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London, England, 1845-04-16 00:00:00

The Export Customs Duties Bill then passed through Cool'
tr.it4 e, was reported, and ordered to be read a third time ou
Thursday.
The Glass Duties Bill also passed through Committee, wag
reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday.
The report upon the Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill w°
then brought up. . . . .

On the question of the report being received,
Lord DALHOUSIE moved amendments on the clauses re'
lating to arbitrators, which were agreed to without discussion'
The report was then received.
The report upon the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland)
Bill was re-committed. re'
The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the House
sumed.
The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the report W& nrs
dared t Abe brought up on Thursday.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 15.
The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes be"
Four o'clock.
Mr. BARRY BALDWIN moved that the order 111
for the second reading of the Totnes Markets o,_
Waterworks Bill be read ; that the said order be ni'r
charged ; that the Bill be withdrawn ; and that leave 11::
given to bring in a Bill for improving the markets in t
borough and town of Totnes, in the county of DeY°ll'
and for better supplying the borough with water.-•
Agreed to.
Mr. KEMBLE moved that the order made for read'
ing a second time the Bermondsey Improvement Bill bet
read and discharged ; that the Bill be withdrawn • 06
the report in respect of the petition for the' De;
mondsey Improvement Bill which, upon the I°
day of April, was made in the Select Cora;
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills be read ;
leave be given to bring in a Bill lor more effectual
paving, cleansing, lighting, and otherwise improving tube tt
parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, in "-
county of Surrey ; and that Mr. Kemble and gr. kLii.
trobus do prepare it and bring it in.—Agreed to. ,s,
Mr. TUFNELL moved that the order made for we
second reading of the Westminster Improvement Bill)!
read ; that the said order be discharged ; that the
be withdrawn ; and that leave be given to bring in
Bill for improving parts of the city of Westminster.
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD SMALL TENEMENTS

BILL.
On the motion that the Hemel Hempstead Small ire.
foments Bill be read a second time.
Mr. W. COWPER moved, as an amendment, that th°
Bill be read that day six months.
Lord GRIMSTONE supported the amendment.
After a few words from Mr. HAWES,
Mr. BRIGHT said that nineteen out of twenty PT!
sons, in the parish of Hemel Hempstead, were opP°3_,l
to this Bill. No consultation of the parishioners In
taken place relative to it ; and one objection, °hi,
seemed to him (Mr. Bright) most conclusive, was
—that the non-resident proprietors were obliged to F.:l
the rates, while the occupiers were exempted. A gr"
evil resulting from this was, that the occupiers bell
exempted from the paying of the rates, felt no intatels
in the affairs of the parish. If this Bill were to Rass's
would seriously injure a majority of the proprietera
there. He should therefore vote against the socclu
reading._

The House then divided, when there appeared--
For the second reading 69
Against it
Majority in favour of it —3o
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered 10
be committed.
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Mr. Alderman lIUMPHERY presented a petit"
from the London and Brighton Railway ComPan''
praying for leave to bring in a Bill.
The Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Juneti°,ll
Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to
committed.

SECOND READINGS.
The Waterinan's Company Poor Endowment Fun
Bill, the Liverpool Docks Bill, the Clifton Bridge 131,,j
and the Bristol Parochial Rates Bill were read a sec()"
time.

MAYNOOTH.
Petitions against the Maynooth grant were presence
by Mr. Broadley, Mr. B. Baldwin, Mr. Staunton, COl3llO
Powell, and by Mr. Muntz from Wesleyan congregau(,)
near Birmingham.
Mr. MATHESON presented a petition from the Wes'
leyan congregation of Woolston-green against the 01%;
nooth grant ; and fifteen petitions from various oti?
places.
Colonel ACTON presented a petition from the colloy
of Wicklow against the grant.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented a similar Petit°
from Stockport.
Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Busfeild (from
Bradford), Mr. Acland, Mr. F. French, Mr. Thertlf
(from IVolverhampton and other places), Mr. 131'he-'
,
(from Inverness and other places), Mr. Duncan'"'
Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Humphery.
;tios.
Mr. H. BERKELEY presented twenty Pet—
against the Maynooth grant.
Lord LIS O%VEL presented petitions agains tb
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grant to Nlaynooth from Shropshire.
COLQUHOUN said that he had various
against the Bill, out he had a remarkable petitio
'which he wished to call the particuar attention
icb
House, a petition which emanated from a meeting "ti
was held last night in Covent-garden Theatre, anl which
he understood was attended by 5,000 persons. 1-1:11° rr:
tition was signed, on their behalf, by the Chal
man, Mr. Bevan, and the substance of it was, 01$
this proposal of her Majesty's Government to endel
the College of Maynooth at the expense of the universal
kingdom, was a measure which the petitioners 1.,.10
constrained to oppose by all the means which the
laws and the constitution of the realm permitted. ,
Lord ASHLEY presented a number of peti"-
against the grant to Maynooth.
Mr. PLUMPTRE presented 59 petitions to the 591110
effect.

