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London, England, 1851-02-22 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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The LORD HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 21.
"1. D CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at
live o'clock.

PETITIONS.
The Earl of ERNE presented several •,• ns
petl4lo.against
Papal aggression.
to
rfiauhveeorErmarl of ST. GERMANS presented several petitions
of the Marriage Bill.
a prIraosferCARLISLE presented several petitions with
ainestEarl of MOUNTCASHELL presented several petitions
NhPapal agg•resion, and praying that no further grants
t be made to the College of Maynooth.
.ss..graersal:oNnE. LSON presented several petitions againt Papal
• Lor.).
LANGDALE THE COTJRT O
ced aBF CHANCERY.
'po• 14 introduill authorising the ap-
t4elatmenti of a new Vice-Chancellor (as we understood, but
audit °ble Lord spoke in so low a tone as to be nearly in-
-1[0). and would move the second reading of the Bill on
Lord
reß ROI:GUAM expressed his approbation of the
The.°
~,
111 was then read a first time.
Lord BROUGHAM had, with regard to proceedings in
I „had ii'e°llll,3, been informed that in many cases certioraris
of tilr.ven granted by the superior courts almost as a matter
• ae; notwithstanding the directions of the Act, but
hu:ola looked at the returns, he was surprised at the small
ber
with r cases removed by certiorari in comparison
the number of cases which had been tried before
latige°,4titY courts. Since August last, since the
:eifie„"an had been extented, there had been only eleven
It es- rernoved by certiorari. This was most satisfactory, as
,awed that there was no disposition in the supreme courts
writs of certiorari as matters of course.
Lord CAMPBELLRR BILL:
i'conam presented several petitions from
against the Marriage Bill. Scotland was
that..":', from the new Bill, but they considered
knov'.eatore of the measure only rendered it the more
0;7118V they considered it as contrary to the law
• oblev., and the exclusion of Scotland did not remove their
uons.
These petitions were signed by 11,000 persons.
Loi.„ CRIMINAL PROCEDURE BILL.
stitm.k•AMPBELL moved the second reading of this Bill, and
of that be should not then enter into any consideration
ferredP,rovisions, as he proposed that it should at once be re-
Lo a s
.Tht ir elect Committee.
• lifiried p was then read a second time, and ordered to be
AbaepLard a Select Committee.
ee BROUGHAM stated that in consequence of the.
;tile trar'..ois Noble Friend the President of the Council
bueadsPita of Lansdowne) he would postpone, until
Aitt n 024, the introduction of his proposed Bill for the
tol:dsion of the Jurisdiction of County Courts.
!:4 Ass,,CAMPBELL introduced a Bill for the Registration
The'fisances of Titles in England and Wales.
.1'4i15111 was read a first time ; and
r Lordships then adjourned.

The s,"°USE OF COMMONS, Feb. 21.
•• 7 410 IR took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock.
BA NEW MEMBER.
hit took the oaths and his seat for the Falkirk

'llia REPORTS.
' yritst 0 rePorts that the standing orders had been complied
..likk_ isite CoPper Miners of England Bill, the Manchester
7.oagbt-_-"k Railway and several other Bills were
alx
' This
BABERDEEN PUBLIC RECORD BILL.
as read a second time.
-Ott the DUNDEE POLICE BILL.
10 he rid e Motion of film. DUNCOMBE this Bill was ordered
' t a second on the 18th of March.
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.1r R i . PETITIONS.
Itl4l, la Inglis 111 r. Duticombe, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Free-
' listltio7,!. lnulhngs, and several other Members, presented
kr, •••",,tßait.st Papal aggression.
frota ; ''l'lalililiTY and Dr. POWER presented petitions
tertei:Y,2!'a,l Places praying that the House would not in-
' save ' ruft the‘exercise of religious liberty in consequence
the i:tacitenient which had been raised in this country by
. .Ikr. I rtwasuree of the Pope.
int% AnWLESS presented petitions from Clonmel praying
,I e •6. abOiltiOn of mini-ters' money, and complaining that
..,.Petttion
..,7bleh tb.;:e,rpswere compelled to support a form of faith of
tilikts:sl (I.lu not approve.
. ' r `:`3I3LN and Mr. ROZBUCNI prsel:ltedo t petitionsp
poor-lawr ay-
* tf, ti: °rile alteration in the administration n , _ guardians of the poor-law unions.
,lat
W AN. ,fos theOe - presented a petition from Edinburgh pray-
r. patremission of the paper duty.
"vaietie 'initliT presented petitions from several provident
1 fit
and other bodies to the same effect.
