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was a successful plaintiff, he was a .linie.r to the amount
i.he CoSt"; 11,1ving amouated to 1801.; arid, to ed-
ditiou to tlitst. the cost of an ir t2rpleader, which ;vas 20/.
more, reduced tam to the condition of an insolvent Was
it desirable that he should be told to surrender 12/. of
his debt because the county eosin had only jurisdiction
in cases of 20/ ? The next case was that of a succesful
defendant, the question being whether the plaintiff had
or had not sold to him a certain quantity of chemical
proearationF. He was a succesful defendant to the amount
of 50/., but his costs amounted to 801., and the plaintiff
told him that the law•suit had cost him 300/.
—(Hear, hear.) The last case he should men-
tion was one in which the plaintiff; although he re-
covered the full amount he claimed, lost 591. 1 is. 2d.
Tie only real objection that could be made to his pro-
position was, why should they stop at 501.—why not at
once make the sum unlimited ? So far as he was concerned
he should be at once prepared to assent to that, but he
believed there must be 80111,3 arbitrary limit. His reason
for proposing a limit of 501. was, that he should thereby
get the support a many Hoc. Members who would not
otherwise support him. lie appealed to the House to
ask any respectable solicitor whether he would advise
his client to go into one of the superior comes of law to
recover 50/. Ha believed nothing was of more frequent
oceurrence at present than to have this amount 01 the
claim reduced so as to bring it within the jurisdiction of
the county court. The Hon. Gentle mm referred to
the remarks of a morning paper on the subject of the
Licit courts in India in corroboration of his views, and
also to the observations ma le by the Attorney. General
in the course or the last session, when he (Mr. Fitzroy)
proposed a similar measure to the present. The objec-
tion then taken was, that there should be an appeal.
begged to say that the present Bill did contain
classes for the purpose of giving an appeal.—(Hear.)
With regard to the objections urged by Sir G. Grey on
a previous occasion, he would remind the Right lion.
Baronet that it was not so much speedy justice which
these courts secured, as it was the affording the poor but
honest defendant an opportunity of paying the debt by
instalments. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving
for leave to bring in his Bill.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, as it seemed to
be the wish of the House to receive the Bill of the Hon.
Gentleman, he should not interpose any objection to its
introduction.—(Hear, hear.) He felt it his duty, how-
ever, although he believed he was taking an unpopular
course, to point out the objections he entertained to the
principle of the Hon. Gentleman's measure. The cases
referred to by the Hon. Gentleman of sums cf 32/. and
42/., would be equally applicable to sums of MI. and 52/.,
and it might to-morrow be urged as a hardship that
these also could not be recovered in the county courts.—
(Hear.) The sum of 20/. had been fixed upon after very
long and earnest consideration, and there were the
strongest possible reasons for fixing the maximum at that
sum; 201. had been laid down by thejudges of the superior
courts as the sum for which a man could not be arrested—
that was fixed as the sum which was unworthy the ex-
penses of litigation. The measure, as it at present stood,
had been in operation two or three years, and had given,
he believed, very general satisfaction. What effect the
extension of the jurisdiction might have in enabling
parties to obtain an extension of credit, by the facilities
of recovering it would hold cut, remained to be seen.
At present the county courts were little more than an
experiment, and he urged the House not to interfere
with them unnecessarily. If an appeal was given in the
higher courts, he apprehended the law would not work
satisfactorily. Again, there was the right of examining
the plaintiff and defendant on their oaths—that might
work very well with regard to small amounts, but in
larger sums he feared it would be too much for the
honesty of the parties. If an appeal was once given in
all cases above 201. they would destroy their efficacy,
and they would dissatisfy the large body of suitors
who came before that court to recover smaller sums,
by showing that there was a different law for the poor
and the rich. It would, in his opinion, shake
the confidence of the public, and violate the principle
on which they were established. In his posi-
tion he could have no personal feeling or interest in the
matter. At the same time ho did not mean to object to
tne introduction of the Bill; but he could not pledge
himself to give it his sanction at any future stage. He
thought the principle the Hon. Member wanted to
intro-
duce was a most dangerous one, and unless they heard
some better arguments than had been urged by tho Hon.
Gentleman that night he hoped the House would not be
induced to adopt the Bill.
Sir G. PECHELL said, originally no one was so
strenuous an advocate of the measure as the Hon. and
Learned Member for Chester. When he had introduced
a measure for the purpose of extending the jurisdiction
of the Sheriff's Court to 50/.,* the present Lord Chan-
cellor had supported him, and Baron Rolfe had assisted
him in introducing it. The fact of many parties aban-
doning a portion of their claims in order to bring the
debt within the jurisdiction of these county courts was
the best proof of the estimation in which they were
held, and the popularity they enjoyed. He hoped the
Hon. Member would be successful in carrying his
measure.

