The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-10 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair in the new House
shortly after Twelve o'clock.
THIRD READINGS.

The following Bills were read a third time and passed :
Bishop of Londoa'.:Eitate (St. Gabriel's Church, Pimlico).
Earl ofEflinghain's Estate.

Earl of Glen—gall's Estate.
Sir M. Vaveisour's Estate.
Viscount Midleton's Estate.

SKTALFIELDS AND SHOREDICII-STREET

BILL.

This Bill wa3 read a third time.
On the motion that this Bill do pass,
Mr. HUME again entered his protest against the
measure.

The Bil was then passed.
CRIME AND OUTRAGE ACT (IRELAND) CON-
TINUANCE (No. 2) RILL,
This Bill was consider« d as amended, and ordered to
be read a third time on Monday.
INSPECTION OF COAL MINES BILL.

Oa the que•tion that this Bill be read a third time,
Alderman COPELAND opposed the Bill, and de-
clared that it would cost 20,000/. a year to carry it pro-
perly into effect.
Sir J. WALMSLEY did not know bow the public
money could be better employed than in protecting the
lives of those employed in mines. The Bill wes a pre-
cautionary measure, it would not interfere with the in-
tf rest of the collier, but would be of great advantage to
his work people.
Sir G. GREY denied that the Bill would involve so
large an expenditure as 20,0001. a year. It would re-
move many of those causes which had hitherto given rise
to accidents in mines, and in declaring his strong approval
of the measure, he must be allowed to thank those coal-
owners who had assisted in framing its provisions.
Mr. HUME also bore his testimony to the value of
the measure, and told the House that so far from its
being opposed by the coal-owners, he knew as a fact
that many of them were ready to contribute towards
the expense of carrying it into effect.
After a few words from Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY,

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Mr. FORSTER complained that sufficient opportunity
had not been afforded for discussing the provisions of
the Bill, though he did not feel called upon to oppose it
at this stage. The great majority of accidents in coal-
mines resulted from the carelessness of workmen, and
no expense and caution on the part of owners would
put a stop to those accidents without the co-operation of
the workmen. And he thought if the Bill
went forth to the public as a measure to re-
lieve parties from taking the necessary steps to prevent
accidents in mi❑es, it would do more harm than good.
Mr. WILDE considered that the great number of
accidents which bad happened was a sufficient reason for
this Bil►, which he thought would be a very great benefit
not only to the workmen but to the mine-owner. It
did not force the owners to adopt any particular mea-
sures of protection, but only offered to them suggestions
for the preservation of life, and he thought few would
take the responsibility of neglecting those suggestions,
seeing that they would come from scientific men of great
knowledge and experience, whose duty it would be to
inspect mines. He should give the Bill his most cordial
support.

'ffie Bill was then reed a third time and passed.
TRANSFER OF IMPROVEMENT COMPANY

COMPENSATION (IRELAND) BILL,
This Bill was rvad a third time and passed.
LOUGH CORRIB IMPROVEMENT COMPANY

COMPENSATION (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill, as amended, was considered and agreed to,
and ordered to be read a third time on Monday.
GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL.

This Bill was read n third time and passed. --
LAW FUND DUTIES (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
FRIENDLY SOCIE ins BILL.

This Bill w read a third tiro and passed.
EXHIBITION OF 1851.

