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London, England, 1846-05-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, May 7.
DR. REID'S VENTILATION.
The Marquis of CLANRICADE wished to know whether
there would be any impediment in the way of allowing Mr.
Gurney to have some part of the new Houses appropriated to
him, for the purposes of ventilation, that their Lordships might
be able to judge of the plan proposed ? The Commissioners
had not yet made ther report upon this subject.
Lord CAMPBELL complained of the serious annoyance
caused to their Lordships by Dr. Reid's system of ventilation;
that annoyance became worse and wcrse every day. When he
entered their Lordships' House that morning he could scarcely
breathe the air, and he only wished that Dr. Reid might him-
self be compelled to breathe it for two hours. Thus he (Lord
Campbell) knew that it *as utterly impossible for that
gentleman to make the air worse than he had already
made it.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that Dr. Reid had
acquired great reputation as a ventilator, and he apprehended
that their Lordships would have no objection to accedee
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which to experimentalise.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA BILL.

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course of last session a very important debate had occurred in
the other House of Parliament, during which the Right Hon.
Baronet
who held the weighty office of first Member of the
Government had propounded the doctrine that the colonies had
better be left to the Government themselves ; that, with some
modifications the principle of representation ought to be in-
troduced into all our dependencies, especially New Zealand. If
this was true with regard to New Zealand, it was more espe-
cially true with respect to Western Australia. His Noble
Friend had said that until within a few years nothing like a
:sentiment of discontent had been evident in the colonies. Bnt
tbat such discontent did exist now was allowed. He truster!,
th erefore, that no measure would be allowed to become law
wir.hout first consulting the colonists themselves. Unless means
were taken to put the colony on a proper and popular footing,
it would be impossible to develop the resources of the colony in
the way that was desirable.
Lord LYTTELTON thought that time should be allowed for
due deliberation. If they legislated hastily on the matter, it
might be the cause of more evil than was sought to be reme-
died. At least they ought not to take any step that would in-
crease
were resident there of the colony, without consulting those who
.
Earl GREY remarked, that popular forms of govern.
ment had been carried out with great effect in Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, and many of the West India islands.
The Duke of RICHMOND said the horrible state of things
that prevailed in Australia ought to be met with a remedy. If
the Government was not prepared with a measure to remedy
those evils by the end of the session, he, as an independent
Peer, would consider it his duty to move fer a Select Commit-
tee to inquire into the whole affairs of the colony, with the ob-
ject of providing a remedy ,