The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-15 00:00:00

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be a good eleetiOunu.se'lliute'refibyre,
to render the election invalid, or if there had been a
The Morquis of WESTMEATH said he believed it
. iglprepartobdoenrdeleidctiotnbaotf duHtyouosno the
Corporation
bound
de
t()visit
was to the year 1835. The Noble Marquis afterwards .
moved for any evidence taken on the subject of the .onday after the reeesz.
him with serious punishment. Since that Corporation of Dublin from 1830 to 1840. The Rating of Inhabitants Bill was also passed :Mayor, he
After some further desuhoty conversation across the
pe-
table, in which the Marquis of WESTMEATH,Lord D through a Committee.
UN- Their Lordships adjourned at Seven o Clock, to
ian tition had been 1 d •ed to him it had been
CANNON, and Lord MELBOURNE took part, and which Thursday, 30th inst.
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stated that the Mayor had arrived at Totnes on
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although not quite intelrgible in the gallery, appeared
HOUSE OF COMMONS, ArniL 14. the very third day, but there was no Sheriffs' officer
to afford some amusement to their Lordships, and was who could serve the precept. Under these circurn-
attended with considerable laughter in the House, es- The SPEAKER took the Chair at Tcn minutes before stances he did not think it would be right for him to
pccially on the Ministerial side, Four. submit any motion to the House to-day. But he hoped
The Marquis of WESTMEATH was understood The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod summoned the House would think sufficient raison. had been
to move for returns of certain correspondence with the the House to attend the House of Lords, to hear the stated for the reception of the petition and the printing
Poor-law Commissioners for Ireland. Royalassent given by Commission to certain Bills, of it, and if it appeared there had been an inadvertence
Lord MELBOURNE thought the correspondence The. SPEAKER again took the Chair at a few on the part of the Mayor, he would he happy to give
was not such as the House ought to ask for. Their minutes after Four.
him the benefit of it, and would make no motion on
Lordships might as well ask for a return of the corres- BIRMINGHAM CANAL NAVIGATION, the subject. If, however, he found the Mayor had been
poruoscee,eind-.
pondence between her Majesty's Ministers and the An HON. MEMBER moved the third reading of the guilty of a neglect of duty he would then be prepared
Board of Excise or Customs. Birmingham Navigations Bill, with the addition of a with a motion for the consideration of the House
The Duke of WELLINGTON understood the new clause.
motion to be for a return of correspondence of which Mr. GREENE opposed the introduction of the clause
istnotge-
the Poor-law Commissioners were required, by a clause on the third reading of the Bill.'that precept, which might be
which he (the Duke of Wellington bad introduced), Mr.ma
tifoor rafonw.
PEASE was unacquainted with even the name of illegal that they would issue a supetre tas, or a fresh
~' for the Borough of Tattles. He
to keep copies for the express purpose of their being the Bill, but he understood the question to be whether a writ for Lb. election,
putting parties tohtohweeivnecrOntviejantienthcee ohil
move that the petition be brought up.
laid before Parliament. He would support his Noble clause should be brought in at the third reading without begged leave to:
been, read,
Friend in pressing for the correspondence, because he the assent or knowledge of the Committee Ile The petition lia`ni,
was determined to find out, if possible, why the objet- thought such a proceeding was unfair to the House. and The ATTORNE ri
-GENERAL said he did not
election lie hoped,
. d .
tionable amendment was introduced.--(Hear, hear.) the public, and he would oppose it. see that even a prima fact,: ease was made out against
and it was most unfair now was negatived, when the Bill, as it came from the Corn-
( tight to have notice.—(Hear.) Surely the Hon.
The manner in which that amendment was passed, was After a few words from M. EsTcoußT ' the clam the Alayor—(Hearo hear)—ah:l even if there were, he
most unfair to the llouse ;
to refuse every information as to the grounds on which tnittee, was read a third time and passed. Gentleman would not criminate the Mayor in his ab-
it was introduced. Sir C. DOUGLAS brought u the Report on the sence, and with a possibility of his attending to-morrow.
Lord MELBOURNE said that the amendment was Birmingham and Warwick !unction Railway Bill., Sir J. FREM ANTLE said the course which he
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certainly introduced on the third reading of the Bill, On the motion of Mr. GIBSON CRAIG, the should propose to-morrow would be, he trusted, con-
but that was not an unusual proceeding. Fisherrow (Edinburgh) Harbour Bill was lead a seeor.d sistent with fairness and justice.
The Duke of WELLINGTON had seen many in- time. Petition ordered to be printed.
stances of suprise upon his side of the House, in the Mr, SHIEL observed that a clause which imposed Mr. AGLIONBY wished to put a question or two
last five years, but never saw so flagrant a case of sur- unequal dues—that is requiring less to be paid by "la; I to. the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the Colo-
prise he (the Duke as would also as the inttroduction of the obnoxious clause.-- bitants of the town than i,y, others—would be opposed, mes, connected with the Ecclesiastical Duties and Re-
pp February,r o b a
t• in ,ayinterfered with venues Bill. It must be known to Hon. Members that
o a clause which some Si
ion of the amend- the authority of the Trinity House. some time since a plan had been maturely considered
meats as they were explained by the
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Oexnptrheess2edsthhisoaf
Noble Marquis On the motion of Mr. GIBSON CRAIG the Lords' by the Committee on Deans and Chapters, relative to
(Normanby). On the 26th he was obliged to be eh-. amendments to the Scottish Widows' Funds Bill were i the subject, and he wished to know whether there
sent, attending the Judges in his capacity of Lord- I agreed to. would be any objection to lay that plan on the table
Lieutenant of the eaun,tY of Hampshire,,, and he never Lord LOWTHER brought up the Report on the of the House. He also wished to know whether the
was ansento "yePt wee" prevent' by indisposition Workington Harbour BPI. The Noble Lord also', Noble Lord had any intention to propose a scheme for
relative to the
—which reldoni happened to him—or by pub is duty.— {nought up the Report upon the IVorkington Improve- the adoption of the House re
enfranchise-
( Hear, hear,) On the '2Bth the amendment was intro- orients Bill. ment of Ecclesiastical leaseholds
duced, without any notice whatever, and was passed Mr. E. J. STANLEY moved that it be an in- Lord J. RUSSELL observed, that he had before