On the motion for going into Commit tee o❑ the Copy-
right of Designs Acis Amendment Bill,
Colon. 1 SIBTHORP asked the F►rst Lord of the
Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether
they would pledge themselves not to propose or sanc-
tion any advance of money for the Exhibition of 1851
without the sanction of Parliament? He considered
that Exhibition to be one of the greatest curses that
had ever visited this country, as it would en-
courage foreigners, instead of protecting native industry.
To show the effect of this system of encouragirg the
foreigner, he need only refer to a letter which ho had
recently seen in the Morning Herald—and while speak-
ing of newspapers the House would, perhaps, forgive
him if he took the opportunity of acknowledging the ac-
curacy with which their proceedings were reported in all
the papers. He hoped Hon. Members would show their
appreciation of the labours of the gentlemen to whom he
alluded by taking in, as he did, all the papers, from the
Times down even to Punch. He not only took them in,
but he was happy to say that he reaped great
pleasure and advantage from the daily perusal of
them. Ile would now retLra to the letter. He
did not know the writer of it, but be had every reason
to believe he was a respectable man; and he stated that
Paisley, Spitalfields, and other English markets, were
inundated with cheap and nasty German designs, to the
great injury of the Engiish weavers, and he knew not
where the misery of the operative classes of this country
would stop, if they continued this system of encourage-
ment to the foreigner at the expense of the British
manufacturer. Ile found now that instead of six years
being the time fixed fur this exhibition, we were now
only to have it two years, which he thought was time
enough. He was sorry to find England, the
envy of the world, treated as sbe lied been
by the free trade measure. Considering all
the live and dead stock that the exhibition
would bring to England under the free-trade system, he
apprehended most of the English people would be eaten
out of " house and home;" and he should not be sur-
prised if beef rose to be 2s. 6d. per lb.—(Laughter )
But who was to eat it at that price? Certainly very
little would fall to the poor man's share. The Hon.
and Gallant Member concluded by intimating that
if the House went into Committee on the Copyright
of Designs Aets Amendment Bill ho would move
that it is not expedient to advance or expend any sums
of public money for the purpose of carrying into opfra-
tion the works of the proposed Exhibition. of 1851,
without the previous sanction of Parliament.

The WEAKER intimated to the Honourable and
Gallant Member (Colonel sibthorp) that his question
and amendment were not germane to the title and pre-
amble of the Bill.
Colonel SIBTHORP said he did not care much about
that ; ho had had his say—(Laughter)—he had ex-
pressed his opinion upon the matter, and he would leave
the Chancellor of the Exchequer to deal with it as be
thought best.
The Bill then passed through Committee; and
Mr. LABOUCHERE said be hoped the House would
not object to the Bill being reported on Monday and read
a third time at the same time. _

Colonel SIBTLIORP objected to that course as being
unusual.

—The bHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said al-
though he had not formally answered the question of the
lion. and Gallant Member (Colonel Sibthorp), he hoped
no inference would be drawn from that circumstance
that he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) meant to pro-
pose that any public money should be voted for the pur-
poses of the exhibition. At the same time, he begged
it to be understood that he gave no pledge on the
subject.
Thu consideration of ihe amendments to the London-
bridge Approaches Fund Bill was postponed until
Monday next.
The Holyhead Harbour Bill passed through Com-
mittee.

The Savings' Banks Act (Ireland) Continuance Bill
was read a second time, passed through Committee,
read a third time, and passed.
The Union of Liberties with Counties Bill was read a
third time and passed.
CHURCH BUILDING ACT.
Lord J. RUSSELL then moved for leave to bring in
a Bill to amend this Act. He stated that this was a
Bill arising frcm the Bill which had been moved for some
time ago. _ _ _

Leave was granted, and the Bill was brought up,
read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time
on Friday next.
A message from the Lords was then received, Big.
nifjing their Lordships' assent to hold a conference on
the subject of the Small Tenements Rating Bill.
Several other conterences were held on other Bills,
and the amendments of this House were ultimately
agreed to.
The House adjourned at hal:-past Two o'clock till
Monday at twelve.

Sir George Anderson is appointed Governor of
Ceylon, and is to be succeeded in the government of Mauri-
tius by Mr. Higginson, now Governor-►n-Chief of the Lee-
ward Islands. Sir George Anderson has earned his promo-
tion by the ability with which he has conducted the govern-
ment of Mauritius, where he has effected a considerable re-
duction in the expenditure, and introduced many useful
practical reforms. Mr. Higginson was introduced jab the
public service by Lord Metcalfe, and has proved himself
worthy of his friendship and patronage.