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MA Y 6, 1848.

ashamed to call himself an Englishman if it was to be
Elvis se. o se; e gtx b:ac;gual
succeed in overturning all our institutions unless the
Government had power to send them out of the country.
The whole proceeding was a disgrace to the Ministers
and to the country.—(Cheers.)
Mr. HILDYARD said, the fear was not that any
number of foreigners residing here could overturn the
Government, but the mischief that their machinations
might produce to our own fellow-subjects. Englishmen
had never had recourse, even in periods of the greatest
excitement, to those practices which had di3•
graced some other countries, and he hoped they never
would. There were, however, parties in these
kingdoms now, he was very sorry to say, who would
not hesitate to incite the people to the most abominable
acts—as throwing vitriol in the faces of the troops—
( Hear)—end it was possible that foreigners who had been
engaged in the pratices to which he alluded as having
occurred abroad, might come here and endeavour to ir.-
duce people to follow their example. Should it happen
that, in consequence of a morbid sensibility on the part
of the Legislature, the blood of any of the people should
have to be shed, he should, as a Member of that Legisla-
ture, be much more ashamed of himself than he should
now be for having voted for this Bill.
Mr. HUME said that no foreigner would be permitted,
in any public meeting in this country, to raise his voice
to advise a disturbance of the peace. If any man ven-
tured to do so he would assuredly be turned out He
feared that under this Bill persons who sought refuge in
this country from political psrsecution at home nitwit, at
the instigation of their enemies, be compelled to return
to a place where, perhaps, their lives would be forfeited.
—(Hear.) The Bill was a disgrace to its authors. He
should support the substitution of " one" year for the
three proposed by the Home Secretary.
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY believed, had the 10th of
April passed over previous to the introduction of the
measure, they would never have heard of it. He could
speak, as a magistrate, that nothing had come to his
knowledge to afford the slightest justification for such
a Bill.
Lord D. STUART said the Noble Lord had that
night stated incidentally what had never been stated
before, that there were persons in this country plotting
assassination.— (No.)
Lord J. RUSSELL explained that his observation
was in answer to the remark of the Hon. Member for
Manchester, that all foreigners who had come here pre-
vious to the late French revolution had come for the
purposes of trade.
Mr. BRIGHT—Or as refugees.
Lord J. RUSSELL had interrupted the Hon. Mem-
ber to say that persons were here before that time who
had been engaged in assassination plots, and had been
compelled to leave their own country in consequence,
and that such persons might become dangerous h. re
Lord 1). STUART was glad to hear this explanation,
for he and others had understood the Noble Lord to say
that there were foreigners in this country plotting
assassination. He would not press his amendment to a
division.
The alteration proposed by Sir G. Grey was then
made, and the clause as altered passed.
The remaining clauses were also agreed to.
Mr. URQUHRT proposed the following clauses,
enacting—
" That when and so often as the powers given by this
Act shall be put into execution there shall be laid before
Parliament, without unnecessary delay, a copy or copies
of all informations upon which orders shall have been
issued in accordance with this Act ; together with a
statement of all proceedings which may have been taken
in respect to airy alien or aliens against whom the same
may have been put in force.
" And that, in all cases where naturalisation has the
effect of depriving alien friends of any of their civil
rights in their own country, this Act shall be inopera•
tive, provided that such alien friends, at the time of
their residence in England, are engaged in commerce."
Sir G. GREY opposed the first, stating that Govern-
ment would, in all cases, be responsible to Parliament
and would produce all the information upon any case
required. With regard to the second, he did not under-
stand what was meant by "alien Mends ; " but as die
Bill stood naturalised loreigners would not be included
in its operation.
Mr. URQUHART explained that he used the word
" friends" as distinguished from " enemies." In some
cases, as in those of French and American citizens, they
could not be naturalised here without forfeitir6s all .heir
rights of citizenship in their own country. It was to
such parties that this clause was intended to apply.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could not consent to
a clause which wonld have the effect of rendering the
Bill inoperative in respect to all French or American
citizens sa ho might be engaged in commerce, however
dangerous their residence here might be. If their resi-
dence was not dangerous to the peace of the country
they-would net be retrieved.
After a tew words from Lor I D. STUART in favour
of the clauses they were put anti negatived without a
division; and the preamble having been agreed to, the
House resumed, and the Bill, with amendments, was or-
dered to be reported.
PUBLIC HEALTH BILL.
On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, in
order to go into Committee on this Bill,
Mr. HUME said be should not object to their going
into Committee, but would take the sense of the House
against the Bill on the report.
• Col. SIBTHORP objected to the Bill as wholly un-
necessary, and because the city of London was ex-
empted from its operation. There was no part of the
country stood more in need of sanitary regulations
than the metropolis, and yet it was excluded, through
the exercir at City influence with their representa-
tive, the Noble Lord at the head of the Government.
Mr. URQUHART rose to me, pursuant to notice,
thattin in the opinion of the House, the existing law
provides protection against, and remedies tor, the nui-
sances which• affect the health ot man, but subse-
quently withdrew this amendment, and moved that
the Bill be committed that day six months. His ob
jcciiou to this Bill was, that it suspended the functions
of that House, and delegated its authority to tax the
people to another body. On that ground alone he
thought it would not only prove an abordve attempt to ad-
vance sanitary reform, but absolutely retard it. It would,
of coarse, be ardentl3 advocated by those who expected to
partake t.f the benefits expected to accrue from the
patronage it created, amounting to a variety of places
for medical inspectors, engineers, and others. It was
difficult for men with such anticipations to maintain their
integrity, and he could not, therelore, refrain from say-
ing that this Bill came before the House in a most sespi-
cious guise, as far, at least, as its political and personal
aspects were concerned. He objected to it also as estab-
lishing a new system of centralisation, which would
usurp the power of local bodies, take from them the
character of citizens and Englishmen, give rise to end-
less corruption, reduce all to a dull monopoly, and place
in the hands of a central government an amount of
patronage and power which, in addition to the degrada-
tion of our character and the deterioration of our cir-
cumstances, would entail upon us a new and enormous
load of taxation. The Noble Lord, in introducing the
Bill, never once made reference to the ex:sting sta-
tutes regulating the powers of municipal bodies, and
providing for the prevention or suppression of' nui-
sances ; and this he locked upon as a most unusual'
end culpable omission. Now the common law, as laid
down by Blackstone, provided remedies against such
nuisance, and any new law on the subject ought at least
to make reference to it. The means of executing the
common law in respect of nuisances had in the olden
time been confided to courts leet; before there had
existed the assize of nuisances, but these had been lost,
and now they were reduced to seek the ordinary remedy
of the law. Apia; it had formerly been the practice to
appoint Commissioners under the Crown. These Com-
missioners had, however, no appointments to give, no
profits to make, but were simply sent to inquire into
the survey nuisances, and report upon whose defaults
they existed. Such a course, he contended, would be
useful in the present day. But this Bill was introduced
to establish a special Board to sit in London, and to have
the management of everything connected with the sub-
ject. Indeed, the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Morpetb),
when he introduced this measure, said he wished the
Bill went further, and therefore it was clear that it was
only an instalment of the unconstitutional measures
which might be expected to follow. The Bill would
surrender the authority of the Legislature, the power
of raising taxes, to an extrinsic body; and this power
the Noble Lord on the introduction of the Bill
had expressed his doubts whether Parliament
would consent to surrender. He (Mr. Urquhart) hoped
those doubts would be realised.—(Hear, hear.) In all
the Noble Lord had stated with reference to the Sanitary
Commission he (Mr. Urquhart) fully concurred ; and
he was sure, that if the Noble Lord had confined himself
to remedying evils in that respect, and had abstained
from the dangerous course of legislation now under the
attention of the House, the Noble Lerd would have de-
served the meed of praise and the gratitude of his coun-
try.—(Hear, hear.) But instead ot adopting that course
he had claimed this objectionable measure in the name
of the people of England, in the name of humanity, in
the name of public liberty and of public suffering. On
each of these grounds he (Mr. Urquhart) denied his
Lordship's plea. There were no Health of Towns Bills
in France, America, Spain, and Germany; and why was
it that the condition of the people of this country had
been reduced to the lowest ebb of degradation? Was it
not because the Legislature had passed bad laws affecting
the labour and industry of man ? Away, then, with I
this mawkish philanthropy, and restore the con-
dition of the people of Eughted by a recurrence to
the principles of equal legislation. As to the
Bill itself nothing could be so extraordinary and
extravagant as its provisions. Its most material
feature was the creation of a board of five commis.
sinners (one to be a minister), to whom were to be con-
fided the most extensive powers ever given to any body
of men in this country. This board was to be appointed
during her Majesty's pleasure, and hence each commis-
sioner would become a mere puppet in the hands of the
Ministry. This board, with such powers, ought, if at all,
to be appointed, lice the judges, during good behaviour,
and the local boards under their control ought to be re-
lieved from Government centralisation. lie was certain
if the Bill was passed it would speedily have to be altered
on the demand of the people. It had at present taken
the country by surprise, itsobjects were almost unknown
and yet petitions with twenty thousand signatures had
been presented against it, while only five thousand had
appeared in its favour. He held a petition, which he
had not yet had an opportunity of presenting against the
measure, and it Isere the signatures of several medical
men who had signed a petition for the measure in
ignorance, at the time, of its provisions. Tnis was a
proof that the mass of the nation was ignorant of the
proposed legislation. Even now deputations had come
up from serious towns to protest against the Bill.
These would increase—petitions would be laid upon the
table, and remonstrances addressed to every individual
Member against the measure, if time was afforded ; and
he must remark, that if the Noble Lord had thought
the Bill so beneficial in its object and so perfect in its