Mr. CLAY supported the Bill. The Hon. Gentleman
had not stated whether ho was to extend the appeal t ) all
debts, or to those onlyabove 201. He did not think
the additional burden thrown upon the superior courts
by these appeals would be of so much consequence as
that great weight of business that would be taken off
these courts by the transference of business to the county
courts.

Mr. HENLEY regretted to find that the Hon. and
Learned Attorney-General had given his sanction to the
introduction of the Bill. It would be only consuming
another night in discussing its principle, if the Govern-
ment was prepared to throw it out at a uture stage. It
was admitted on all hands that these courts bai worked
extremr.ly well, and so sure as the sun was in the hea-
vens, if they extended their jurisdiction they would de-
stroy their utility. It was on that ground that he opposed
the measure. He wished to know whether Hon. Mem-
bers whj were disposed to do away with imprisonment
f.,r debt for all sums under 201. were disposed to extend
it to 50/.. or to ell sums? If they did so where were
they to stop? He regretted, under these circernstances,
that if the Governmert had a strong objection to the
Bill they had not at otice thrown it out.
Sir G. GREY had great doubts as to the expediency
of extending the jurisdiction of those courts. He had

last year stated the grounds on which he objected to ex-
tending the sum from 201. to 501.

Mr.TITZROY—That Bill was without an appeal.
Sir G. GREY admitted that there was that differ-
encJ, and it was impossible also to deny that there was
a strong feeling in the country in favour of the. exten-
sion of the jurisdiction.—(gear, hear.) The difficulties,
however, that beset the question would be best seen when
they had the Bill before them, complicated as it was by
the proposition for an appeal and the admission of a bar,
and the other attendant circumstances of ordinary courts
of law. The principle of these courts was only com-
patible with the adjudication of small stakes. He should
be curious to see what was the extent of the appeal
which the Hon. Member proposed to give. If the appeal
was to go to the superior courts, the whole value of
these jurisdictions would cease. He entertained grave
doubts as to the policy of disturbing the present arrange-
ment, because he believed that aey step of the kind they
system of jurisdiction.
t )ok would utterly destroy the value and utility of that
Lord D. STUART was glad the Government did
not intend to oppose the Bill, and that they were to have
an opportunity of discussing its
principle more at length.
He hoped that in a future stage it might find more fa-
vour in their eyes.
i He considered it exceedingly de-
sirable that the jut sdiction of these courts should be ex-
tended. He found, by returns that had been laid before
the House, that the proportion of cases under 20/. and
between 201. and 501, tried in the superior courts of
London and Middlesex, was extremely small, and that
was a strong argument in favour of the extension of the
jurisdiction. He regretted the Government had not
taken up the question. But if his Hon. Friend did not
succeed he hoped he would move for a Committee of
inquiryinto the whole of the subject, which was one
deserving the serious attention of the House.
Mr. H. BERKELEY took very much the view of the
Attorney-General with regard to the effect of the pro-
posed measure. He feared that the extension of the ju-
risdiction of these courts would materially affect their
utility and value. It was very doubtful whether it would
be possible to admit the bar to such a court without first
altering the nature of the judges. He trusted that the
Government would not yield an inch from the position
taken up by the Attorney• General.
Mr. MULL INGS, as a retired practical lawyer, would
give his cordial support in favour of bringing in the Bill.
He did not, however, agree with the Hon. Mover, that
all the great expenses incidental to the superior courts
went into the pockets of the attorneys. The pleadings
alone were enormous to bring the case to an issue. The
parties went down to the assizes with all their wit-
nesses, having previously given enormous fees to their
counsel. They were then often obliged to wait for seve-
ral days before the cause could be tried. For all these
proceedings the attorney did not get one farthing beyond
the money he expended; and a: last he, perhaps, had
the pleasure of recovering 501., after having incurred
an expenditure of 601. or 70/., while the unhappy
plaintiff had probably to pay 40/. or 501. by the way of
extra costs. He thought that these county courts had
conferred the greatest benefit upon the country, and that
benefit would be considerably increased by extending the
jurisdiction of them to claims of 501. He hoped that the
proposed measure would also go so far as to bring in
equitable matters, which in the ordinary course of things
did not come within the cognisance of a court of law.
He did not think that there would be any difficulty in
allowing appeals, provided the party so appealing was
required to give security for costs.
Mr. J. WILLIAMS said it was not an uncommon
thing in the trade to which he belonged to sue persons
owing 301. or 351. in the county courts, the claimants thus
consenting to abandon the excess over 20/., in order to
render it recoverable in that way. But the effect of this
was to give encouragement tofraudulent debtors to refuse
payment until they were compelled by these courts, being
thus assured of being able to get rid of their liabilities in
an easy way. Great injustice would be done to all such
claimants if the jurisdiction of these courts was not
increased.

Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
BRICKS AND TIMBER DUTIES.
Mr. HUME then rose to move that this House,
taking into consideration the condition of the cottages
of the labourers of this kingdom, and the want of
adequate accommodation for their families, is of opinion
that a drawback should in future be allowed on the
bricks and timber employed in the construction of cot-
tages the rent of which shall be under 41. per annum, us
a means of lessening the expense of their erection. He
hoped that the same unanimity as bad existed in the
discussion upon the previous question would prevail in
the consideration of the present motion. Early in that
session he took an opportunity of reminding the Go-
vernment that if they had any money to spare it might
be applied with great advantage in such a way as to
give effeet to such a proposition as the present. Much
to the credit of the House and the country a strong dis-
posi4en wets manifested recently to pay attention to the

r. c,-.rnfort and to the health f the hitherto-neglected
poor and classes. With that view a board of
hea.H, had been appointed to remove every nuisance
fleeting the health of the community. Local Acts were
also passed for the purpose of attaining this desirable
object. As, for example, an Act was passed fur Liver-
pool to prevent the occupation of apartments below
the surface of the ground. They had re-
ceived reports from every part of the country
as to the manner in which the working people were
' lodged. These went to show that the moat valuable
portion of the community—the labouring classes—upon
whom, after all, the prosperity of the country depended,
had been neglected in a great degree by the Govern-
ment, who had the direction of everything that affected
their health and comfort. The expense of building cot-
tages was so great as sf?riously to endanger the moral
and social condition of the people. He had visited
within the last two months many of the cottages of the
labouring classes, and he found in some of them families
of eleven and twelve children brought up without any
separation so recessary for the promotion of decency
and morality. Speaking generally, ha was informed
that there wasi a duty of ten per cent, levied upon the
value of bricks. When they looked at the dweltireo of
the poor they could seam ley blame the father of the fc-
Indy for withdrawing from it oeca,ionally to seek for
uzrcater comfort, which was afforded him in tn.! public-
house. Ho was thus inducel to spend his money upon
intuxleating drinks, leaving his family destitute and
unhappy. There were from 26,000,000 to 30,000,000
gallons of ardent spirits consumed by the popula-
tion. This enormous consurnttion could only be ac-
counted for by the fact that there was no inducement
to the working man to remain at home, for he had no
comfort or enjoyment at his own fireside. The poverty
and uncomfortable state of his house tended to alienate
the man from his abode, and to leave his family desti-
tute. At the early part of the session he put in a word
for these classes. It was well known that many poor
men who earned but 9s. or 10i. a week could not afford
to pay more for their lodging than Is. a week. It was
also well known that one of their little cottages could sot
be built for 501. or 60/. He wished the duty to be re-
moved from bricks altogether. He was satisfied that if
this duty were removed the benefit would not be con-
fined to the poorer classes; the advantages would be
felt by all classes. By the return which he held in his
hand it would appear that the amount of duty received
for the last ten years from bricks was, on an average,
481,3181. a year from England, and 13,440/. from Scot-
land. He did not wish to limit his observations altogether
to bricks, for it was of equal importance to the health
and comfort of the people that the window duty should
be removed; and he was sorry that his Noble Friend
(Lord Duncan) had not had an opportunity of bringing
forward the question that night. The Government,
in their endeavours to carry out their sanitary mea•
sures, ought to see that these duties upon windows
and bricks were calculated to thwart and stop that
progress that they would otherwise make in the im-
provement of the health and condition of the people.
Looking at the low wages, and the want of comforts
among the working-classes, he was astonished they were
able to manage as well as they did. The removal of
this and other taxes would add greatly to their comforts.
On this ground he hoped the House would express its
opinion in favour of his motion.
Upon the question being put,
Mr. LABOUCHERE said, the Hon. Gentleman had

