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London, England, 1846-06-13 00:00:00

EDINBURGH PAVING BILL.

Mr. GREENE moved that the Edinburgh Paving Bill,
Which stood for the third reading on Wednesday, the 10th, be
read a third time on Monday, the 15th day of this instant
June ; and that standing order No. 121, as far as relates to
certain amendments on schedules (D) and (E), rendered ne-
cessary by alterations of the numbers of the sections, be then
=wade.—The motion was agreed to.

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MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Mr. GREENE moved that it be an instruction to the Com-
tf►ittee on Group No. 31, to entertain all petitions aarainst the
Midland Railway ( Birmingham and Gloucester Branches)
Bill, which have been presented to the House on or before
Friday, the sth day of this instant June.—Agreed to.
The motion was agreed to.
PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR PIER BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
SIR GEORGE DUNBAR'S ESTATE BILL.

This RIII was read a third time and passed.
LObIDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY ACTS

AMENDMENT BILL.
This Bill was also read a third time and pacsed.
LIVERPOOL SANAT ARY REGULATIONS BILL.
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS moved the third reading of
this Bill, which was agreed to and paced.
GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONKLAND JUNC-
TION RAILWAY BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
LEITH PAVING BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and paved.
SOUTHPORT IMPROVEMENT BILL.
The Lords' amenelments on this Bid were considered and
agreed to.
YORK IMPROVEMENT BILL.
On the motion of Mr. B. DENISON, this Bill was read a
third time.
Up to five o'clock the time of the House was occupied in the
reception of petitions on private affairs.
EDUCATION IN WALES.
Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from a place in Rad-
norshire, praying the House to take into consideration the state
of education in Wales.
RAILWAYS.

Capt. POLHILL gave notice that on Friday next, he should
move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into
and report upon certain
TOBACCO railway BDUTIES.iIIs new before Parliament.

Dr. BOW-RING moved for copies of memorials on the sub-
ject of the tobacco duties, addressed to the First Lord of the
Treasury, on the 9th day of December, 1845, and the 31st day
of January, 1846, which was agreed to.
LAW OF SETTLEMENT.
Mr. T. BARING presented a petition against any alteration
in the law of settlement.
THIRD READINGS.
Tl.e following Bills were read a third time and passed
olßlesinton's Estate ; Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland
Junction Railway ; Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth
Railway- (No. 21; Leith Paving ; Lesmahagow Dalserf, and
Coatbridje Mineral Junction Railway; Liverpool Sanatory
Regulations; London and South Western Railway Acts Amend-
Inept ; Nowcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement ; Portsmouth
Harbour Pier ; Sir George Dunbar's Estate ; Worcester New
Gas ; York Improvement.
REPORTS.

