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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COM :11 ()NS, .111 6.
'due "rjhO SPZAILER took the Chair at Four o'Clc;ek.

BIRMINGHAM SCH66lliii::
!i; ~, -.Mr. I%IUNTZ presented a petition from Binning-
nani, praying that the petitioners might be heard by
t •!;tliemselves, their agents, or Counsel, against the Bir-
' 'lninghara School Estate Bill.
On the motion for the second reading of the Bill,
Mr. MUNTZ said that he would oppose the second
f4...--Ileading until the petition, which he had just pre-
sented, was taken into consideration by the Committee
sii7 ~uL the Bill.
xi'!" After some conversation the Bill was read a -second
le) lime, and ordered to be committed.
NATIONAL FLOATING BREAKWATER
. • .
COMPANY.
bor, 'Captain PECHELL moved- the third reading of
xi.it4 Bill for incorporating this Company.
• Sir C. DOUGLAS opposed the motion, on account
orthe late period of the session.
•• After some discussion, the House divided, when the
numbers were—

14), Por the third reading
Against it
Majority ......... 12
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
POOR-LAST.
'' Mr. WALKER presented a petition from the
t. `'..Guardians of the Bury Union, praying for modifica-
-11,"3 in the Bastardy clause, and other portions of the
uor• law Act.

MAYNOOTH.
The Marquis of DOURO presented a petition
s3,AgAinit the annual grant to the College of Maynooth.
?di POOR-LAW.
`fir 11
. DOUGLAS presented a petition in favour
+rl' 41terations in the provisions of the Poor-law.
—"L DANISH CLAIMS.
olr lIANMER presented a petition from various
'Lltterchants' who had sustained loss by the seizure of
44144 ships during the attack on the Danes in 1807,
'''',...70,1 4,llloved that the petition be printed with the Votes,
he intended to call the attention of the House to
t;z),...ue subject.
MUNICIPAL ACT.
V. SMITH presented a petition from the bo-
:, 4144811 of Northampton, complaining that the Recorder
not_ hold the usual Sessions if it occurred within
daYS before the Assizes, in consequence of a rule
:f the Circuit, and praying the House to fix specific
and certain times for holding the Sessions.

INANE OFFICERS.
thCa Pt. PECHELL gave notice that he should call
„ e attentioh of the House to the petition of Charlotte
orbes (resented on the sth inst.) on the 21st.
TRINITY PENSIONERS.
- 4r• lII.TME moved for a return of the pensioners
the Trinity-house fund, in continuation of a return
rdcired by the House, up to 1836.
THE COINAGE.
inl‘lr. HUME gave notice that to-morrow he should
: their for a Select Committee to inquire as to the
issued by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for
kit reception of light sovereigns and half-sovereigns,
.:h respect to their re-issue, and the state of the
1 ver currency,
It Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the
Actr• Charles Miller against the Tithe Commutation
•

Oa the motion for the Order of the Day beingread,
oFord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that in
Nir, er to prevent any, obstacle being thrown in the
vv••3',ef proceeding with the Committee of Supply he
L°nal consent to postpone the third reading of the
tll.l,lr,tie Asylums Bill, if other Hon. Gentlemen si-
- },c ny situated, would consent to do the same. He
. w Ped the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Redington)
,eu ld consent to postpone the Sudbury Disfranchise-
`uent Bin.
sutin REDINGTON said, that as he had not
e" °PPortunities as her Majesty's Government,'he
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11-14 not do as the Noble Lord wished.
4°rd G. SOMERSET said he would postpone the
Lunatic Asylums Bill to this day week.
Isl Lord STANLEY said he would postpone the
there
Bill, as it was highly desirable that
th ere should be no further delay in proceeding with
Comniittee of Supply.
n SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT. _
!th•—'l the Order of the Day for the third reading of
.., t„,8'.13i1l being read,
.414141.• BLACKS'rONE rose to propose an amend-
th-"" in a clause. In looking over the evidence on
Sudbury..ei-el,case, he did not find that more than
-th!"t eases o bribery had been proved, but if even
:.--4 e bribery' extended to two hundred, that - was
-Icti •11 -majority of • the constituency of Sudbury.• i
''• IP flight be a prima fade case for further
4tlveu. ` ' ' did think -tie ,_lgation, but he
11:12rs''' shoiild be, punished with' the guilty.
-Nr-breast argument-for what he proposed was, that
,ititiv4 briber -had been proved to have been- com-
-110,74 in. boroughs, it ceased when they were incor-
the-`7.(l')*KV4Cadjoining hundreds. He should
of leirAf Inilie,'„ln sine 14, after the words, "passing
e 1 - .16.4..Ae1,r 'to insert " be held, and considered as
in ~,..710g:wilhin.its limits the hundred of Babergh,
plie
y ..; '''. county of Suffolk, and the hamlet
tit .4.,ahlkdon cum Brundon, in the county of Essex,
N,:teati-the right of voting for any burgess or bur-
I,dhe-s to.l'serve in Parliament for the said Borough of
)kith•:urY, be hereafter vested in those persons residing
lit 4 the said kindred of Babergh and the said ham-
ti,llAl h allingdon.cu Brundon, having the qualifica-
,lll cum required" as electors for cities and boroughs,
als„ thane Act- 2, William the Fourth, c. 45 ;" and
101,-. from and after the passing of this Act the fol- .
I,e lasing Persons, whose. names are hereinafter inserted,
the k'squalified from voting at all future elections for
-,LiamW?ugh of Sudbury, viz., John 11. S. Gooday,
, \Varner, Thomas Gooday, James B. Johnson,
?,th-,11,e18 Making, James Brown, Thomas Brown,
Vr'es King, Richard Steed, 'William Jolladay,
rrlnel Shelley, and J. Wheeler, junior.
step
it
steh .-- EDINGTON expressed his surprise that
ke -64 amendment should be proposed by the Hon.
lmTher opposite, whose former course would have
Tlnn (Mr. R.) to expect his entire support.
"e Rouse then divided, when the numbers were,
Por the third reading 134
Against it 53