character, he ought long since to have fully informed
1,11 notion on the subject. This Liss was uneke
previous legislative measure ever introduced into this
House—it much more resembled a Russian ukase; and
if the Government should be so ill advised and so infa-
tuated as to press it, he hoped there would arise (and
he believed it would arise) such an opposition as would
compel them to retrace their steps. Before he con-
eluded he must complain of a publication emanating
from the sub-committee of the Health of Towns Asso-
ciation, which had been circulated among Members of
the House, in order to facilitate the carrying of th.
Bill. That publication contained calumnies the meat
foul, statements the most unfounded, language the
most unseemly, and propositions the most absurd.
Almost every local board in the country had been
stabbed in the dark by these anonymous traducers (for
the names of the sub-committee were not appended to
the publication); and he called upon the many philan-
thropic members of the *association to disclaim the work
and to withdraw themselves from it. In the Larne of the
constituencies of England he called upon the House not
to pass the Bill, but to postpone it for a few weeks, and
he pledged himself' to bring in a measure which would
meet every object without any objectionable centralising
clause. He denied the necessity of any second Somerset-
house authority. He held that this measure wonld lead
to endless jobbing. and would be to the Government a
temptation against which their integrity would not b.
proof, and would be to the liberties ot the people a blow
against which their independence would not bear up. Hi
should take every means in his power to obstruct the
passage ot the Bill through the House, and with this view
he now moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be com-
mitted this day six months.
Mr. BANKES seconded the amendment, on the ground
that the preamble contained provisions which actually
exempted the whole of the city of London; and,by implies
tion, a part of the metropolitan district, from the operation
of the Bill. He would not give his consent to a Bill so
framed. He was aware that those who had framed this
measure knew that it contained objectionable clauses, to
which the attention of the Government had been called
by the authorities of the city of London; and though he
would not impute to the Noble Lord who represented
that City an undue partiality to his constituents, yet ht
would say the Noble Lord's constituents had no greater
right to his especiel attention than hail his (Mr. &alike's,
constituents or those of the Hon. Member who hao
brought forward this amendment.—(Hear, hear.) With
the Noble Lord all constitaenc;es ought to stand on the
same footing.—(bear, hear.) If the Bill was objection
able to the citizens of London, it was equally objection
able to the towns in the county he (Mr. Bailees) repre-
sented; and until there should be presented a Biil whtet,
would be good for all constituencies, he should refuse t,
go into Committee. To du so with the present Bil
would be at, idle waste of time. Those who sat oi,
his (Mr. Bankes's) side of the House had often beet
charged by the Government with wasting the time
of the House; but it was the Government that caused
it by the form in which they presented and
brought forward their measures, to the principles or
which both sides agreed. If then they prepared Bills
in such a shape, how dared the Government charge him
and those who acted with him with delaying the reme-
dial measures propounded by the Government ? The)
themselves created the delay. Look, for instance, at the
present Bill. The Government had actually been com-
pelled to double the letters of the alphabet in order to
designate the number of the clauses they themselves
thought necessary as amendments to a measure origi
nally brought forward fourteen months ago. It wouto
be in vain to go into Committee on such a Bill. %% iti,
such a preamble the Bill could not possibly pass. It
would inevitably be thrown out at last, and then its op.
ponents would be taunted with wasting the public time.
London and the metropolitan districts required a sand
tery provision more than any other part ut the kingdom.
Look at the chimneys rising around, overtopping th,
towers of the new houses, and destro)ing all vegetatioh
in their neighbourhood.—(Hear.) Was it not idle, then.
to talk of sanitary improvement if' these things wen.
overlooked ? Even the very air which they, the sena
tors of the kingdom, had to breathe, was tainted in th(-
way he had described, and no remedy was proposed for
it.—(Hear, and a laugh.) The Honourable Mover of the
amendment was net quite correct in stating that this
measure was woolly unprecedented. Precedents mieh,
be found in the time of the Commonwealth, when every-
thing was referred to commissions and commissioners;
but these were not precedents which ought to be fol
lowed in the present day. He would willingly delegate
to the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests
all the powers he was inclined to take upon himself; but
would not consent to the appointment of a host of ir-
responsible commissioners, of whom the House knew
nothing. He had the fullest confidence in the unite-
peached honour of the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.)
Let all places in„the kingdom be included in this Bill,
under one responsible head, and then there would to
no dissatisfaction. The kingdom at large never would
be, nor ought to be, satisfied with the partial measure
now proposed; the commissioners to be appointed
under it would become generally unpopular, and before
two years had passed the repeal of the Bill would be
demanded. The distrust which it implied of local au-
thority was entirely undeserved; they ought only to be
subjected to the imperial supervision of the Govern
ment, which would be as effectual in that case as iu tha.
of the supervision exercised over the magistracy by th.
Right Hon. the Home Secretary—a supervision which
was not less effectual from the rare occasions on which it
was exercised. 'I he delay now proposed would be an
advantage it the Bill was thereby rendered less objec
tionable.

