House of Commons Journal Volume 85: 4 March 1830

Jovis, 4 die Martii; Anno 11 Georgii IV ti Regis, 1830.

PRAYERS.

Royal Assent to Bills.

A MESSAGE by Mr. Pulman, Deputy Usher of the Black Rod:

Mr. Speaker,

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty's Commission, for declaring His Royal Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read.

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to the House of Peers:- And being returned;

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty's Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, giving declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned; and that the Lords thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are as followeth;

An Act to apply certain sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, and from the Aids granted for the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, to the service of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty.

An Act to authorize the Transfer of certain Balances in the hands of the Clerks of the Peace of the several Counties of England and Wales, on account of Lunatic Asylums Licenses.

Accounts respecting the National Debt, presented.

The House being informed that Mr. Peck, from the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, attended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,-An Account of the gross Amount of all Bank Annuities and long Annuities, and any other Annuities for Terms of Years transferred; and of all sums of Money paid to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and the gross Amount of Annuities for Lives and for Terms of Years which have been granted for the same, under the provisions of the Act of the 10th Geo. 4, c. 24, within the year ending on the 5th of January 1830.

An Account of the gross Amount of all Sums received and paid by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt on account of Banks for Savings, including Friendly Societies, in Great Britain and Ireland, from their commencement at 6th August 1817, to the 20th November 1829 inclusive:- also, an Account of all Expenses incurred by the said Commissioners for Salaries of Clerks or other incidental Charges during the preceding year:-And then he withdrew.

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the Table.

London Bridge and Fleet Market Bill, committed.

A Bill to make further Provision for defraying the Expenses of making the Approaches to London Bridge, and the removal of Fleet Market, was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Alderman Wood, &c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber.

Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Bill, presented.

Mr. Charles Dundas presented a Bill to alter the Line of the Avon and Gloucestershire Railway, to make certain Branches from the same, and to amend the Act for making the said Railway: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Petition against Leeds and Selby Railway Bill.

A Petition of Isabella Ann Dowager Marchioness of Hertford, and of several Owners of lands on the line of the Railway thereinafter mentioned, was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for making a Railway from the Town of Leeds to the River Ouse, within the Parish of Selby, in the West Riding of the County of York; and praying, That the same may not pass into a Law.

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.

Sheffield Waterworks Petition, reported.

Mr. Marshall reported from the Committee on the Petion of several Owners of buildings and lands in the town and parish of Sheffield; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for supplying any City or Town with Water, had been complied with; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for better supplying with Water the Town and Parish of Sheffield, in the County of York: And that Mr.Marshall and Lord Viscount Milton do prepare, and bring it in.

Sheffield and Wakefield Road Bill, presented.

Mr. Marshall presented a Bill for repairing the Road from Wakefield to Sheffield, in the County of York: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Leeds and Selby Railway Bill, committed.

A Bill for making a Railway from the Town of Leeds to the River Ouse, within the Parish of Selby, in the West Riding of the County of York, was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Marshall, &c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber.

Horsham and Guildford Road Bill, reported.

Mr. Burrell reported from the Committee on the Bill for more effectually repairing and improving the Road from Horsham to the Road leading to Guildford, at Alford Crossways, with two Branches therefrom, and for making and maintaining a new Branch of Road to communicate therewith, all in the Counties of Sussex and Surrey; and to whom the Petitions of several Owners and Occupiers of estates in the parishes of Slinfold, Itchingfield and Billinghurst, in the county of Sussex; and, of several Inhabitants of the town and parish of Horsham, and also Owners and Occupiers of houses, lands and estates therein, were referred; That the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been complied with; and that no person appeared on behalf of the said Petitions; and that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingrossed.

Market Harborough Road Bill, passed.

An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing and improving the Roads from Market Harborough to Loughborough, and from Filling Gate to the Melton Mowbray Turnpike Road, in the County of Leicester; was read the third time.

Resolved, That the Bill do pass.

Ordered, That Mr. Legh Keck do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Bolton Improvement Petition, reported.

Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the Petition of several Inhabitants, Owners or Occupiers of lands, tenements, and hereditaments within the town of Great Bolton, in the county palatine of Lancaster; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for improving any City or Town, had been complied with; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for altering and amending two several Acts passed in the thirty-second and fifty-seventh years of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, for improving the Town of Great Bolton, in the County Palatine of Lancaster: And that Lord Stanley and Mr. Blackburne do prepare, and bring it in.

Hollingrake's Patent Petition, reported.

Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the Petition of James Hollingrake of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for confirming or prolonging the term of Letters Patent, had been complied with; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for prolonging the Term of certain Letters Patent granted to James Hollingrake, for an approved method of manufacturing Copper or other Metal Rollers, and of casting and forming metallic substances into various forms with improved closeness and soundness of texture: And that Lord Stanley and Mr. Blackburne do prepare, and bring it in.

Salford Improvement Bill, reported.

Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the Bill for better cleansing, lighting, watching, regulating and improving the Town of Salford, in the County Palatine of Lancaster; That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingrossed.

Galway Dock and Canal Petition, reported.

