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menced upon the palace. With regard to the sum which mgh
be wanted to inee, the expense at attaup, furniture, ueco-
ration, 'lei:eh that he should not be justified in inalint, any
statement at present, but he should be prepared to make it
before the next session. Ile thought that £ts.o,o;o would be a
fair estimate of the giltlings and decorations of the palace.
They would be paid for out of the land revenues of the Crown.
A bill to authorise that payment must be brought into par.ia-
ment, and out of the suns raised by that bill the estimates for
the fixtures must be defrayed. lle had
,great satisfaction in
informing the house that his majesty had oisplaved the greatest
anxiety that there should be no unnecessary gicaings and &cc'.
rations used, and that the furniture should nut be on the extra-
vagant scale which was originally intended.
Mr. HCNIE gave notice, that on Thursday he would bring
forward a motion respecting some sinecures on the land revenue
Of Scotland. _

Mr. G. F. YOUNG presented a petition from the Shipowners'
Society against (as we understood) the iniinediate abolition of
the China trade. _ _

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented a petition from a respect-
able body of the inhabitants of Dudley, complaining of the
conduct of the magistrates of that town, and praying (as we
understood) for inquiry into their conduct.

BURGLARY B:LL.

Mr. Eivairr, on bringing up the report of the committee on
the Burglary Bill, stated, that he had been desired to express
the opinions of the committee on this subject. The committee
had learned that a commission was nppointed to amend, miti-
gate, and codify the criminal law. Under these circumstances,
they were anxious that this bill, which went to amend and mi-
tigate a portion of that law, should be referred to, or at least
considered by the commission. The committee had agreed,
first, that the definition of burglary should be amended ; se-
condly, that the capital punishment should, in many cases, be
abolished. The bill before the committee also extended to two
other points—the abolition of the punishment of death in cases
of returning from transportation, and of letter-stealing. Of
both these measures of mitigation the committee had unani-
mously approved. They, however, deemed it most judicious to
leave them In the hands of the commission, since the whole
question of penal reform would come under its consideration.
Mr. Ewart concluded by saying, that he was sure he expressed
the sentiments of all the members of the committee, when he
stated, that if the results of their inquiries were of any service
to the commissioners they would be most willingly afforded by
them.

TITHES (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. LITTLETON moved the order of the day for the second
reading of this bill.
Mr. WILKS put it to the right hon. gentleman whether he
would proceed with a measure of this kind without further es-
timates as to the sums which were to be supplied. This bill
was to grant an advance of £1,000,000 of the public money to
the clergy of Ireland who could not collect their tithes. Surely
they ought to have some correct estimate before them, in order
to instil), them in voting so large a sum. •
Mr. LITTLETON hoped, as the question now before the house
was only for. reading the order of the day, that hon. members
would not go into the discussion. He hoped they would allow
the order of the day to be read, and the discussion to come on
in its proper place, when he should be able to satisfy the house
that, though a million was nominally to be voted, the whole of
that sum would not he required.
The order of the day having been read,
Mr. LITTLETON moved that the bill be now read a second
time.
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Mr. HUME moved that the bill be read a second time this day
three months.
On this motion the house divided—
For the amendment 53
Against it 109
Majority for the bill —s6
After a short conversation the bill was ordered to be commit-
ted on Wednesday.
Mr. HUME gave notice that on the question of the house re-
solving itself into committee, he would move that the bill be
referred to a select committee, in order to secure a repayment
of the loan from the temporalities of the church of Ireland.

BANK CHARTER BILL.
Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the committee on the
above bill. On the question that it be read,
Mr. THICKNESSE moved that the legal tender clause be omit-
ted.

Mr. RUNE supported the motion. He conceived the clause
in question calculated to cause a depreciation of the currency.
He was sorry to find that on this subject the ministers had
abandoned their former principles. He thought the public in-
terest sacrificed by the bill, and that of the Bank alone con-
sulted.

Lord ALTHORP denied that a depreciation of the currency
would be the consequence of the adoption of the measure.
After some further conversation, __ _

Mr. THICKNESSE said he would withdraw his motion for the
present, as he understood he would have a better opportunity
of submitting it to the house.

The report was then read, and the amendments agreed' to.
Lord ALTHORP then moved an additional clause, to the effect
that all bills of exchange, bank-post-bills, and promissory notes
issued from the branch banks of the Bank of England out of
London should be payable only at the places from which they
should be issued.

After a few words from Mr. Alderman THOMPSON this clause
was agreed to, the report received, and the bill ordered to be
read a third time to morrow.

Mr. THICKNESSE hoped the noble lord the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would on the third reading introduce words into the
bill expressive of the perfect independence of the legal tender
clause of the bargain with the Bank, and that its rescinsion was
within the control of Parliament.
The China trade bill was read a third time and passed, when
the house adjourned.

• HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, AUG. 13.
Mr. BERNAL, and other members from the Commons, brought
up the China Trade Bill, the Disembodied Militia Bill, and
other bills, all of which were read a first time.