The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-08 00:00:00

—(Hear, hear.) By whom had this, as it was
called, fatal blow been struck at the Bia ? It
was the proposition of a Noble Lord who had been much
in the confidence of the late Government, Land who had
teen only a few weeks before the resignation of that
Ministry made Lord Chancellor of Ireland.—(Hear.)
An HON. MEMBER—It was Lord Hatherton.
Sir R. PEEL—Lord Hatherton made the suggestion,
but the words, "for the purpose of being employed
therein," were proposed by Lord Campbell.—(Hear,
hear.) And as that fatal blow was struck by that Noble
Lord, he thought his Noble Friend ought to have called
apoa him some morning, and, telling him that the Bill
was of the utmost importance, have used his influence to
prevent his Noble Friend from originating such a propo-
sition.—(Laughter.)
Mr. BROTHERTON regretted that the discussion
assumed so much of a personal character. The Noble
Lord, he thought, exercised a wise discretion in ac-
ceding to the amendments. He could confirm the state-
ment of the Noble Lord with regard to what took place
at the conference respecting this Bill. He should cor-
dially support the Bill, though he regretted that females
would be allowed to go down into the pits.
Mr. HAWES thought that an unfair charge had been
made against his side of the House by the Right Hon.
Baronet. What he complained of was, that a Minister
of the Crown in that House gave his support to the
Bill, while in another House another Minister of the
Crown said he was perfectly free with regard to it.—
(Hear, hear.) He thought one Minister might pledge
himself as to the course another Minister would pursue
with regard to a particular Bill.
Mr. B. WOOD said he was acquainted with several
facts which he ought to lay before the House. He was
not a mine-owner himself, but he knew that throughout
the whole of the county of Cornwall women were not
allowed to go under ground ; it would be considered an
act of disgrace, and would not be tolerated. With re-
spect to the woman taking her husband's dinner to him,
was it likely that a woman would take his dinner two or
three hundred fathoms below the surface of the earth? It
was never done. The man took his dinner himself.
He (Mr. Wood) never in his life knew a woman go under
ground on account of her husband being wounded. He
thought the Noble Lord was entitled to the support of
the House and the Government.
Mr. VILLIERS said, with respect to what had fallen
from the Hon. Member for Liskeard, he believed that
these people felt as much for their children as he, or any
other person in the higher rank of life. It was only by
distress that they were driven to do that which was im-
puted to them by the Hon. Member for Liskeard.
After a few words from Mr. DIVETT,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought that the
amendments were salutary, ;Is many of the clauses were
extremely stringent in their operation.
Mr. M. PHILIPS thought the provision was too
stringent, in saying that no female should be admitted
to the mines on any account whatever, either to carry
prAisions or to see their friends.
The amendments were then agreed to.
BOROUGHS INCORPORATION BILL.

The House then went into Committee on this Bill.

Atter a short conversation, in which Mr. Aglionby,
Sir James Graham, Mr. Mark Philips, and Mr. Milner
Gibson took part,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed that the

House should then pass the Bill th.rotigh Committee ;
and he would pledge himself on the part of the Govern-
ment, that clauses should be introduced on the bringing
up of the Report, which would meet the suggestions of the
Hon. Members for Manchester, and the other towns
interested.

Mr. M. PHILIPS had no objection to such an arrange-
ment.

The Bill then went through Committee, on the under-
standing that the Attorney-General should introduce a
clause on Monday.
• The Coventry Boundary Bill then went through Com-
mittee, and the Report was ordered to be received on
Monday next. •
The County Cowls Bill then went through Com-
mittee, and the House agreed to a resolution providing
for the payment of the salaries of Judges and officers
out of the Consolidated Fund.

In reply to a question from Mr. J. JERVIS,

Sir J. GRAH-AM sated that it was intended at the
meeting of the House on Monday, after the third reading
of the Newfoundland Bill, to proceed with the Bank-
ruptcy Bill.
Mr. GILL, on behalf of Mr. Tuffnell, moved that the
report of the proceedings of the Newcastle-under-Lyne
Election Committee, and also the minutes of evidence,
be laid before the House.—Agreed to.