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wla;( h the light of voting in boroughs to he derived from
the occupation of a house of not lees than the clear yearly
value of 101. may be fixed on a more certain and permanent
basis-than is proposed in the Bill." He thought it would
Ktve a character of permanency to the intended qualifica-
tion Were it allowed that a house and premises having been
once admitted on the list as of the value of 101. should be
permitted there to continue for a certain period without
ex imination every year, and that the mere possession of
such a house should entitle the occ•spier to vote.--(Loud
cries of " Adjourn," which prevented us from any more
hearing the Hon. Gentleman.)

Sir J. WROTTESLEY would wish to submit to the
Committee the plan they had last year acted upon—namely,
that although they should adjourn generally at this hour,
yet that they should before doing so at least finish Vat
clause they were upon.
Lord ALTHORP hoped that Hon, Gentlemen would
not now press the adjournment, as it was desirable to dis-
cuss the statement of his Hon. Friend the Member for
Nottinghamshire. He thought that might he done shortly ;
because although he admitted the question to he one very
fit for the Committee, yet in his opinion it lay within a
very nirrow compass. The Bill at present said that even•
occupier of a 10/. house should have a vote. His Hon.
Friend thought it should be decided what houses i❑ bo-
roughs were 101. houses, and that the occupiers of these
houses should always be allowed to vote. Now he (Lord
Althorp) thought that the Bill decided that, for when
once a house was registered as of the value of 101., it
would continue in all future registries on the list, except
under some peculiar circumstances. Besides, if these
houses and no others in a borough were to confer the right
of voting, say for a period of five years, this would render
them like burgage tenements, and persons wou'd buy
them up.
After a few words from Colonel SurrttottPE,

Mr. E. DENISON said, that the Noble Lord did not
entirely comprehend his meaning. The same objection
would lie under the Bill as it stood under his proposition ;
for it was only the houses that could confer the right of
voting.—(Loud cries of " Adjourn.")
Mr. CROKER thought that the lion. Baronet (Sir J.
Wrottesley) would see how impossible it was to adopt his
suggestion ; for in the present clause there were two most
important questions to be disposed of. The first was to
decide whether the right of voting should be conferred by
a 101. or 201. house, or by any other such qualification ;
and the next was, how were they to get at that qualifica-
tion. These were subjects so serious, that it would he
impossible to get through them this night.
Lord ALTHORP rose, but from the noise was
in u-
;lihle. It was, however, presumed that he agreed with
Mr. Croker, for the Chairman immediately put the ques-
tion to report progress.
The House then resumed.

POSTAGE OF LETTERS (IRELAND) ACTS.
On the motion of Mr. S. RICE, the House went into
Committee on the Post-office Laws in Ireland, and the
Right Hon. Gentleman having proposed two resolutions,
One empowering the Postmaster-General to est.iblish
penny posts in any town in Ireland, and another that it wa,
expedient to amend the hish Post-office Laws generally,
Mr. HUMEsaid he had before called the attention of the
Government to the practice of clerks in the Post-office
being newspaper-sellers, which he hoped would now be
put an end to. Exclusive of the impropriety of such
officers being diverted from their duty, a strong prejudice
must arise from the fact that sometimes newspapers sent
by newsagents did not go in proper time, while those sent
by the Post-office clerks did not fail in their regular
arrival. This gave an impression of unfair dealing, and
whatever gave rise to that should be done away with. If
there were not power in the Post-master-General to abate
this, he ought to have it by the new Act.
Lord ALTEIORP aril there was power enough in the
House as it stood to put an end to this practice ; but if it
were put a stop to, there must be a considerable addition
to the salaries of the clerks in the Postoffice.

Mr. HUME said, that economist as he was, he would
willingly grant an addition of salary in such a c!se, as he
looked upon the taking of fees by public officers as a most
pernicious practice.

The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at One o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRITRAr 2.

