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morrow at twelve o'clock, and he would also suggest
the propMy of comme,.cing the public business at
four o'clock on those days on which the House _did
not meet until that hour.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE feared that if the Right
Hon. Baronet carried his motion now, there would
be no House when his (Mr. T. Duncombe's) motion
came on, He did not wish to throw any obstruction
in the way t,f public business, but if the Right Hon.
Baronet carried his motion now, he felt assured that
such would be the .case.
Sir ROBERT PEEL did not imagine that ths
lion, Member's motion would Act as a charm to
clear the House.
Mr. BROTHERTON hoped the Hon,lllember
for Finsbury would not prevent the motion be►ng
put for the House meeting at twelve to-morrow: The
motion was then agreed to.
. MEDICAL PROFESSION.
Mr. MANNERS SUTTON presented a petitions
from certain medical practitioners, praying that Tic/
new charter might be granted to the College of Phvsi;
cians until the state- of the medical profession had
been investigated by.a Committee of that House.
BRIBERY AT IPSWICH.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that to-morrow
he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to incapa"
citate Arthur Bott Cooke, Henry Bristow, and nine-
teen others, from voting at the election of Members
to serve in Parliament for the borough of Ipswich.
MILBANK PENITENTIARY.
The HoN. MEMBER then moved that the petition
of William Gellen (presented August 3), complaining
of the treatment of prisoners, and the increase °I
disease and death during the present year, in the
Milbank Penitentiary, be printed with the Votes.
Mr. GREENE requested the Hon. Member W
postpone his motion, in consequence (as we under'',
stood) of the absence from town of the physician 01
the Penitentiary.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said there had been an nu',
precedented mortality in the Penitentiary since Ja'
nuary last. There had been no less than fourteen
deaths and six cases of insanity since that period. W.
thought that these circumstances called for the invee
tigation of the House. It was his intention to brinii
it before the House to-morrow ; and he now move
that the petition be printed, in order that the Hon'‘
Members might be put in possession of the fact"'
the case.

HEALTH OF TOWNS.
Mr. MACKINNON, in rising to move the is
reading of a Bill to improve the health of townsi by
preventing interment of bodies within their Prr:.
cincts, regretted that this subject had not bee°
taken up by her Majesty's Government. He oolY
wished that the Bill should now be read a fir.t
time in order that it might be well considered
by the House, the clergy of the United Kingom, an
the public at large. In the various clauses of tr.
Bill he had endeavoured to preserve the property A
individuals, and abate a nuisance that
most important to consider. He did not deg_
pair of success, and he trusted that he. shou
be supported by every Member in that IRO!:
After the best consideration he had been able to o,`
the question of expense, and collecting the opio.
decided'
opinion various individuals, he had come to the deeia7
opinion that a small rate of one penny in the
collected once in three or four years, would be quite
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sufficient for the purpose. This might appear but,T.
small sum in small populations ; but then, in STl3°°,
localities or ten or twenty thousand inhabitants!
land was not of a high value, nor were the fees of the
.
clergy so expensive as they were in large towns sitc,:.
as London, Birmingham, Bristol, and Manebestei,
.;
A rate of a penny in the pound, would be OW
sufficient in large towns, to answer all the purpose,
required. Under these circumstances he trusted lie
Majesty's Ministers would not oppose the Bill.
felt satisfied the country required a change, and
sooner it was made the better.
Mr. COWPER seconded the motion. lie
even if the Bill did not pass this session, yet as it Wt`
of great importance, and involved many interests'ci
some good. would be done by having it printed'
by that means some progress would be made.
The worst effects followed from the present systems,
The Miasma and pestilential exhalations which we,.10.
generated from those burial places were
.t"
causes of disease, and medical men attributed
prevalence of typhus fever to the offelieLl
;I:roeoptolf
condition of the atmosphere, caused •by
burial-grounds. The clergyman who attended the
dead remained at a considerable distance from the
opening of the tombs, and. those who dwelt in 117
vicinage of burial-places shut their windows,
el:.
consequence of the exhalations. Some legislative info,.
sure was necessary, and public opinion Was flie
your of it, as appeared from the extension of
de-
cemeteries. He thought that the clergy'
rived a considerable income in fees for burial,
only persons who would use their influeneeAnitil,s cro'uid
sition to such a measure, but arrangeln---- to
be made on that subject. Believing the subject , •
be one of great importance, he had great pleasure D'
seconding the motion.
The question having been put.
