House of Lords Journal Volume 64: 1 June 1832

Die Veneris, 1° Junii 1832.

DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Ewing v. Wallace.

Counsel (according to Order) were called in to be heard, ex-parte, in the Cause wherein William Ewing is Appellant, and William Wallace is Respondent:

And the Appellant's Counsel being fully heard;

The Counsel was directed to withdraw.

Ordered, That the further Consideration of the said Cause be put off sine Die.

J. & L. Booth v. Booth & Black.

After hearing Counsel, in Part, in the Cause wherein John Booth junior and Livingston Booth are Appellants, and Mrs. Rachael Booth or Black and Doctor Alexander Black her Husband are Respondents;

It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said Cause be put off 'till To-morrow.

Navy Civil Departments Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Spring Rice and others;

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Business of the Civil Departments of the Navy, and to make other Regulations for more effectually carrying on the Duties of the said Departments;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendment made thereto.

Reddie v. Syme.

Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein John Reddie is Appellant, and David Syme Esquire is Respondent, which stands appointed for this Day, be put off to Monday next.

Bills passed by Commission.

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That His Majesty had been pleased to issue a Commission to several Lords therein named, for declaring His Royal Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses of Parliament."

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

Then Three of the Lords Commissioners, being in their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack, The Lord Chancellor in the Middle, with The Lord President on his Right Hand, and The Duke of Richmond on his Left; commanded the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to signify to the Commons, "The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this House, to hear the Commission read."

Who being come, with their Speaker;

The Lord Chancellor said,

"My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

"His Majesty, not thinking fit to be personally present here at this Time, has been pleased to cause a Commission to be issued under the Great Seal, and thereby given His Royal Assent to divers Acts which have been agreed upon by both Houses of Parliament, the Titles whereof are particularly mentioned; and by the said Commission hath commanded us to declare and notify His Royal Assent to the said several Acts, in the Presence of you the Lords and Commons assembled for that Purpose: Which Commission you will now hear read."

Then the said Commission was read by the Clerk as follows; (vizt.)

"William R.

"William the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith; To Our right trusty and right well-beloved the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and to Our trusty and well-beloved the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, Greeting: Whereas in Our said Parliament divers and sundry Acts have been agreed and accorded on by you Our loving Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this Our present Parliament assembled, and endorsed by you as hath been accustomed, the Titles and Names of which Acts hereafter do particularly ensue; (that is to say,) "An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Tithes in certain Cases in Ireland, and for Relief of the Clergy of the Established Church:" "An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Business of the Civil Departments of the Navy, and to make other Regulations for more effectually carrying on the Duties of the said Departments:" "An Act to continue, until the First Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, an Act of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in India:" "An Act to authorize (in Parishes inclosed under any Act of Parliament) the letting of the Poor Allotments in small Portions to industrious Cottagers:" "An Act to amend and render more effectual certain Acts of the Twentythird Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second and the Nineteenth Year of His late Majesty King George the Third, for the more speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Tower Hamlets:" "An Act for the better Regulation and Improvement of the United Parishes of Saint Andrew Holborn above the Bars and Saint George the Martyr, in the County of Middlesex:" "An Act for making and maintaining Wet Docks in the Port of Hartlepool, and a Railway from the said Docks into the Township of Moorsley, with certain Branches therefrom, all in the County of Durham:" "An Act for amending and rendering more effectual an Act of King George the Third, for improving the Pier and Port of Hartlepool, in the County of Durham:" "An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway to alter some Parts of the said Canal Navigation, to alter and amend the Line of the said Railway, to make further Collateral Branches thereto, and for amending the Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to the said Canal and Railway:" "An Act for inclosing, draining and embanking Lands within the Parishes of Ruskington and Dorrington, and the Township or Hamlet of North Kyme, in the Parish of South Kyme, all in the County of Lincoln:" "An Act for more effectually repairing the First District of the Road from Coleshill, through the City of Lichfield and the Town of Stone, to the End of the County of Stafford, in the Road leading towards Chester, and several other Roads in the Counties of Warwick and Stafford and City and County of the City of Lichfield:" "An Act for repairing and improving the Road from Ternhill to Newport, in the County of Salop:" "An Act for more effectually repairing, improving and maintaining the Road from Bawtry to Selby, in the West Riding of the County of York:" "An Act for more effectually repairing and improving certain Roads leading to and through the Town of Goudhurst, in the County of Kent:" "An Act for better maintaining certain Roads within the County of Salop called "The Shawbury District of Roads:" "An Act for repairing, maintaining and improving the Road from Stevenage, in the County of Hertford, to Biggleswade, in the County of Bedford, and a Branch therefrom to Arlsey, in the said County of Bedford:" "An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road from Lanfabon to Pontymoil, and other Roads and Bridges therein mentioned, in the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth:" "An Act for inclosing and exonerating from Tithes Lands in the Parish of Clifton, in the County of Bedford:" "An Act for inclosing certain Commons or Tracts of Waste Lands called Harberrow and Blakedown Commons, in the Parish of Hagley, in the County of Worcester." And albeit the said Acts by you Our said Subjects, the Lords and Commons in this Our present Parliament assembled, are fully agreed and consented unto, yet nevertheless the same are not of Force and Effect in the Law without Our Royal Assent given and put to the said Acts; And for as much as for divers Causes and Considerations We cannot conveniently at this Time be present in Our Royal Person in the Higher House of Our said Parliament, being the accustomed Place for giving Our Royal Assent to such Acts as have been agreed upon by you Our said Subjects, the Lords and Commons, We have therefore caused these Our Letters Patent to be made, and have signed the same, and by the same do give and put Our Royal Assent to the said Acts, and to all Articles, Clauses and Provisions therein contained, and have fully agreed and assented to the said Acts; Willing that the said Acts, and every Article, Clause, Sentence and Provision therein contained, from henceforth shall be of the same Strength, Force and Effect, as if We had been personally present in the said Higher House, and had openly and publicly, in the Presence of you all, assented to the same: And We do by these Presents declare and notify the same Our Royal Assent, as well to you the Lords spiritual and Temporal, and Commons aforesaid, as to all others whom it may concern; Commanding also by these Presents Our well-beloved and faithful Councillor Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux, Our Chancellor of that Part of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Great Britain, to seal these Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and also commanding Our most dear Brothers and faithful Councillors Ernest Duke of Cumberland, Augustus Duke of Sussex, Adolphus Duke of Cambridge; Our most dear Cousin and faithful Councillor William Frederick Duke of Gloucester; The Most Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Councillor William Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our well-beloved and faithful Councillor Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux, Chancellor of that Part of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Great Britain; Our most dear Cousin and Councillor Henry Marquess of Lansdowne, President of Our Council; Our wellbeloved and faithful Councillor John George Lord Durham, Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our most dear Cousins and Councillors William Spencer Duke of Devonshire, Chamberlain of Our Household; Charles Duke of Richmond, George William Frederick Duke of Leeds, William Henry Duke of Portland, Arthur Duke of Wellington, Richard Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Marquess Wellesley, Steward of Our Household; Charles Marquess of Winchester, John Jeffreys Marquess Camden, Henry William Marquess of Anglesey, John Earl of Westmorland, George Earl of Carlisle, Cropley Ashley Earl of Shaftesbury, George Earl of Aberdeen, William Earl Fitzwilliam, George John Earl Spencer, John Earl of Chatham, Henry Earl Bathurst, Charles Earl Grey, John Earl of Eldon, John William Earl of Dudley, William Viscount Melbourne, Robert Viscount Melville, Henry Viscount Sidmouth, Frederick John Viscount Goderich; Our well-beloved and faithful Councillors Henry Richard Lord Holland, William Wyndham Lord Grenville, Edward Lord Ellenborough, Nicholas Lord Bexley, John Singleton Lord Lyndhurst and Charles Lord Tenterden, or any Three or more of them, to declare and notify this Our Royal Assent in Our Absence in the said Higher House, in the Presence of you, the said Lords and Commons of Our Parliament, there to be assembled for that Purpose; and the Clerk of Our Parliaments to endorse the said Acts with such Terms and Words, in Our Name, as is requisite and hath been accustomed for the same, and also to enrol these Our Letters Patent, and the said Acts, in the Parliament Roll; and these Our Letters Patent shall be to every of them a sufficient Warrant in that Behalf: And finally, We do declare and will, that after this Our Royal Assent given and passed by these Presents, and declared and notified as is aforesaid, then and immediately the said Acts shall be taken, accepted and admitted good, sufficient and perfect Acts of Parliament and Laws, to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes, and to be put in due Execution accordingly, the Continuance or Dissolution of this Our Parliament, or any other Use, Custom, Thing or Things to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.