Lord J. RUSSELL said that if the Hon Member
who had last spoken had thought fit to have shown t,
the House that a Bill for the purposes of sanitary im-
provement ought to include the City of London and the
whole of the metropolitan districts, the House would
have been ready to list, n to any argument on that head.
But the Hon. Member had addressed no argument
whatever to the House—he had contented himself with
an imputation.—(Hear, hear.) It might he wise, ac
cording to the preceiletic ‘,e the Bill introduced by the
Noble Lord the Member for Falkirk (Lord Lincoln), t•
exempt the metropolis from the operation of such
Bill ; or it might be a better plan to introduce a Bill si
miler to that of lust year, including the whole of the me.
trepulis. The Hon. Gentleman might think one plan
better than the other, but he left all such reasons un-
touched, and thought it quite unnecessary to urge any
argument ; relying on the imputation that he (Lord
John Russell) bad abused his influence as a Member of
the Government in favour of his constituents.
Mr. BANKFS—I beg your pardon—l expressly ex
eluded you from that charge.
Lord J. RUSSELL—The Honourable Gentleman
certainly said—" The Noble Lord had no right to see
that the representations of his constituents were attended
to while those of Members who represented other large
cities and towns in the kingdom were disregarded."
Mr. BANKES—I beg leave distinctly to state that I
did not say any such thing, but I said the contrary.—
(Sensation.)
Lord J. RUSSELL—Certainly, what struck my ears
was, that the representations of my constituents had
been attended to; and that the representations of the
Honourable Members for the towns iu the county o;
Dorset, and of the Honourable Member for Stafford,
ought to be equally attended to —(Cheers) lam cer-
tainly very glad to hear that the Honourable Gentleman
meant nothing of the kind.—(Bear. hear.)
Mr BANKES (Kith great warmth)—l mean to say
that I said nothing of the kind.—(Laughter.)
Lord J. RUSSELL—If the Honourable Gentleman
said nothing o!. the kind, then my ears entirely de-
ceived me.—(Hear. hear.) There were certain sen•
tences, which I imagined I had heard, which it
seems have never been uttered.—(Cheers, and laugh
ter.) However, although I may have entirely mistaken
what my ears conve.i ed to me, I do think I may
be justified—having been liable to many attacks in the
course of last year to which I never replied—in stalks
what is the course I have taken, which has certainly not
been a very active one upon this subject. I considered
the question i.:enerally with my Noble Friend (Lord Mor
petit), last year ; and he said he had come to the deco
sion that the whole of the metropolis ought to be
included in the Bill. I was quite satisfied with that
decision. After the Bill was brought in, some objections
were made to that course. My Noble Friend reconsi
dered the matter, with the p•rsotis whom he thought
were best able to advise him. I desired him—which I
am sure he was likely to do—to pay every attention to
all parts of the subject, to make the Bill operate the most
beneficially. The result was that he made many amend-
ments in the Bill, and did come to the determination to
leave out the metropolis.—(Hear, hear, tied laughter
from the Opposition benches) Now, a. very few
moments ago I was told that there was no imputation
against me. What am Ito understand from that very
etnphivie " Hear, hear?"—(Cheers.) Is it meant to be
insinuated, when I say that my Noble Friend told me
that he had come to the determination to leave out the
metropolis, that there must have been some occult in-
fluence behind—(No, no)—that there must have been
some mystery or other ingetting the metropolis left out, in
which my constituents must have been concerned? I
will state the only communication which I have had
with any constituent of mine—certainly a very import-
ar.t person—upon this subject. Last autumn we had a
good deal of consideration, along with the Lord Chan
cellor as to what should be done resoecting the metro-
politan commission of sewers, and we found that the
authority of the Crown enabled us to appoint a new
commission, comprehending a great part of the metro.
polis, but that an Act of Parliament stood in the way of
our comprehending the City of London. That Act re-
quire,' that a commission of sew, rs should act for the
City of London Only ; and the Lord Chancellor had no
authority in that respect. The Lord Mayor (he was
the important constituent to whom I alluded just now)
desired to see me, and wished to ask whether it was
the intention of Government to include the City of
London, by bringing in a Bill to repeal the Act referred
to, and to include the City of London under the i