Sir R. 11. INGLIS said that the Committee,
which he sat upon, on the subject before the House, had
not come to a definite conclusion relative to the 05-
tablishment of a Board of Health, and he did not wi5Ll
to be considered bound to the adoption of such 1,1
proposal. He approved of the principle of the 13111:
but he did not pledge himself to support its varioll',_
details, as stated by his Hon. Friend.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. 4
CAPTAIN WARNER'S NEW PROJECTILr'',I
Sir F. BURDETT rose to move for a Select Coin'l
mittee to inquire into the negotiations of the Govern'
ment with Mr. Warner respecting his invention. Ile
regretted that he had not been able to bring,f,
the subject before the House at an earlie.r.
period, in consequence of the press of Publl,!
business. The case, however, of Captain IVarnea.,
stood in his opinion in a very peculiar position, ,;
was one of paramount importance for the considervz
tion of the House. He hoped that there would bel
but one feeling prevailing among Hon. Members °11,:
the subject, namely, an anxious desire to consid,e'.,l,
fairly the claims of Capt. Warner, if now thougo'.4,
probable that his invention possessed the ec: ".--)
traordinary powers ascribed to it. He (744
F. Burdett) thought he could not do better 0115
that occasion than to read the statement of Sir Georg”
Murray in relation to that invention—a stateme°'
which derived its value not only from the charaotej
of the person who made it, but from the great abilitY:
with which it had been drawn up. The Hon. Baron" •
then read the document referred to, Whichwas to the effect that there were three point'
to be attended to in considering Captain Warner'
discovery : first, its power ; secondly, the degree Oci
safety and facility with which it could be employed
for useful purposes; and, thirdly, the disadvantl.e
which might result to this country from'allowing tl4l-',
discovery to be communicated to any other State'
Captain Warner had become possessed of the disco.,
very at the expense of much bodily and mental JP
hour, and he set upon it a high value. There or.
peared to be but two modes of treating Captain War:
ner's invention, either to leave him at once to purso'
his own course, or to appoint competent persons to, Yl'
spect the invention, with a view to discovering its fir
plicability. Every security should be afforded 1°
Mr. Warner against being deprived of the fair reviral';'s
of his invention. There were other persons of great"
authority who entertained the same opinions of tlm',
importance of Mr. Warner's invention. Captain
Webster had stated his conviction of the immeol
power and the manageableness of the discovery. -1
witness who had been engaged in a great Or
of the late war stated that there was .Iv/
power whatever, either afloat or on shore,
which could resist Captain -Warner's
'statement
The • Right Hon. Baronet then read a
delivered to Lord Hardwicke by Captain Warner'
but in so low a tone of voice, that it was impossible
to hear a word. He could hardly conceive a in°re
modest proposal than that of Captain Warner, and he
could not conceive why any Government shoil'uf
scruple to adopt it. On the 15th
April last a meeting was held at the 4-;
miralty in order to judge of the invention ; but
Captain Wainer could not get them to enter into en}r
agreement with him. They distinctly told him that
they could not sanction any stipulations as to rewarci.
He also, it appeared, offered to try his invention inn
way that might be thought proper. Now, why nn,
that been refused ? There could have been no risk Ll'
employing Captain Warner. Captain Warner 'nig',
prove an impostor—(Hear, hear)—and in that cast'he would be exposed, and the country 'd
be satisfied. Captain Warner made thi would
dis-
eovery two years before the death of Sir Richard
Keats, and if that worthy Admiral had been alive,
he would have had his testimony to the ex-
cellence of the invention. Even the late King,
himself 'thought the invention important, and one
that ought to be fully considered. the Honourable
Gentleman then read a letter from Captain Warner, -
stating that he offered to give up his invention
for 400,0001. He thought that the Government
should possess themselves of such an invention,
though it were only used for national Po-
poses in critical circumstances. Captain Warner had,
procured a schooner at an expense to himself 01
13,000/. or 14,0001., for the purpose of exhibiting the
effects of his invention, for which he had n°t
received a farthing to this day.—(Hinr, hear.)
Captain Warner's invention did not rest upon
any theory, but was reduced to experiment'
and he tliought the House would not do its
duty if they did not grant an inquiry to con-
sider his invention. Captain Warner offered to
destroy a line-of-battle ship at a range of six:
miles. He offered to disclose the nature
of his invention in a confidential way to Sir G. NW-
ray and Sir R. Peel. The effect of his invention was.
not denied, and he trusted that the House would
grant a Select Committee to inquire into the nego-
tiations of Government with. Captain Warner relative -