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London, England, 1831-07-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—Juae 20.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presided on the woolsack
for the Lord Chancellor.
M. BERNAL. Lord EBRINOTON, Mr. C. DUN-
?AS, anti others from the Commons, brought up the bill to
prohibit the growth of tobacco in Ireland t also the Mint
s..laries redaction bill, and several private bills, which were
itsd the first time.
After the other hills on the table had been forwarded a
stage. the house adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER informed the house that the several par-
ties who had petitioned the house, complaining of undue
elections for the cite of Carlisle. the borough of Stamford,
and the county of Wexford, hod not entered into the neces-
sary recognizance. The orders for taking the said petitions
into consideration were discharged.
Mr. TYRRELL presented two petition% from corn.
growers in Suffolk, against the use of molasses in breweries
and distilleries.
Mr. W. WHIT t!ORE presented a petition from Cu:-
cutta, praying the opening the trade with China ; and
siNri-
-Ito petitions front Glasgow and Hull. Ordered to be referred
to the East India Committee.
Lord ANDEVILLE presented a petition from Porta.
down. against any grant to Maynooth College.
Mr. BLA MIRE presented a petition from Cock( rmouth,
praying to be taken out of the Schedule B.
Lord 3IAIT LA ND presented a petition from Had.
dington against the use of molasses in breweries anti
Sir RICH A RD lIUSGRAVE presented a petition from
Trinity Parish, Waterford, against any grant to the Kildare.
street Society.
Sir M. . RIDLEY presented, a petition from the Lite-
rary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institution, Newcastle, for
the repeal of the 'faxes on Knowledge.
Mr. THROG3IORTON prese.tted a petition from New.
bury, praying that property might be made the qualification
for voting under the Reform Bill.
Mr. TREVOR presented a petition from the freemen of
Newcastle, praying that the Reform Bill might not tifprive
them of their rights and privileges.
Sir ROBERT BATEtsON presented a petition from the
Synod of Ulster, praying that letters on charitable subjects
might be permitted to pass through the post-office free of
postage.
Lord ALTHORP said, the only ground on which the
privilege of sending letters postage free was discontinued, was
that it was discovered to be illegal. If it was thought de-
sirable that it should be renewed, it could only be done by
Act of Parliament.
Mr. BROW NLOW presented a petition from Belfast for
a repeal of the Legislative Union.
'.lre RUTHVEN said he was sorry to have to say that
the question of Repeal of the Uniou was making great
progress in Ireland ; the feeling on the subject was very
strong.
Mr. HEA TH COTE presented a petition from the millers
of Boston against the Importation of Foreign Flour, and
moved for a retuin of all 28 gun-frigates and 10 gun-brigs
in the British Navy.
Mr. W LKS presented a petition from Mr. Walter Hand-
cock, against any increased tolls on steam-carriages.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from
the hackney-coach proprietors of London against stage-
coaches plying in London.
Lord ALTHORP said, it was the opinion of the Com-
mittee who sat on the subject, that the best method of
improving the hackney-coaches was by free competition,
and that recommendation should form the basis of the bill
he meant to bring in, but lie should propose to make the
alteration gradual.
Lord A LTHO RP gave notice, that in consequence of
tltc length of time the Committee on the reform bill was
likely to occupy, it was his intention to move, ro.morrow,
that the reform Bill Committee should take precedence of
all other public business.
Mr. WYNN said, the house should come to an under-
standing whether all other public business was to stand still
to give way to the reform bill. The game laws were of
great importance, and the season for their operation was
approaching.
Mr. BRISCOE thought the reform bill ought to take pre-
cedence of every other—at least, till it bad passed the Com-
mittee. He had heard from members at both sides that it
was en all-absorbing question.
Colonel EVANS postponed his motion for a return
of the proceedings in the ease of Dade v. Baring to to-
morrow.
Mr. F. B. BARING said, he was not aware of the mo-
tion being made till he came to town this day.
Col. EVANS said, be had no wish to take the hon. gent.
by surprise. He saw his relatives in the house, and did
not know that the honourable gentleman was not in town
when he gave the notice. If the hon. gentleman would
name the day he preferred it being brought forward he
would conform to it.
Mr. F. B. BARING said, the sooner the better.
Col. EVANS fixed to-morrow.
OATHS IN PAILIAMINT.
Mr. C. W. WYNN moved the third reading of the oaths
taken before the Lord Steward bill.
Sir R. INGLIS objected to the bill. He thought there
was no sufficient reason for departing front the usage esta-
blished for upwards of a century.
Mr. C. W. WYNN thought it was not decent to take
oaths before the Lord Steward, and in a few minutes after
take the very same oaths at the table of the house.
