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London, England, 1842-07-21 00:00:00

NOTICES OF MOTION.

Mr. ROEBU CIS gave notice that, to-morrow week,
he should bring under the consideration of the House
a series of resolutions, in consequence of the Report
now laid on the table of the House by the Election
Proceedings Committee. He could not state what
those resolutions would be now, but he would state
them before he introduced them to the House.
ATHLONE ELECTION.

Mr. F. TRENCH presented a petition from
certain electors of Athlone, praying for leave to defend
the seat.

RAILWAYS BILL

On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE the Lords'
amendments to this Bill, limiting the weight of car-
riage to be employed on the line to four tons, were
agreed to.
COPYRIGHT DESIGNS BILL.

Mr. GLADSTONE moved the postponement of
the consideration of the Report on this Bill till Satur-
day next.
Mr. WILLIAMS said, he should wish to be present
at the consideratioa of this question. His engage-
ment, however, on the Belfast Election Committee
would prevent his attendance on Saturday.
Mr. BROTHERTON stated Saturday to be a very
inconvenient day.
Sir R. PEEL said he was daily pressed to proceed
with this Bill, and he had no alternative but to go on
with it on Saturday.
Mr. W. PATTEN said that the people of Lanca-
shire were very anxious to have the Bill proceeded
with. '

After some further conversation, the Bill was or.
dered to be re-committed on Saturday.

THE BONDED CORN BILL.

Mr. GLADSTONE proposed the second reading
of this Bill.

RELATIONS WITH AMERICA.

Lord PALMERSTON begged leave to ask three
questions of the Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord
of the Treasury. His first question was, whether the
last Report of the Commissioners appointed to settle
the Boundary question between Great Britain and the
United States, on the north-western frontier of the latter
Power, was in a state to be laid before the House ?
He had also to ask whether the convention respecting
the mutual surrender of persons convicted of certain
crimes, had been determined on and agreed to ? He had
further to ask whether the Annual Slave Trade Con-
vention had been agreed to?
Sir R. PEEL said that the endeavours to
settle the Boundary question upon scientific
principles had not yet led to a satisfactory result. The
convention respecting the surrender of convicts was
still pending, and he would be able in a few days to
give the Noble Lord a satisfactory answer on the sub-
ject of the slave trade.
Mr. D. BARCLAY begged to ask the Right Hon.
Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, whether he intended, in the course of the
present session, to bring forward any measure relative
to the charters of the Colleges of Physicians and
Surgeons?
Sir J. GRAHAM said he must postpone the in-
troduction of a measure on that subject until the com-
mencement of the next session.
HEALTH OF TOWNS.

• In reply to a question from Mr. MACKINNON,
Sir J. GRAHAM said it was not the intention of
the Government to bring forward any measure for
improving the health of towns in the course of the
present session.
Mr. M. PHILIPS wished to ask the Right Hon.
Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Trade
if it was practicable to postpone the further proceed-
ing with the Copyright Designs Bill until Wednesday
next? He understood that whilst he had been absent
Saturday had been appointed for the re-committal of
the Bill. As it would be very inconvenient for him-
self and many other Hon. Members to attend on that
day, he hoped the Government would consent to a
further postponement.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he had no desire to put
the Hon. Gentleman to any inconvenience, but it was
most desirable to proceed with the measure as early
as possible. He had understood that the opposition
of the Hon. Gentleman was of such a nature that the
discussion might be conveniently taken on bringing
up the Report.
Mr. M. PHILIPS said his opposition was not of
such a limited nature.

Mr. WILLIAMS said his opposition would extend
to a great number of the clauses. He felt quite sure'
that the Right Hon. Gentleman had no conception of
the consequences of the change which he proposed.
BONDED CORN BILL (No. 2).
Mr. GLADSTONE rose to move the second read-
ing of the Bonded Corn (No. 2) Bill. He felt confident
that this Bill woull meet with almost unanimous con-
currence. Before he made any observations on its
provisions, he must say a few words to explain how
it came into his hands, and to render an act of
justice to an Hon. Gentleman who sat opposite.
The Hon. Gentleman opposite, the Member for Gates-
head, had introduced, in the early part of the session,
a Bill corresponding with the one now brought for-
ward. At the suggestion of that Hon. Member, a
Committee had been appointed on the subject ;
and, •in consequence of the Report of that Com •
mittee, the Bill had come into his hands. He
had made inquiries into the effect of the
Bill, and he believed that it was a measure that
might not only be safely adopted, but it would be
productive of great benefit to trade. Notwithstand-
ing the Bill was under his auspices, he felt bound in
justice to the Hon. Member for Gateshead to say that
the credit of the measure was entirely due to him,
and he trusted the honour of having brought forward
such a Bill would be given to those to whom it was due.
He felt convinced that the measure would be produc-
tive of great good ; and one of its effects would be to
open to millers and ship-brokers a considerable trade.
The indirect benefits of this Bill would be. very con-
siderable. It was 12 or 14 years since this plan had
been acted on in France. At first the trade was
small, but within the last few years no less than 350
cwt. of flour had been manufactured in France, and
exported uder the provisions of that law. With re-
gard to fraud he thought there was no reasonableground
to supposethat fraud would be committed under thisßill.
The persons deriving the greatest advantage from this
Act Were bona fide tradesmen and men of capital,
and they would not be likely to take an unfair advan-
tage of the Act. Supposing the most extiavagant
amount of fraud to take_ place under this Bill, it
would not be to such an extent as sensibly to affect
the producing ioterests of this country. His firm
opinion was, however, that fraud would be entirely
prevented by the provisions of the Bill.—(Hear.)
There were two or three modifications which it was
his intention to propose in Committee, and he would,
with permission of the House, now state the nature of
those modifications. In the first place, though he saw
no objection to passing the Bill as a permanent measure,
he proposed to limit its duration to three years. As
the Bill at present stood, the power which had been
substituted for weight under its provisions would
not be admitted for home consumption, but would
only be allowed for exportation. He (Mr.
Gladstone) saw no reason why parties should not
enter such flour for home consumption, and he pro-
posed, in the second place, to make a provision
in the Bill to that effect.—(Hear, hear.) In
the third place, he proposed to . make a provision