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London, England, 1845-07-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 7.
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four.
NEW MEMBER.

Mr. MOFFATT %;:a; introduced by Mr. Duncan and Mr.
Bn)therton, and took the oaths and his seat for Dart-
mouth.

NEW WRIT FOR CAMBRIDGE.

On the motion of Mr. YOUNG, a new writ was or-
dered fin. Cambridge, in the room of Mr. Fitzroy Kelly,
who, since his election, had accepted the office of her
Majesty's Solicitor-General.
WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS RAILWAY.

The Lords' amendments to the Whitehaven and Fur-
ness Junction Railway were agreed to.
MANCHESTER, BURY, AND ROSSENDALE
RAILWAY.
The Lords' amendments to the Manchester, Bury, and
Rossendale Railway were agreed to.
MANCHESTER IMPROVEMENT BILL.
The Lords' amendments to the Manchester Improve-
ment Bill were agreed to.
'The St. Matthew Bethnal Green Rectory Bill was re-
ported.
Lady Sandy's (Turner's) Estate Bill was reported.
The Yoker Road Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed.

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The Bristol Parochial Rate Bill was read a third time
and passed.
The St. Helen's Railway and Canal Bill was read a
third time and passed.
RAILWAYS.

Lord G. SOMERSET moved the order of the day for
the further consideration of the second report of the
Railway Committee.
Mr. GREEN would not oppose the resolutions though
he did not think they went sufficiently far, thinking, as
he did, that all parties whose Bills bad been read a
second time should be placed in the same position with
respect to their Bills as if the next session
were in fact a continuation of the present one He
could not see the justice of putting the party to the ex-
pense of going over the same ground again.
Mr. E. B. DENISON said that the result of the
resolutions, if carried, would be to hold out a pre-
mium to parties to delay, and would prevent the
London and York Railway, and other measures
similarly situated, from being carried. He thought
it extremely hard upon those parties that they
should be thrown back by Parliament adopting a new
course. As the promoter of the London and York line,
he would much sooner have been told that they could
not carry the Bill than be open to the enormous expense
they had been at, for it was his opinion that the money
expended had been all thrown away, as they would hare
next session to begin de noco unless the House put them
in the same position next session that they were in now.
He should, at a later period of the session, bring forward
a specific motion on the subject.
Lord G. SOMERSET said he thought the Hon. Mem-
ber had made out a special case of hardship. He could
assure him that the subject should be fully considered.
He might perhaps now as well state that it was his in-
tention on Fliday to bring forward a motion with regard
to the standing orders on Railway Bills.
ABERDARE RAILWAY.

The Aberdare Railway Bill was read a third time
and passed.
LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY.

The London and Croydon Railway (Enlargement)
Bill was reported.
The Morden College Estate Bill was reed a second
time, and ordered to be committed.
Earl Onslow's (Ellerker's) Estate Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be committed.
Lord Monson's Estate Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed.
Mr. A. CHAPMAN presented a petition against the
Charitable Trusts Bill.
Sir R. INGLIS presented similar petitions from St.
Thomas's Hospital, and St. Margaret's Hospital, West-
minster.
Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from the Tower
Hamlets, in favour of the Medical Bill.
Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from the
Merchant Adventurers of Bristol against the Charitable
Trusts Bill ; also a petition from the trustees of the
Bristol Municipal Charities to the same effect.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from the Loyal
National Repeal Association, in reference to the report
of the Landlord and Tenant Commission, and praying
that the Legislature might sanction some remedy in order
to guarantee to tenants on short leases compensation
for improvements on their farms.
The SPEAKER inquired if the Hon. Member had
given notice of his intention to present the petition.
Mr. O'BRIEN replied in the negative.
The petition was allowed to lie on the table.
Mr. MASTERMAN presented numerous petitions
from guilds and companies of the City of London against
the Charitable Trusts Bill. _ .

