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London, England, 1835-02-26 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS GIVEN ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.

1. The Chancellor of the Exchequer,-Committee respecting New
Houses of Parliament.-Monday, March 2.
2. Mr.' Henry Grattan,-Committee to inquire into the Proceed-
ings which took place at Rathcormac in Ireland on the 18th of
December last ; Copy of a Letter signed Fitzroy Somerset,
dated Horse Guards, 22d February, and addressed to Sir Hus-
sey Vivian, Monday, March 2.
. 1-,-Petition from Members of the Legislative Coun-
3. Alerti
sltrd" House-
0; :k_ssem_hly of Lower Canada, complaining of
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grievatict ianday, the RF,porters for the Public
4. Mr. Wallace, of CirCettocb,-Tha:
Press may remain within this House white Divisions are being
taken.-Tuesday, March 3.
5. Mr. Roebuck,-Committee to inquire into the
present st„.?.le of
the Education of the People of England and Wales, and into
the application and effects of the Grant made in the last Ses-
sion of Parliament for the erection of School Houses, and to
consider the expediency of further Grants in aid of Education,
and to report their observations thereupon to the House.-
Tuesday, March 3.
6. Mr. O'Dwyer,-That there be laid before this House, a Copy
of any Order recently issued to Officers commanding troops in
Ireland, directing. " that in future military parties shall not be
granted to assist in the collection of Tithes, without special
directions from the officer commanding in chief ; and directing
that, in the event of any collision between the King's troops
and the populace, the improper practice hitherto pursued at
times, of firing over the heads of the peasantry, be disconti-
nued, and that the troops shall always fire with effect," or words
to this import.-Tuesday, March 3.
7. Mr. Feargus O'Connor,-Copy of the Evidence taken before the
Coroner, upon an Inquest held at Rathcormac, in the county
of Cork, upon the bodies of nine persons, who lost their lives at
Gurtroc, on the 18th December last :-Also a Copy of the
finding of the Jury, and a Copy of the Correspondence, which
took place between the Government or Military Secretary and
the Magistrates of the County of Cork, relative to granting
Troops for the Collection of Tithes and Arrears of Tithes in
the parish of Gurtroc.-Tuesday, March 3.
8. Mr. Gisborne,-That in all cases in which an election shall be
declared void on the ground of bribery or treating, it is expe-
dient that the expenses of the petitioners should be borne by
the public ; but that in every case in which a Sitting Member
shall be declared, on the ground of bribery or treating, inca-
pable of sitting again in the same Parliament, the expenses of
the petitioners shall be borne by the unseated Member.-
Tuesday, March 3.
9. Sir John Campbell,-Bill to Abolish Imprisonment for Debt
except in cases of fraud, and to amend the Law of Debtor and
Creditor.-Wednesday, March 4.
10.-Sir John Campbell,-Bill for the Amendment of the Law vith
respect to Wills, and to Executors and Administrators.-
Wednesday, March 4.
11. Sir John Campbell,-Bill to facilitate the Enfranchisement of
Copyholds, to abolish Heriots, and to amend the Law respect-
ing Copyhold Tenure while the same shall subsist.-Wednes-
day, March 4.
12. Sir John Campbcll,-Bill to amend the Law of Tenure.-
Wednesd y, March 4.
13. Sir John Campbell,-Bill to Amend the Law of Escheat.-
Wednesday, March 4.
14. Mr. Ward,-To call the attention of the House to some mode
of giving publicity to Divisions.-Wednesday, March 4.
15. The Lord Advocate,-Bill for making certain alterations and
reductions in the establishment of Clerks and Officers attached
to the Court of Session in Scotland, and to diminish the ex-
pense of Judicial Procedure in that Court.-Wednesday,
March
16. The Lord Advocate,-Bill for abolishing in Scotland Impri-
sonment for Civil Debts of small amount, and for rendering
more available the process of Cessio Bonorunt, and restrain-
ing the arrestment of Wages.-Wednesday, March 4.
17. The Lord Advocate,-Bill for better regulating the Forms of
Process in the Court of Session in Scotland.-Wednesday,
March 4.
18. The Lord Advocate,-Bill for the better regulating the Juris-
diction of Sheriffs of Counties in Scotland.-Wednesday,
March 4.
19. Mr. Wallace, of Greenock,-Select Committee on the Manage-
ment of the Post-office.-Thursday, March 5.
20. Mr. Wallace, of Greenock,-Bills to alter and amend the pro-
cedure in certain Law Courts of Scotland.-Thursday, March 5.
