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London, England, 1847-02-06 00:00:00

Leeds).
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (N (o. 5). „
Caledonian ( Lease or Purchase of the ( ;Magas(' kiar"-1
and Neilsloti Direct, and the Glasgow r„ StrathaveDl
Le,:naliagvw Railways).
Caledonia: and Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Anima"
mat ion.
Glasgow, Paisley, end Greenock (Amend• merit and Branches
to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, tad Ayr, the tor.
gow, Barrhead, and Neilston, and tl• e Glasgow, Stra'
aver, and Lesmahagow, and to Haug la Pits). , ~1
Chard Canal and Railway (Extension an d Amalganlato").
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches.
Manchester and Leeds (Branches, Est e:nsions,
Alterations of Levels, and other Worl ). rld
Manchester and Leeds (Branch from the Huddersfield S
Sheffield Junction to Barnsley, and /Extension of 11011 g.

firth Branch).
Gloucester and Dean Forest (Con..n.rncizlon of Docks).
Buckingham and Brackley Junction, acid Oxford and Bletu'.
ley Junction Railway Companies An ialgamation and-.'
tension of Lines. ,teg
Midland (Syaton and Peterborough R ai lway, Deviations,
Approach to Manton Station).
Clarence and Leeds and Thirsk Amalg.natation.
Southampton and Dorchester (New i&orest Deviation sod
Branches). to
West Cornwall (Branches to St. Iv es and Narwayosts
Wharf, and Construction and Enit xgement of Quaffs
Hayle).
Eastern Union (Branch from Mannitigt.ree to Harwich).
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (No. 2)L
Midland (Extension from near Leioest er. rid Bedford!!
Hitchin, and to Northampton and ..V.lt.ntingdon, And go'
largement of the Leicester Station).
Midland (Leicester and Swauningtnn, Widening, Deviationio
and Branches, Enlargement of Leicester Station, and o.°
tending powers as to Ihstock Branch). .ed
South-Eastern (Widening of the Greenwich Railway', :-
Arrangement and Enlargement oi Ole London-bndge
Station).
South-Eastern (London-bridge Station Atyangement 011

Enlargement).
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway and Branch.
CLAUSES AND AMENDMENTS TO BE pROPO",S
IN COMMITTEE ON DISTILLING FROM 5
BILL.

Mg. MOFFATT.
Clause 6, lines 16 and 17, the omission of the words
and above all other penalties."
Proviso to follow clause 10:
.40$
• Provided always, that this present clause and pro—, us
shall not extend or be applicable to any spirits distilled
• sugar which shall be warehoused in pstreatance of the P
visions hereinafter contained.
And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be la
atilt
for every distiller to warehouse for home co,asurnption .104
spirits distilled from sugar in the distillery of such dist!
14
without payment of the duty of Excise chargeable therwmf
according to the provisions of this .Act or any other Act st"be
in force, and subject to such rules and regulations ssf, rola
Commissioners of Excise, or any two of them, shall
time to time direct or order, in any isarehouse apProV"-
by the Commissioners of the Excise. vrha
And be it further enacted, that it shall' and may be 1114"0
for every distiller to warehouse in such warehouse, toes
foreign or colonial spirits now can or may be legally rr
housed, as the Commissioners of the Excise and Casten:lo
spectively shall approve, for exportation or for shipestds
only, any spirits distilled from sugar in the distillery et ac,
•
distiller, without payment of the duty of Excise thereon 0
cording to the provis.2ns of this Act or any other Act ot the
force, and with full poser and liberty to mix or vat
tee
same spirits with any other spirits duly warehoused
same place or warehouse, in such manner as he shall e-als•
fit, and under and subject to such fu: r
they rules and
tions as th 4 Commissioners of Excise
snd Customs re F°
tively sl•all from time to time direct or older.•
be At
And be it further enacted, that it shall whll t°
warehouse for home consumption, or for expel-Wien Or2'
_ setts
not
stores, any spirits distilled from sugar of any rengo4 0t
than the respective strengths of 25 per cent. over as
11 per cent. over proof, or 10 per cent. under proot, 7test
noted by the hydrometer called Sykes' hydrometer, o'oo
all such spirits shall be contained in casks of not ielei oa
_l.
twenty gallons content each, and that there be nier",„tols
each end of every cask, in letters or figures legibly. l?'";0s.
cut, or branded thereon, the number of gallons of spirtiteof
tamed therein at the time of sending such spirits "
distillery for the removal thereof to the warehouses,
_„ boa
And be it further enacted, that if any distiller eutTee pros
warehoused any spirits distilled from sugar iligleitbee dicer
visions of this Act, the collector of Excise. or riling to the
authorised in that behalf, shall, under an& ac,Voun
to s issionera
rules and regulations fur the time being of thesuch ails"
of Excise and Customs respectively pay or al-I°Y(
fled; that is to
titter as aforesaid the sums hereinafter menti°—
say, as to and concerning such spirits az Ethan havt.e.beeare
duly warehoused for home consumption a num after, tu'_,"l„,2
of 12s. 10J. for every eleven gallons and one half of a gapes
of proof spirits upon the entire quantity or the name spiritgF
and as to and concerning such spirits as shall have been doll
warehoused for exportation or ships' stores a sum equal
the whole amount of duty which shall appear, by the acconew
of the proper officer, to have been paid upon or in -re
spect of the sugar from which the same spirit shall he 3
been distilled: Provided always, that such last-mentioncb
allowances as aforesaid shall be paid and recovered at 11!
t?
time and under such laws, rules, and regulations, not bel!
contrary to, or inconsistent with, any of the provisitf
herein contained, as the allowances now by law made ie
spect of spirits distilled in Scotland or Ireland from Ow
only are made payable and recoverable.
And be it further enacted, that in case the quantity ofansill
m eh
spirits distilled fro sugar, computed at proof, which • or
have been warehoused for home consumption, under thisort
any other Act shall, at any time, or by any means, &Hm&
or be deficient of the actual quantity so computed, Iv
was so warehoused, after allowing for so much and such ra
of such spirit so computed as shall have been duly renre`to'i
by the distiller thereof, such distiller and the PrOrtof
thereof respectively, shall not be subject or liable tonti Kt so
duties upon such spirits for or in respect of the qua
(„u,,,,t deficient as aforesaid.
CLAUS t•-: AND. PROVISO TO BE PROPOSED IN TL,
MITTEE *
LABOURING POOR (IRELAND) B'