frankly stated what was the intention of this motion—
namely, to elicit the opinion of the House as to the duty
on bricks; and that the duty on timber was, to use his
metaphor, in the same boat. Now it was deemed right
not to pledge the House to any particular remission un-
til they had heard the financial statement of his Right
Hon. Friend. But if the House were not of that
opinion, he said he would oppose the motion on the
terms in which his Hon. Friend had stated in his mo-
tion. Who was to define what cottages cost? He had
seen them built at great expense, and which certainly
could have no claims for exemption. He thought in a case
of this kind there ought not to be a drawback, because
if granted it would open the door to a great deal of
fraud. If there were, too, a drawback upon timber for
cottages, then they would be asked for a draw-
back upon timber used in ship-building and in mines.—
(Hear, hear.) Then he doubted very much the policy
of encouraging the building of a low class of cottage.
He mentioned these things to show what caution should
be used in cases of this description.—(Hear, hear.) As
to the remission of duties on bricks and timber, it would
be contrary to his duty on this occasion to express his
opinion. Until the announcement was made by his
Right Honourable Friend in his financial statement he
would not pronounce an opinion one way or another,
and he said it would be premature for the House to de-
clare its opinion as to a remission of taxation on any
particular matter. This motion was on its own merits
inexpedient, and ought not to be adopted; he, therefore,
opposed the motion.
Mr. DRUMMOND thought the conduct which it was
proper for a Minister of the Crown to pursue in such a
case as this was not that which was most proper for a
Member of the House to adopt. When the financial
statement bad been made, then Ministers would say that
the case was then made up—that it was then too late to
listen to any other proposal.—(Hear.) He believed it
was not the intention of the House to do injustice to the
poorer classes—that when injustice was done it was be-
cause the House was not aware that it was doing injustice.
(Hear.) If the relief now asked for were granted, he
admitted that it would not be universally felt, because it
would be of no use in the northern and other parts
of the country, where there were abundance of mate-
rials for building; there were, however, other parts of
tle country, and especially those with which he was
best acquaint al, on which this relief would confer a very
great benefit. A gentleman anxious to build cottages
for the poor could not do so at a less expense than 100/.
each. In such places, a tradesman from a neighbouring
town could build the same sort of cottage, let it for 10/.,
and the occupier made the rent by letting the rooms to
whole families, and thus, while the gentry were endea-
vourint- to give three rooms to each family, the plan was
destroyed by some adjoining tradesman. In consequence
of lessening the size of farms, he foresaw that there must
be a very great increase of farm buildings. Now, much
expense was caused in building by the high price of
bricks. The tax increased the price of bricks by two-
thirds. In some places the benefit would be very small,
in other cases it would be very great. He hoped in sup-
porting this motion there would be no sneer against him
and others of having ulterior motives, in voting for a
repeal of the tax, which they would vote for, because
they conceived it would be an essential relief to the
agriculturists. Now, he voted for this, though he did
not vote with the Noble Lord against the window duty
they must have houses—there was no use in windows
without houses.—(Laughter.) He would oppose the
remission of any tax which did not bear directly upon
the working classes. He said he did not want to em-
barrass the Government; but he said if they wanted
money, let them not take their taxes from the poverty of
the country.—(Hear.)
Mr. VETO supported the motion. He could point
out cases where 20 persons were found occupying two
rooms. He believed the remission of the duty on bricks
would put an end to this evil. Until it was at an end
there could be no classification of the poorer classes.
Lord C. HAMILTON was glad the Hon. Member for
Montrose had brought this subject before the House;
he only regretted he had not brought it forward in a
more comprehensive manner. There was no question
that more materially affected the well-being of the work-
ing classes than this.

Lord Chancellor

MARQUISES.
Brendalbane
Clanricardo
Donegal

EARLS.
Besborough
Carlisle
Charlemont
Craven

'Mr. MITCHELL said, if the Hon. Member should
go to a division on this subject, he would support it. He
differed in the opinion that had been expressed on this
subject by the Right Hon. the President of the Board of
Trade, that such motion should not be brought forward
until the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
had been made, and no proposal for a remission of tax-
ation submitted to the consideration of the House until
then. At the present moment a drawback was allowed
on all timber used in the erection of churches; and he
did not apprehend that, with a vigilant control, there
would be any danger of fraud if a drawback were also
allowed upon bricks. Should the Hon. Member for
Montrose again bring forward his motion, however, he
trusted that be would give the: House some idea how
fraud was to be avoided. Being of opinion that a good
case existed for a revision of this tax, he should sup-
port the motion of his Hon. Friend.
Mr. R. PALMER agreed with Lord C. Hamilton
upon the prudcnce of not pressiug this motion at this
moment. But he was strongly of opinion that it would
be exceedingly advantageous to repeal the duty upon
bricks altogether, and that such a measure would be

quite as useful as a repeal of the window-tax.--(Hear.)
It the Hon. Member intended to confer a benefit upon
the owners and occupiers of small cottages, he would be
doing so to a much greater extent by proposing the total
repeal of the duty upon bricks than by this proposition
for allowing a drawback.
Mr. HEYWORTH supported the motion, and ob-
served that he thought this discussion would lead, ulti-
mately, into a general revision of the duty upon every
article that entered into the consumption of the people.
Mr. HUME, in reply, said that his object had been to
ascertain the opinion of the House, and it appeared that
that opinion was decidedly in favour of an entire and
total repeal of the duty.—(Hear, hear.) He was not
much in the habit of proposing half measures, and in
doing so in the present instance he must confess that he
had signally failed.—(Laughter, and hear, hear.) The
Hon Gentleman then intimated that, with the leave of

the House, he would withdraw his motion.
Motion withdrawn accordingly.
MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
Mr. RICARDO moved for leave to bring in a Bill for
the better regulation of railway traffic. The Hon. Mem-
ber briefly alluded to the numerous inconveniences
which were attendant upon the present system; the want
of uniformity of tolls—the danger incurred by the pas-
sengers in having to change carriages upon their journey
—the manner in which the " points" were worked at the
junctions, and other evils and inconveniences; and said
that the object of his Bi4l was to provide an efficient
remedy with which Hon. Members might make them-
selves acquainted immediately upon the Bill being
printed.—Leave given.
Viscount EMLYN moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to amend the laws relating to highways in South Wales.
Mr. C. LEWIS admitted that there did exist certain
reasons why the highways in South Wales should be
under a separate system of management, and being of
that opinion he would not oppose the motion of the
Noble Lord.—Leave given.
EXTRA-MURAL INTERMENTS.
Mr. LACY moved for leave to bring in a Bill for pro-
moting extra-mural interments. The Hon. Gentleman
said he dared say some Hon. Members would be startled
at his project; but the proposition was simply to allow
railway companies, with the sanction of the Railway
Commissioners, to hold cemeteries. lie proposed that,
after having obtained the approbation of tho share-
holders and the Commissioners, these companies should
be empowered to purchase a sufficient quantity of waste
land at a convenient distance, say twenty-five or thirty
miles, from the metropolis, and thereon construct a ce-
metery. He was convinced that no one general ceme-