Mr. O'Hara reported from the Committee on the Petition of several Landed Proprietors, Merchants, Traders and others interested in the Port of Galway; That the Standing Orders relative to Navigation Bills, and to Bills for making or improving Ferries or Docks, had been complied with; except that the Estimate and Undertaking were not deposited in the Private Bill Office, with the Plan and other Documents, and this omission arose through some inadvertence of the party who was to have brought them over with the other Documents, but that the said Estimate and Undertaking were produced to the Committee; and it appeared from the List of Owners and Occupiers, that there is no dissent to the measure; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders.

Queensferry Passage Improvement Petition, reported.

Mr. Loch reported from the Committee on the Petition of His Grace George Duke of Gordon, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland; John Duke of Atholl, His Majesty's Lieutenant for the county of Perth; James Duke of Montrose, Lord Justice General of Scotland; Thomas Earl of Elgin and Kincardine; Archibald Earl of Rosebery; James Earl of Rosslyn, His Majesty's Lieutenant for the county of Fife; William Schaw Earl of Cathcart, Vice Admiral of Scotland; Robert Viscount Melville, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland; the Right honourable William Adam, His Majesty's Lieutenant for the county of Kinross; the Right honourable David Boyle, Lord Justice Clerk; and of the several other persons being Trustees appointed by an Act passed in the 49th year of his late Majesty, for the improvement of the Passage across the Frith of Forth, called the Queensferry, between the counties of Fife and Linlithgow, in Scotland; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making Ferries or Docks, had been complied with; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the further improvement and support of the Passage across the Frith of Forth, called the Queensferry: And that Mr. Loch, Sir Alexander Hope, and Mr. Downie do prepare, and bring it in.

Report from Committee on Standing Orders.

Mr. Littleton reported from the Select Committee, to whom shall be referred all Reports from Committees on Petitions for Private Bills in which it shall be stated that any of the Standing Orders of this House have not been complied with; and that such Committee do report their opinion thereupon from time to time to the House; and to whom several Reports, stating that the Standing Orders have not been complied with, were referred; That they had made a further progress in the matters to them referred and had come to several Resolutions, which they had directed him to report to the House; and the same were read, and are as followeth;

Newcastle and North Shields Road.

1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That, in the case of the Newcastle and North Shields Road Petition, in so far as regards the proposed two new terminations of the third Branch of Road, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with.

Wolverhampton Church.

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That, in the case of the Wolverhampton Church Petition, in so far as regards the imposing of a Rate for the lighting of the Church, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with.

Brechfa Roads.

3. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee That, in the case of the Brechfâ Roads Petition, the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill.

The Third Resolution of the Committee being read a second time, was agreed to by the House.

Wolverhampton Church Bill, ordered.

The House was moved, That the Report which was this day made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read; and the same being read;

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the Endowment of Saint George's Church in Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford; and for defining the District and Duties of the Minister of such Church: And that Mr. Littleton and Sir John Wrottesley do prepare, and bring it in.

Ashbourne and Sudbury Roads Bill, presented.

Mr. Littleton presented a Bill for repairing, altering and improving the Roads from Ashbourne to Sudbury, and from Sudbury to Yoxall Bridge, and from Hatton Moor to Tutbury, and from Uttoxeter to or near the Village of Draycott-in-the-Clay, and from Hadley Plain, on the late Forest or Chase of Needwood, to Callingwood Plain, on the same late Forest or Chase: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Ellesmere and Chester Canal Bill, presented.

Mr. Egerton presented'a Bill to enable the United Company of Proprietors of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal to make an additional Branch and Reservoir, and to amend and enlarge the Powers of the Act relating to the said Canal: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Tanjore Commissioners Petition, reported.

Mr. Astell reported from the Committee on the Petition of Oliver Colt, of Saint James's-place, in the city of Westminster, Esquire, Robert Woolf, of Kilburn, in the said county of Middlesex, Esquire, and William Abbott, of Windham-place, in the said county of Middlesex, Esquire, who are severally creditors of his late Highness Ameer Sing, formerly Rajah of Tanjore, deceased; That they had examined the matter thereof; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to continue an Act of the 5th year of His present Majesty, for enabling the Commissioners acting in execution of an Agreement made between the East India Company and the Private Creditors of the late Rajah of Tanjore the better to carry the same into effect: And that Mr. Astell and Mr. Wigram do prepare, and bring it in.

New River Company Petition, reported.

Mr. Astell reported from the Committee on the Petition of the Governor and Company of the New River brought from Chadwell and Amwell to London; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for supplying any City or Town with Water, had been complied, except that the necessary Papers were not deposited in the Private Bill Office previously to the Petition being presented to the House; but the omission was occasioned by the dangerous and sudden illness of a near relation of the Solicitor for the Bill, which rendered him, at the time of presenting the said Petition, totally incapable of attending to any business whatever; but the applications to the Owners and Occupiers were, at the time this illness commenced, very nearly all made, and it appeared that the greater part of the persons concerned have no objection to the measure; and it was also stated to the Committee, that the proposed plan has been adopted in order to obviate the objections which have been raised to a supply of water from the River Thames, the Company having, at present, the power of drawing water from the said River in times of frost, or any other interruption to their usual supply, by means of the New River; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders.