same commission of sewerage as the rest of the metropo-
lis ? I said certainly it was the intention of Govern-
ment to introduce a Bill for that purpose ; end he said
" Very well ; if Government have made up their minds
to introduce such a Bill, all I can tell you is, that we of
the City of Landon shall give it our most strenuous and
determined opposition."—(Hear, hear.) That has been
the only communication which I have had with my con
stituents on the matter ; and if we have not persevered
in that plan of comprehending the City of London under
the same sewerage commission, I do not think it showed
any base subserviency on my part to my constituents.--
(Cheers.) If Hon. Gentlemen think that London and
the metropolitan districts ought to be included in this
Bill, I hope they will condescend to give the House their
reasons for so thinking, rather than to indulge in iropu-
tatiuns whicn were made din ing two months of the last
session, and which have given great amusement and have
furnished matter for vociterous ering six weeks of the
his session.—(Chvsent, but which
ers )I hope will not be
lit peated during
Mr. HENLEY objected to a central commission, ex-
cept for the single purpose 9t “rraugiug the districts. It

tves meet important thet the rata-payers themselet
whether in earizhes, toenseips, or other boundarit
should have the power of originating
senitaty procee
ings under this Act. That principle had worked e;
tremely well in the Inclosure Act, and he had hoped
would have been adopted in the present measure. Ant
ther objectionable point was that power should be give'
not only to repeal all the local Acts, but to revive suc
of their provisions as were desirable. This power, ii
vested in the Privy Council, was most uncoustitutirs
—(Hear, hear.) As the Bill stood, any fifty inhabitat
householders, cithout any limitation of boundary, tile'
origittate proceedings utader the Bill, and might, if tt,
thought proper, include the whole kingdom in one di
trict. This plan could net work satisfactorily. timr_
the Noble Lord would in Committee give up that ems!
030114 mass of patronage which the Bill would giTep:
Government, by abandoning the Commissioners, he
oppose the Bill going into Committee; for he looked will
the greatest jealousy on this attempt, after the Govern
went had got bold of all the lawyers to extend their p,
aronage to the doctors,—(Laughter.)
Sir 11. VERNEY concurred in much that bad faller
i.rom the Hon. Member for Oxfordshire, but he COast,
de red that the practical objections to the measure
quite susceptible of being removed in Committee. 11_°,
certainly it would be necessary to modify the propose'
centralization to a very materiel extent. etle;
Mr. FITZROY was quite as sensible as any ge
roan present of the numerous glaring defects of the apes..g
sure, but, at the some time, he thought it most cons'
tent with his duty to vote for its committal. It was tae
nerally admitted that some reformin our sanitary eYed re,
was necessary, and he thought that the present mess ed
greatly amended, no doubt might meet the acknowle g
want.
tin'
Mr. DIVETT had so decided an objection to ther Poo
ciple of the measure, that he could not sanction its further
tea
progress. With all due respect for the Noble Letee!se 00i
head of the Woods and Forests Department, he (buses,
consider him more especially with his infinite other Ores,
;ions, at all the man who could properly carry out 11.1°.,,5t
sure of this kind, and he was quite as convinceous,
the country at large would not submit to an arblf:s"r.
%patens of centralisation placed in the hands of
these
Chadwick.—(Hear, hear.) It was his opinion dist Li se
was quite as much danger of jobbing under centre:o,
:ender local administration. The brothers, sons. nePhheea.
.1;d what not, of Cabinet Ministers had shown ef
.elves quite as disposed as other men to that ereloei
iebbing which consisted in getting hold of as much ot)
is possible for as little labour as possible.—(ll'44 h
the
tie denied that any genuine popularity attached tLbie
dill.—(Hear.) It was quite manifest that the re(!sof
Viscount evinced no aptitude for this particular businurb,
st all events, fur after withdrawing one Bill oa the awed
lee% by reason of the general outcry against it, be re
introduced another which exhibtted no sort of itePra
went in prciple, end little, if any, in detail.there° •
Viscount EBRINGTON contended that se oa
general dement! for the measure, and, in particular,
the part of Exeter and other large towns.
Mr. H. DRUMMOND characterised the whole of the '•e
case, got up by interested parties against the Loce-H ood
seas
throughout the country, as full of the grossest exTef
rations. lie had an entire objection to that eYei„„,a eot
centralisation which was so popular with the Pieced
Government, and which, in his opinion, had Prus—die
much of the evil which had manifested itself in ,ore
administration of the new poor-law. The grand fe9:ni,
u the measure, in the eyes of gentlemen oa the some
erial benches, was its proposed appointment
assert mill dozen commissioners, with secretaries, naa,"- pet
secretaries, and inspectors infinite, with indefinite eel
'tit of the cousolidated fund, and with unlimited
ever cities (London). with cautious judgment exesePlleya
(Hear)—towns and counties, streets, squares, and a and
souses and cottages, chapels and churches, rstesedele
esyments of all sorts, with powers, in a word, to to
el
and make with everything and evert body, uncheels
Ley one but the Noble Viscount opposite and Mr,'8 C 0
eiek—an excellent protection for the countrys 13,,,,s of
ended that all that was needed was the appolatn3"o of
e single efficient commissioner, under the direeti° tee
Lhe Home Secretary, for the purpose of visiting 4e
various towns throughout the country, and enfordee
sxeeution of their duties by the local boards. iota
Viscount MORPETH. hoped the House would goo
Committee on the Bill. He should be quite reeobjer
sake into his consideration every practical or real
quieev
ion that might be suggested. He would, for inee`pete