MR. FRENCH.
1., the end of clause 1, page 3,'
Proviso to be inserter ifind
Provided always, that the expended for exes
and completing such works shall 1.7 no case exceed the le'
which has been so presented for the e-
tion of the same. xecution and ce
To substitute for clause s:
the 51/.
id
And whereas at certain of such sessions held as.
-r fhe
sth day of October, presentments were, by reason cf:
announcement, made for works other than those orarr'
and subsofling, and although the proceedings at socPoo.lo
sions were in some cases not taken in strict conformity tijoe
the provisions of the said recited Act, nor with the reg to
tions contained in the said announcement, it is necessarfAlt
ratify and confirm the same; be it therefore enacted, titot
presentments which have been made at any Presait'lt ea
Sessions held a 'ter the sth day of October last, by theit''irve
and cess-payers constituting such session,, and at any
before the passing of this Act, which shall have been or:1 $ll
be approved of by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, an
works consequent upon such presentments, and all advAg'bo
of public money which shall have been made or shall
made for the execution of the said works, and tie
proceedings had and taken, or which shall be had mill 7bad
thereunder, shall be as valid and effectual as if the sarrt•oo,
been made, done, and carried on pursuant to the pr0c17,40.
of the said recited Act of the 9th and 10th years of the 'O4
of her present .;lajesty, and that sums so presented of
apportioned on the several electoral divisions or part!sie
electoral divisions of poor• law unions, in the barony, belt
barony, county of a city, or county of a town, for which su
sessions were held, shall be ass,,issed on such electoral
ij
sions, or parts of such electoral divisions respectively, -1
the same had been prevented under the provisions of the ota
recited Act.
5 0