Southwold Harbour Petition, reported.

Sir Thomas Gooch reported from the Committee on the Petition of several Commissioners for executing the Acts for improving the Haven of Southwold, in the county of Suffolk; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making Harbours, had been complied with; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for continuing and rendering more effectual the several Acts passed for improving the Harbour of Southwold, in the County of Suffolk: And that Sir Thomas Gooch and Sir William Rowley do prepare, and bring it in.

Hull and Beverley Roads Bill, presented.

Mr. Sykes presented a Bill for maintaining the Roads from the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the County of the same Town, to the Town of Beverley, in the East Riding of the County of York, and from Newland Bridge to the West end of the Town of Cottingham, in the same Riding: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Petition in favour of Leeds and Selby Railway Bill.

A Petition of several Owners and Proprietors of steam tugs or vessels navigating the Rivers Ouse and Humber, between the town of Selby, in the west riding of the county of York, and the port of Kingston-upon-Hull, was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for making a Railway from the Town of Leeds to the River Ouse, within the Parish of Selby, in the West Riding of the County of York; and praying, That the same may pass into a Law.

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.

Dundee Harbour Petition, reported.

Mr. Hume reported from the Committee on the Petition of several of the Commissioners for executing the Acts for improving the Harbour of Dundee, in the county of Forfar, and of several Merchants and others; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making Harbours, had been complied with, except that in regard to the ownership of the soil of the River Tay, in which, immediately adjoining the works constructed by the Commissioners of the Harbour of Dundee, and within high-watermark, the proposed works are to be constructed; but it appeared to the Committee that the Magistrates and Town Council of Dundee, on behalf of the Community, claim to be the Owners thereof, and that, on the other hand, the Petitioners for the Bill contend, that if any right of property, within the meaning of the Standing Orders, was vested in any person, it belonged to the Commissioners of the Harbour of Dundee, and not to the said Magistrates and Council, whose names were accordingly not inserted in the Book of Reference deposited with the Clerk of the Peace, nor in the List of Owners lodged in the Private Bill Office; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders.

Dundee Gas Petition, (No. 2.) reported.

Mr. Hume reported from the Committee on the Petition of several Inhabitants of the town of Dundee and places adjacent, in the county of Forfar; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for lighting any City or Town with Gas, had been complied with; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a Company for lighting with Gas the Town of Dundee and places adjacent, in the County of Forfar: And that Mr. Hume, Mr. Maule and Sir Ronald Ferguson do prepare, and bring it in.

Birmingham and London Junction Canal, Petition, reported.

Mr. Dugdale reported from the Committee on the Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates within the counties of Warwick, Stafford, Salop, Buckingham and Middlesex, and Merchants, Manufacturers, and other Inhabitants of towns and other places situate within the said counties; That the Standing Orders relative to Navigation Bills, had been complied with; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for making a Canal from the Stratford-on-Avon Canal Navigation within the Parish of Tanworth, in the County of Warwick, to the Oxford Canal Navigation within the Liberty of Coombe, in the same County: And that Mr. Dugdale and Mr. Lawley do prepare, and bring it in.

Kidwelly Inclosure Bill, presented.

Mr. Rice Trevor presented a Bill for inclosing Lands within the several Parishes of Kidwelly, Saint Mary in Kidwelly, Saint Ishmael, and Pembrey, in the County of Carmarthen: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Bute (Cardiff) Canal Bill, presented.

Mr. Rice Trevor presented a Bill for empowering the Most honourable John Crichton Stuart, Marquis of Bute and Earl of Dumfries, to make and maintain a Ship Canal, to commence at a certain Place called the Eastern Hollows, near the Mouth of the River Taff, in the County of Glamorgan, and to terminate near the Town of Cardiff, in the said County, with other Works to communicate therewith: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Brechfâ Road Bill, ordered.

The House was moved, That the Report which was this day made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read; and the same being read;

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for more effectually amending, improving and maintaining the Road leading from Nantgaredig to the Town of Carmarthen, and from Brechfâ to Llansawel, in the County of Carmarthen: And that Mr. Rice Trevor and Mr. Jones do prepare, and bring it in.

Stockton and Darlington Railway Petition, reported.

Lord William Powlett reported from the Committee on the Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making Railways or Tramroads, had been complied with; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in Bill to explain and amend an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of His present Majesty relating to the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and to make two additional Branches from such Railway: And that Lord William Powlett and Mr. William Russell do prepare, and bring it in.

Barnwell Tithes Bill, presented.

Lord Viscount Stopford presented a Bill to commute for Lands and a Corn Rent, the ancient Compositions in lieu of Tithes and Glebe Lands, payable to the Rector of the Parish of Barnwell Saint Andrew, with Barnwell All Saints annexed, in the County of Northampton: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Courtown Harbour and Railway Petition, reported.