,114ty.' °B DEN also presented petitions against the paper
...141
1).,Le6.1,,;G,. MANNERS presented a petition from several
' ,fatley., fe" i-aniblidgeshire complaining of the present; cur-
t il'elthers,-pwasittiansclTBrpadyinft for their alteration.
presented petitions from several pa-
siSsi,,ti! the city of Lincoln, and from.several places in the
40J ot Lin'oln, si ned 'chiefly by the, shopkeepers and
tliet.trtrzi in the differegnt towns® and neighbourhoods, stating
" !Nos 47,"?.•ere suffering great distress, and praying for a r.e-
nqiLi , tn'e national tariff with a view to impose such duties
tiLecrr, Nign,Lialiorts, in order to relieve the burdens upon land..e
abse.,„;,„`",‘JßE presented several petitions praying that .t.o
-n,„civilitori,d take 'no measures that woull interfere wi!la
f:•:404 'of .treilgious liberty, and some of them for the ab01i-
,,14. L',Lle Protestant Established Church in Ireland.
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'lttibst ti"hAr, LESS presented a petition from 3,605 butchers
j..aierottie removal. of Smithfield-market;' also
petitionf'St :47.talees, Nc_eigried by the inhabitants of the parish o ,the.
a'btiad tit'egialinster, complaining of the annexation of ,
er
Found 1.-,••• gi4rnee, Park, and praying that before any_oth
, ,li4°lsrvd:edtal)r-oc-ueedings.
vexed, that the Commissioners of •Woods and._
MaY
eoni elled tei- make a report of their. m
PHe should on the next day's sitting
„As thatn bthe Petition be printed with the votes. _ .
''.r,,,,veria d'n-r,``Y Presented petitions from North Northum
''''''tlinti `'3''ng that the income-tax might be remitted
`^llesivp-Plailt-farnierS and others in a similar position, who
.' brhe'"ll,heir subsistence from the cultivation of the soil..
',ram. 'ght lion. Baronet also presented a petition against
'24;1'04 j4reasion, as' did also Mr. Dtincombe,j Sir.,John
''' 1' , iv', and-several other lemberS. ,
'; ,Ifli ~:, ' STATE OF IRELAND. .
' tte 'l. W B ON and Sir Lucius ti'Bitime gave notice,
id jot.,• n. W. Ana ,
111, i iiiktr that he should, on the 6th of next month, and
.\„`ielqi "-ter that he should, on an early day, draw the atten-
-4 .041 f t,d''' gi.e House to the state of Ireland, with a view to
'. .6kfliernr9i4l6/1 of some measures to relieve the distress innthe
' -7 and western districts of that country.
'' ki. MR. ERNEST JONES.
4141i'is!' Cs'CONNOR. wished to ask the Right H
he on. Gentle-
' _ isO . ,eatetary for
the Home Department if had re-
'`,4' a communication from Mr. Ernest Jones complaining
idttpilistraattnent while in prison, and praying Right
the Ho-
i J*l7-flute Baronet to institute an inquiry into the matter
?
' 'G. PREY replied in the negative.
kr, it',,,, DUBLIN PORT DUES.
• if • wis
lary ' ' 1 NOLDS ' hed to ask the Secretary of the Tree-
Atr,..i it was the intention of her Dlajesty's Government to
ilket`t‘ee, during the present session of Parliament, any mea-
rt. Irelieve the merchants and traders of Dublin
tfhroenit
Ville sixes to which they are now liable underlet
Geo.
~v..,
. eslfsilof the Acts 56 Geo. 111., c. 62, and the
n,,,• kr (s ,
h ther
'''...nb ;Co 'ENV'S said the subject was undeedr
ttelaseaycownsideera-
)srswiri,oovernment, but he was not prepared 41 would be brought in this session.
I I.',..?'sty.-, IA AbtJItBANCES' IN' UNION
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If --"AIS wished to ask the President of the Poor•
WORKHOUSES.
,disturtard, 'whether he had received information of othere
tarbemat'iTees in Union Houses in Suffolk besides those in tis
:. 11°‘_ifin flo'„Ilinil; occasioned by able-bodied labourers sent to
,„ atr. B-A-I',„es„io consequence of want of employment.h Hon.
rnentleto-strrt-e,S. said he had not, but no doubt the
tbik4 work deferred to a disturbance which had taken place
of th e lie hi'aed in the e
d two
contradictory county of
accountsNorokr-
t°llBe, caririe; a the received
in the Suffolk Unionlir
' "'battle -- '
t was not at all improbable that the affair
' . • the.,,,, sUbject of an official inquiry. would
mkt LATAGBANCYIN THE METROPOLIS.
in--",11•ES wished IN
ask the the Secretary of Statellfeor
th Ina "ePartrnentwhether his attention has been ca dt
thistileqteetnetaisoe of vagrancy in the metropolis, and whether 1
, evil? nof the Government to propose any remedy for
nth., Sir G .-
17 '"bi. "RRY had received no information whatever on
v.-hie!,
ft-heet; but the Police Commissioners had made a return
"kilee—°wed that in 1850 vagrancy in the metropolis had
Ifit4
tilitPrevalent than in any of the ten preceding years,
s' ilid.,statt„„ ex, eePtion of 1816. No doubt that an increase
b n.FlaTir-Liace of late in the vagrancy of certain localities.