The Loan CHANCMLLOR. did not take his seat till
Twenty Minutes past Five o'clock.
Lord TEYNHAM wished to ask the Noble and Learned
Lord on the Woolsack, whether it was correct that the
Government was about to issue a Commission for the pur-
pose of enquiring into the operations of the Poor Laws.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Govern-
ment had thought it proper to issue such Commission, far
enquiring into the operation of those laws in dif-
ferent parts of the kingdom. He might as well say
that he entirely agreed with his colleagues in the present
plan, he had had some doubts on the sabject, but they
were entirely removed, and he thought no time would he
lost by the adoption of the present mode.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH hoped that the present
Session would not he permitted to pass without some mea-
sure being introduced for the settlement of that question.
The Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack had pledged
himself that he would bring forward a plan of his own
with regard to these la, s.

The LORD CHANCELLOR saii that he had not
pledged himself to bring fcr ward any particular meaf.ure
on the subject. He certainly had the intention of having
that subject brought before the House, but the recess which
he had enjoyed had been so very short, extending to not more
than 10 or 12 days, that it had been out of his power to
give the subject that consideration which he considered it
necessary that it should have.

The Marquis of SALISBURY observed, that the
Noble and Learned Lord had correctly stated the answer
which he had given him (luting the sitting of Parlian4ent
before the recess. He wished that the Commission was
now appointed, for the country certainly wasted and
looked forward to a relief from them.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH hoped that in the appoint-
ment of a Commission upon such a vital subject to a great
mass of tite population of the country, Government would
net for a small saving want such men as were well acquainted
with the subject It was not a question on which
money ourht to be an object.
Lord TEYNHANI gave notice that on Monday be
would move for returns, relative to the importation of
hemp and flax for the use of the navy.
Earl GREY, by command of his Majesty, laid upon the
table of the House, papers relative to the ratification of the
Belgian treaty.

The Earl 'of ABERDEEN asked if the Noble Earl
bad an intention to make a motion on the subject of those
papers.

Earl GREY had no such intention.
Lord CLONCURRY presented a petition against the
tithe laws.—Referred to the Committee.
The Arbitration Bill went through Committee and was
reported, without amendments.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH wished to ask the Noble
Secretary for the Colonies whether there would be any ob-
jection to the production of papers relative to emigration
for the last two years.
• Lord GODERICH apprehended there could he no
objection to the production of such papers. He would
enquire how far such papers could be made up, and inform
the Noble Lord.

Lord GODERICH, in answer to a question by the Earl
of Carnarvon, said that it was not his intention to bring
forward the same Bill as was introduced last session relative
to emigration. He could inform the House that emigration
from Great Britain and Ireland during the last ..ear
had been to our own colonies more than double
that of any former year. He was happy, however,
to say that notwithstanding such emigration the price of
labour in Upper Canada had not fallen.

ANATOMY.
The Duke of SUSSEX presented a petition from the
President and Faculty of the Commonalty of Medicine,
praying for a legislative enactment that should enable
students to pursue their anatomical studies.—The petition
was read at length.
The Earl of ELDON next addressed the House, but in
a tone of voice nearly inaudible. Ile was understood to
sta'e that the illustrious Duke opposite had givena cor-
rect description of the law, and after several observations,
was understood to agree with much that had fallen from
the illustrious Peer by whom the petition bad been-pre-
sented, and with many of the sentiments which it contained,
fully assenting to the assertion that the state of public
feeling on the subject throughout the country demanded
that some change be immediately made in the !lay.

The Duke of SUSSEX was much gratified aat receivin,.
from the Noble and Learned Lord a confirmation of the
opinions he had expressed ; for his own part, he bad made
provisions in his will that his body should be delivered to
medical men, not for the gratification of mere idle curio-
sity, but that it might be opened, as he conceived such
an examination might prove useful to society, he having
been for forty years afflicted with .a disease, of which he
had now happily gotten_ rill; and he should be very glad
if the examination of hid. frame, in which possibly thet,
might exist Some remarkable peculiarity, contributed
mitigate the sufferings of any one individual. The Illus.