admit that he was by no means indisposed to elle Bore
the discussion of the question propounded bY Laudon of
Member as to the propriety of limiting the trs of the
the commission. He was also quite conk of anis
many difficulties that surrounded the questi°ll he hail
tary legislation; and he had adopted, se ft. as had beep
neen able to do so, the various suggestiOns tun' untrYs
forwarded to him from different parts .of the e° tho
He must take the present opportunity of denYing.ooo
,he powers which were sought ler the comeol"'sttri,
were of that arbi.rary character which had been
sissrd
'wed to them. As to the powers given to the Dee e
of Privy Ceuneil with reterende to the control of,
local boards, they wero no more thanwhat hat 7,1
o'd
ready been sanctioned in respect to the 10C131 acts. of t;
House that he I!
already been made aware of the fact that a tat
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Member for Stafford opposed the Bill; but he belie ltd
hat the Hon: Member's feelings were not particinektis
in by his constituents. He (Lord Morpeth) heldin
'tand a petition from the inhabitants; of Stafford", e4Oll
plaining of the wretched sauitury state of that' teitf°' ;gee
praying for legislative interterence. This petition
signed by all the clergy, all the medical professitita ego
•pt one, and all the members of the cor l
)ropoz,ed this Bill, however, not as one sil enert—„eor
oct ors or clergymen, but as being
essentially the ref
eau's Bill.—(Hoar, hear.) He wished to say' a 'oe•
words Row on the met-vexed question of centralisenos
.ted here he would say that there was not in tbatilfsesi
a greater fzientl to a well-arranged municipal lOU ,self
4overnment than WI was. He knew how intiu!iiliti
he principle of local government and responel
001
were interwoven with our English notions
cool
tanners, and he had, therefore, always
in favour of motions for the extension of; 0101
eipal institutions. But this Bill went to extend, fie
powers not to destroy them. It would give powers 0. d Do
ing, draining, and cleansing to 92 towns, which ha 151,,,
such powers, at present, and would secure thou' 10 Of
which now had only divided or restricted powers'
296 towns which bad now no local Acts, and lsB„;nfer
which had only restricted powers, this Bill woul,°Lisilot''
;ull and complete means of sewage, cleansing, "1.0 ifr
and draining. But some central control was el• this
,ended. He had already explained his notions °l2
head, and had thought he had satisfied the House; fat
,ence then, he had been assailed in many quarte;rie of
I;:tempting, as was alleged, to carry the prirl ivo
eentratizanon too far. He had accordingly te'retione'
nits counsels men well acquainted with local gar-five*
and had determined on central control to this ex peel
;fewer of revising the boundaries of districts, an %ate
in cases of difference, and a power of auditing °cage;
ehere disputes should arise. However, if in „trot
inittee objection should be taken to the limited ee- the
le proposed, he should be prepared to Pay the}
cost respectful attention to an segestione
.000
;night be made. Allusion had been made to a dt'cili'lle}
emanating tram the Health of Towns Commission. ,bet
imminent was anonymous, and he did not wish,. fellirti
of
o allude to it. His obja et was to advance the oe-g,tigh•
r,he people, not to fling foul water on those whoA ;WO
differ with him in opinion. A great deal was Wu; core
the rights of Englishmen, but let them take some the
of the lives of Englishmen.—(ll-ar, hear.) l'.ether
douse recollect that while they were legislating,
reot
sands were dying under the influence of our Poe 0,
,
wretched sewage and drainages and let them OP"O
J
13111 which he confidently asserted might be Called ;-0
tor promoting the health, the comfort, and the 00-
of the people of England.—(Cheers.) Peter
Mr. BUCK asserted that the inhabitants of bete
had spent 100,0001. on drainage, and were not,
;tot'
tore, to be stigmatised with having neglected the 1001
tary condition of their town. He thought thekt,s the
questions should be left to local control, and bat
expenses of the country should not be increased Veffeet
missions which, judging by experience, could 001Y„jec5'
waste and contusion. He should divide on every P'
tor the appointment of commissions. higbli
Mr. H. BERKELEY said that the Bill WO 'el
nnsplet
popular with his constituents, and the only eesetes-
was that the city of London was excluded from "'ota
ration.—(Hear, hear.) According to the evidene°o it
before the Sanitary Commission there was no t°".. colt
the kingdom in a worse state than the metroeoli,lsa vier!,
He thought the House had a right to know wua-ey
the plans proposed for the improvement of the able
London. In his opinion London ought not t° „ stste
enlisted from the Act. Nut only was its saaitar-le,
bad, but is moral position also. He should Y°l-
- into Committee.
1, la PI
Lord LINCOLN (amid cries of " Divide") e--(3._,akefis
have made an observation but for the last sr-OM'
reference to the metropolis. He was bound, in la OP;
and fairness, to state that he was one of those we.,„asens
vised the exclusion of the metropolis from the erasure
13;11 with a view to another and a more cotnnrehe-iisr
till - measure. With reference to the question of cen
non ho should not go into it now, for it did o°t s
upon this stage, but he should be prepared to de11%% for
it on a future Occasion. At present he should
going into Committee. There was one other poi Lo.)
(Shouts of Oh," amid which the Noble Lord sat ote,
Mr. SI'OONER moved the adjournment of the de
The Heuse divided, when their appeared--
Ayes
Noes
Majority 229175
de
do
Colonel SIBTHORP then moved that the 111°'
now adjourn.
00
Lord J. RUSSELL had hoped when the Er°esheas De
decided by a large majority to proceed with Bill. tw-oeet's
further objection would be offered. As, 'leer
some Honourable Gentlemen opposite awpeared. OO
mined to force the House to division after divine
the question of adjornment, rather than occupy the tise
of the House by dividing he would consent to adi°ll'.
debate.

