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London, England, 1845-02-06 00:00:00

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ROUSE OF CO
Chair N Feb. 5.
The SPEAKER took the O
hartsly befcre Four
o'clock.

CALEDONI RAILWA Y.
lar. 11. JOHNSTONAN E presented a petition in
favour of the Caledonian Railway Bill.
PONTEFRACT AND GOOLE RAILWAY.
Lord POLLINGTON presented a petition in
favour of the Pontefract and Goole Railway Bill.
A great number of petitions for new railway Bills
were presented, but the petitions were read so indis-
tinctly that the designation of not one of them could
be correctly ascertained in the gallery.
SLAVERY.
Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from the
Anti Slavery Society, signed by the chairman, against
the importation of Coolies into the West Indies, an
expedient which had been tried in the Mauritius, and
altogether failed there. The Hon. Gentleman pre-
sented another petition from the same Association
against the employment of an arined force on the
,to,a`-1 of Africa to 'suppress the. slave trade—an object
41'10), in the opinion of the petitioners, could not be
°fretted by means of war.
PUB LIC- HOUSES.
Mr,BRIGHT presented a petition from Durham
against the extension of public-houses, and for the
restriction of the sale of int, xicutiog liquors on Sa-
turdty.

THE BLEACHING TRADE.
Mr. NVALLACE preFented a petition from
ePerativeblelichers of Lanark. Renfrew, and Stirl:ln
enPlaining of the oppressive nature of thir occuNi-
Lnt and, as we unfierstood, praying ibr legit tiv.'
m~ati"ns• The Hon. Member gave notice th:lt to:
rrov
he would move that thepetitioned i:riia
pi
tb the votes,
MEDICAL REFORM .;ILL.
e •Esvo rT p„sented a ptiiit.oti from
;la Practitioner:. of HAmpshire eglioit the BO intlTy-
liced by her Al ljestv's Ministry.
Ir.
TROOPS FOR THE COLONIES.
HUME pre,=enteA a petition frool Readhig (o 5
the understood),
praying the iietre Lot to .s action
Were
embarkation of ally troops to t.hna colonies which
Rere destructive of British constitutions. He (Mr.
petilitnti2• could not agree to the wh.4e prayer of the

UNEQUAL TAXATION.
, • HUME also presented a petition from theost and Town Council of 'Montrose' complaining
pri:ll.ljust and unequal taxation in the borough, and
Ping the House to institute an inquiry into the
tletance, with the view of getting it removed.
ItLISLE, DUMFRIES, AND GLASGOW

RAILWAY.
t Mr. EWART presented a rtition in favour of the
t4lBle_, Dumfries, and Glasgow Railway.
(311UES OF MOTION.—THE GAME-LAWS.
th,71.1% WAKLEY gave notice that he would move,
183113 a future day, for a return for the years 1832,
ti and 1834, respectively, of the names, occupa-
and"s ages of all persons accused, convicted, and
4
nished for breaches of the game-laws ; distinguish-
eig who were married from those who were
li,jle, and stating, in cases where the punishment
tajraprisonment, whether the families of the bus-
or the father, were supported out of the poor-
tes.

