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London, England, 1847-03-12 00:00:00

-IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
1,4 HOUSE OF LORDS, March 11.
BLit
.1 Leal) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
,elT,ctlY after Fire i.'cluck.
yi-34k/NKRUPTCY. AND INSOLVENCY ACT.
'4211 BROUGHAM said that he had received the
advice and assistance of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency
`sf ntnissioners both in town and country, and the sug-
gestions he had received from them were so valuable.
itadia li h. 0 had been induced to make great alterations and
uns to the 13111 which now stood for the second
reading.cb He wished, therefore, to withdraw that Bhl
he ring in another in its place, which he now moved
$dTLe u first time.
su I3P:1 was then read a first time.
cf ertera private Bills were brought up from the House
vairnos, and read a first time.
INFLUX OF IRISH INTO HULL.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
'corporation of Hull, to which he begged to call the
attention of his friends opposite, lamenting the calamity
VI!" had befallen Ireland, and stating that they felt i:
be rt great hardship that they had to support the Irish
For,it a great number of whom flocked into the
in addition to their own. They also prayed
,"0 Legislature to pass an effective poor law, and
'that it would take measures to carry it out,
was done in England. They further stated
that they felt no confidence in the administration of the
law if Confided to the Irish alone. His Lordship read a
utter which had been forwarded with the petition, show-
that the rates wire now levied unequally. The
Perish of which the letter spoke con:ained upwards of
6,000 acres, 1,100 of which were in Chancery, and could
sot pay any contribution, but there were 2,600 acres
'Which were not rept esented at all, and the proprietors of
which were subscribers neither to the dispensary nor any
other charitable institution in the parish.
POOR LAW SETTLEMENT.
• Lord ASHBURTON presented several petitions
against the law passed last year.
SILK MANUFACTURES.
fThe Earl of ELLEN BROU Gil said that in moving
had returns of the exports from this country last year he
24d stated that the exports of cotton. woollen, and linen
`''arluflietures had been smaller than before, but that
the silk manufactures appeared to be stationary, or had
!Father advanced. In looking to those returns, however,
-41 e found that while the value of the whole of the ex-
rug of silk was 2,345,000/, upwards of 1,461.0004 had
earl imported inio this country during the last three
ikel`rs, so that the net value was only 879,0001. He be-
'eyed that this arose from the fact that a large quantity
4)1 bandannas were introduced into this country
Which here underwent a process of manufacture,
4101,2idelythBeritisnwhe:e exported as British manufacture.
"ewould now move the return of the exports of the goods
as distinguished from those which had
beea previously imported, and then exported as British.
• ;lite Earl of CLARENDON believed that large quan-
"'tam of bandannas were introduced into this country,
Which were afterwards dyed, and thus having undergone
▪ process here were deemed to become British manufac-
it. He had no objection to the return.
The Earl of RADNOR suggested that the declared
• tia should be stated as distinguished from the official
take.

Tho return was then ordered.
PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND.
Jo reply to a question from the Duke of BUCK-
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that all the in-
f
been at present in possession of Government had
weeo presented in the books laid on their Lordships' table,
aAd further inquiries at the present moment would be
iiely to disturb the existing arrangements.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH wished to ask the
oole arquis if he bad any objecio to l on the
table ofM the House a continuation cft then correspondence
'sf the Board of Works since the last publication of the
correspondence ?
t. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, there would
he 00 objection to publish from time to time all the cot.-
tetPondence. He wished, al.°, to take that opportunity
of-observing, with regard to Capt. Wynne, that the names
Of the labourers struck off the lists of the destitute pers.ns
employed on the public works in Care could not be re
timed as their names were not recorded in the hooks of
the relief committee. He also wished to observe that
Galway.
Lord Wynne was not now employed in Clare, but in
UrajWfty.
Lord BROUGHAM moved for a return of the exami•
Tuition and commitment of four boys who were com
!Pitted to prison by a Middlesex magistrate for taking
the cap off another boy, and throwing it into a field.—
agreed to.
Lord MONTEAGLE moved for a return of the num.
ber of persons who were transported during the last ten
years in Ireland.—Agreed to.
CUSTODY OF OFFENDERS BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
PRISON DISCIPLINE BILL.

This Bill was also read a third time and passed.
The following Bills were read a first time :
The Consolidated Fund (Eight Millions) Bill.
The Markets and Fairs Clauses Bill.
The Commissioners Clauses Bill.
The Gas Works Clauses Bill.

The Waterworks Clauses bill ; after which their
Lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 11.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
LYNVI IRON COMPANY.
The Lynvi Iron Company's Bill was read a third time
44K1 Passed.