The debate was accordingly adjourned.
TOBAGO RELIEF AND IMMIGRATION
BRITISH GUIANA AND TRINIDAD -A tot
The report of the Committee thereon was egrw
and leave to bring in a Bill on the subject was giOn.
_4O
The House adj“urned at One o'clock

DIE. le'
On the 30th ult., Mrs. Chappell, of the Alinories, aced
yoig
0,1 the 30th ult., at Green-park, Bath, Octavia, the
of William Taswell, sq. areell
On the 30th ult., at Cranbourne Lodge Turnhaul,;`,looo-
- Mary, relict of the late Lieutenant"
Daniel. at

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London: Printed and Published by MURDO lOuIN I+a
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Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ifl
Alidtileaex, Saturday, May 6, IE4B.

CONTRACTS for COCOA, SOAP, and

TOBA.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling end Transport
Services, Somerset. place, May 4,184 S.
The Commissioners for executing the °nice t Lord High Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give
notice, that on Thursday, the llth instant, at One o'clock, they will
be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract
for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores,
at Deptford, the under-mentioned Articles, viz.:
_ _

Tons. delivered.
SQ Half of each in 3
Weeks, and the re-
mainder in 3 Weeks
30 afterwards.
[Ulf in a fortnight,
............... 20 and the remainder
in a fortnight after-
The Cocoa and Tobacco to be exempted from the Customs' Duties
; ,_oaalples of the Cocoa (not less than 2 lbs.), and of the Soap (not
'wg than a bar) must be produced by the parties tendering and a
aalnple of the Tobacco, together with the conditions of the Contracts
may be seen at the said office. No Tender will be :ece,ved alter One
o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, miles, the party at-
*"..,as, or an agent for him, duly authorised In writing.
~s,..n.v.ery fender' must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
.7 near in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ," and
~"'L.5.t a!so be delivered at Somereet-place, and those for Cocoa accom-
tn4 by a letter, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to
c-,7 ,oe bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 251. pez
'n, n the value for the due performance of the Contract.
..................________ V

When to be

COCOA
..

1100 (Mottled)

TOBACCO (Virginia) .

ACQUITTAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS.
rThe Rev. HUGH STOWELL, M.A., Honorary Canohn
lolf
, will deliver a HISTORICAL LE..TURE in Exeter- a ,
theIe&NDAT EVENING, the Bth of May, at Seven is'clock precisely, on
Ti7-QCITTAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS.
brate 'lmPortant Protestant Subject will be illustrated by the cele-
tzliticl Picture, painted by J. It. Herbert, Esq., lt.A.
inission to the Platform, Gallery, and Reserved Scats, One
Ti n,g. each ; Body of the Hall, Sixpence each.
!..etsmay he had at the following places :—Messrs. Seeley and
0.._!!? leet-street ; Messrs. Nisbet and Co., 21, Berners-street,
ii;ionrol-street ; Messrs. Hatchard's and Co., Piccadilly; Messrs.
ilolbogt", St. Paul's Church-yard ; Mr. Shaw, Southampton-row.
uirh; Mr. Jackson, Islington-green, Islington; Messrs. Acker-
11and Co., 96, Strand ; and at No. 11, Exeter. hall.
1e proceeds to be given to the Funds of the Protestant Assocla-