Lord Viscount Stopford reported from the Committee on the Petition of the Commissioners of the Harbour of Courtown; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making Harbours, had been complied with; and, so far as the Petition relates to the extension of the present Railway, the Plan, Section and Book of Reference were deposited in the Private Bill Office on the 19th February last, previous to presenting the Petition; but that the Lists of Owners and Occupiers assenting and dissenting to the measure, and the Estimate and Undertaking were not deposited at the same time, they not having been quite complete, but they have since arrived from Ireland, and were produced to the Committee; and it appeared by the said Lists that all Parties concerned had given their consent to the further extension of the said Railway, with the exception of three small Proprietors; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders.

New Ross Market Bill, presented.

Lord Viscount Stopford presented a Bill for establishing and regulating a Corn Market at New Ross, in the County of Wexford: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Thirsk Roads Bill, reported.

Mr. William Duncombe reported from the Committee on the Bill for repairing certain Turnpike Roads leading to and from Thirsk, in the County of York; That the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been complied with; and that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingrossed.

Petition against Dewsbury Road and Bridge Bill.

A Petition of the Right honourable the Earl of Cardigan, the Owner and Proprietor of lands situate in the township of Ossett, in the parish of Dewsbury, in the west riding of the county of York, was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for making and maintaining a Road from Dewsbury to Horbury Bridge, in the West Riding of the County of York, with a Branch Road therefrom; and praying, That the same may not pass into a law.

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.

Frodingham and Bromby Inclosure and Drainage Bill, presented.

Sir William Ingilby presented a Bill for inclosing and draining Lands within the Townships or Hamlets of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Bromby, and Gunhouse otherwise Gunnas, all in the Parish of Frodingham, in the County of Lincoln: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Frodingham and Scunthorpe Inclosure and Drainage Bill, presented.

Sir William Ingilby presented a Bill for inclosing and draining Lands within the Townships or Hamlets of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, and Gunhouse otherwise Gunnas; all in the Parish of Frodingham, in the County of Lincoln: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Clyde Navigation Bill, presented.

Sir Michael Steward presented a Bill to enable the Trustees for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Clyde to purchase up certain Exemptions from the Rates payable on the said River and the Harbour at Glasgow: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Glasgow and Kilmarnock Road Bill, presented.

Sir Michael Stewart presented a Bill for amending and continuing an Act for repairing Roads in the County of Renfrew, and for altering the Line of Road between Glasgow and Kilmarnock, in the said County: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.

Baals (Limerick) Bridge Petition, reported.

Mr. Spring Rice reported from the Committee on the Petition of several Persons, whose names are thereunto subscribed; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for building Bridges, had not been complied with, the Notices having only been given in December last, the consent of the Irish Government to transfer the management of the Shannon Navigation from the Directors of the Inland Navigation to certain persons to be appointed by the proposed Bill for that purpose, not having been obtained in sufficient time to take earlier proceedings; and that no Toll is to be taken on the Bridge, nor any private property to be interfered with; and it appeared to the Committee that the improvement of the Navigation cannot be effected whilst the old Bridge remains, and that the Directors General of Inland Navigation are aware of the necessity of such improvement, but have not funds applicable to the removal of the Bridge, and to the erection of another; and that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select Com mittee on Standing Orders.

Petition respecting Labourers Wages.

A Petition of John H. Moggridge was presented, and read; setting forth, That for twenty years past the Petitioner has been an acting Magistrate for the county of Monmouth, in the mineral and other landed property of which he is materially interested, as well as in that of the adjoining county of Glamorgan, for which he has also been long in the commission of the peace; and as being the only resident Magistrate in the upper division of the hundred in which he lives not personally engaged in the trade thereof, has had and still has numberless opportunities of truly and intimately knowing the state and circumstances of the vast labouring population situated therein, and in the adjoining mining districts of those counties; that great as certainly is the pressure of the times upon the labouring classes, the Petitioner is thoroughly convinced that the distress arising therefrom is grievously increased, and the peace of the country greatly endangered by the pernicious practice which of late has too generally obtained, of master's paying their workmen in goods instead of in money, which the Petitioner has reason to know from his own personal knowledge; that, with the exception of one only instance, has been the cause of all the disturbances of the public peace which have occasionally convulsed the mining district in which the Petitioner resides; and that although this mischievous and oppressive practice was, by the Acts of 57 Geo. 3, c. 122, and 58 Geo. 3, c. 51, repressed, and for a time nearly annihilated, the Petitioner regrets to add, has of late, both in the iron works and collieries of his neighbourhood, been generally renewed, and is at this present time enforced with greater rigour and to a greater extent than ever; and that in consequence of this monopoly of the custom of their workmen, the regular tradesman and shopkeeper have been unable to carry on their concerns without giving a ruinous and fatal credit; that various arts and subterfuges are had recourse to in order to evade the laws prohibiting this pernicious practice, and to avoid their penalties, but that the method adopted of late, with complete success, is for the master to appeal from the decision of the convicting Magistrates to the quarter sessions (as legally entitled to do), trusting to the utter inability of the half-starved complainant to encounter the persecution which generally follows a complaint, and expenses and loss of time at present necessary to support the conviction; the Petitioner therefore, alike impressed with a sense of the urgent necessity of the case, due regard to the dictates of humanity and justice, and to the peace and tranquillity of the country, humbly but earnestly implores the prompt interference of Parliament on behalf of the industrious classes of society; and in particular, that during the present session, and as early in the same as may be, as far as concerns the House, it may be enacted, that in order to assure the practical protection of equal-handed justice to the poor as well as the rich, in the execution of the laws of the realm, in all cases of appeal from the convictions of Magistrates, in matters of dispute regarding wages between the masters and workmen, shall be subject to the same rules, in every respect, as similar cases heard and determined by Magistrates out of sessions; and further praying, that the various laws relating to the payment of the wages of workmen may be speedily taken into the most serious consideration of the House, with a view to their consolidation, equalization and uniform application of all trades generally, with such alterations and additions as to the wisdom of the House may seem best calculated to insure to the British labourer, practically and effectually the full payment of his stipulated wages in money, without deduction, evasion or delay, and in no other way whatever.

