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London, England, 1829-06-20 00:00:00

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LORDS. Just 19.
alianaz'^olliPiffiNiNkei o'clock, and formed themselves
Into a Atte, P "ages, when. on the motion of the Marl
of .Satarresanav, it was agreed to that the Hari of Fingal and the
Mari of Jersey had each established hi+ right to vote for represen•
tathre Peers of Ireland, and adjourned until four o'clock, when the
Loa. Cnassiniacon. the Earl of Suarressuav, and the Earl of
:11neauti. eatas Conunisaloners to give the Royal Assent to the fol.
lowing Bills—The Sugar Duties Bill, the Customs Amendment
Bill, the Land Revenue (Ireland) Bill, the Sugar Warehousing Bill,
the Ecclesiastical Counstßecers' Bill, the Nletropobs Justices or thel
Peace Bill, tbe Division of the Counties Bill, the Public Markin
COOMllissioners 11111. the Cotton Factories. Regulatlon Bill, the Silk
"Sannfacturers' Wages Bill, the Friendly Societies Bill, the Soma
Debts (Scotland) Bill, the Gaol Reports (Ireland) Bill, the .asib
of the rot! qt- - Bill, thy Charitable Loan (Ireland) Bill, the

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Butter Trade-Orel:ad) 1111 L the kWh Arnie Bill, the i•letropolis
Police Bill, the Metropolis Roads Bill, the Port of London Ins.
prominent Bill, the London Workhouse Bill, and several prima
.808.
A person from the Treasury laid on the table papers respselio
die Shipping and Navigation of the United Klegdont.
LONDON DRIDOI APPROACHES RILL.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE brought up the Report of the
Committee on the London Bridge Approaches Bill.
On the motion that it be received,
Lord DURHAM said, he rose for the purpose of
withdrawing his opposition from the Bill upon the us.
derstanding that it was to be but a temporary Act, be.
cause it appeared to the Committee that no other mode
could be adopted for making the approaches until the
next Session of Parliament. He believed the City had
agreed to enter into engagements next year quite dif:
ferent. It was intended that a very considerable part
of the revenue belonging to that body should be taken
out of the hands of those who had at present the ma-
nagement of it, and vested in the hands of Lords of the
Treasury. who were to take upon them to clear the es•
ponies necessary for the proposed project. He did,
therefore, trust and hope that his Majesty's Ministers
would use their ability to see whether any diminution
could be made of the very enormous sum of one million
at which it had been estimated. Having stated what
was intended to be done ant Session, and the reason
for his having withdrawn his opposition to the Bill, he
thought it unnecessary to detain the House longer. He
should, however, disclaim having acted through the
entire business from any desire for opposition. He had
thought it his duty, as the measure affected the pro-
perties of many individuals, to exert his power to pe-
lmet what he considered would be a very injurious one.
Ti e Earl of MALMESBU ay observed, that his op.
position to the Bill had arisen chiefly from two objec-
tionable points in it—one was the placing the disposal
of those funds in the hands of the city of London ; and
the other was in laying the whole burthen upon coals.
which was a necessary of life. Those were the two
points to which he objected, and, since he understood
that both would be obviated nest year, he did not now
intend to persist in his opposition.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY considered that
the Bill now upon the table of the House would act as
a dead letter towards the ways and means of obtaining
the funds necessary for accomplishing the great object
in view. He had never objected to the principle of rais-
ing the funds. All he objected to was that the tax
should be laid exclusively upon coals. With respect to
the other Bill which was to be brought forward nest
Session he should only observe, that he understood the
City of London was to place in the hands of the Trea-
sury the Bridge-house estates, amounting to 25,0001.
several items of the Orphan Fund, and other property,
amounting in the whole to a very considerable sum, to
be laid out for the purposes required ; and as this money
was to be placed in the hands of the Government, be
had reason to presume that the enormous expense esti-
mated for making the approaches to the bridge would
be considerably diminished, and that the funds would
now be properly applied,and not thrown away in those
egregious follies in which they had been squandered.—
. Having said thus much he had no further opposition to
the Bill, but would conclude by withdrawing the notice
which he had given for Monday nest. He should,
however, observe, that if the City of London were again
to treat the Order of their Lordships' House as they bad
that of the 18th of May, be would then renew his no-
tice. He regretted that their Lordships had been placed
in such a situation, owing to the Bill not having been
brought into the House until the close of the Session,
as to be prevented from, he would venture to say, le-
gislating upon it at all. Great inconvenience had fre-
quently arisen by reason of Bills being brought before
the House at so late a period of the Session, and he re-
gretted that such was the case in this instance.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said, in the few ob-
servations that he had to make he would begin with
the closing mouth made by his Noble Friend. He
begged to remind him that the attention of the House
of Commons had been drawn to the Bill early in Feb-
ruary, as early as it possibly could ; that it was passed
with all possible expedition, and had been now in their
Lordships House a month or five weeks. It was on
the 16th of February that the first petition was pre.
sented for bringing in the Bill. He had supported it
because he thought the expense was necessary for mak.
ing these communications, without which the bridge
would be quite inapplicable for general use. He wished
to remind their (.ordships that the old London bridge
was in such a state as tendered it impossible to be used
for a long time. The principal engineer, who was ex-
amined before a Committee, said that he would not
answer for its continuance one year longer. Under
these circumstances, be had thought it his duty to sup.
port the Bill. It appeared to him that the parties who
opposed the Bill, and those in whose favour it was
brought in (for it was but a private Bill), had concurred
in the arrangement, which was, to bring forward a fu-
ture measure that would be satisfactory to both, to
which be had no objection as far as his Majesty's Go-
.VROIMENt was concerned. It was determined that,
although the Treasury was not to take the management
of the work upon itself, yet that it should coniroul the
• large public expenditure. Several funds now belrog•
iog to Om city of London were to be put into the hands
of the Wreasury. which should go to meet that expense,
and amble them to go on with their work. A great
deal had been said upon the increase of the coal duties.
It bad been coo plaioecl that the duty was to be laid on
coals exclusively; but he would remind the House that
the dnties for the last sixty years which bad been aps
plied to aU. public works in the city of London, were
those which were levied upon coals The House of
Commons thought that a coal duty would be the fittest
.to.have applied to that purpose. and the city of London
had declared that they were walks* to make it avail-
able. Upon these grounds be had approved of the
measure, and bad supported the Bill throughout; and,
for the sane reasons as he had stated, .be should nest
Session support theetbair Bill.
This Megogide of LONDONDERRY explained,
The Earl of.ELDON said, without making any obs
servations upon what had been termed by his Noble
Ftieud the " Deadeßill," having some time ago pros
seined a petition from the iohAbitante of Thaiegegkett
stating their approval of the Bill, aod praying thet,thay
might Pave compensation madefor anyinierytbsymight
sustain is consequence, he was persuaded that the

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