'is sir, Jo-sr,b6ANCE IN A WORKHOUSE IN ESSEX.
Lbarsl4,--`,AN TiRELL wished to ask the President of the
:' mulatiew Board if be had received any information of a dis-
lee
i ,w.,.hich had taken place in a workhouse in Essex.
4 kili'l
'NF.S replied in the .
COMAIUM ClTlONnegative WITH AUSTRALIAN
~,,Lord v,, COLONIES.
eluethei '''''''''AS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
-"ward- anY or what steps had been adopted by Government
Awn, is. establishing regular steam communication with. the
pct thatlln colonies; and also how soon the public might ex-
, totnwThrtistidetiresuch communication would be opened? .
tile tin `IANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that
which were called for some time ago for a steam
Iter, ill'aication from Singapore to the Australian colonies
''...kstiieseeived two days back. He had only been enabled to
shekerens-#4 over them; but, as far as he could see, they
•
.41T% unsatisfactory character.
i ' Si ii.'.,!„. HOUSE-TAX AND THE FRANCHISE.
_e.
Nike isaALL said he wished to ask a question with ref
~., to the
house-tax, which had been proposed by
4 ' o.o4cellor of the Exchequer. The Noble Lord
Paying
,htl _Russell) was aware that by the rathee-
''. Assess, ei of the Reform Act, it was necessary that t -
gaidess' ta-les and poor-rate should be paid by 10/. looliesive
, i
craned to being put on the register of voters. Now,
' 4tv aed -to know whether it was 'the intention of
.th
l'beiir:taens in case the House should agree to the im.-
'' 4 e.,:,_of the house-tax, that the payment of it
‘a be Placed
a necessary qualification to a person who wished
Lerreed on the register of voters ?
Gov J• RUSSELL said it was not the intention of the
t pallk nnta, tut to impose any new qualification by the proposed
be the aouses. By the interpretation of the law, it would
s same
Tii, as all assessed taxes.
Sir IIe',INCOM&TAX AND THE FRANCHISE. .
add • HALL also asked whether the Government in-
t that the income-tax should be considered as one of
a...,,J_Eilir liessed tax Payments, which ought to be paid before
.Le'red cjeuld be placed on a register?
tat „.• ,RUSSELL said he could not precisely answer
that s''''stinti. It would be for a legal question, whether
' --1 came under the denomination of assessed taxes.
, Sir II , PUSEYISM IN THE CHURCH.
eidesshi''a ALL said he had to put another question of con-
-Btß:''' ikPortance, which had reference to the conduct of
‘ cit Andrew, '-".. r. who was appointed incumbent to
diatri,s ,Murray,hurch- in Wells-street, Oxford-street. The
11114,,e which this' church was situated had lately been
tiedce„d f,rom the other parts of the parish, for the pur-
taq lacilitating the ecclesiastical government ; it con-
'ae theso%), • inhabitants, and 400 rated householders.
the
, r a
ini4was consecrated on the 28th January, 1847,
e, ectf n_ mt„ants having largely contributed towards its
k•bitha..4.o.°ll
aiitgzemorialwaspresented to the Bishop of
liiieultente
coin 1by more than one-third of the
"liens . P aining of the conduct of Mr. Murray._.
- ras. be °dallies said, that since his appointment Mr. blur
kOtdtgall to make alteraticins in the church, and though re-
had
..
ittiforuiitiyedcwaliitehd,:dstlaiatveing promised not to make them, he
in..__ Persisted until he had brought the church into what was
so a table, or alt ..of Puseyite disci line.
as to altar as it was called, had twice .
a__ cloth, end
rich , be approached by steps. It was covered with a
:_t'9:itogether the been The
raised c o m -
t 0...?
.approac candlesticks plaed upon it, and upon holi-
‘,!aY.B kid saints-days was decorated with wreaths of flowers,
la
edb yethbaenicoeilt;re.a,hreegtaabrdleeedfaths
eacesacmremdaplac. e not,_
Commandments
' been removed from over the altar, and though it was
promised to be
choir, had to restored, had never yet been. An expensive
%trona._ uwe.ll engaged, the Litany was intoned by the
' 411 his back to the people, the sermon was