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.

Petitions complaining of Distress.

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands and other Inhabitants of the several parishes within the division of Kingsclere, in the county of Southampton;-and, of Parishioners of the out parish of Leominster, in the county of Hereford,-were presented, and read; praying, That the House will take the deplorable state of the Nation into their most earnest and immediate consideration, and, laying aside all prejudice or preconceived opinions, to inquire into all the causes of those unprecedented difficulties which threaten, if no speedy remedy be found, to overwhelm the poor, the middle classes, and the affluent in one common ruin.

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Table; and to be printed.

Petitions against Renewal of East India Charter.

A Petition of Members of the Philosophical, Chemical and Mechanical Society of Bradford, was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners, being deeply impressed with the evils resulting to this Country from the commercial monopoly of the East India Company of the trade to the countries east of the Cape of Good Hope, humbly entreat that the House will not, at the expiration of the Company's present Charter, further prolong the exclusive and injurious privileges of that Company, but that they will extend to all His Majesty's subjects full and free liberty of trading with the immense and populous countries of the East, and of settling, and holding lands in all the British Eastern Dependencies; and that the Petitioners, being sensibly alive to the distress arising from the heavy taxation on articles chiefly consumed by the middle and lower classes of His Majesty's subjects, humbly beg leave to suggest to the consideration of the House the beneficial effects that would accrue to those classes from the abolition of the Duties on Malt, Ale and Beer, and to entreat they will abolish such Duties accordingly.

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; and be printed.

A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and others of the town and neighbourhood of Blackburn, in the county palatine of Lancaster;-of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Common Council of the city of Glasgow, in council assembled;-and, of the Convener of Trades, Baillies, Collector, Deacons and Visitor of the fourteen incorporated trades, and other ordinary and extraordinary members of the Trades House of the city of Glasgow,-were also presented, and read; praying the House, That at the earliest practicable period, the trade to the interior of India and to China may be thrown open, the monopoly in tea cease, the right to proceed to and settle in India be materially enlarged, and the power of banishment without trial and conviction for some known offence be put an end to; and further, that inquiry may be instituted into the present condition of the countries now subject to the British Crown, within the limits of the East India Company's Charter, in order that such measures may be adopted as shall most speedily develope the native resources of those regions, and most effectually promote the permanent welfare of their inhabitants.

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to the Select Committee on East India Company's Affairs.

Report from Committee on East India Company's Affairs. No. 99.

Mr. Ward reported from the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the present state of the Affairs of the East India Company, and into the Trade between Great Britain, the East Indies and China, and to report their Observations thereupon to the House, and who were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from time to time to the House; That they had made a progress in the matters to them referred, and had examined several witnesses, and directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them to the House, up to the 4th day of this instant March inclusive; and the Report was brought up, and read.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; and be printed.

Leave of Absence.

Ordered, That Mr. Coke have leave of absence for a month, on account of illness in his family.

Ordered, That Mr. Milbanke have leave of absence for a month, on urgent private business.

Petitions against East Retford Bill.

A Petition of several Burgesses of the borough of East Retford;-and, of Bailiffs and Aldermen of the borough of East Retford,-were presented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, that a Bill has been introduced into Parliament which contains an enactment in the following words: "the right of Election of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for the said Borough shall be in such freeholders as aforesaid, and in the persons who, by the custom and usage of the said borough, have or shall hereafter have a right to vote at such Election (excepting always persons who may have been made freemen by redemption since the last Return of Burgesses to serve in Parliament, and persons who may hereafter be made freemen by redemption), and the proper officer to whom the return of every writ or precept does belong, is to return the person or persons to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, who shall have the major part of the votes of such freeholders and other persons having a right to vote at such Election;" that the Petitioners respectfully submit, that the power of making freemen by redemption is vested by the charter of the Borough exclusively in the corporate body, consisting of two Bailiffs and eleven Aldermen, and that the privilege has not in any instance been exerted in such a manner as to warrant the censure of the House, far less the total divestment and abrogation of a right held under a patent title enjoyed for centuries, and never in any single instance abused; that no fact has been proved or transpired with reference to the exercise of that trust, to invoke from the House so heavy a mark of displeasure, or to justify so material an alteration in the rights of the Petitioners; that the House has examined no witnesses, nor received any evidence whatever to lead to the conclusion that a case is made out whereby Parliament, in conformity with the rules of justice, can divest the Petitioners of an authority delegated to them by royal charter, and strip them of a power to which they have such a title, without the breach, on their part, of any condition annexed to its continued possession; the Petitioners therefore most humbly pray, That no Bill, containing any such clause as set forth, be allowed to pass the House.

