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London, England, 1842-06-23 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 22.

The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before
Four o'Clock.
The House was immediately summoned to the other
House of Parliament, to hear her Majesty's, Commission
read for giving the Royal Assent to various public and
private Bills (for which see Lords' Report).
I N COME.TAX.

The SPEAKER, upon his return, informed the House
that the House had been to the House of Peers to hear
the Royal Assent given by Commission to the Property-
tax (Income-tax) Bill, and several ether Bills (ter
which see Lords' Report).
BELFAST ELECTION INQUIRY.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented himself at the bar, and
informed the House that, as Chairman of the Select
Committee to inquire, and from time to time report to
the House respecting the comproMise alleged to have been
entered into to avoid investigation into the gross and
extensive bribery and other corrupt practices employed
at the late election for the borough of Belfast. he had
to report to the House that the Committee had agreed
to the following resolution:—'•That the Chairman be
empowered to apply to the House, to allow the Com-
mittee- to appoint an agent for each of the parties in
the late contested election to assist them in inquiring into
the matters to them referred.'

The SPEAKER having read the resolution,
Mr. O'CONNELL moved, that the Committee be em-
powered to appoint an agent`for each side, according to
the terms of the resolution. . . . .

Mr?FERRAND objected to such a proposition being
agreed to in the present state of the House, as he sus-
pected that the public would have to pay the expenses of
the proposed agent's.—(Hear.) He thought the motisM
oeght not to be bAught forward until at least some of
her Majesty's Mintsters were in their places.
After a few n'.ords from Mr. Wilson PatLn, Mr.
Hume, and Lord Worsley, the motion was postponed to
the time of public Imsiness. •
BATHURST'S ESTATE BILL.

Mr. GREENE breught up the • Report on Bathurst's
Estate Bill.

:13-1-i-E-EWOOD GRAMMAR SCHOOL ESTATE

BILL.

The Breewood Grammar School Estate Bill was read
a second time.
MANNERS ESTATE BILL.

On the motion of Lord WOJiSLEY, the Manners
Estate Bill was read a second time.
LEICESTER SMALL DEBTS BILL.

The i.;;;;; mall Debts Bill was read a third time;
and passed.
READING CEMETERY BILL.

The Report of the Committee on the Reading Cemetery
Bill was brought up, and the amendments made in the
Bill by the Committee were agreed to.
- ANATOMY ACT.

Mr. HARDY presented a petition from an individual,
named Roberts, the inventor of a process fur preventing
the decomposition of animal substances, complaining of
the working of the Anatomy Act, and praying for inquiry
into the operation of that Act. The Hon. and Learned
Gentleman then gave notice that it was his intention' to
move for the appointment of a Select Committee to in-
quire into the subject. •
- • EMPLOYMENT IN MINES. • _ _

Mr. SHATRMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition
from the miners of a castriet in the West Riding of
Yorkshire, praying that no provision might pass into a
law, preventing boys above eight years of age from
labouring in mines.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from thirty-four
miners in the West Riding of Yorkshire, with a stinilar

prayer.
PAISLEY DISTRESS—CONDUCT OF THE

GOVERNMENT OFFICER

The How. MENUEn, in the absence of his Hon. Friend
the Member for Greenock, then presented a petition,
signed by several thousands of the inhabitants of Paisley,
which had been agreed to at a public meeting, stating
that the petitioners belonged to the class which had re-
ceived relief from the Committee appointed for that pur-
pose ; that they had received at the rate of Is. 2d. a
week until the arrival of Mr. Twisleton, the Govern-
ment Commissioner, who had ordered money relief
to be discontinued, and had ordered meal and
bread to be distributed instead: The petitioners stated
that they had not any money to purchase fuel where-
with to cook the meal thus distributed, and complained
of being treated in the degrading manner in which they
had been treated by Mr. Commissioner Twisleton, and
prayed the House to interfere to prevent the sufferers
from being driven to desperaticn by the treatment they
received.