The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-02 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'Clock.

LORDS AMENDMENTS.

The Lords Amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to :
Aberavon Market Bill.
Leith Municipality and Police Trusts, Markets, Paving,
and Sanitary Improvement Bill.
Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Deviation Connecting
Branch and Improvement) Bill.
SECOND READING.
The Earl of Sheffield's Estate Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be committed.
WALSALL IMPROVEMENT.

On the motion of Mr. SPOOIsiERrt;;s ordered—
That the report on the Walsall Improvement Bill be
taken into consideration on Thursday, provided a bre-
viate of the amended Bill be laid on the table the day
before ; and one day's notice thereof be given in the
Private Bill-office.

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME.
Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Dorsetshire
against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill.
LIVERPOOL—SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS
CORPUS.
Sir T. BIRCH presented a petition from Liverpool
praying the House to disregard the petitions that had
been presented to the House the other night from Liver-
pool, praying for an extension of the suspension of the
Habeas Corpus Act to that town.

BAKERS.
Captain PECHELL presented a petition from the
journeymen bakers of Brighton in favour of the Bake-
houses Bill.

SPAIN.
Mr. BANKES postponed his motion relative to the
expulsion of the English Minister from Madrid to
Thursday next.

LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND? BILL.
On the motion for going
into Committee on the
Landed Property (Ireland) Bill,
Mr. SHARM.AN CRAWFORD said that as he found
it was impossible to go on effectually with the Bill
during the present session, he should move to discharge
the order for going into Committee. In doing so, he
trusted that the Government woald turn their attention
to the subject in another session, and bring in some Bill
on the subject.
After some observations from Mr. Ilume, Mr. P.
Scrope, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the order
for going into Committee on the Bill was discharged.
BAKEHOUSE BILL.

On the motion of Mr. BROTaERTON, the order of
the day for the second reading of this Bill was dis-
charged.

LIFE POLICIES OF INSURANCE BILL.
On the motion of Mr. FAGAN, the order of the
day for the committal of this Bill was discharged.
REMEDIES AGAINST THE HUNDRED BILL.
Sir WILLIAM CLAY moved the second reading of
this Bill. The law as it at present existed on this
subject was absurd and anomalous, and the object
of the present measure was to place it on a
better footing. He believed that the measure met with
the general approbation of the public, as it would have
the effect of amending the law as it at present existed
with respect to the compensation of parties whose pro-
perty had been destroyed in consequence of outbreaks
and riots.

Sir G. GREY felt bound to oppose the second reading
of the Bill. believing that much better tests might be
applied to make the hundred liable for damages caused
by riot than those proposed by the present measure.
Mr. BANKES was sorry the Right Hon. Gentleman
had refused to give his assent to the measure going into
Committee. He believed that there was a great deal of
good in the measure, and that it was one that ought to
be well considered by the Government. The Government
had received upon a late occasion great assistance from
special constables, and it was, in his opinion, their duty
to do all in their power to protect and secure their pro-
perty while special constables were discharging an im-
portant and most onerous duty to their country. He
thought if the Government looked so lightly upon the
value of the property of such men, they would upon
emergencies taking place find it no easy matter to get
tradesmen to take upon themselves the onerous duty of
special constables. He thought that the Government
ought to allow the Bill to go into Committee,
and if they would not, he trusted that the Honourable
Baronet who had introduced the measure would divide
the House upon the motion for the second reading of the
Bill, in order that it might be known who were in favour
of the principle of the Bill and who were not.
Mr. BERNAL thought it would be much better for
the Government to introduce some short measure on the
subject than go into Committee on a Bill brought in by
an individual Member.

Mr. HUME said those whose property was destroyed
during a riot had a strong claim upon the liberality of
the Government; but he agreed with the Hon. Gentle-
man who had just sat down that the mode in which the
Government should afford compensation to such persons
should be left to the law officers of the Crown. This Bill
had been long enough before the House to attract the
attention of the Government, and he thought they were
to blame for not having taken it up. It embraced a
subject of the utmost importance, and he thought the
House ought not to separate without applying some re-
medy to the difficulty this Bill grappled with.—(Hear.)
Mr. SPOONER said the law as it now stood was ex-
ceedingly defective, and he felt strongly that it was the
duty of Government to take the matter into their own
hands. Government compelled parties to leave their
own projects to protect the peace in some other part of
the town, and it was really too bad to tell those per-
sons that they had no right to claim compensation for
the loss and destruction of their property. The
principle of the Bill the Right Hon. Baronet admitted
to be good, and he could not understand, under these
circumstances, how the Government could object to
adopt the Bill, and make such improvements in it as they
thought the public service required.
Captain PECHELL regretted the decision the Right
Hon. Baronet had come to on the subject, for he could
assure the House that all the large towns in the country
were looking with great anxiety for the passing of such
a measure as this. Really, then, something
ought to be
done, and he trusted, therefore, the Right Hon. Baronet
would reconsider the decision he had come to.
Mr. ELLIOT suggested that the parties who were
instrumental in calling riotous and tumultuous assem-
blages together should be made responsible for the
damage done to property by the rioters.
Mr. CARDWELL bore testimony to the accuracy
of the Hoe. and Gallant Captain's statement, that most
of the large towns were looking with anxiety to the
passing of this Bill, and he begged to state that he
held in his hand a petition from the Liverpool Society
for the Protection of Trade in favour of the measure.
The difficulties which now stood in the way of a
party receiving compensation were of a legal character,
and all reasonable persons must agree with him that
they ought to be removed.
Sir G. GREY was understood to promise that if the
Bill were withdrawn the subject should have the best
consideration of the law-officers of the Crown during
the recess, with a view of introducing a Bill next session.
Mr. HENLEY was decidedly in favour of the prin.,
ciple of the Bill, but he thought it better to refer the
subject to the law officers of the Crown before any
measure was adopted.
Sir WILLIAM CLAY said if the Right Hon. Bart.
would consent to the second reading of the Bill, he
would leave it in his hands to make what alterations the
law officers of the Crown suggested.
Sir G. GREY had no objection to the second reading,
but he doubted whether the Bill could be further pro-
ceeded with this session.

Vv
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed this day week.