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Table; and to be printed.

Lunatic Commissions Bill, presented. No. 100.

Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor presented a Bill to diminish, in certain cases, the Inconvenience and Expense of Commissions in the nature of Writs de Lunatico Inquirendo: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday the 12th day of this instant March.

Ordered, That the Bill be printed.

Address for Communications respecting Metropolis Water.

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of such written Communications as have passed between the Office of the Secretary of State of the Home Department and the Chairman of the Committee appointed in the year 1828 to investigate the Supply of Water to the Metropolis, and the several Water Companies supplying the said Water.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Majesty, by such Members of this House as are of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.

Papers respecting London Bridge Waterworks, ordered.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies of all Letters Patent, Deeds of Grant, Licenses or Authorities, by virtue of which the Inhabitants of Southwark, and the parishes of Christ Church and Bermondsey, in Surrey, are at present supplied with Water by the Southwark or London Bridge Waterworks.

Copy of Petition respecting Fermanagh Sub-Sheriff, ordered.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy of the Petition of Francis M'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, complaining of the Sub-Sheriff of Fermanagh county, Ireland.

Petitions complaining of the Vicar of Foxford.

A Petition of Protestant Parishioners of the Union of Foxford, in the county of Mayo;-of Inhabitants of the parish of Killaser, one of the five parishes in the Union of Foxford;-and, of the parishes of Toomore, Killaser, Bohola, Killeden and Templemore, composing the Union of Foxford, in the barony of Gallen, and county of Mayo, and containing, according to the last census, 19,234 souls, -were presented, and read; setting forth, That in the year 1817 the Reverend John O' Roorke was appointed to and since continues in the vicarage of the said Union; that the Petitioners have been grievously harassed by the conduct of the said Reverend John O'Roorke, whose demands for tithe have been every year increasing, and the manner of collecting those demands becoming every day more oppressive, stating the particulars of their respective cases; and praying, That the House will devise such relief for the Petitioners, and others of His Majesty's loyal subjects who may be unfortunately situated as they are, as may be required.

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Table; and to be printed.

Orders for Returns of Record Commission, discharged.

The House was moved, That the Orders made upon the 26th day of February last, that there be laid before this House, Returns in detail, under separate heads, of the manner in which the Sums charged in the Civil Contingencies, as paid to the Commissioners of Public Records, in the year 1829, have been expended; also, of the manner in which the Sums charged in the Miscellaneous Estimates, as paid to the Commissioners of Public Records, in 1829, for Printing, have been expended:-of the various Works published, and in Course of Publication, under the direction of the Record Commissioners; specifying both the names of each and every Person who has been or is employed, whether as Sub-Commissioner, Clerk, Transcriber, or otherwise, in any stage of editing, compiling, transcribing, preparing for the press, subsequently revising and correcting each of such Works, and making Indexes and Calendars of the same, and the precise employment on each Work of such Persons so engaged; together with a full and accurate Statement, in detail, of any Sums which have been paid, or contracted to be paid, to each of the Persons so employed respectively; and also, of the charges paid or incurred for the Paper, Printing, Binding and Engraving the said Works respectively, - might be read; and the same being read;

Ordered, That the said Orders be discharged.

Other Returns ordered.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return, in detail, under separate heads, of the manner in which the Sums charged in the Civil Contingencies, as paid to the Commissioners of Public Records, in the year 1829, have been expended; also; of the manner in which the Sums charged in the Miscellaneous Estimates, as paid to the Commissioners of Public Records in 1829, for Printing, have been expended.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return, in detail, of the Works already published, and in course of publication, under the direction of the Record Commissioners.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return, specifying both the names of each and every Person who has been or is employed, whether as Sub-Commissioner, Clerk, Transcriber, or otherwise, in any stage of editing, compiling, transcribing, preparing for the press, subsequently revising and correcting, each of such Works, and making Indexes and Calendars of the same, and the precise employment on each Work of such Persons so engaged; together with a full and accurate Statement, in detail, of any Sums which have been paid, or contracted to be paid, to each of the Persons so employed respectively; and also, of the charges paid or incurred for the Paper, Printing, Binding and Engraving the said Works respectively for the last ten years.

Petition for removal of Civil Disabilities in Galway.

