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member must bring
forward his motion at the time of public business.
Mr. MARK PHILIPS presented ten petitions
from different bodies of the working classes in Manches-
ter, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice that on Tuesday
next he would move " that a humble Address be pre-
sented to her Majesty, praying that she may be gra-
ciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before
Parliament, through the medium of her Ambassadors,
or other diplomatic residents abroad, copies of all regu-
lations established in foreign factories, together with such
explanations in detail as the nature of the cases will admit,
describing the character of the food used therein, the
wages paid therein, whether in specie or in kind, &c.,
in order to enable Parliament to form a judgimmt as to
the degree in which the usages of other countries are at
variance with the tastes, habits, and engagements of the
manufacturing population of Great Britain. The Hon.
Member also moved for a copy of the Report
made by Mr. Addington, when our Minister
in the United States, to Mr. Canning, which
was referred to by Mr. J. B. Smith, in his evidence be-
fore a Committee of the House ; also extracts from the
Report of Mr. Hickson, a Commissioner appointed to
inquire into the state of hand-loom weavers, in which
that Report was alluded to, in order to show the places and
passages which were at variance with the Report itself.
Mr. HUME would submit. whether it was right to
print any extracts. Who was to make them ?—for any
one could make them to suit his own purpose. The do-
cuments alluded to were already on the table of the
House, and might be referred to by any Hon. Member.
Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice for Tuesday-.
Mr. HUME said many returns had been ordered to be
laid on the table—he trusted that the different Depart-
ments would take care that they were produced before
the close of the Session.

Lord MORPETH said no doubt directions would be
given upon the subject.

HERTFORD REGISTRY.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the Order of the Day for
calling in the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Hert-
ford to the bar.

Mr. Storey, the Clerk of the Peace for the county of
Hertford, then appeared at the Bar, with a large book in
his hand.

The SPEAKER (addressing him) said—You are
ordered to attend this day with a copy of the register of
the ele2tors of the county of Hertford—is that a copy in
your hand ?
Mr. Storey—lt is.
The SPEAKER—PIeasQ to deliver it in. Yon may
withdraw.

Mr. Storey delivered in the copy and withdrew.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he should like to have that
copy of the registry printed.—(Oh, oh.) He did not
know that the House would, consent to it, but he had a
right to ask the question. He would take the oppor-
tunity of observing he did not think they had dealt
with the Clerk of the Peace too harshly on this occasion..
He thought it right to state, that after the order of the
House, he had referred to several of the principal law-
stationers in London to know in what time they could
furnish a copy of the Finsbury list of electors, containing
13,000 folios, and was informed by Messrs. Fry, law-
stationers of Gray's Inn-lane, that it could be copied
in two or three hours, in which time they would engage
to get it done.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore he thought
they had not been too hard upon the Clerk of the Peace,
in ordering him to produce a copy this day.—(Hear,
hear.) He should be content whether this question was
referred to the Printing Committee, or the House should
decide whether the copy should be printed or not.
The House would remember that the copy was ordered
to be laid on the table, to redress the grievances of the
electors of Hertford, but there were no means of re-
dressing those grievances except the register was
printed. It was the duty of the House to protect the
elective franchise, and he thought the exercise
of that franchise had been impeded by the delay
of the Clerk of the Peace to furnish a
copy of the Register. Ile could see no use in the copy
lying on the table. Moreover, his motion was not un-
precedented. In 1834 the Hon. Member for Dublin had
moved that the Register of Carrickfergus be printed, and
it was printed by the order of the House. He therefore
moved that this copy of the register be printed.
Sir IL INGLIS said he thought the question which
was put to the Clerk of the Peace referred to the time
in which he himself, with the assistance of his clerks,
could make a copy of the register. Any professional
person must be aware that by cutting,: the register to
pieces, it could be accomplished in three hours.
With respect to the motion before the House, he be-
lieved that if the register were printed, not more
than ten copies would be sold ; and if the Honour-
able Gentleman pressed his motion to a division, he
(Sir R. Inglis) would certainly vote against it.
Mr. HUME said he thought the difficulties which had
been throWn in the way of using the register were
highly culpable. He never saw a practised lawyer.give
evidence in so discreditable a manner.—(Hear, hear.)
Now that the register was obtained, means must be
adopted for placing it in the hands of the electors. It
appeared to him to be absolutely necessary that the register
should be printed. The Hon. Member had proposed
that it should be printed at the expense of the House,
and doubtless there were one or two examples of
that courses As Chairman of the Committee with
respect to the printing of local papers, he thought
a document of this nature should be allowed
to be printed at the expense of the parties.
He held in his hand the list of the electors of Lincoln,
which had been laid on the table of the House upon mo-
tion, which hart been printed at the expense of the
parties ; and he had also a statement of the expense of
that printing, from which it appeared that the expense
of printing a sufficient number of the returns for the
effectors o Hertford would be 1461. He thought
if this document was to be printed, it ought to
be done at the expense of the parties who asked
for it. He hoped therefore that his Friend would
not press his motion to a division, because if he did he
could not support him. At the same time he must say
that he thought there ought to be some remedy for the
Ouse.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said after what had been stated
1)y Hon.. Members,, he would withdraw the motion.—
(Cries of " No, no, from Sir E. Sugden.)
The SPEAK 4R, after putting the question, declared
that the noes had it.
The motion was then negatived without a division..
Mr. HUME pyesumed that the parties might print the
document at their own expense.