The reposes on the following Bills were considered and
agreed to:—
Glasgow Municipal, Police and Statute Labour; Newport
and Pillgwenlly Waterworks ; Lough Swill), and Lough Foyle
Draining and Embanking.
The Lords' amersdinent on the Southport Improvement Bill
Was taken into consideration and rejected.
DIWPPED ORDERS.
The dropped orders Df the day for yesterday were re-
appointed.
PROTECTION OF LIFE (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion that the order of the day for this Bill be read,
THE LATE POISONING IN NORFOLK.
An HON. MEDIBEIS wished to ask the Right Honourable
Baronet the Secretary for the Herne Department whether he
could say if any report had been received at the
Horne-office with respect to the recent cases of poison-
tng in the county of Norfolk, and also, whether
t might not he proper that the Registrar-General should
Issue instructions to the registrars of the districts not to issue
"Y certificate of burial in cases of sudden death where no in-
quest had been held ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said that the circumstance to which the
Hof. Gentleman referred had been the subject el investi-
ton before the coroner, and he believed that investigation
closed, but he had not yet received the result of it.
With reference to the registrars of death, it was their duty
obtain the certificate of the householder of the place in which
death. Positive
occurred, containing a statement of the cause of
Positive instructions had been issued to the registrar,
to be. cautious in the performance of the duty, but still it was
lotth__the duty of those persons to refuse to enter any death. He
teu enter any death on his entertaining any suspicion would he
ritatious and reprehensible. He must take that opportunity
stasin_
to the House what he thought a very serious-
helceuse of g
complaint, arising from the infrequency of inquests
e" in this country. It appeared that no less than
twenty persons haei died as there was reason to believe from the
vets of poison adrainistered by one individual, and yet no in-
quet.t had been held in any case. The law with regard
to holding an inquest was, that any party having rea-
son to suspect that the death occurr-d under unfair
eircumetances, was entitled to call upon the Coroner
to hold an inquest. It was the duty of every constable in every
pares • h if he had reason to believe that the death occurred
,
under suspicious circumstances, to call upon the coroner to per-
form his functions. In the last few years, however, so much
jealousy had arisen at the quarter sessions in re-
ference to the charges of coroners, the payment of those
charges
had been
so much grumbled at, that inquests had not
been held in many cases in which by the law of the country they
ought to have been. Tne magistrates of the county of Devon
have come to the resolution not to allow costs of any
inquest in
Which the verdict of the jury should be " Died by
the visitation of God." This case was now under the
consideration of the Court of Queen's Bench,
to nch, and during that
Pelriod many representations had been made
the
Homeb Office
with regard to cases in which inquests ought to have een held.
As soon as the magistrates came to this resolution,
one of the
coroners of the county of Devon brought the case under the
consideration of the Court he had referred to. Such a resolution
was hostile to the performance of the duty of the coroner, and
'nquests had not been held where they should have been held.
Tleis was a most serious grievance ; and though he could not
adopt the suggestion of the lion. Member with reference to the
registrar, he agreed that some alteration in the law was neces-
stry to remedy this evil.
IRISH COERCION BILL.
On time order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate
on this Bill being read,
Mr. O'CONNELL expressed his regret that he was unable
to attena last night to hear the speech of the Noble Lord (the
Earl of Lincoln). He should have had great pleasure in lis-
tening to t hat speech, characterised as it was by atone and temper
which was entitled to his warmest approval. Had he been pre-
sent he should have fe;t it his duty to say a few words upon the
_subject. He would now, however, take the liberty of saying
that his Bill was merely prospective, and was not calculated to
meet
the evils which at present existed in that country. Now,
the
great object was to produce tranquillity in lrelaud.
Lord Hear,. hers.) He wished to call the attention of the Noble
L
to the tenant-right in Ulster, which was the source of the
great prosperity and tranquillity hich existed in that part of
Ireland. This Bill did nothingfor that, and he therefore sub-
mitted to the Noble Lord thati the law as it at pre-
sent stood required considerable
POOR LATNpovernent on that head.
Mr. CHRISTIE said he wished to LAWS,
the Right Honour-
the Home Depart-
able Baronet the Secretary of State
wr
who were ment a question relative to two poor
circumstances of 'an
unions, with
ex-
pelled from the Bakewell and Letrueryn
ppliedbeen
their two illegitimate childroeant,uruen.derThcei37ll land,
confined
ulsierisvth clothes
extraordinary and distressing
re the children
in the union, and their children were eup
wouldex be
while they remained there ; but on their
were stripped of their clothin4. It
that the Right Honourable Baronet, in axis
towermernbered
of his question, read an extract from letter
addressed by the Poor-law Commissioners to the masters of
union workhouses, in which they were recomrnende:t
that on emergenciea like those he had stated to supply
women with clothing for their infante.—( Hear.)
He would' ask the Right Hon. Baronet the ',ecre'ary of S. ts
two ques:.ions The first was, whether he was aware of the,
existence of a letter from the Poor-law Commiss.eners pre-
vious to ttie Bth of April, directing that no clothine should be
given to infants on leaving the workhouse? The second
was, whetilier he was aware that, when he stated
that the Poor-law Commi-sionere had taken a legal opinion
upon the subject of the construction of the clause in the Poor-
law Act, relating to this subjeat, they had not received any
opinion from any legal adviser upon the subject, except from
their Assistmnt-C.lrmissioners
Sir J. GRAHAM—With reference to the first question he
would say that the whole of the correspondence had been moved
for, and wcsuld be laid upon the table of the House in a few
days. Witeh reference to the second question, he would say
that a case lead been submitted to the Attorney and Solicitor-
Generals mil Mr. Clarkson, but he declined to lay such opinion
upon the talole of the House.
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
Messengers from the Lords brought down the following Bills,
'which their Lorifehies had agreed to .—Viscount Hardinge's
Annlef •
ty (No. 2) 5.111-11ilston Gas Bill—Greenlaw Roads 13111
—Westruther Road Bill—Liverpool and Harrington Water-
Work, mu—.Gollon IneiQaure Bill—Airdrie Police