4 IV °O I, PA C K HOTEL, DONCASTER.
~, of the MARIA NICHOLSON' (Widow of the Original Proprietor
.1,.. be. 4 :love Ohl-established House), gratefully acknowledges title
elk-
,i'. Alha,
apz‘rt she has received since her return to the Woo, Praen.
4 dered it 'laving thoroughly repaired it, and at great expense
. moo , complete with every comfort, she can confidently assure
.1' with
. . render tehre
jalrnmercial Gentlemen and Families who may honour her
Patronage, that her entire attention will be devoted to
A.
eibe
and
ty of W
~,....e .
atlrilou,e all they could wish.
Ines and Spirits will be supplied at moderate
.'. • lion and
..d. Commercial Gentlemen may depend upon strict a e i
„ N.,,..,_annerence to their separate accommodetion and wishes
kivt.o tacellent StAbl
• .......,.._ es, Lock-up Coach-houses, and Loose Boxes

()HESTER and HOLYHE
The AD RAILWAY. f CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY will 13.. e
.1)4+7
day fir Trafile between CHESTER and BANGOR, on 310.1%, ND-. tx.e &Om CThhees.terrra(ittls flier the
month
BS •
.. o angor) .. will beB as follow :
in the morning.
• • % past 10
~
Arturo from Ba'r;gor
...,.; nu,
~ .. I,i to 2
P. 40 Chester) .. 3in the afternoon
" -.25 past 4
7 } in the morning.
II
- If li past 9
IP
911
I.
3 in the afternoon
• •
••
/Prom Chester.. 81:72,71;AY TRAINS. 7
'• ••
lrrom Bangor
the morning.
..
F ornng.
"••••••........
.•••..•••••.. '
.. 7 in the evening.
..........'.............................25 past 874 iiinun
ttiliieemafter.i.oon
or riu-ti,„-.. '''' '• • Particulars, see Time Bills.
By order,
oorgat
e-street, London. April
61. Nt
~G,F 01812403. E KING, Secretar".,.
:ti 'SI -TED KIN GDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
com PAM-.
, . WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON
97. GEORGE-STREET, EDINBURGH;
12, Br, VINCENT-PLACE, GLASGOW;
. .
1 4, COLLEGE-GREEN", DUBLIN. 3 .
In 1841 thee(tablished by Act of Parliament in 18 4
on
the aornpany added a bonus of 2 per Cent. per annum
fluteurn assured to all Policies of the participating from th c
_ they were effected. When the insurance is forc lice only one-
Ever the annual premium need be paid for the first fivteo,y
the Resident
bi&yery information will be affor led on application
Ztotor, 8. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where
"--. MAY he had. prospectuses,
•-......._

U
. . 'A'RDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR -
• /I°' 11, Loll- ANCE COMPANY.
—BARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post.
office, London.
DIRECTORS.
JOH • JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman.
He ls MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy• Chairman.
ra,,f, noise Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
Hart Dyke, ESq• George Lyall, Esq.
.T._nlaiter . Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjorihanks, Esq.
it;'l74 Hankey,jun., Est. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
. John arre3', Esq. James Morrii, Esq.
oeor Othibrand Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
.101, ge Johnstone Esq.
Labouche re, ' Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
"1 Lo Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
th, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
•
AVDITOB.s.
oolgart,, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
th ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Req.. F.R.S.
111 e LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
wit with—Mes without participation in the Profits; or at moderate Rates
45„;: Participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
• ty,—`l,„of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made,
Boni
amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum
-"lrecl, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ;
a,•,
the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
knY exceeded 530,0001.
LOAN S granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
' ~..ed such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
4ttaitted in each case a value not under 501.
Ih the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
eh the 2d of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
.which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1846, and the same
14 now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
ietween the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and
'leo by the Agents in the Country Districts.
' _ . GEORGE KEYS. Secretary.

PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE,
k_v MI, REGENNT-STREET, and 2, ROYAL EXt;IIANGE-
ILDLNGS, LONDO.

• Established 180 G.
; INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,230,000/.
• Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 743.0001.
Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,678,0001.
PRESIDENT.
The Right honourable EARL GREY.
• DIRECTORS.
The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Chairman.
„.• •
The Rey. James Sherman, Deputy Chairman.
B• Alexander, Esq. William ostler, Esq.
Blencowe Churchill, Esq. George Round. Esq.
Jk‘a ." i)acre, Esq. James Sedgwick, Esq.
IPgander Henderson, M.D. Frederick Square, Esq.
tit`,,,ana Judd, fisq William Henry stone, Esq.
',Jenard D. King, Bart. Capt. W. John Williams. .
gattoi JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director.
~
"X 0 PIITSICIAN —John Maclean, M.D., 29, Upper Montague-

The sar.
street, Montague-square.
Othee- .atee of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life
.411e4: the rate 'without bonus is lower than that of most other
The
"auseA are added to the Policies, or applied to the reduc:ion
1, renal urn
Canavueles In
suede hy this office are purchased at their full value ; or
Itft, be obtained upon them, after they have been in existence
it. years.
4., Dalt tl,'!rtY neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may
."50c1 he °mission any time- within twelve months, upon proof of
alth.
to the
whole of ethe profits (subject to a trifling deduction) are given
red.
Paid upon Policies which have becom Claims.

te insured

,Sum insured.