CLAUSES TO BE PROPOSED IN COMBLITTEE
POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
Clause to be substituted for Clause 2:— to
And be it enacted, that if at any time it shall be showe'v
the satisfaction of the Poor-law Commissioners, that'iov,
reason of the want of room in the workhouse of any a° nor
adequate relief cannot be afforded therein to destitute .sr,,icif
persons, not being persons permanently disabled as afore.;,is,
or that the workhouse of any union, by reason of the *tee
tence therein of fever or infectious disease, is unfit for
said
reception of poor persons, it shall be lawful for the _.,° 0
Commissioners, from time to time, by order under their I_''ch
and seal, to authorie and empower the guardians of such
union to administer relief; out of the workhouse, t° two
destitute poor persons, for any time not exceeelitlgvieed
calendar mouths from the date of such order : r I.° s, at
alwa s, that it shall be lawful for the said CommissionS•_„ch
any time after the making, and before the expiration or 70(1
order, to revoke the same by an order under their hands
seal for t hat purpose.
Clause to be substituted for Clause 3:—
tirdiaee
And he it enacted, that on the receipt, by the 0 i the
of any union, of any such order, authorising relief out o eiti,
workhouse as aforesaid, they shall be and are hereby iv for
powered and required to make provision accordillgelione
the relief, out of the workhouse, of destitute poor 10), Bach
not being persons permanently disabled as aforesaid, for fetid
time as shall be specified in the said order, or until
_„' relief
order shall be revoked : Provided always, that under
given out of the workhouse to able-bodied perso,a_s,:A enlY,
the authority of any such order, shall be given in i„L'A7n and
save as hereinafter provided, in any case of sudden
urgent necessity.
nareerlf
MIDDLESEX iiosErraL.----Thirrsday a (1- rd-
the Wa
court of the governors of this charity was held in in the
room of the institution. Sir Robert Inglis, nii_994 in"
chair. The report stated that during the past Year bad re-
be allegde,clE' spina,'"
patients had been received, and 9,372 out-patients xnenses
ceived medicine and attendance. The ordinerYA eb,cing $
were 8,2851. 3s. Id.. and the income 6,3221. 55. S''
deficiency of 1,9621. 17s. bd. A ~,, or ii
CURIOUS LITERARY TRIAL.—A few •-•11./.,:hjeb tho
case was brought before the Civil Tribunal,' 17. 'Alexandre
Marquis d'Espinay-St.-Luc was plaintiff, and 000 e. damages
Dumas, defendant. The former demanded 50'
from the celebrated novelist for having,
f rano:" ' "
the reputation of one of his ancestors,
Montsoreatly
St.-Luc, in the work entitled "La Dame de which
e day,
conlrary to all the historical documents of th
of the most
concur in representing that nobleman as one
M Alexandre
valiant captains of the reign of Henry
ilal; declared, in an
Durnaa had brought him forward, it wides having attri-
ignoble manner, in several chapters,
.besides
duel with M. de
hilted to him cruelty, in word and act,
in
was allowed to
Montsoreau. The liberty which a novelistl n th. it was The
dared, with historical names did not go thef einfng
them. The
injured
dared, of altering their characters and de a
etched over.
reputation of one's ancestors was a
carefully wa
cious than property. and should be
,cle
.1,832 of civil
The pluin, ff'. i.! consequence, .
'"'''''el "-I:l:y76ther-,aiticjii a
code, to oblige M. .Ale:candr.- Duinaeol%i•tiie
Passages come
the "Dante de Monsureau,"
to
6ottlePr name for that St.-
plained of, or to substitute some
~
in order to ofdexeMill t,tte
Luc. The Court adjourned the cage,
... .. _
work.— Galignani, patrimony not less over.

PARLIAMENTARY BL rSINESS.
(From the Vohs and Proceedings of the liv use if Commons.)
TH R3DAY, FIB. 4.
The following Railway Bills were prese cited , read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time:
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Sta.; nes to Ascot
and Wokingham, with Branches)—.." for 3naid rag a Railway
from Staines to Wokingham, with B:ranches t, i the London
and South-Western Railway."
Windsor, Staines, and South-West ern (I :ichmond to
Windsor, Yee.)--" for making a Railway- from. Richmond to
Windsor, with a Loop Line throu7.-,h Brent. ford a a d Hounslovr."
East Lincolnshire (Louth Navigatio
Purchase)—" to
authorise the East Lincolnshire Railway Cot apany to pur-
chase an existing lease of the Louth Navi goat 'EL"
Southampton and Dorchester (Blandfi ,rd
making a Branch Railway from the Sold: hampton and Dor-
che,ter Railway to Blandford, and for oth. pr purposes."
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVAT. g BILL-OFFICE.
ranch)—" for
The following Railway Bills are appoi. rated to be read
second time on Monday, Feb. 8 :
Glasgow, Dumfrie3, and Carlisle, and Glas Tor, Paisley, Ll'
marnock, and Avr (No. I).
Manchester and Leeds (Alteration of Lel relo of 13righ°118.
Branch of the West Riding Union, an d nem Line into