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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS,

(From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. ),
THURSDAY, JULY 25.
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
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Report further considered :—Clause (And be it Enacted,
That in the event of a married couple, or a single man or
woman, possessing a cottage under the value of 51. annual
value, and having paid their Poor-rates, and being no longer
able to work, they be eligible for out-doer relief at the discre-
tion of the Guardians) brought up, and read a first time
Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause bps
now read a second time :" The House divided :

MINORITY-AYES, 28.
Aldam, W. Duncombe, T. S. Pechell, Captain
Arundel, Lord Entwisle, William Pollington, Viscount
Ashley, Lord Gore, Montague Round, John
Baskerville, T. B. M Hall, Sir BCTUSMiE Sibthorp, Colonel
Borthwick, Peter Hervey, Lord A. Spooner, Richard
Brothe, ton, Joseph Hinde, J. H. Williams, W.
Bruges, W. H. L. Kemble, Henry Wodehouse, Edmond
Colebrooke, Sir T. M•Geachy, F. A.'
Collett. John Alasterman, John TELLERS.
Dodd, George Newdegate, C. N. Napier, Sir Charles
Douglas, J.ID. S. O'Brien, A. S Yorke, Redhead

MAJORITY—NOES, 42.
Allix, John Peter Fuller, A.E. Mundy; E. Millet
Boldero, Henry G. Gordon, Hon. W. Nicholl, John
Bruce, Lord E. Goulburn, Henry Norreys, Lord
Byng, G. S. Greene, T. Peel, Jonathan
Childers, J. W. Hawes, B. Pringle, A.
Clive, R. H. Henley, J. W. Somerset, Lord G.
Corry, H. Hodgson, Richard Suttou, Hon. H. Mll
Cripps, W. Howard, P. H. Thornhill, George
Dainer Colonel Jernayn, Earl Trotter, John
Darby, George knatchbull, Sir E. Tyrrell, Sir J.
Denison, E. Beckett Lennox, Lord A. Wawn, J. T.
Dicisinson, F. H. Liddel, H. T. 'Wortley, Hori.Jn. S
Escott, Bickham Macki non, W. A. TELLERS.
Flower, Sir James Marsham, Viscount Young, John
Fremantle, Sir T. Meynell, H. Baring, Henry

Another Clause (Be it Enacted, That from and after the
31st day of March. 1845, the Commission appointed by an Act
of 4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 76, intituled " An Act for the amend-
ment and better administration of the Laws relating to the
Poor in England and Wales," shall cease and be abolished, and
the several Unions and Union Workhouses that have beers
created or established for the maintenance of the Poor, under
the aforesaid or any other Acts relating to the relief of the
Poor in England and Wales, shall be exclusively and solely
under the management, power, and control of the several
Boards of Guardians, constituted and appointed for the
nl:nagement of each separate Union or Union Workhouse,
without. any interference, power, or control of the aforesaid
Board of Cnmmissioners) brout up, and read a first time ;
Motion made, it:.‘el Question put," That the said Clause be now
read a second time f" The House divided :
MINORYTY.—AYES, 8.
Baskerville, T. B. M Hall, Sir R. TELLRAB.
Borthwick, Peter Hornby, Johni Sibthorp, Colonel
Collett, John Newdegate, C. N. Spooner, Richard
Fleetwood, Sir P. Pechell, Captain

MAJORITY—NOES, 81.
A'Court, Captain Fuller, Augustus E. Norreye, Lore
Alford, Viscount Gardner, J. D. O'Brien, A. S.
Allix, J•hn Peter Gaskell, J. M. Packe, C, Wm.
Arundel, Lord Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Sir Bohai
Baring, W. B. Gordon, Captain Peel, Jonathon
Boldero, H George Goulburn, H. Plum ridge, Captain.
Bowes, John Graham, Sir James Pringle, Alexander
Kroadley, H. Greene, T. Bowdon, J. D.
Brotherton, J. Harcourt, G. G. Round, John
Bruce, Lord Ernest Hawes, B. Rushbrooke,Coloner
Bruges, W. H. L. Henley, J. W. Sheppard, 'I.
Clerk, Sir George Herbert, Sidney Smith, it. Vernon
Clive, Viscount Hervey, Lord Alfred Smythe, Hon. G.
Clive, R. H. Hodgson, R. Somerset, Lord G.
Corry, Henry Hope, Charles Stanley, Lord
Courtenay, Lord Howard, P. H. Stewart, P. M.
Cripps, W. Jermyn, Lord Strut t, Edward
Darner, Hon. G. Kemble, Henry Sutton, Hon. H. M
Darby, George Knatchbull, Sir E. Th rnhill, George
Denison, E. Beckett Lascelles, W. S. Trench, Sir F.
Dickinson, F. H. Lemon, Sir C. Trotter, John
Duncan, George Lennox, Lord A. Vernon, G. H.
Egerton, W. T. Lincoln, Earl of Wawn, John T.
Eliot, Lord M'Geachy, F. A. Wodehouse, Hon. E
Emlyn, Viscount Alarsham, Viscount Wortley, Hon. John
Entwisle, William Meynell, H. TELIAIRG,
Fellowes, Edward Milnes, R. M. Young, John
Forster, Matthew Nicholl, J. Baring, H.

Amendment proposed, page 18, line 42, after the word
" final," to insert, " Provided always, That when the relief of
the Poor has been hitherto administered in any parish or
parishes by Guardians or Directors appointed under a local
Act, and not by Overseers of the Poor, if such parish or
parishes according to the last enumeration of the Population,
published by authority of Parliament, contain more than
20,000 persons, it shall not be lawful to include such parish or
parishes in any such district for the audit of accounts ; and in
every such parish or parishes, provided such parish or parishes
have not at present auditors elected under the provisions of an
Act passed in the second year of the reign of King William the
Fourth, intituled, An Act for the better regulation of Ves-
tries, and for the appointment of Auditors of Accounts in cer-
tain parishes of England and Wales,' the Ratepayers thereof
shall within forty days after the passing of the Act proceed to
elect in vestry some one person who shall thenceforward act as
sole Auditor of all accounts whatsoever of any Guardians or
Directors, Vestrymen, or other officers or boards having any
control over any part of the parochial expenditure of such
parish or parishes relating to the Poor, and they shall fix
a salary to be paid to such Auditor out of the Poor-rate of
such parish or parishes; and such Auditor shall continue in
office until he be dismissed by the Guardians or Directors ; and
every Auditor so appointed shall exercise and fulfil, with regard.
to all the accounts of such parish or parishes, all rights, powers,
and duties, to be exercised and fulfilled by Auditors to be rip
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pointed under the authority of this Act; Provided aho, that'
the accounts of such parish or parishes shall be audited once at
least in every six months (that is to say), after the 25th day
of March and the 29th day of September, in every year, after
due notice given in the manner hereinbefore provided;"—
Question put, " That those words be there inserted :" 'f be
House divided:—

MINORITY—AYES, 10.
Borthwick, Peter Masterman. John Williams, W.
Darby, I;eorge Muntz, G. F.
Fleetwood, H. O'Brien, A. S afford TELLLIts.
Fuller. A. E. Spooner, Richard Pechell, Captain
Henley, J. Warner Hervey, Lord A.