NOTICES OF MOTION.
Dr. BOWRING postponed his resolution for imPr°l4
ing the public accounts to this day fortnight.
Mr. FERRAND gave notice that to-morrow
,„be,
would put the following question to the Right 1170
Gentleman the:Secretary for Ireland:—Whether at tdia
late election of a temporal Peer one or more Peers ho
not decline to vote, en account of their conviction t-of
the Bequests Act was a contravention of the eatiltry,
supremacy and a violation of the constitution of the courth".'d
and whether their reasons for so declining to vote ,70
not been laid before the Crown lawyers for their wig" e
upon the subject ? He would also ask whether Wit;
wiiuld be any objection to bring that opinion before t
House.

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Mr. IL BERKELEY postponed his motion ored
Select Committee to inquire into the effects prodlo.
upon debtors and creditors by the operation of the
solvency Act of last session.
Mr. WARD also postponed his motion for a SAreA,
Committee to inquire into the burthens peculiarly :tow—
ing the agriculinral interest.
Lird J. MANNERS gave notice that he should,l
that day fie trtight, introduce a measure to alter tia
amend the law f mortaatin
the Rod a LINCOLN postponed his Bill relating
to the incloure of common and waste lands in EDO°
and Wales and to their better drainage.
C-lonel SIBTHOR P gave notice that to•merrtr:
he should move that all th,.. petitions for and against 4'
grant to the Collet!e or aynooth be printed.

BANKRUPTCY RETURNS.
Mr. BROTiIER FON moved for a return of the
number of insolk cricks, bankruptcies, and secries';
(ions in Scotland, in each year since 1815 to the preie"a
time. Also, the number of banks of issue in Scotiql,
from the year 1815 to the present time ; stating t,
name or firm of each bank ; when commenced ; teal
amount of capital actually subscribed ; the annite
average market price of the shares of each ; and t'"
annual dividends paid by each bank to the shareholder's.
—Agreed to.

IRISH POOR.
Mr. F. FRENCH intended to ask one or two questils,
of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Irelan",.'
first, whether a malignant fever had broken out in til
Cavan workhouse, and whether that was to be iruPutel
to improper drainage ; secondly, he wished to know i
it were true that the poor-rates in Ballinasloe bad hue'n
obliged to be levied with the aid of a military foiee
irdly, if the poor-law guardians in the unions of ;
wel bad applied for an armed force, stating that , •
would be impossible for them to collect the rates witho;
and fourthly, if it were true that the poor-rate collect°,,,
for the county of Roscommon had been lately murderea'
He be.lieved he might also ask wh.ther the Right 11°1/.
Baronet would hold out any hope that the IriA r4)°r•
law would be in any degree amended during this session?
Sir T. FREMANTLE said that he believed it wil9,
correctly stated that some persons in the CV"
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workhouse had died of fever, but that he believed 09
not to be in any degree ascribed to any defect of sewer„
age in the workhouse. With regard to the eirnlNN:
went of military force in the collection of 1:18°`i
rates, it was quite true that a military force hue -
been employed to protect those persons who wet
employed in the levying distresses for Ws,
rates. The remaining question he was unable to answer;
and he could hold out no expectation that the Iri_sb
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Poor-law would be in any degree altered. It lir;
worked well hitherto, and they were determined to Or
it a fair trial.

CLERIC OF THE PEACE BILL.
Mr. DICICENSON begged to give notice that WO
the second reading of this Bill he would take the selll
of the Committee on the clauses regulating the amount °
the salaries of the clerk of the peace's clerks.

COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. tt
Mr. WAKLEY begged to call the attention of the . 4
House to the petitions from members of the Royal Colt t
lege of Surgeons of England, complaining of the unjust c
distinctions which have been created by the charter () i
t
• 1843 ; and, to move for the appointment of a Select
Committee, to inquire into the operation of that charter' I
and into the system ofgovernment pursued by the Councl I
„ '
He did hope that the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretor'
of State for the Home Department, would not object t°
the appointment of this Committee, as the subject nr° 1
one to which not only the profession it affected, but tb`
public in general looked forward too with great anxietfi 1
Sir J. GRAHAM hoped the Hon. Member would In t
persevere with his motion, for he could not see of icui/ '
utility the appointment of such a Committee would be.
Colonel T. WOOD hoped the. Right Hon. Baronet 07 . i
Home Secretary would not object to the appointment ° i
the Committee, for if he did he could not see ll°w,
the Bill would become law.—(Hear, and a laugh.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL hoped that, under all the
he
circumstances, the Hon. Baronet would state, on t-A
second reading of the Bill, the alterations he proposO°
to make.
Sir J. GqA HAM said he would have no objoctil
to state the nature of the alterations he had to make 15
that time ; but he thought the most convenient course
would be to allow the second reading of the Bill to 14,..,1
forward without interruption, and state the proposed
alterations in Co,ntoittee.
Mr. WAKLEY said he was surprised how the R 414
Hon. Baronet could object to this motion. Petitiono
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