The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-01 00:00:00

NEW MEDICAL BILL.

Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from the mem •
hers of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, resi-
dent in the county of Gloucester, praying for an inquiry
into the manner in which the provisions of the new
Charter have been carried into effect by the Council, and
that no Medical Bill be allowed to pass into a law which
shall confirm the unjust distinctions created by that
Charter until such an investigation has been instituted.
CLERKENWELL IMPROVEMENT BILL. -
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed.
INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM.
Mr. MASTERMAN moved the second reading of
this Bill—lt was ordered to be committed.
COLCHESTER AND DISS RAILWAY.

Mr. P. BORTHWICK presented a petition against
',he Colchester and Diss Railway, which was referred to
the Select Committee on Private Bills.
WELLS AND DEREHAM RAILWAY.

An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition against this
line, which was also referred to the Select Committee on
private Bills.
SHREWSBURY GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against this
Bill. It was referred to the Select Committee on private
Bills.
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY BRANCH.
The HoN. MEMBER, at the same time, presented a
petition against the projected extension of the South-
Eastern Railway to Hungerford-bridee.
MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.
Mr. J. NEIL presented a petition against any further
grant to Maynooth.
LAW OF SETTLEMENT.
Mr. BRAMSTONE presented a petiti in from several
places in Essex against the Law of Settlement Bill.
ARREST OF WAGES FOR DEBT.
A petition was also presented against the Arrest of
Wages in Scotland Bill.
OREGON TERRITORY.
Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that, on the Speaker
leaving thi. Chair on the moving of the Committee of
Ways and Means on Friday, -he should move for
certain returns of the dispatches from the United States
respecting the territ Ty of Oregon.
QUARANTINE LAWS.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on an early day be
should bring the present state of the quarantine laws
before the House.
POOR LAW OF SCOTLAND.
The LORD ADVOCATE gave notice that, as soon
as convenient to the House and the public businesa, he
should move for leave to bring in a Bill for amending
• the law for the reliefof the poor in Scotland.l
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
Lord DUNCAN, seeing the Right Honourable Baronet
the Home Secretary in the House, begged to repeat the
question which he had asked on a former evening on the
subject of the Bill for imprisonment for debt. It
would be recollected by the House that when he
had formerly put the question which he was about
to ask, he hail received a very unsatisfactory answer.
There had been very great dissatisfaction with the
27th clause of the Act of last session, which was
brought in for the purpose of abolishing imprisonment
for debts under 20/. Ile thought this a very unsatis-
factory state of things for small traders, and he was
anxious to know whether the Government were about
to introduce any remedy for this evil, for he thought
that it was high time that a remedy should be applied,
and if the Government did not introduce one he (Lord
Duncan) was inclined to do so.
Sir J. GRAHAM was very sorry that an answer given
by him to that question on a former occasion should have
been in any way displeasing to the Noble Lord. Having
prefaced his answer with these few words, he should
now state to the Noble Lord, that he would adhere
strictly to the answer already given, as he was not aware
of any inquiry since made that could induce him to alter
it. He should not assent to any measure that
would touch any debts which were contracted before
the passing of the Act. The experience which
they already had in the measure was not sufficient to
justify any new enactment. He would beg further to
state that the most important part of the measure was
this : as the Bill had interfered with the credit given
by the 'working classes, whether the credit generally
given was not beneficial to those classes themselves?
Mr. DIVETT said that there were some clauses in a
private Bill relating to some local courts in the west
of England which were quite inconsistent with the
Act of last session. He would ask the Right Hon.
Baronet whether the Government intended to support
those inconsistencies ?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that they were mere
oversights, and the Government would therefore oppose

them.-
Col ht Hon.
onel RAWDON wished to ask the Rig
Baronet whether it was the intention of the Government
to extend this measure to Ireland ?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM stated that that would
depend on the result of the experiment in England.
COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY—NAVY ESTIMATES.
Mr. CORRY moved that the order of the day for the
House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply be read.
)n the order of the day being moved the Speaker
called upon Sir Charles Napier, who had a notice
on the paper on the subject of the navy, but the
Gallant Commodore did not answer. Mr. Wakley, who
had also a notice on the paper on the order of the day
for going into Committee of supply on the subject of the
opening of Mr. T. Duncombe's letters, was also absent
from the House. After a pause of a minute or two,
Mr. CORRY moved that the Speaker do leave the
Chair.
The motion was agreed to, and the House resolved
itself into Committee amidst loud cheers from the Mi-
nisterial benches.
Mr. CORRY said he rose to propose the Navy Esti-
mates for the fir time ; and in doing so, he felt soznc-
! what embarrassed—not only on account of the lad,'
experience.he possessed in addressing that House, but
also on account of the disadvantage under which he
laboured in succeeding his Hon. Friend now the Secre-
tary at War in the discharge of this duty.—(Hear,
hear.) [Sir Charles Napier here entered the House
amidst shouts of laughter.] At the same time be had
the consolation of knowing that the House always ex 7.
tended its indulvence.
. Mr. WAKLEY here. entered the House in a great
hurry, and interrupted Mr. Corry in the, course of his
speech, by-saying=eaalae was wallingto his place—Mr.
Chairman, I wits inmy
_place during the early part of the
evening-4 only my place for a moment—(" Order")
and I trust I shall not lose the opportunity of bringing
forwatal the motion of which I had given noticQ as there