tcry would be sufficient for the metropolis; arid that by
giving the different coppauies this power, it would Le
for !to public benefit, at the same time that the conapit-
nies themselves would find it to be a good commercial
specchttion.—(Laugh:ar.)
Sir G. GREY had not very clearly collected the real
purport of the Bill of the Hoc. Gentkman from the ex
planation which he had given; but, in principle, he
thought that to empower railway companies to become
cemetery companies was moat objeationable. As the
whole question must come before Parliament at a very
early period, when the report of the Board of Health
would be before them, he trusted the Honourable Gen-
tleman would not for the present persevere with his
Bill.—(Hear.)
Lord ASHLEY said that last year the duty was en-
trusted to the Board cf Health of preparing a scheme
for the consideration of Parliament on this subject, and
that that scheme had been prepa7ed. But he was sorry
that it wa, not yet in the hands of Hon. Members. it
would be ready in a few days, however—be hoped to-
morrow or Thursday morning—Ind until it wai before
theta he thmtight the House should not proceed with
the consideration of the Bill of the Hon. Member for
Bod min.

Mr. LACY merely wised to bring. in his 13W, in
order that ic might he set n and considered side by side
with the report of the BJard of Health. Hs believed
ihat the House would upon consideration, that
wittiout such a measure Rs he propo=ed they would never
be laic to carry out any compubory Act for preventing
hit rments in cities and town;.—(flear, hear.)
Mr. WYLD was surprised that tie Homo Secretary
should have opposed the introduction of a measuie of
this kind. He thought his Bill would not clash with
any recommendation which was likely to emanate from
the Board of Health. He therefore moved for leave to
bring in this Bill.

Mr. LABOLTCHERE said it was always an ungra-
cious task to oppose a Bill on the motion for leave to
bring it in; and it was so in this case, especially where
the Hon. Gentleman had directed great attention to the
subject. The Hon. Gentleman had done him the honour
to convey information to him from time to time as to
the objects he had in view, but he felt it to be a duty ho
owed to the House, as the result of that information, to
say that he thought the House ought not to allow this
Bill to be brought in. He thought the Bill was founded
on principles which the House never could sanction. He
was opposed to thrusting upon the Railway Commis-
sioners functions which were so foreign to their sphere
of operations. He really thought there was no chance
of the Bill passing a second reading.
Mr. AGLIONBY did not think the Bill was open to
the objections which had been stated by the Right Hon.
Gentleman. He begged to ask the Hon. Gentleman
whether there was any compulsive powers to take land,
or whether the powers were permissive only ? If the
powers given were only permissive, why wait for the re-
port of the Board of Health? Hitherto in all legisla-
tion on the subject they had been bound by considera-
tions of pounds, shillings, and pence, and the interests
of those who were to receive burial fees.

Mr. LACY said his object was to make the major
part of the powers compulsory, the minor powers might
be taken as compulsory.

Mr. M. J. OtONREI4„L thought that the report of
the Sanitary Commissioners should be laid before the
House before any measure of the kind was brought in.
He thought the Hon. Gentleman would best consult the
convenience of the House by postponing the motion till
the report of the Commissioners, which the Noble Lord
the Member for Bath had stated would be on the table
in a few days, was fairly before the House and the
country.

AN IloN. MEMBER hoped the Hon. Gentleman would
not divide.

After a few words in explanation from Sir G. GREY
The motion was withdrawn.
THE BOARD OF TRADE.

Mr. MOFFATT moved for an address to her Ma-
jesty for a return showing the names of the members of
her Majesty's Privy Council constituting the Committee
appointed for the consideration of matters relating to
trade and foreign plantations ; the functions of the said
Committee ; the number of members of said Committee
that constitute a quorum for the dispatch of business ;
the number of times the Committee met in the twelve
months ending Dec. 31, 1849 ; and the number of mem-
bers of said committee that attended each meeting. This
motion was made on account of the present alarm which
prevailed in consequence of the new and extensive
powers assumed by the Board of Trade. Great anxiety
was felt to know what really were the functions of the
Board of Trade.

