The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-17 00:00:00

PE MAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
REPORTS.
The reports were received and agreed to on Farquhar'
son's Divorce Bill and Humphreys' Divorce Bill.
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed Booth's Charities Estate Bill, Duke of Cleve:,
land's (Bathwich and Wrington) Estate Bill, Dake..l
Cleveland's (Hardwick Hart) Estate Bill, Jesus Flospitit
(Newcastle) Estate Bill, Lord Kenyon's (Congrevee)
Estate Bill, Scott's Estate Bill.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice of his intention in tr
next session to move certain resolutions with respect w
the public accounts, and also the reduction of the tobacco
duties.
CORK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY.
On the motion of Mr. WYSE, it was ordered that till
report on the Cork and Waterford Railway Bill 1311°"'
be taken into consideration on Tuesday.
Sir H. DOUGLAS presented a petition from Lifer'
pool in favour of the Small Debts Bill.
Mr. GODSON presented a petition from Bury sgam—
the Spirit Licenses Bill. • t
Mr. WAKLEY also presented several petitions agfams
the Bill. The Honourable Member then presented. Pe,
titions from London and almost every town in the kinr
dom in favour of the Medical Practitioners' Bill. .
On the motion of Mr. ESTCOURT the follow
returns were ordered :—A return of the number of pat:
Lions for private Bills presented in each of tite
4 6,
1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842,1843, 1844, 1845, and 15
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return of the number of Bills introduced in each of do',
years, in compliance with the prayer of such petition;
return of the number of private Bills brought fro Mt'sMt's
House of Lords in each of those years, and which c° 11;
meneed in that House ; return of the number of prot,
Bills which in each of those years were in this .130":,,
opposed, the number unopposed, the number that fin
committed, and the number that received the F'S
Assent ; return of all the private Bills (other than ro•-•
way Bills) which in the present session have bevel
treated as opposed Bills • together with the nalnej
of the Members selected to serve on the se/v
Committees on such Bills, the number of d6„,/(15
on which each selected Member has so served, to
the number of days on which each Committee Pa
sat; return of all the railway Bills which in the
session have been laid before the Classification '-'%;
mittee, arranged in the groups in which they 1/:110
placed by such Committee, specifying the names of •
Members who sat upon each Committee to whicii„ob
group was referred, the number of days that each -4" of
Committee sat, the Bills in each group the preamble:ls
which was reported to have been proved, and the 13,110
in each group the preamble of which was reporte„am4
have been not proved ; return of all the private Poi
(other than railway Bills) which in the present scss,
have been treated as unopposed Bills, and have been i',f
ferred to the Chairman of Ways and Means; retool ;so
all the railway Bills which, being unopposed, hove' of
the present session been referred to the Chairman
Ways and Means.
SPIRIT LICENSES BILL. t tbe
A vast number of petitions were presented epics ,
Spirit Licenses Bill by Mr. Esteourt, Mr. Prothe4"-
Mr. Craven Berkeley, and other Members.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
agreed to, viz.:—
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Be no,
Railw*
New Zealand Company.
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway:
MINISTERS' MONEY. frog
Mr. WYSE presented a petition from Cork oh d
several other places against this allowance.