21. Mr. Hutt,-Copies of all Correspondence which has taken
place, since the year 1823, between his Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs and his Majesty's Consul at. Ham-
burgh, relative to grievances complained of by British subjects
resident in that city :-Also, Copy of the Report of his Ma-.
jesty's Advocate-General on the subject of the late British
Factory at Hamburg, dated 20th October, 1824.-Thursday,
March 5.
22. Mr. John Maxwell,-Re-appointment of the Committee on
Hand-loom Weavers.-Monday, March 9.
23. Marquis of Chandos,-Repeal of the Malt Tax.-Tuesday,
March 10.
24. Mr. Attorney-General,-Two Bills, founded on the Report of
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, for improving the Adminis-
tration of Justice in Ecclesiastical Causes.-Tuesday,
March 10.
25. Mr. Fowell Buxton,-Motions for papers relative to the West
Indies.-Tuesday, March 10.
26. Mr. Poulter,-Bill to promote the better Observance of the
Lord's Day.-Wednesday, March 11.
27. Mr. Hume,-To call the attention of the House to the Report
of the. Select Committee of the last Session on Election Ex-
penses.-Wednesday, March 11.
28. The Lord Advocate,-Bill for regulating the Sequestration of
the Estates of Bankrupts in Scotland.-Wednesday, March 11.
29. Mr. Ward,-To bring under the consideration of the House
the state of the Protestant Episcopalian Establishment in Ire-
land, and the necessity of reducing it to a scale corresponding
strictly with the wants of the Protestant population.-Thurs-
day, March 12.
30. Mr. Robert Steuart,-Bill to establish an uniform system of
Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in Scotland.-
Thursday, March 12.
31. Mr. Charles Buller,-Bill to take away the jurisdiction of the
Ecclesiastical Courts in matters relating to Tithe.-Thursday,
March 12.
32. The Chancellor of the Exchequer,--Bill for the relief of Per-
sons dissenting from the Church of England in regard to the
Celebration of Marriages.-Tuesday, March 17.
33. Mr. Alderman Wood,-Bill for the better regulation of Ca-
briolets and other Hackney Carriages, or of Omnibuses and
other Stage Carriages for short distances, used in and near the
Metropolis, and of the drivers and attendants thereof.-Tues-
day, March 17.
34. Sir James Graham,-Bill for the encouragement of the volun-
tary Enlistment of Seamen, and to make regulations for more
effectually manning his Majesty's Navy. Tuesday, March 17.
35. Sir James Graham,-Bill to amend and consolidate the Laws
relating to the Merchant Seamen of the United Kingdom ;
and for forming and maintaining a Register of all the men en-
gaged in that service. Tuesday, March 17.
36. Mr. Poulter,-Bill to protect the free exercise of the Political
Franchise.-Wednesday, March 18.
37. Mr. Hume,-To call the attention of the House to the Report
of the Select Committee on Lighthouses, with a view to their
consolidation under one management. Wednesday, March 18.
38. Lord Viscount Ebrington,-Bill to explain and amend Act of
last Session relating to Weights and Measures. Wednesday,
March 18.
39. Mr. Hardy,-Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws against
Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Members to serve
in Parliament.-Thursday, March 19.
40. Mr. Harvey,-Committee to inquire into the revenues and ap-
propriation of Queen Anne's Bounty.-Thursday, March 19.
41. Sir Henry Hardinge,-Consideration of so much of the
King's Speech as relates to the subject of Tithes in Ireland.-
Friday, March 20.
42. Mr. W. S. O'Brien,-Bill for the Relief of the aged, helpless,
and infirm Poor of Ireland.-Tuesday, March 24.
43. The Chancellor of the Exchequer,-Bill for Commutation of
Tithes in England and Wales.-Tuesday, March 24.
44. Sir Richard Musgrave,-Bill to authorise the Relief of the
Poor in Ireland in certain cases.-Tuesday, March 24.
45. Mr. Wilks,-For the consideration and redress of the practical
Grievances of Protestant Dissenters.-Thursday, March 26.
'46. Mr. Tooke,-Address to his Majesty, beseeching him to grant
his Royal Charter of Incorporation to the University of Lon-
don, as approved in the year 1831, by the then Law Officers
of the Crown, and containing no other restriction than against
conferring Degrees in Divinity.-Thursday, March 26.
47. Mr. Fowell Buxton,-To put a question relative to the mea-
sures which are in progress for the education of Negroes ; and
also relative to the appointment of Local Magistrates in Ja-
maica to the office of Special Magistrates.-Friday, March 27.
48. Sir Samuel Whalley,-That it is the opinion of the House,
That in any plan of Church Reform, it will be expedient to
provide for the attendance of the Bishops in the House of
Lords, that they may give their advice, when requested, on
questions affecting the Church, in the same manner that the
Judges do upon questions of law, but, like them, without hav-
ing the power of voting.-Tuesday, March 31.