Mr. LAB° UCHERE said if he objected to this motion
ho assured the Hon. Gentleman it was not from any wish
to refuse the information required. But no Parliamen-
tary grounds had been made for the production of this
return. He could give the names of those who consti-
tuted the Board of Trade, and everybody knew that the
Court Circular would give this information. The func-
tions of the board had been fully described by Mr. John
Lefevre, and he (Mr. Labouchere) objected to give the
information in the shape of a return. It was not the
practce of the board to transact business as a board,
though it included numerous members of the Privy
Council, &c. The usual course of business was trans-
acted on the single responsibility of the head of the
department.
Mr. MOFFATT said that after what had fallen from
the Right Hon. Gentleman he was satisfied.
Motion withdrawn.

The orders of the day were then read:—
COMMONS ENCLOSURE BILL.
Read a third time acid passed.

PROCESS AND PRACTICE (IRELAND)-SALA
RIES AND COMPENSATION BILL.

Committee thereon. House resumed. Report to be
received to-morrow (this day).
Mr. FOX brought up tau Sicuhr Education Bill,
which was read a first time.

The House was adjourned at Twolve o'clock.

ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 25.
The following is a list of the Alinoiities on the -Eccles'.
astical Commission Bill :

FIRST DIVISION.

Devon
Grey
Granville
Minto
Strafford
Waldegrave
BARONS.
Ashburton
Campbell
Colborne
PAIRS.

Lord De Freyne
Earl of Suffolk
Lord Milford
Marquis of Anglesey
Lord Dufferin

BARONS.
Dunally
_ _

Eddisbury
Elphinstone
Foley

Monteagle
Sayo and Set©
Sudeley
Wodehouse
Wrottesley

Marquis of Salisbury
Marquis of Londonderry
Lord De Lisle
Earl Somers
Lord De Res

SECOND DIVISION.
Lord Chancellor EARLS.
MARQUISES. Granville Dunally
Breadalbane Grey Elphinstons
Clanricarde Mixt° Foley
Donegal Strafford Saye and Sele
EARLS. Waldegrare Sudeley
Charlemont senoss. Wodehouse
Carl,sle Campbell Wrottesley
PAIRED AFTER THE FIRST DIVISION.
Lord Monteagle Earl of Cardigan
Lord Colborne Lord Walsingham
Lord Eddisbury Earl of Malmesbury

BARONN.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Sir,—On Monday the 25th, an extraordinary
scene was enacted in the Mime of Commons, by the
persevering opposition of the anti-Ministerial side to
the progress in Committee, of the Bill for increasing
the number of voters in Ireland. The ground stated,
was the absence of some Members at the Irish As-
sizes. Of course each side thought it was taking a
prudent course ; though the prevailing opinion seems
to be, that eight divisions with increasing majorities
on the part of the Government, ranging as high as 24
to 1, were a charitable mode of doing away with any
damage which might have been received from the
smallness of the majority on a preceding evenit lg.
The result, however, was, that not one strep was
gained towards the progress of the Bill. if any-
body in Ireland is disappointed, he must set it down
to the politicians who could not stir a step without
their men at the Assizes.

In the early part of the evening, the Government
made some damaging admissions, received with
shouts of laughter by the House, on the subject of
not issuing the pieces called florins. If the
Government had their wits about them when they
withdrew from the coins a stupid phrase, con-
demned long since by the good sense of our
ancestors, why did not they stand to it, and
who were the parties before whom they quailed ?
If they knew they had not the courage to resist the
outcry which bigots and serviles might raise, why
did they volunteer the occasion ? It is this building
of walls to run their own heads against, which has
ever been characteristic of the Liberals in the Go-
vernment. But if the Government have no plan,
their enemies have. It is all portion of a scheme for
representing them as what the bigots call " godless,"
and so proceeding from less to more, for the chance
of any retrogression towards the illumination of the
middle ages.
On Tuesday a motion for removing the duty on
Attorneys' Certificates was postponed, in a way
which was not considered us favourable to ultimate
success. The hardship in this case appears to be, that
a particular class should be subjected to a duty on the
exercise of their calling, when they pay all the other
taxes to which members of the community are sub-
ject. The plea sometimes urged, that they throw the
duty on their employers, is of the ordinary classf
fallacies with which questions of the incidence of
tax-
ation are encumbered.
briTnhgeinmaotßioiulloff the
orth Membere
prohms for
00 lfd hamfr leave
Secular
o Educa-
tion, to
was successful to t
fullest extent. A result
undoubtedly to be attrib-luitteadinttorotdhuecatibolne awnada ccoonn:
ciliatory manner in which
ducted by the mover.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, 27th February, 1850.