Mr. G. BA NKES thought, if there was any serious ob-
jection to taking two sets of oaths, it was the second set
that ought to be abolished.
Sir CHARLES FORBES thought it was badly worth
while to legislate on the subject, considering for how short
a time the Act was to be in force, for he really believed
that the next Parliament • would abolish all Oaths.--
(A laugh.)
The House then divided—
. . Ayes .. ... 78
Noes

.Majority for the third reeding .... 62
Tue bill.waa read a third time and passed.
arroum.
The house resolved itself into a committee on the Refeens
bill, Mr. BCRNAL in the Chair.
ThcCUAIRMAN.—The question is, that the borough
of (stela Bedwin stand part of sehedule A.
Mr. G. BA :SIKES aid in a future stage of the bill ho•
would move that Great Bedwin be inserted in another 'dm
duls for the purpose of giving it a share in the represented*
conjointly with another borough .
Sir C. WETHERELL said the schedules were mai
out in ignorance.. It would bare taken a full year to mdro
out complete. schedule& for the new constitution. Whet'
the ;cheetah came to he revised by and bye, he should not
be surprised to. find Bedwin restored to its rights. (Hear.)
He thought the borough of Bedwin was as well entitled le
be placed io schedule $ aeany borough in it. (Hear, hear.)
Though the House had decided that they would not: pre.,
reed op -the census of 181, yet It might in parelcular.cases;
be necessary to. revise, the census. of 1821. (Hear hear.),
The learned hart. went on at great !length to complal of so.
prated interruptioes from friends••he the. enemy's ee
enemies in die friende7eantp: .Hesupposed that they -
glued all honourable
_weathers there must be like the boo,
noontide members for London, bound to support the bill,
the whole bill, and nothing but the bill ; that they should
come to.that House batalsuffied and tongue-tied. But he
would tall the noble lank opposite that a re-action had taken
place,-thet the.people. wen getting away front the flith of
;he favouttitophrase of.tbc bill. the whole bill, .and nothing
but slse 141-41. at his hilt was losing in public onintoo,
merely because they were carrying it through by force, and
would not listen to any wridetsee. He Mt snared that be.
fore thettiantination of the present session the bill would go
to its 'ratite clement. . • .
After few.obserrations from PRA ED and Lord J.
ItHOSELL' the question was put from be Chair, that
the Borough of Great Bedwin be resained.'s.', schedule A,
winch wimscanied in the affirmative without a division.
nom:most or siessautow.
Inn( J, It)JIiSELL moved that the borough of Beeral.
moo be. retained ar past of schedule A. His lordship made
a few o*rwitioos, in the course of which he stated, that
there teas only age resident in the borough who was rated at
101: and asst it wee some years shice it had been known that
a ewer hail.reslded in the borough ; be therefore moved thet
it be placed ;schedule A.
Mt C. ViTillaitELl•dionght that his lordship, ,when
he rose to speak olt the boroughs, should state what sort of
hotaughs thy wet—whether or not they held their rights
by burg:24;ssta/ . •
Sir . ;L said 44 whenever's/1y Hia. Ranger
as Ida dm House rose' coley any thing, that war,'
reasacke suede that it was from interested motives, fit sore
wean wpss 10#tisoppen to be identified. with them in po.,
lilies! sendvarms ; or They were charged' with haloes opt,

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position. Now, after the divisions that had already taken
place, on the general principle, regarding the census of
1821, he thought it would be much better to waive dis-
cussion on the individual boroughs. He would not advert
at all to Increase or decrease of boroughs between that period
and 1831 ' • but, according tq the rule laid down by the
noble lord, where a town should be found to possess too few
vo•ers, that the frar.chise should be extended to a neigh.
booing parish, and he thonght that Beeraliton should have
the benefit of this provision, and be protected ; because
that, although there was so small a constituency in the
borough, the parish of Bereharis, of which it fonned a part,
was populous, and on that account he sheuld protest against
its being placed in Schedule A.
Lord J. RUSSELL made a few observations.
Lord MILTON said that Beeralston was not, if he
might be allowed the expression, the metropolis of &re-
basis ; in that respect it was differently situated from some
other boroughs, such as Buckingham and Reigate, and he
did not think it could come within the line for protection. '
Sir R. PEEL replied that Tams orth, Horsham, end
Caine were similarly situated, as neither of them were the
metropolis of the parish in which they stood.
After explanatiohe and observations from Lord Milton,,
Sir R. Peel, Mr. Croker. Sir James Scatlett, and Mr.
Pried, the motion was put how the chair, and carried with.
out a division.