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London, England, 1844-04-17 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 16.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour..., ,
The South-Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and
gate Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. d
The Manchester a'id Birmingham (Macclesfield sue
Poyntou branches) Railway Bill was read a third tivi .
and passed.
Several Railway Bills were postponed till Thursal
in consequunce of the reports not having been laid
the table the requisite time.
An HON M . MEBER presented a petition against. the
Charitable Pawn Societies Bill.
Mr. HOLLAND presented a petition from Hastili
praying for a measure for the speedy recovery of 5113
debts. _ _

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Mc. HUME presented a petition from several rile
byterian congregations of Ireland, complaining of
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present state i‘f the Presbyterian Marriage Act ;
a petition from Alfred Moore, to the same effect. Theb
H .n. Memb-..r moved that the latter petition shoulci.he
printed, and gave notice of his intention to bring

subitct under the consideration of the House.
Mr. WATSON presented a petition from 'gel
praying that the Bill for the recovery of small de
might be extended to Ireland.
Mr. MASTERMAN presented a petition from .ceor;
tain parts of London against the Charitable Pay
Bill.
Captain PECHELL presented a (similar petition ,r°
the neighbourhood of Brighton.
Mr. ROSS presented a petition from Belfast, praying
for no interfe• enee with labour in factories. isll
Colonel POWELL presented a petition from a pall
in Wales, in favour of the Lecal Courts Bill. fr 0
Mr. HODSON IHNDE presented a petition :„.,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne against the Charitable Pawn
cieties Bill.
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Air. THOItNELY (in the absence of his Hon. Erli ift
the Member for Stockport), gave notice that on Tuestr
April 30, his HMO. Friend (Mr Cobden) would moveieg
a Committee to inquire into the effect of protective do
upon the national revenue. ijet
Sir C. NAPIER gave notice that on the next o.
of the day for the House going into Committee t)
ply he v ould put a vestion respecting the kind..
timber used in the d.ekyards.
Mr. HUME mmed for several returns relating tos
expenses of civil and military establishments ill'
Levant, which were ordered.

RAILWAYS. et
Mr. HUME wished to ask the Right lion. Mer Abbe
for Newark (Mr. Gladstone) whether there weliwtbe
any objection on the part of the Government to p
printing of the evidence already taken before the Ilea
way Committee, in order that the House might oir
wheth(r the resolutions upon the subject had bee° c
firmed in their applicability by the testimony taken. he
Mr. GLADSTONE said, the period could nc.tee
distant when he trusted the labours of the Conol,be
would be over, and then all the information upoll;1
subject would be at once brought before the House
the country.

ISLE OF MAN. 000
Dr. BOWRING moved for returns of the anii
collected in the Lie of Man by the authority °' eh
Act 54 Geo. 3, C. 143, s. 1, for harbour dues in e era!'
year, from the year 1833 to 1843, under the self ea,
heads stated by the schedule of that Act ; of theActlS
penditure of the amounts so received, under the o'l4
heads to which appropriated, and of the balance in b of
of the said funds on the Ist day of January, 1844 'the
the commissioners now qualified, and who execute to,
said Act; and of the amount of fines levied under ittoso
thority. The Hon. Member said he understood t"
returns would not be oppc,ed. He wished to tall the
opportunity of asking when it was the intention tio%
Government to bring forward a measure for reg°
the import duties of the Isle of Man? this'
Mr. GLADSTONE replied that a measure to hot
effect was then under the consideration of Governs:0100•
there were some points of detail yet to be decide ot
He had, however, every hope that the Goverellity
would be enabled to introduce their measure during
course of the present session.
KINGSTOWN HARBOUR. 044
Mr. MORE O'FF.RRALL moved the 000
returns relating to Ki:.gstuwn Harbour
Memoril4li from the Inhabitants of Kinglors
to the Treasury, relating to encroachments on the al*
bout' of Kingstown, by the Dublin and Kingstown oce,
way Company, with Minutes therm, presented :00t1
date of last retutns in 1843 ; of Treasury Minut,e'lle
Correspondence with Board of Works relative to Plaite
town Harbour and the Atmospheric Railway sine!ogal
of last return; of Reports of the Board of Works eet,g fote
Commissioners of Kingstown Harbour; of Memorials
Correspondence of the Railway Company and their F,ioo'
with the Board of Works, the Treasury, or Committiott
ers of Kingstown Harbour, on same, or to the constrerio
of the Atm,spheric Railway, since date of last Iteßitoc!
of instructions to Mr. Walker, civil engineer, or Au# pop
of Documents relating to the Atmospheric Railvirt&oce
Kingstown Harbour ; copy of the Report and ell 900
taken by Mr. Walker, and the minutes or orders the!, the
with copies of memorials or correspondence, up OS
10th day of April, 1844, from date of last reti°
Agreed to.
BANGOR FREE GRAMMAR scnoor,
Mr. W. 0. STANLEY moved that the petition °too:
Owen Owen Roberts, on the subject of the free gr%eitfa
school at Bangor, be printed with the Votes.—Agr,hott,
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The HoN. GENTIAMAN then gave notice thathe
on 'Tuesday next call the attention of the Hon°
to
subject.

WORKHOUSES IN IRELAND. 1, Os
Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH wished to If the
Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of Stat.e.fil'i of
Home Department when the report on the bull"
workhouses in Ireland would be laid on the table ~port
Sir JAMES GRAHAM had only received the ~
lid
yesterday, and he would take care that it should
upon the table without delay.
FRENCH FISHERY CONVENT#3S' the
that PECHELL, having understood th the
Commissioners. of Customs had issued rulesof:t the
guidance of, the fishermen, in carrying iPte e"
convention with France on the subject of the fiord
wished to ascertain from the President of the vof ab
the Trade whether those rules were merely cops
Act of last session, or whether they were th '
bore
agreed on by the Privy Council, and which lose lei
viously to have been laid upon the table of the issit f
Mr. GLADSTONE said that the instructiotio et
were merely of a temporary nature, for the guile deter
the revenue officers, and not the bye-laws to

mined on by the Privy Council. -
BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND. th re:
Mr. ELPHINSTONE wished to know when -cod'
port of the evidence taken as to the state of the b°l.
of Sunderland would be hid before the House r a. the
Sir J. GRAHAM said that his Hon. Frien,,,, re'
Member for Cambridge had already presented ti:nted. •
port, and he (Sir J. Graham) thought it had be.esSrloe:
COURT OF REQUESTS PRISON, BIRMii,
Mr. W. 0. STANLEY' wished to know inpvie,
Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for tb° .po
Department, if he would lay before the llouse eqill'e the
the correspondence which had taken place respeal