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London, England, 1851-03-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 17.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
ANCLIOR ASSURANCE (No. 2) BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.
EAST STONEHOUSE WATERWORKS BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.
GENERAL REVERSIONARY AND INVEST-
MENT COMPANY BILL.
This Bill as also read a second time.
DIVORCE BILLS.
Maclean's and Ileatheote's Divorce Bills were read
a second time.
WARKWORTH HARBOUR DOCK BILL.
This Bill was also read a second time.
BUCKINGHAM'S COMPENSATION BILL.
Mr. ELLIOT moved the postponement of this Bill
until Monday next.
Mr. BROTHt RTON presented a petition, and begged
that the Bill might be postponed, or altogether dropped,
for Members had been continually brought down most
unnecessarily.
Mr. PLO WD)N said that under the circumstances
he should move that this Bill bo read this day six
months.
Mr. W. PATTEN explained that the only reason for
postponing the Bill was the illness of the Noble Lord by
whom it ought to be moved.
Mr. ROEBUCK wished to inquire of the Speaker
whether this was a private or a paulic Bill? It appeared
to him that the compensation contemplated by this Bill
was to be granted out of the funds contributed by the in-
habitants of this country. If ao, it was evidently a
public Bill, and eight to be dealt with accordingly.
Tho SPEAKEt said that the Bill had been brought
before the House 'tree 3 ears ago, when one of his
thoughtpre-
correctly, had decided that
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say that as he understood the matter, the compensation
was to be given out of the funds in the hands of the
East India Company.
Mr. ROEBUCK then assented to the propriety of
treating it as a pritste Bill.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN moved that the Bill be taken
into consideration 05 the Monday after Easter.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER suggested that that would be
Easter Monday.
On the suggestion of Sir R. INGLIS,
I Mr. PLO WDEN then withdrew his amendment.
I On the motion of lir. BROTHERTON, the Bill was
then ordered to be I'M a second time on Monday.

SMITHFIELD ENLARGEMENT BILL.
' Sir JAMES DUKt moved that the Bill be postponed
till a future day.
Mr. CHRISTOPEZR was surprised to hear such an
announcement from the Hon. Baronet, and wished to
know what was the ,atention of the Government with
respect to this Bill in the event of the City persevering
with it.
Mr. C. LEWIS sail that it was decidedly the in-
tention of the Government to oppose the Bill.
Mr. OSBORNE said that he thought the Bon. Baronet
was pursuing a very iajurioue course to his supporters
by continually postpoiing this Bill. He stood there to
advocate the plan of tie Corporation, as the best plan
that could be adopted, but his hands were now com-
pletely weakened.
Sir J. DUKE said tint he was in the hands of the
City authorities, and trust abide by their decision.
The Bill was then postponed.
PZTITIONS.
Mr. TUFNELL presented a petition, very numerously
signed by the inhabitalts of East Stonehouse, against
the late Papal aggressite.
Mr. Muntz, Mr. Speller, and several other Members,
presented petitions frog Birmingham and various other
places, praying the Reuse to resist the Papal aggres-
sions.
Mr. REYNOLDS and Sir. B. WALL presented several
petitions from various Ilaces 'against the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill.
Mr. Cowan, Mr. Homy, Mr. Roche, and several other
Members, presented petitions, praying for the abolition
of the paper duty.
Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from the Tower
Hamlets against the Smithfield-market Removal Bill.
Mr. HENRY and sone other Members presented pe-
titions praying for the abolition of the window-tax.
Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from the inhabitants
of Falkirk and Airdrie, stating that the grossest bribery
and corruption had prevailed during and previous to the
late election. They stated that not less than fifty houses
of entertainment had beets opened for the corruption of
the voters, previous to tits election, and they prayed that
this Hon. House would institute a sifting inquiry into the
circumstances.
Mr. COBDEN also presented several petitions from
different places in Yorkshire against the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill.
Mr. R. PALMER pretented a petition from the dis-
trict of Newbury, complaining of agricultural distress;
also a petition from the butchers of a place in Sussex,
against the removal of Smithfield-market.
The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY presented a
petition against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Mr. M. GIBSON protected a petition in favour of
the establishment of county financial boards.
Mr. SCULLY preserved a petition from the county
of Kildare, against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Alderman TUOISIPSUN presented a petition from
the city of London, compl,ioing of abuses in the manage-
ment of the Board of Customs, and praying for inquiry;
also a petition from the coal merchants of the City,
praying for the removal of Smithfield-market.
Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Dorset com-
plaining of the Papal aggression.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD pretented petitions from places
in Ireland against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Sir GEORGE GREY Presented a petition from Nor-
thumberland praying for the repeal of the income-tax
levied under Schedule D.--(Elear, hear.)
Mr. BLAKE presented a petition from Galway against
the Ecclesiastical Titles 3ill, and praying that the
property and income of tI4 Established Church in Ire-
land might be made availatim for the purposes of charity
and education.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from an
individual complaining of tie detention of certain letters
at Quebec a
SUNDAY TRADING BILL.

Mr. BARING WALL 4ave notice that when the
Sunday Trading Bill came on for second reading he
should move that it be real a second time that day six
months.
Mr. SCULLY moved for copies of all correspondence
in reference to the conduct of Thomas Young Prior,
Esq. (a magistrate of the County of Galway). with his
Excellency
.the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, or with the
Lords Justices, in the month of July, 1850; and also, a
copy of any warrants issued by the said Thomas Young
Prior, Esq., in June last, f
to the Bridewell of Clifden, in the county of Galway.—
Agreed to. q the committal of prisoners
EXPENSES OF POLICE IN LIMERICK.
Mr. SCULLY also moved for a return of the number
and the expenses of the police force in several baronies in
the county of Limerick.—Agreed to.
PAYMENTS DUE FA DM BISHOPS TO THE
ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS.
Sir B. HALL moved for a return of copies of all cor-
respondence or communications between the Ecclesias-
tical Commissioners and the Archbishop of York, the
Bishops of St. Asaph, Bath and Wells, and Ely, in re-
spect of the sums due from such Archbishop and
Bishops to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as set forth
in the third and last report of the Ecclesiastical
..
...
.
Com-
missioners of England, page 54—viz., from the
Archbishop of York ... £2,317 14 2
Bishop of St. Asaph ..
...
... 1,661 0 10
Bishop of Bath and Wells
... ... 3,45 0 0
Bishop of Ely ... ... ... ... 0,242 7 3

Total ....£16,717 2 3
with the dates of such correspondence or communica-
tion, and the periods when the several sums were in all
thereon.—Agreed to.
REMOVAL OF WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.
or part payable, and any minutes of the Commissioners
Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to know what measures had
been taken by the Government to carry out the recom-
mendations of two Ccmmittees of the House with re-
spect to pulling down Westminster-bridge and selecting
a new site for the erection of a new bridge?
Lord SEYMOUR stated that at the close of the last
session a Committee was appointed to inquire into the
state of the present bridge, and to consider whether an-
other bridge ought nct to be substituted for it, and whe-
ther the existing site was in all respects the most desir-
able. On the last subject the Government received such
conflicting evidence that they were satisfied they were
not in possession of sufficient information to enable them
to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. It was, therefore,
'determined that a Committee of Inquiry should bo ap-
pointed to ascertain whether the present or any
site would be most convenient for a new
bridge, and in a few days ho would be able to state
the names of that Committee.
ASSUMPTION OF ROMAN CATHOLIC TITLES