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London, England, 1835-05-23 00:00:00

PAUPER OUTRAGES.

In reply to a question from Mr. RICE TREVOR,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that the Government had
received information relative to the recent pauper disturbances
in the parish of Eastbourne, Kent. He had seen one of the
Assistant Commissioners under the Poor Law Amendment
Act upon the subject ; a large body of police had been sent
down, and the disturbances were completely quelled.
Mr. RICE TREVOR shortly afterwards gave notice of
a motion (we could not hear for what day) for the production
of any information received by Government on the subject.
FOREIGN SECRETARY.—APPOINTMENT OF
LORD PALMERSTON.

Lord DARLINGTON—I wish to ask the Noble Lord,
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether
Lord Palmerston is to be created a member of the British
peerage, and thereby obtain a seat in the other House of
Parliament, or whether any vacancy is likely to occur in this
House to enable him to procure a seat here ?—( Hear, hear.)
The public know nothing upon the subject except that Lord
Palmerston has been Gazetted as Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and it is highly important that the fact should
be understood.—( Cheers from the Opposition.) If the Noble
Lord answer in the negative, I wish to ask him whether it is
intended that the Noble Lord should continue to hold the
situation. I believe it is perfectly unusual and almost unpre-
cedented for an individual not in Parliament to hold a Cabinet
situation.—( Renewed cheers from the Opposition.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—The Noble Lord has asked me
seve al questions, all of them of rather an extraordinary and
novel nature. One is, whether it is the intention of the
Crown to confer the dignity of the peerage upon a certain in-
dividull; the next, as I should understand it, is whether it is
the intention of any Member of this House to vacate his seat
for that individual, • or, as my Right Hon. Friend near me
suggests, to vacate in that individual's favour by dying himself.
—( Cheers and laughter.) The question then arises, whether,
in that case, any particular body of constituents would be dis-
posed to elect the Noble Lord who has been referred to, as
their representative in this House, or whether they would
choose some other representative ? There then arises a
fourth question, or a fifth ; whether, supposing none of those
things to happen, it is intended that Lord Palmerston shall
then continue Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ? Really
these questions are of so extraordinary and novel a nature,
that I can only entreat the Noble Lord to bring forward a
distinct motion on the subject.—( Loud cheers.)
Lord DARLINGTON—Perhaps the Noble Lord will
allow me to ask him another question. The Noble Lord talks
of novelty • is it novel, or is it not, for an individual holding
the office Of Foreign Secretary to have no seat either in this
or the other House of Parliament ?—( Cheering.)
Lord J. RU SSE LL—I can only say that if the state of
things of which the Noble Lord complains had conthlued for
any length of time, these might be very proper questions ; but
as the absence of Lord Palmerston is merely a temporary one,
I must decline giving any other answer than that which I have
already returned to the Noble Lord.

Here the matter ended.
CORPORATION REFORM.

Lord J. RUSSELL—I beg to give notice, Sir, that on
Monday, the Ist of June, I shall move for leave to bring in a
Bill for the better regulation of the Municipal Corporations in
England and Wales.—(Cheers.)
DISSENTERS' MARRIAGES BILL.

On the motion, we believe, of Sir ROBERT PEEL, the
question was then put, that this Bill be now read a second time.
Mr. KENNEDY said that the Bill in its present shape was
most repugnant to the feelings of the Dissenters. In order to
satisfy them, the marriage ceremony ought to have the religi-
ous character which it had under the Bill introduced last Ses-
sion by the Noble Lord (J. Russell.) It was repugnant to
the wishes of many classes of Dissenters, that they should be
forced to appear before a magistrate. Every sect should be
allowed to perform the ceremony in their own way.
Mr. HUME thought that the Right Hon. Bart. had judged
wisely in leaving the Bill in the hands of Government. He
would, however, assure the Government that no partial mea-
sui e, such as this, would satisfy the Dissenters. In order to
the complete settlement of the question, any Bill hereafter
brought forward ought to be founded upon a complete system
of registration.
After a few words from Sir ROBERT 'Nous and Mr. PEASE,
Mr. POTTER said, considering the advanced period of the
Session, that he thought it better that the present Bill should
be dropped, and that the Government should bring in another
Bill, next Session, connected with a system of general re-
gistration.
Dr. LUSHINGTON had turned much of his attention to
the subject in the course of his professional life, and he grieved
to say that it was a question very difficult to legislate upon,
with a due regard to what the Dissenters had a right to ex-
pect, and what were the actual interests of the Established
Church. He was convinced that the more comprehensive
the measure, the more they would legislate according to the
principles of justice and expediency. He could not separate
this Bill from the Bill for the Commutation of Tithes, the
General Registration Bill, and others, which were all parts
of one great system, and should be proceeded with simulta-
neously. He thought, therefore, that more time should be
taken to consider the subject.
Sir ROBERT PEEL had moved the second reading of
the Bill merely pro forma, and on the understanding that no
discussion should take place. Many Gentlemen had left the
House who intended to have taken part in the debate : he
thought, therefore, if the question were to be debated, that it
would be better if that debate were postponed to a future day.
Dr. LUSHINGTON said that he did not mean to debate
the question. All he wished for was delay. If the Bill were
persevered in this session, he would have some amendments
to move. He would however, say, that though he did not con-
sider the Bill then before them unobjectionable, yet he felt
that the country owed the Right Hon. Baronet a debt of
gratitude for having admitted the principle involved in it.
Mr. WILK S was opposed to any delay.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on that day three weeks.
REGISTRATION OF' VOTERS' BILL.

On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Registra-
tion of Voters' Bill was referred to a Select Committee.
COLONEL FOX.

Colonel SIBTHORP hada question to ask the Noble
Lord, which he hoped there would be no objection to answer.