49. Mr. Edward Lytton Bulwer,-Bill for the admission of Dis-
senters to the Universities.-Tuesday, March 31.
50. Mr. Roebuck,-Bill for the better government of Lower Ca-
nada.-Thursday, April 2.
51. Mr. Grote,-That the Votes at Elections for Members of
Parliament be taken by way of Ballot.-Thursday, April '2.
52. Mr. Cayley,-Committee to inquire into the truth of the re-
ported smuggling of Foreign Corn into Great Britain, through
Ireland, the Canadas, the Channel Islands, and other sources ;
apd into the allegation that this is the cause of the present
grievous depression in the price of British Grain.-Tuesday,
April 7.
53. Mr. Divett,-Resolutions for the complete Extinction of
Church Rates throughout England and Wales.-Tuesday,
April 7.
54. Mr. W. S. O'Brien,-Resolutions to the effect, that it is expe
client to give to several of the larger Counties in Ireland ach
tional Representatives in Parliament, with the view of dime
nishing the great inequality which at present exists between
the Representation of Great Britain, and that of Ireland, in
reference to the population and resources of each Kingdom.-
Tuesday, April 7.
55. Mr. Cobbett,-Bill to repeal the Poor Law Amendment Act,
passed in the last session of Parliament.-Wednesday, April S.
56. Mr. Ewart,-Bill giving Prisoners full Defence by Counsel
and Attorney.-Thursday, April 9.
57. Mr. Ewart,-Bill to abolish Capital Punishments in certain
cases.-Thursday, April 9.
58. • Sir Samuel Whalley,-Resolution respecting the Repeal of the
Window Tax.-Thursday, April 9.
59. Si. Andrew Agnew,-Bill or Bills to extend to all classes of
his Majesty's subjects the privilege of protection in the due ob-
servance of the Lord's Day.-Friday, April 10.
60. Mr. Divett,-Committee of the whole House on the Act of
the last Session of Parliament for increasing the Duties on
Spirit Licenses.-Tuesday, April 14.
61. Dr. Bowring -Select Committee, to examine and report on
the state of the Public Accounts, with a view to the bringing
the whole amount of the Revenue and Expenditure of the
United Kingdom under more efficient Parliamentary controul.
--Tuesday, April 14.
62. Mr. Dugdale,-To call the attention of the House to the dis-
tressed state of the Ribbon Weavers in Coventry and its neigh-
bourhood.-Tuesday, April 14.
63. Mr. Fowell Buxton,-Motion on the Slave Trade.-Tuesday,
April 14.
64. Mr. Cobbett,-Resolution, That it is just and expedient that
there be an equitable adjustment with regard to the Interest
payable on what is commonly called the National Debt ; and
that, at all events, it is just and expedient that none but the
holders of lands and other real property should be taxed for
the purpose of raising money wherewith to pay that interest,
or any part of it.--Wednesday, April 15.
65. Mr. Harvey,-To call the attention of the House to the Pen-
sion List.-Tuesday, April 28.

66. Colonel Evans,--Committee, to inquire ;:t ;o the restrictive
operation of the payment of Rate and other Clad: es of the Par..
liamentary Reform Act.—Thursday, April 30.
ediency
67. Mr. Robinson,—Select Committee to consider the ety;-
of a Revision and Commutation of Taxes.—Tuesday, Arai
68. Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer,—Repeal of the Rate Clause in
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Reform Bill.—Thursday, May 7.
69. Mr. Edward Lytton Bulwer,—Repeal of the Stamp Duty 00
Newspapers.—Tuesday, May 12.
70. Mr. Cayley,—A Motion (based on the Parliamentary Decla-
ration of Agricultural Distress) to inquire if there be not effec-
tual means within the reach of Parliament to afford substantial
relief to the Agriculture of the United Kingdom.—TuesdaY,
May 19.
71. Major Fancourt,—ln Committee on Mutiny Bill, to move or
the abolition of Military Flogging.
72. Mr. Ewart,—To move, in the Annual Sugar Bill, the reduc-
tion of the Duty on East India Sugar to the same rate as the
Duty on West India Sugar ;—Also, to move the general re-
,::!.-ttion of Duties on articles of East India produce.
73. Sir Sai:?`tel Whalley,—On Motion for the repeal of the Sep-
tennial Act, move, as an Amendment, that the duration of
w Parliaments shall bi three years ; and that they may noth
be
sooner dissolved, except a:f4-'r the demise of the Crown,
shorick that term.
event shall not otherwise the
74. Mr. Harvey,—Committee to inqu;:.
into all Revenues at
exclusive disposal of the Crown, espec;.;:lY those arisng from
the Duchv of Cornwall and the Duchy of Lizaster, and from
Intestate Estates.