REPORTS.
The following reports were brought up and agreed to,
acid,..the Bills were ordered to be read a third time :
he Doddington Rectory Division.
Roada. Whiteburn and Kelso and Lauder and Kelso
The Wolverhampton Rates.
Sir a COTTON IN INDIA.
pr. , STRICKLAND presented a petition from
lawpraying the House to grant an inquiry into the
a r9gulating the growth of cotton in India.
ANATOMY ACT.
CaptainLitt, PEC HELL presented a petition from the inha-
ef• thes Of Chatham complaining of the injurious effects
Anatomy Act.
WAR AND PEACE.
hn,r• BOWRING presented a number of petitions from
y—!oes and other places, praying for the substitution of
nitration for fighting. —They were ordered to lie upon
e table.
Mr. W. ELLIS presented seven similar petitions.
REDUCTION OF DUTY ON TEA.
rr. &CRAWFORD presented a petition from the in-
Luitants of Rochdale, which stated that the manufac
t!trers of cotton were suffering severe distress, and that
the
t greatest relief would be afforded to them by the ex-
tension of the trade with China, and they prayed the
°use to make a reduction in the duty on tea. -
FORESTALLERS—IRISH POOR-LAW.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the
xi nQuiployed operatives of Bury, praying the enforce-
luent of the laws against forestallers, and all persons
1210 kept up the price in the markets. • They also prayed
at complete noor-14w might be passed for Ireland.
• THE MALT.TAX.
le Mr. CHUTE presented a petition from the county of
-Aortolk, praying for the repeal of the malt-tax.

TENANT RIGHT.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented several
Petitions from Belfast, Antrim, Armagh, and certain
Places in England, praying that all proceedings would be
:1 44Yd upon the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill, until
e tenant right should be finally secured.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND.
Mr. HUME wished to ask a question of the Right
'en- the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. He
,W'4hed to know if the Government had as yet deter-
-Irted to appoint a commission to take into considera-
:4
len the subject of the Merchant Seamen's Fund ; and,
44 So, when the House might expect to receive the report?
Merchant
M. GIBSON said that the whole subjeet of the
Seamen's Fund was under attentive considers-
"en, and a commission would be appointed immediately.
Mr. WAWN moved for a return of the revenue re-
ceived by the Commissioners appointed under the Act
11 Geo. 4, c. 49. intituled, " An Act for the Improve-
tent and Preservation of the River Wear and Port
'tad Haven of Su'iderland, in the county palatine of
-uarham," in each year since the year 1842 : list of
theA Commissioners now acting and qualified under that
'Act, stating their names and places of residence ; also,
number of meetings of the board,and the names of the
`.4roraisAioners who have attended each of the meetings of
-Z; board, in each year since 1842. Account of the debt
t)th.,;°, by the Commissioners, the dates of contracting
of iara,ep and the rate of interest paid (in continuation
an andainentary return, No. 514, sess. 1843). Also,
...,"Planation of the account for the year 1832, where
„212 e arrears of river duty, due December 31, 1831,
^ere
DisPuted in Lord Londonderry's stone
4ccourit 75 11 1

Are
A , made to amount to the sum of
ti a particular and detailed account, in each year
lice 1842, of what has been paid in salaries; also in
lot exp..nses, in promoting and opposing Bids brought
ull„? threatened to be brought before Parliament, and
ot-'," what clause in the Act 11 Geo. W., c. 49, or
'er authority, the same was paid.—Agreed to.
Market,
hehir. GROGAN moved for a return, showing the nutn.
kr of loads of hay and straw forfeited in Smithfield
Dublin, for the five years ending the 31st day
tkn''''eceraber, 1836, 1841, and 1846, and how the same or
Proceeds thereof were disposed of.
THE WELLINGTON STATUE.
Mrs CRAVEN BERKELEY gave notice that. on
utiq Y next, he should ask the Noble Lord, the First
tni
Coen •ss • ioner of her Majesty's Woods and Forests,
at the final intentions of her Majesty's Government
`ere with respect to the removal of the Wellington
statue.

RETAIL BREWERS.
d,.Mr. MUNTZ moved that the petition he had yester-
I„, presented from the retail brewers of Birmingham
'lu printed with the votes.—Agreed to.
the Hort. MEMBER gave umice that on the 234 of this
tn enth, he should brines in a Bill to enable retail brewers
in
tue midland districts to keep open their houses till
'twelve o'clock at night, as they were permitted to do so
i
the metropolis.
POOR-LAWS (IRELAND).
blr. FITZGERALD
presented a petition from the
F_llootirrdi%ns and rate-payers of Thurles, praying that the
I!. :rates should be levied on union instead of electoral
%strict*.

PUNISHMENT BY DEATH.
in M, EWART presented petitions from several places
reotland pray in., for the abolition of all capital
punishment.
RELIEF COMMITTEES IN IRELAND.
hr.STAFFO D O'BRIEN, seeing the Right Hon. the
elelary for his•clin plfftee, w):111.ci to know eche-
t° the circular Whi.th nad been issuttl by Yie.itetiii4 -
Rsa tO be the sole &Ale foT relief committees relative