A Petition of the Landowners, Merchants, Traders, Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the town and county of the town of Galway, was presented, and read; setting forth, That by a Statute passed in the fourth year of his late Majesty George the First, c. 15, s. 5, all persons who do or shall come to practise trade in the town of Galway, are declared free of the Corporation thereof without paying any fine for the same, but that the general boon thus conferred was rendered almost nugatory by a subsequent section, which confined the benefit of such freedom to persons professing the Protestant religion for a period of seven years, taking however the oaths of Abjuration and Supremacy, and subscribing the declaration against Transubstantiation as by law then enjoined; that by the Relief Bill lately passed by the Legislature, the necessity of taking the oaths of Abjuration and Supremacy, and subscribing the declaration against Transubstantiation is altogether dispensed with, leaving however the said restriction of seven years Protestantism unrepealed; that, contrary to the spirit and intention of said last-mentioned Statutes, as expressed in the House at the time of its enactment, the extension to Roman Catholics of all privileges enjoyed by Protestants, the Roman Catholics of Galway are thus an isolated instance of exclusion from civil rights on account of religion, by reason whereof a cause of discontent is generated, feelings of discord are engendered between citizens of different communions, and, without a shadow of just ground, an odious distinction, prejudicial to public peace and private intercourse, is maintained in Galway alone of all the British dominions; that this distinction is the more galling on account of the proverbial loyalty of the Petitioners in revolving centuries, unchanged during the worst times of rebellion and persecution; that in the year 1641 the ancestors of the Petitioners raised a regiment for the service of the State; that in the year 1798 the fathers of the Petitioners amply contributed by their purses and persons to the support of Government, and under the present Lord Donoughmore, without the aid of a single soldier, maintained the garrison; that in the years 1819 and 1820, when the surrounding country was in a blaze of insurrection, not a whisper of discontent was heard within their precincts, and yet that civil disabilities continue to be imposed on a large class of the Petitioners on account of a conscientious adherence to religious belief; that the continuance of such disabilities is the more grievous by reason of the Petitioners being outcasts from the gracious boon of the last Session, while their pecuniary contributions to the State have been relatively unequalled; that the Revenue of the district has gradually augmented in nine years from 32,000£. to 114,000£., leaving a clear increase of 82,000£., and the return of the Petitioners for loyalty, thus active and unchanging, for sacrifices and contributions ample beyond parallel, is the exclusion of the Roman Catholic from those rights which the Protestant enjoys, has long enjoyed, and is justly entitled to; that the Petitioners rely with confidence on the wisdom and justice of the House, now that perfect freedom is enjoyed to the utmost verge of the British Empire; that they will not allow a stigma so unjust and so anomalous to remain on His Majesty's faithful subjects of Galway; and praying, That the House will be graciously pleased to explain or amend the said recited Statutes, so as to extend to Roman Catholics the same right of admission to the freedom of the said Corporation as is now enjoyed by Protestants.

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; and be printed.

Accounts to be printed. Nos. 101 & 102.

Ordered, That the several Accounts of the quantity of Foreign Corn, Meal and Flour imported; of Grain imported from Ireland; and, of Foreign Corn, Grain, Meal and Flour imported in Foreign Ships and in British Ships, from the year 1827, which were yesterday presented to the House, be printed.

Address for Report of Commissioners on Courts of Common Law.

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of the Second Report of the Commissioners for inquiring into the Practice and Proceedings of the Superior Courts of Common Law.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Majesty, by such Members of this House as are of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.

Petition for abolishing Slavery.

A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Keighley, in the county of York, was presented, and read; praying, That the House will take immediate steps for the complete abolition of Colonial Slavery, and for placing the Negro Population under those restraints alone which are needful for the security of the Colonies, and which will afford the greatest opportunities for improving them in moral and religious knowledge, and for making them peaceful and industrious members of society.

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; and be printed.

Motion respecting the Church of Ireland.

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, to pray, That His Majesty may be pleased to appoint a Commission selected from the Privy Council of Ireland, and instructed to proceed, with as little delay as may be practicable, in a systematic Examination of the several Dioceses of Ireland, as to the state of the Unions of Parishes contained therein; the authority under which such Unions have been effected, and the date thereof; the value of the several parishes so united; their contiguity or remoteness from each other, and from the several Churches contained therein; and the fitness or impropriety of the continuance of such Union whenever the Benefices in which they are comprised shall become vacant by death or otherwise, and to report from time to time their Proceedings in such Examination to His Majesty:-That His Majesty may be pleased to direct that strict Inquiry be made by the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, from the beneficed Clergy of Ireland, assembled at their annual Visitations, and otherwise, as to their exact payment to their several Curates of the full sum of Money, in British Currency, stipulated by Act of Parliament to be paid to such Curates for performance of the duties devolving on them, without any other deduction from such payment than what is expressly stated in such Act:-That His Majesty may be pleased to direct that there be laid before this House such information respecting the present exercise of the powers of granting or withholding Faculties for possessing Pluralities of Benefices, as may enable the House to judge of the expediency of proposing any modification of such powers, and of removing any obstruction which may now legally exist to their being administered, so as to be most beneficial to the real interests of the Church Establishment, and of the people committed to their care; that we particularly recommend to the consideration of His Majesty the propriety of suspending the appointment by the Crown to any Dignity or Benefice which may hereafter become vacant, within the gift thereof, in the Established Church of Ireland, until Inquiry shall have been made into the state and condition of the Cathedral or other Church connected with such Dignity or Benefice, and where it is deemed necessary to re-build or repair the same, of appropriating to such re-building or repair the Revenues arising from such Dignity or Benefice, after deducting therefrom the necessary provision for the celebration of Divine Worship, and the temporary discharge of the duties connected with such Dignity or Benefice, during such suspension of permanent appointment as was some years since effected during the reign of his late Majesty, in the case of Litchfield Cathedral.