Sum paid.

A4ll° Wbertowr n, E (.. Skelton Castle s,o°o°o°
i,;"l.lSauriderssSebright, Bart.
55:%00
to
giro
„:111111 Wake, Bart. • • ••• 5,000
ey.
3,000
The ke'rghc "Champneys, Canterbury
2,000
Eerj ot WellesleY •• •••• • .•
•• 1,000

.£ 8. d.
7,706 6 0
7,652 13 3
7,500 5 9
7,128 15 8
4,509 1 1
3,411 1 3
1,862 4 11

tik?4 tollnct43eB ftrff frill particulars may be obtained upon applica-
.4B,lo,ot-!!Fe.nfs.of the office in all the principal towns of the United
."(1 at the beau office, No. 50, Regent-street.

, TRE KALOS GEUSIS SAUCE.
„„,Gtritiern— "Reform Club, Pall-mall, Dec. 21, 1847.
th rn ----,-"I beg to acknowledge the receipt o, f
stiuth ilayust ~ ,
e i-,--" 's far superior in strength and flasoury,outhan any - -u submitted tome.
I am, Gentlemen, most respectfully y,o,uArS,soyEß.
.4 TO
mem
This pnrivrl; Wit.
ON). sauce
uaed. alitTizetrtoonthaendd Co., 72, Wailing-street."
inner tab'e or Cuisme is almthoestEtah3et
4"
West Inrif,,,d in those regions of Curries and Condiments, ti6l render it --' Its wholsome and stimulating stomachic proper-
To
bt an indispensable luxury
/Nes; . ~ad of all respectable house. s in Great Britain and the C0'441
'441 wholesale only, at 72, Watling-street, City.

ItCI W L ,BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
A -LIDS' ODONTO, or PEARL
'tilt WIIITE p‘a DENTIFRICE.
i; „.._ ch€ i„„,_
~,,VirDER compounded of the choicest and most Ps-
adbe."irnldlenta of the Oriental herbal. It extirpates all tartar-
agereTarathe'dosutrfhe teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to
• tt'rthe'P 4 highly pace, Its anti-septic and anti-scorbutic propertiesthe
the ou pr,Kress
of neflcial and salutary influence: they arrest
lett*, n'3, slid b decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of
Dm_
ove e„,. _
,y confirming their adhesion to the Teeth, perpetuate
"01•13 Ann,. 'oliplete Mastication ; the breath also, from the saki
tweot disinletai
''e" and r ng Oualit'es of the Odonto, attains a grateful
,1.,0
... 0 ragrance '
eAc7,_rr prie, ,r,f •
tht "I to a„t1118 Dentifrice pledge themselves that Its efil-
r,,,..na of the kind - ernoeinsning th, -......----• --. --"----- ---
ire.tle, obtained ,7,_''er yet offered to the public, and has, in cense-
theCourt,
‘4'er'llnet
johYilocia.,,.uni4:ellielection by her Majesty the Queen,
3' " Gicejacet
srit,aain, senr-dhot.he. Sovereigns and Nobility
• ' Metiers have—,,T.° Protect the. pub& from fraud, the Hon. Commis-
, Ith' A, Row.LA:Naireo,„,.,
ADD ~'_, . the Proprietors' name and address thus,
' . • a Gvvern,-...._ - "'m SON, 20, Hatton-garden," to be engraved on
. "mot stA,,
'' ' ter ito-iv,-;P, which is affixed on each box.
natant
relieving ALSANA EXTRACT,
;, bf eXertie'
41th, hY co "
tlyTozhnawche Gum Boils, and Swelled Face, and
prevents those maladies. In the anguish
!Scent i„'a, Ilkt pain it affords instantaneous relief. It is perfe .I.ly in •
l'he G,.," Its nature. I'ceaeons
,d4s.
10s. 6d. each bottle
„._ oreltnient 6d., and ',Mk
Stamp the " Odoato," is affixed on each
•
Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Porfumers.
RAVING MADE A PLEASURE, by the
• 6' or ,
invention of T
.bing the h I.IOIVAS FALL'S METALLIC RAZOR
Is made
plc..: eat article ever yet discovered: whereby shaving
and Hannay, 6a, and comfortable. Sold wholesale by Dietrichsen
vrare 'vend Oxiord-street
ors ,nid ,er,.._ . , London and all respectable hard-
. of.the haven'or, ' '
pots Linters in to Price e. Ga • also r°"ts Fall 8 and country ; and may be had
• ' -0 of put ' tonegravels, near Chesterfield.
6d. each.
Illustrated by 2ti An,nt4.,
' ON- 'PHYSICAL DlSQu'i,
ZcAcelourea Engravings, on Steel.
CITY, &ND 1 PElnat °NB. GENERATIVE INCAPA-
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the infirmities and decay ot the a Medical Work on
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With remarks on Marriage, end the means of use of mercury,
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unshed PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oltrolivi'lga* B Lomond
Published by the Authors: sold by Strage, 2ird:street, .
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ot Inercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated
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bt: Power an the system. This important part of the Work should
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• 111". The ceases of unproductive union are also considered, and
. • t whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
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.."rY a Parifyibg Specific Pills 2e. ad 4s 6d and lls. per box, a
-.nu
.1 •• . •11
.. . tit.. _f. . emerly in gonorrhosa,gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma-
, ..z":101- the bladder, c.:onsultatiou fee, if by letter, 11. 5/. Packets
?•At "IVIVICIit tube had at the F-stablishment only, by which the fee,
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