Majority for the third reading —Bl
Tile Bill was then read a third time and passed.
0 MR. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE.
t11411.‘ the question being put by the SPEAKER,
tle,,,ir• Cochrane be ordered to attend before the
4i"un Inquiry Committee and give evidence,
in hZ. ROEBUCK said as he saw the Hon. Member
ternP,w'
Place, and hearing what had taken place yes- •
teh.l,l' on the understanding that he was about to
he b:' the Committee, he had moved that the order
rao:.thdrawn k if he still declined to attend, he must
ite that it b'e, enforced.
thr.e,C°CIIRANE said that, pending the inquiry
he w' :.`'°l-nnlittee appointed to search for precedents,
Illeass--, unwilling to occupy the time of the House un-
tukgritlY ; ani if the House had decided that he
belt tu attend, he should obey its wish and appear
the Committee.
Iv. ht. ROEBUCK then moved that the order be
c,,,
!,i'Ll
„‘‘.greed to.
hird ght of Voting (Dublin) Bill was read a
Lune and passed.
Sir A POOR-LAW BILL.
INts• 2111 ES GRAHAM .postponed the further
...,.ictittderation of the Poor-law Amendment Bill until
vOmlpext.
bi'4"-rrEE OF SUPPLY.—ADJOURNED
ATE on the DISTRESS of the COUNTRY.
the Order of the Day for going into a Committee
:..ikitty being read,
tta: ILL lAMS rose and saicl, that the House
t
,p.arrtpiTh_nns, he had observed, since he had a seat
"Am. -41',-""unent, always showed very great willing-
-tve"itsf' vt4e away the public money rather than give
reat.b;r,esses of the people consideration ; yet, as the
Siie--.6tressed condition and suffering of the people
4drnitted on all hands, he did not deem it
:1443.84r,_Y to offer any apology to the House
tkitt 9vulB', as an amendment upon going into Corn-
.Nlent?' Supply the resumption of the debate on the
for 4.,,'culit proposed by his Hon. Friend the Member
.441 d ,enaek. The overwhelming distress, privation,
try, "Ifficuly in which the people of this coun-
tite' ttilnre especially the industrious and producd-
lc elle 44'868 were now placed, were not confine
• Atemaerlaarticular district of the country, or to one par-
. !xttici.bratch of trade, but were daily spreading and
Ltutithipg, until, at last, they nearly embraced every
ha i?ti of the people in this country, except those
;vlio ix-Ivied upon the public taxes, and those
nad leers great advantage from monopolies, which
1%13 s'eell created to maintain their interests. He
4104, °,rrY that it was his painful duty to bear testi-
ul
ever that House, in addition to that furnished
y part of the country, that great
a
it
distress now exists in the
.t nd-- the manufacturing districts surround-
There, which
teprt allures he represented in that House.
1'10413. fail were within the memory of man a
as at present in the city which he
14ipc:ned, or so great a decline in the two most
h,,"lk tradea"t branches of trade in that city, viz., the
en so and the watch trade. Never had there
f:4q was Much destitution among the working classes.
•4-11141: unwilling to trouble the House with any
,tly.hieh lied details on the subject of the distress
44nsorPrevailed in Coventry, 4114 he should content
• 'on with
reading an extract from a communi-
T 144 inform Which he had received from a gentleman
eutled on the matter. (The Honourable
1,444 here read the extract referred to,
.laged- it wilt Milted that the operative-A
CiavA,4 in the watch and the silk trades
#trtfa k.„-I'LrY were almost totally without employment,
11.-itii4nre involved in the deepest distress.) The
9.1f,t Member for London, and the Right
4Ph airtiTnet at tike 644 pf the Government had
611 a former eveuipe, to to condition of