AMERICAN CORN.
tetku r• MILES gave notice that he would move for
-I'us 4),„
stating the amount of American corn imported
""e the passing of the Act.
FOREIGN SUGAR.
4tr• P. BARING gave notice of his intention to
I,o° Le for returns of the quantity of foreign sugar im-
"ka into the United Kingdom during the past year.
SCOTCH BANKS.
k 4r. MACAULAY gave notice that he would ask
k question of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to-
41.°Nly, relative to the law as affecting Scotch banks.
RAILWAYS.
q,,ll„jr. WALLACE wished to ask a question of the
Dtd,e,roment relative to the accommodation of the
~",c on railways; but having understood that the
strulent of the Board of Trade had resigned his
'eh," Within the last few days, he did not know to
sea to address the question. Perhaps the Chan-
(hr of the Exchequer would be able to answer the
111,1„eatien.
isms CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
the'.Perhaps the Hon. Member would better obtain
reth'ufurniation he required by moving for a specitio
gn on the subject.
te%„r• WALLACE, seeing the Right Hon. Gentle-
-I)iii`,t,lle Member for Nevvcastl- in his place, he would
Istin,lne question to him. He wished to know how
prothe railway compaidea caning within
the "Ils of tt7;'. Act of lest session hs l complied with
illivi„N'alations laid dual, is'the sixth clau,e. ns to
esli-cg seats and i‘rotection firm the a.eather. for the
eYanee of third-class passeegers; and iitso how
nad faired so t-) conapl.F ?
tiall et' W. E. GLADSTONE sahi that es this qu9s
tape a reference to the proviioris of the law rela-
raiiroads that had 11:,6,1:(i somC months
laii:euld endeavour to answer the question. The
visio'hllY companies which now came within the pro-
-014,-8 of that Act were quite satisfied 'ail, the
tV° cf one penny per mile for tee h passenger;
to bad strictly complied with that claire ; the
per Plaints on the part of the passengers were
tlP_few, and the differeet companies had
tte-1-ed their entire satisfaction with the Act
4414" i not trouble the House with reciting the
Aet escof the companies who had complied with the
Ivith°`l3-st session, because they had all complied
4%4'11 with the exception of one or two. The
liNt4 of Trade had required, in all cakes,
sfrou. zu third-class carriages, and likewise that
, okirlive protection should be supplied ; and the
U'sa of Trade considered that such protection
, supplied, as those carriages might be
111 pe'Y closed when the weather was severe.
thtle-verY case the companies had complied with
Vl/41 regulations, and the House would be
'asts hear that the result of the Act of
to Persons of
been to afford increased accommodation
• Nev.issaus of the poorer classes who travelled by rail-
hr,lidn tie had only that morning received a memo-
:011-41 of a report agreed to at a meeting of the
to wh. °unction Railway Company, from a Director,
,lare it was said that the writer felt much plea-
'he ei stating, that by the Act of last session
plea-
'he C"
without much injury to their receipts,
Persa),"le to afford accommodation to 2,500 poor
anal ~.."8 ,_Who could not otherwise be accommodated,
/,itilurco could not afford to pay the price pre-
-411,1Y charged. lie would mention also that the
111141; and Birmingham Company, during the late
had carried about 48,895 passengers
thilep-cla.ss carriages, at the rate of a penny per
bthe poi. each person, being about 193,000 persons in
43/4)l,if:ar more than' the London and Birmingham
1, to nay carried before the law of last session came
`uirdle, ration. In previous years the number of
n93'ed.,448 passengers conveyed was 65,000, instead
qtcliar°o) showing that the number of passengers
trebled.—(Hear, hear.)
aseif) ALLACE gave notice that he would avail
Zkehe,,,,of the suggestion of the Chancellor of the
igarrel"er ; and gave notice that he would move to-
"'d cod for a return, showing not only what companies
eetillPlied with the regulations prescribed by the
exe.alt Year, hut also those companies who formed
-0• Lon to the rule.
kr. -r SESSION IL ORDERS.
-4 se • "u NG having moved the order of the day
ttessAtnal orders
h'c'eNYART. rose' to. bring forward the motion of
hs The 0." given notice ; but
Noe ,-
th I°4
hat.ciE 11. E R said that the Hon. Gentleman's
t reference rather to the standing orders
I the sessional orders.
"II led `"VART said he would then bring forward
ePend
71,1-
tot eut motion on the subject to-morrow. He
know whether the Hon. Gentleman, the
ts, , for
4,1,e0t0,„.
aOxford, intended, as a member of one of
t
Opt t.tees of the House, tiebring forward the
trite he did so, he (Mr. Ewart) would co-
a),suriug it" him, but if not, he would feel bound
forward the subject in a separate motion to-

the SCOTCH PRISONS.
..t motion for the order of the day for readi g
kreBs,..ional orders
Beret ritri'ME asked the Right Hon. Baronet the
liclarY of State for the Home Department whether
thtiqtr Prepared to institute an inquiry into the p
Sir the Scotch Prisons Act ?
410414 G.R, ARAM was understood to say that he
nstitute such an inquiry.
ttp MEDICAL REFORM.
-t AliLFYreminded the Right Honourable
..°1 (1414„,.et
.. e Secr4etar
Secretary of that he, last evening,
Lo state to-night when he should be able to
tlll;eli4.e„ of the House to introduce the Madical Re-
t II".
"411 o GRAHAM said he intended to bring in the
tirtl Tuesday sennight.
t4el; AXLE'? asked if the Bill would be pre-
""e same as that of last session ?
pre-
the 4. GI/A
.4414, HAAT said there would be some amend-
lat, • 'roduced into it and on moving for leave to
Ntio'riiiit 14) he should state precisely what those alte-
Were.
Vt, SESSIONAL ORDERS.
ivittsio;, ILLIAMS said, at this period of the last
t-h"ta.ag-ele,,,lad called the attention of the House to the
1/0 "" Anomalous state of the sessional orders of
Aire Ilse. One of them he believed to be in
Itras 4jootradiction to the law of the land. He
tilloTrY that neither the Attorney-General nor
fillitor-General were in their
places, or he
4tai th 'ecl 4444 Put the question to them ; and if he re-
assurance that the order was not contrary
111,4 t. he would not press his objection. The.
ratilioNeoted to was this :—" That no Peer
444' etc to
such as may be Peers of Ireland for
'lngt who 6411 not have declined