And the previous Question being proposed, That that Question be now put:-The said previous Question and Motion were severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn.

Address respecting Church of Ireland.

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to appoint a Commission to proceed, with as little delay as may be practicable, to inquire into the state of the several Parochial Benefices in the respective Dioceses in Ireland, with a view to ascertain how far the same consist of separate or united Parishes, and to report, in the case of Unions, the authority under which such Unions have been effected, and the date thereof; the annual value of the several Parishes so united; the contiguity of such Parishes to each other; and of the Churches or Chapels within the same; and the possibility or fitness of dissolving such Unions at any future period:-That the said Commission be further directed to examine and report how far the Salaries required by law have, in each case, been paid to the several Curates serving within the said Parishes or Unions.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Majesty, by such Members of this House as are of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.

Address for Account of Faculties granted in Ireland.

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that there be laid before this House, an Account of the number of Faculties or Dispensations which have, in each of the last ten years, been granted in Ireland, for the purpose of enabling Ecclesiastical Persons to hold more than one Benefice, and of the Rules and Regulations under which such Faculties are now granted.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Majesty, by such Members of this House as are of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.

Motion respecting Bombay Judicature.

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy of the Correspondence between His Majesty's Commissioners for the Affairs of India, or either of them, and any of the Authorities at Bombay, respecting the Interference of the Bombay Government with certain Proceedings of His Majesty's Supreme Court of Judicature at that Presidency, in August and September 1828, or at any subsequent period:-And a Debate arising in the House thereupon;

And the House, having continued to sit till after twelve of the clock on Friday morning;

Veneris, 5° die Martii, 1830:

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this day.

Committee on Sale of Beer appointed.

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the Laws and Regulations which restrict the sale of Beer by retail; and to report their observations thereupon to the House:-And a Committee was appointed, of Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Viscount Althorp, Mr. Slaney, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Bingham Baring, Mr. William Peel, Mr. Western, Mr. Kekewich, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Charles Barclay, Lord Granville Somerset, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Ridley Colborne, Mr. Ross, Marquis of Douro, Mr. Archibald Campbell, Sir John Wrottesley, Mr. Charles Calvert, Lord Nugent, Sir George Clerk, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir Robert Wilson: And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Chamber; and have Power to send for persons papers and records.

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee.

Bogs Drainage (Ireland) Bill, ordered.

Ordered, That leave be given to give in a Bill for the draining and allotting the Bogs of Ireland: And that Mr. Brownlow and Mr. Leslie Foster do prepare, and bring it in.

Report Supply (1 March), deferred.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Report from the Committee of the whole House of Monday last, to whom it was referred to consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty;

Ordered, That the Report be received this day.

Report Supply (19 February) deferred.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Report from the Committee of the whole House, of Friday the 19th day of February last, to whom it was referred to consider further of the supply granted to His Majesty;

Ordered, That the Report be received this day.

Transfer of Aids Bill, committed.

A Bill for appropriating certain Sums to the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty, was, according to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Committee of the whole House for this day.

Exchequer Bills (£12,000,000.) Bill, committed.

A Bill for raising a certain Sum by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty, was, according to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Committee of the whole House for this day.

Paupers Removal Bill, passed.

The ingrossed Bill to repeal the Provisions of certain Acts relating to the Removal of Vagrant and Poor Persons born in the Isles of Jersey and Guernsey, and chargeable to Parishes in England, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof, was, according to Order, read the third time.

Resolved, That the Bill do pass.

Ordered, That Mr. Portman do carry the Bill to the Lords; and desire their concurrence.

Illusory Appointments Bill, deferred.

The Order of the day being read, for the third reading of the ingrossed Bill to alter and amend the Law relating to Illusory Appointments;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon Wednesday next.

Tithes Exchange Bill, deferred.

The Order of the day being read, for the second reading of the Bill to enable Rectors, Vicars and other Incumbents of Ecclesiastical Benefices and Livings in England and Wales, to exchange their Tithes for Corn Rents, by agreement with the Owners of Lands;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Friday the 12th day of this instant March.

Address for Report on Vaccination.

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of the last Report from the National Vaccine Establishment.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Majesty, by such Members of this House as are of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.

Address for Report of Charities.

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of the Twenty-second Report on Charities.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Majesty, by such Members of this House as are of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.

Bogs Drainage (Ireland) Bill, presented. No. 103.

Mr. Brownlow presented a Bill for draining and alloting the Bogs of Ireland: And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday the 1st day of April next.

Ordered, That the Bill be printed.

Member discharged out of Custody.

The Serjeant at Arms attending this House, informed the House, That he had, pursuant to their Order, taken into his custody Edward Rose Tunno, Esquire, a Member of this House.

Ordered, That Edward Rose Tunno, Esquire, in custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, for neglecting to attend the Ballot on Tuesday last, be forthwith discharged out of custody, paying his fees.

And then the House, having continued to sit till two of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this day.