Mr. BERNAL and Lord J. RUSSELL presented petitions
to a similar effect from inhabitants of the City of London.
Also petitions praying for a reduction in the price of
land in New South Wales.
Lord HO WICK presented a petition from settlers in
New Zealand, complaining of the hardships they endured
from the misgovernment of that colony.
Lord CLEMEN rs said, as there was no public busi-
ness, he wished to trespass on the attention of the House
for a few moments on a matter personal to himself.
On Friday night, or rather Saturday morning, he
had felt it his duty to make some observations on
the Constabularies (Ireland) Bill. He was reported
in the public journals to have said that Orange-
men were the cause of disturbances in the county
of Leitrim, for which peaceable Protestants and Catho-
lics had suffered by taxation. He appealed to any Hon.
Member who heard him whether he had used such lan-
guage. He was sorry to be obliged to occupy the time
of the House in contradicting that statement, but he had
endeavoured to have it explained in a more private man-
ner in a newspaper which, it was supposed, represented
the opinions of Hon. Members on that side of the House,
but ineffectually. He denied having said that there were
any Orangemen in Leitrim. He again asserted that he
did not know of any Orangemen being there. He must
say, as a magistrate of the county of Leitrim, there were
not more well-disposed people on the face of the earth.
He would not allow his name to be used in an injurious
manner to any party, and thought it but common justice
to make this statement.
Mr. HUME then moved for a return of the number
of troops of all descriptions and ranks in the province
of Sinde, under the command of General Sir Charles
Napier, on the Ist day of January, 1845 ; stating the
number of Queen's and of Company's troops ; distin-
guishing the regular regiments, cavalry and infantry,
from the irregular corps of infantry and cavalry ; the
number and description of artillery, engineers, commis•
sariat, and all other establishments in the pro-
vince at that date. Estimate of the expense of
these troops for the year 1844-1845, and the average

ordinary charges of such corps in the Company's pos-
sessions in time of peace, and also the amount of extra-
ordinary expense incurred for these corps in their service
in Sinde for the year. Estimate of the receipts of re-
venue of every kind in Sinde for the year 1844-5, dis-
tinguishing the several heads, and the amount of each
head ; also, a return of the number of civil servants in
Sinde, for the same time, and the expense of such civil
establishment, under separate heads, so as to exhibit a
correct estimate of the finance of the province in that
year.—Ordered.
Mr. PUSEY moved that an humble address be pre.
sented to her Majesty, praying fur a return of the ,
pro-
vision, if any, made by law or otherwise, in her Majestys
different colonial possessions, for destitute persons of
the following classes :-Ist. Widows and fatherless
children, or deserted women and children ; 2d. Old and
infirm persons ; 3d. Persons diseased in body or mind.
Also, a statement, so far as the same can be given, of
the actual contiition of such several classes of persons in
each of the said colonial possessions.
Mr. WAKLEY, pursuant to notice heit had given, pre-
sented petitions from members of the oyal College of
Surgeons of England, residing in Manchester, Leeds,
Tewkesbury, Peterborough, Chichester, Croydon, the
county of Stafford, Sheffield, Tunbridge Wells, Lewes,
Sidmouth, Birkenhead, the county of Chester, Pen-
rith, Ilfracombe, Christchurch, Brackley, Conway,
C
oggeshall, Stratford, Church Stretton, Bleanavon,
Copford, Moreton-in-Marsh, Dedham, East Bergholt,
Brecon, Great Grimsby, Northleech, Petersfield, Stam-
ford, Newhaven, Leominster, Whitchutch, Bampton,
Hereford, Weobly, Honiton, Dulverton, lleekington, St.
Marylebone; also from the Chairman and Honorary Se-
cretaries of the Committee of Surgeons in London, and
also from the Medical Association of the county of
Shropshire ; all praying fur the postponement or re-
jection of the Physic and Surgery Bill, and opposing the
separate incorporation of the general practitioners; also
praying for inquiry into the government of the Boyal