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANT.—The
50th half-yearly general meeting of this Corporation
was held yesterday at their offices, 71, Lombard-street;
John Wilkin, Esq., in the chair. The directors' report
and a statement of the accounts of the half-year ending
the 31st December last, were read to the meeting. The
report having been unanimously adopted by the proprie-
tors, the usual dividend and bonus were declared, when
the meeting separated, highly gratified with the con-
tinuing prosperity of the company.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZUTTIP
OF TUESDAY.
BANKRUP CS.
Abraham Wheeler, c;..hinetinaker, Buckingleanti 'to
surreuder March 12, at half-past eleven, and Apps[-
U,_-_--
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnso4official
Basiughall-street ; Shuckburgh \Rlsley,
Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-square.
Janes Starkey, carpenter, Old-street, St. Ige Pf sm:
March 12, at two, and April 16, at eleven, at the un-' L
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Satnbrook-
court, Easinghall•strcet; Hine and Robinson, Charter-
house•square.
Charles Joseph Carttar, solicitor, Greenwich, March
12. at helve, and March 26, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Nias, Cop-
thall-court, Throgmorton-street.
John Borryhill Cross, watch maker, Cornhill, March
IC, at one, and April 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
rtipofficial assignee, Basinghall- stre
ic,nt.cy ;r:
Henrietta-street,
Johnson,
etta-stree
Covent-garden.
John Dale Woodcock, calandercr, Leude, March 12, at
,an l April 9. at ett.van. at the Leeds District
Court. u.zigtiee, Lcedsi Middleton,
ds.

Go.rge Meth w 2, intsic Mulimouih March 12
and April 9, at eleven, at the Bristol Dio.'riet CourtAcraindr. assignee, Bristol ; Nicholas, Mon..
cumuli; 12esans, Bristol.
Lotiii Bernard Chefliti, bo,kseller, Bristol, March 12
and A pail 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Milie', official assignee, Brist )1; Srrangways, King's-
- Gray's Inn; Whittington and Gribble, Bristol.
DIVIDENDS.
In the Country.
L. Elliott, jun., Rochdale, Lancashire, chemist and
druggist, March 21, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester
—S. Taylor, Poynton, Chester, butcher, March 21, at
eleven, at the Court, Manchester.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
H. G. Astle, 6s. 4d.. on Feb. 28, or any subsequent
Thursday, between a even and two, at the office of Mr.
Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
E. Mumford, 55., on Thursday, Feb. 28, or any subse-
quent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
L. Alexander and W. Bardgett, first and second divi-
dends of 2s. 2d. and 6d., on new proofs, on Thursday,
Feb. 28, or any succeeding Thursday, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chao-
, bars, Basinghall-street.
B. F. M`Queen, Is. O'd., on Thursday, Feb. 28, or
any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basing-
hall-street.
W. H. Trencher, ss. 10d., on Thursday, Feb. 28, or
any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, Basing-
hall-street.
MueinnttoTnh,
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dsi tyd, ,
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nh uerl se dr ael; ,
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subsequent
office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall•chanabers, Basinghall-
street.

J. Parrish, did., on Thursday, Feb. 28, or any subse-
quent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Pennell, Guildhall•chambers, Basinghall-street.
G. W. Wheelhouse, York, banker, 35., on Tuesday,
Feb. 26, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Hop, Leeds.
E. Ryder, Birmingham, jeweller, BF., on any Friday,
between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore,
Birmingham.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.

At the Court, Basinghall-street.
L. Davy, King-street-terrace, New North-road, and J.
Davy, South-street, New North-road, builders, March
22, at half-past one—R. Jones, Castle-strut, Holborn,
commission agent, March 21, at eleven—W. Tyer, Gos-
port, boot and shoe maker, March 20, at twelve.
In the Country.
J. Dixon, Liverpool, grocer and tea dealer, March 21,
at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. R. Wright, Leeds,
currier, March 21, at eleven at the Court, Leeds—B.
Ramsden, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, bone merchant, March
21, at elcven, at the Court, Leeds—G. M. Cowley, Not-
tingham, bill broker, March 22, at ten, at the Court Not-
tingham—J. Bowers, J. Bowers, and Sarah Ann Bowers,
Worcester, grocers, March 25, at twelve, at the Court,
Birmingham.

