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London, England, 1841-03-16 00:00:00

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COUNTY BRIDGES BILL. wa.
The Bill went through Committer, and the Report
ordered to be received on Friday next. A Ite'
The Report of the Committee on the Lease nn-
lease Bill, was brought up and agreed to.
CRIMINAL LAW (SCOTLAND). Jai
The LORD ADVOCATE postponed, till that
fortnight, his motion f,r leave to bring in a Bill to alae-
the criminal law in Scotland.
MONUMENT TO SIR WALTER SCOTT' •
Sir W. RAE moved that leave he given to bring 1.-,
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Bill for t'e erection, it: Edinburgh, of a monumeeLtee•
the late Sir Wait r Scott. Private subscriptions bad g,
entered into for the purpose of erecting such a menanitoegued
but the funds had been found inadequat.,, and be tr tbs
the Legislature would have no objection to make uP
deficiency.
Mr. F. MAULE seconded the motion. It wail sa
necessary for him to Ci'a.e on the me is of the greatilath4
whom the monument was to be erected. He helieveabee•
a proposal to pay a public testimonial to him ohs had nold
justly called "the Grt at Wizlrd of the North," °."
meet with the approb,.tion of all clasim
Lease was t; given to brinff in the
Mr. ALSTON [novel that tlbie petiien of Ciptala
ud
Roche (presented on the 9,h of March) bc printer), g
circulated with the Votes. a the
After a short conversatim Vie House divided, and
numbers were—

F. r the motion
Against it
t.glinst the motion --4
Mr. BETH ELL then moved for leay.: to brill; I'o
13111 to amend the Act passed in the third and fourth Yen,
of the reign of his Mijesty King William the Fourth 50
t,tuled " An Act to amend the law relating to Sewer'
Sir
Leave
C. ocea
DOUGLAS, on behalf f Mr. Dugdale,.lll,l- of
that the petition front the ratepay, re cf the needle'
Ilemlingford (preteated March 12) be printed.)
After a short conversation the motion was withdraw"l3ill
Lord MORPETH, in moving for leave to brinfiing:tio:i
for the maintenance and regula'ion of the Laganv
and for transferring the same to the Comrnistionere g.
o
o
Public Works in Ireland, said Le did net propose to
re.
into the general question, which was rather a large ,01,
All were agreed that the uncertainty which so long oe
rounded the Li,gan Nasig. tion, should be remove' the
was aware there were points of eiffin enCe bctween
Treasury and the Board of Public Works in Ircl Via
respect to the subject. His object waP, to refer the foo
to a Select Committee, by which alone thut ques
could be adequately consiiercd.
Mr. PIGOT seconded the motion. L
Mr. COURTENAY concurred with the Noble
that the only mode of getting up the merits of the clio
tion was by the means proposed. He would not theera
into the subj-ct, as the Noble Lord hid ab,ttioed o
doing'sp. He would merely notice of his intldes
to put a que..ii:m relttive to the debentures and the he
of them h st'sg
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill,
read a first time. ace-
On the motion cf Sir W. RAE, the Biq for thiter
tion at Edinburgh of a monument to the late Sir ""
Scott, was read a first time. (thi9)
Col:tnel SIBTHORP crave notice that to-morrow, sn her
eveaing he would move that an address ba presen!o3 t;jto
Majesty requesting that she would be graciously P 1055; e-
give direeti:ns for copies of the several communicatioeloot
tween the Secretary of State for the Home Depart
aid the Treasury relativk to the appointment 0, of
Vizard Solicitor to the Home Department, at a Sala'
1,500/. per annum. A
of 01
The other Orders of the Day were then dispose
the House Adjourned at Half-past Elev n.