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London, England, 1844-03-22 00:00:00

new writ was ordered to issue for the Borough of Christ-

church.
EDINBURGH, SLAMANNAN, &c., RAILWAYS.
Mr. GIBSON CRAIG, pursuant to notice, moved that
the order made on Friday, the 15th day of this instant
March—That it be an instruction to the Committee of
Selection to refer the Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Sla-
mannan, and the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven
Railway Bills, to the same Committee—be discharged,
in so far as relates to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-
way Bill ; and that the Committee on the said Bill have
leave to sit and proceed on Wednesday next, without
furthernotice. The Hon. Member's observations were
inaudible.
Mr. MACKENZIE opposed the motion, and defended
the order proposed to be discharged, on the ground that
the railways were in reality but one line.
Sir W. HEATHCOTE opposed the motion.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said he would oppose any de-
parture from the rules of the House. Ile thought the
resolution of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Mackenzie) was
one which the House ought nut to sanction. He would,
therefore, vote for rescinding the resolution, and would
support the motion of the Hon. Member for Edinburgh.
Mr. GLADSTONE said that the terms of the rule
were quite clear, and if parties were suffering incon-
venience it was through their ownneglect. He must say
that he thought it was for the interest of all the parties
concerned to adhere strictly to the rules laid down by
the House on this subject.
Sir G. GREY hoped the House would not establish a
dangerous precedent. He thought the best course would
be to extend the resolutions which the House had
adopted, with regard to competing lines, to connecting
lines ; and, with this opinion, be should vote for the
motion of his Hon. Friend.
Mr. ESTCOURT said that the order having been
made, he was not disposed to vote for its discharge.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the motion 65
Against it
Majority against the motion —l
THE LATE STATE TRIALS.
Mr. WYSE rose to present a petition from the mem-
bers of the Repeal Association of Ireland, praying for
inquiry into the late State prosecutions in that country.
The petition had received a larger number of signatures
than any petition that had ever been presented to that
House from Ireland. The petition was signed by 821,334
persons, and had been got up in the short space of three
weeks. It was signed by the coporations of the cities and
boroughs of Cork, Kilkenny, Armagh, and other places,
by several of the boards of guardians of the poor, and
other persons of influence and standing in the country.
There was also the greatest care taken to prevent any
kind of fraud in the signatures attached to the petition.
Means of every description were resorted to, during
those prosecutions by the Attorney-General to insure a
conviction of the traversers. The charge of the Judge
also was such as to impress upon the minds of the peo-
ple of Ireland and also of the world generally, that there
had not been a fair trial in this case.
The petition was then borne up to the table by Mr.
O'Connell, Mr. Wyse, Sir H. W. Barron, Mr. Blake,
Colonel Rawdon, and Mr. Hindley. Upon the Speaker
putting the motion that it be laid on the table, there
was much laughter, for it seemed to require the united
strength of all those Hon. Gentlemen to raise the pon-
derous mass of paper from the ground. When it was
" laid upon the table," it completely covered it, books,
ink, and papers.
The petition st as then read at length by the Clerk at
the table, and
Mr. WYSE begged .to move that the petition be
printed as it was.—(Cries of "Order," "Chair.")
The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member must give
notice of any motion on the subject.
Mr. WYSE then gave notice that he would call the
attention of the House to the subject of the petition on
Monday next.
WELSH GRIEVANCES.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he should, before
the recess, inquire of the Home Secretary whether it
was his intention, during the present session, to propose
any remedy for the removal of the Welsh grievances,
whose existence had been recognised in the Report pre-
sented to the House.
NEW POOR-LAW.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER gave notice that, in Com-
mittee on the Poor-law Bill, he would move that the
guardians should be authorised to give a higher rate of
relief to aged people above sixty who had paid their
poor-rates. Also that in the event of a man possessing
a cottage of the value of 1001. being no longer capable
of work, he should be eligible to relief.