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
F. Burt, Plymouth, boardinghouse keeper, bookseller,
and stationer, certificate of the third class—H. Pinhey,
Plymouth, grocer, certificate of the second class—T.
Martin, Nicholas-square, Hackney-road, licensed victu-
aller, certificate of the second class—J. Reid, Edgware
road, Bexley-heath, Woolwich, Rochester, Chatham, and
Maidstone, draper —J. Addington, London-road, South-
wark, oil and colourman and varnish manufacturer, cer-
tificate of the first class—W. A. Reeves, Maidstone,
cabinet maker and upholsterer. certificate of the first
class—J. King and J. F. King, Well-row, laling:on,
builders—E. L. Blackman, Lombard-street, tailor—J.
Morrison, Craven-street, Strand, tailor, certificate of the
first class—R. Belson, Norwich, plumber and glaizer,
certificate of the third class—J. Ward, Bishopsgate
Within, chemist and druggist, certificate of the second
class—H. Bennett, Chatham, corn dealer, certificate of
the second class—J. Turnbull, Scarborough, Yorkshire,
linen and woollendraper, certificate of the first class
after twenty-one days from Feb. 21-11. Corbett, Madras,
merchant and comission agent, certificate of the first
class—R. Gibbs, Birmingham, and Northfield, Wor-
cestershire, corn dealer, certificate of the first class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Fawcus, sen., 11. Fawcus, jun., and J. Stephenson,
Seat.am, Durham, ship brokers—T. Baughey and L.
Allkins, Newport, Shropshire, bendwaro and turnery
manufacturers—J. Laycock and J. N. Hanson, Bacup,
Lancashire, iron and brassfounder—H. G. S. Borth-
wick and G. A. Wilson, Newcastle.opoi.-Tyne,
met-
chants—J. Murton and L. Murton, Sharples and Man-
chester, bleachers—D. Braosty and W. Nanner, lia,ing-
stroke, corn dealers and millers--A. M'Concell and A.
Forsyth, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire, drapers—T.
Chattaway and M. Chattaway, Birmingham, carriers—
W. Tucker, sea., W. Tucker, j un., and T. Tucker (so far
as regards T. Tucker), Datchet, Buckinghamshire,
butchers—Mary Ann Murray and Sarah Mort, London-
wall, ostrich feather manufacturers—T. Laycock and J.
Jackson, G ate Helmsley, Yorkshire, proprietors of the
Gate Helmsley Retreat—F. Wilson and J. W. Swale,
Hanway-street—F. G. Spray and G. Nevett, engineers
—T. H. G. Snowden and L. A. Pollock, Ramsgate, as-
torneys—W. H. Bensted and C. Higgins, Maidatone,
hoymen—E. Tomlinson and S. Cooper, Walsall, Staf-
fordshire, ironmongers—J. Scatterthwaite and S. Jack-
son, Ulverstone, Lancashire, ironmongers and grocers—
R. Battersby and J. Telford, Liverpool, ironfoan-
ders—J. Edwards and E. J. Scraggs, East
Dereham, Norfolk, painters—J. Baker and W
Baker, Bristol, tilers—S. Druce, P. Lord,
and J. Sheldon, Ensham, Oxfordshire coal merchants
—W. Richards, J. Richards, and R. Richards (as far as
regards R. Richards), Penzance, mercers and drapera—
J. Pickering and G. Alexander. Wilson•street, Fins-
bury, dyers—H. Ancell and C. Fagg, Norfolk-crescent,
Hyde-park, Grove-road, St. John's-wood, and Church-
street, Lisson-grove, surgeons—S. Billingsley, jun., W.
J. Miall, and 0. J. Williams (so far as regards W. J.
Miall), Harwich, shipping agents--J. Hudson and R.
Hudson, Hartlepool, Durham, ship brokers—E. H.
Jones, W. J. Jones, T. B. Jones, R. G. Jones, A. Jones,
and I'. Jones (so far as regards E. H. Jones, W. J.
Jones, T. B. Jones, and R. G. Jones), Birmingham, iron-
founders.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Henry Phipps, Southnewington, Oxfordshire, gardener.
David Thomas, Cardiff, Glamorganshiro, painter.
John Spencer, Loughborough, Leicestershire, horse
dealer.
Merena Edwards, Wem, Shropshire, farmer.
John Wildon, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, tailor.
Joseph Nicholson, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, cooper.
Thomas Grimbly, Stratford-upon-Avon, commercial
clerk.
Frederick Fisher, Soave near Brookland, Kent, farm
bailiff.
Robert Palmer, Cullompton, Devonshire, mason.
William May, Yatton, Somersetshire, auctioneer.
John Backnell, Hockworthy, Devonshire.
John Milsom, St. George, Gloucestershire, servant.
Walter Carter, Bristol, commission agent.
William J. Come, Chatham, tobacconist.
William J. Youlton, Bristol, accountant.
John Hickmutt, Rochester.
Henry Dawes, Great Malvern, Worcestershire, coach
proprietor.
David Wood, Huddersfield, Slubber.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
W. Ferris, Anstruther Eastate, Fifeshire, dealer in
shares and printseller, to meet within the Albert Hotel,
CanujAdp.;H3B-loaliwtifaei
te,ah,triFeb.neGeel
a2sBg
oayrn
undertaker March
and
,a t one.
hirer,
to meet within the Albert Tavern, Glasgow, March rd
e
, 'EdnMitilLsergib h urti
h'
rcghroc 4 ander to meet
at eettw within
two.
J. Smart, Elgin, builder, to meet within the Royal
Hotel, Elgin, March 4 and 25, at one.
March the Star Hotel
J. C. Reddie, Edinburgh, insurance broker and writer
tEodtihnebusriggnhe,
Marcht, to meet
4 and 2
eetwithis, within tahtetwoffielcvee.of Cay and d Black,

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By W. WILKIE COLLINS,
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Andrews', Sams', and at all the Libraries and of all Booksellers
throughc•ut the Kingdom.

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Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants,
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Dlddear ; Phocion, Mr. Fisher; Ctesiphon, Mr. W. Montague ; lon,
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