"Witness Ourself at Westminster, the First Day of June, in the Second Year of Our Reign.

By the King Himself, signed with His own Hand.

"Bathurst."

Then The Lord Chancellor said,

"In obedience to His Majesty's Commands, and by virtue of the Commission which has been now read, We do declare and notify to you, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, That His Majesty hath given his Royal Assent to the several Acts in the Commission mentioned; and the Clerks are required to pass the same in the usual Form and Words."

Then the Deputy Clerk of the Crown, at the Table, read the Titles of the Bills to be passed, severally, as follow; (vizt.)

1. "An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Tithes in certain Cases in Ireland, and for Relief of the Clergy of the Established Church."

2. "An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Business of the Civil Departments of the Navy, and to make other Regulations for more effectually carrying on the Duties of the said Departments."

3. "An Act to continue, until the First Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, an Act of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty, for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in India."

4. "An Act to authorize (in Parishes inclosed under any Act of parliament) the letting of the Poor Allotments in small Portions to industrious Cottagers."

5. "An Act to amend and render more effectual certain Acts of the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second and the Nineteenth Year of His Majesty King George the Third, for the more speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Tower Hamlets."

6. "An Act for the better Regulation and Improvement of the United Parishes of Saint Andrew Holborn above the Bars and Saint George the Martyr, in the County of Middlesex."

7. "An Act for making and maintaining Wet Docks in the Port of Hartlepool, and a Railway from the said Docks into the Township of Moorsley, with certain Branches therefrom, all in the County of Durham."

8. "An Act for amending and rendering more effectual an Act of King George the Third, for improving the Pier and Port of Hartlepool, in the County of Durham."

9. "An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway to alter some Parts of the said Canal Navigation, to alter and amend the Line of the said Railway, to make further Collateral Branches thereto, and for amending the Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to the said Canal and Railway."

10. "An Act for inclosing, draining and embanking Lands within the Parishes of Ruskington and Dorrington, and the Township or Hamlet of North Kyme, in the Parish of South Kyme, all in the County of Lincoln."

11. "An Act for more effectually repairing the First District of the Road from Coleshill, through the City of Lichfield and the Town of Stone, to the End of the County of Stafford, in the Road leading towards Chester, and several other Roads in the Counties of Warwick and Stafford and City and County of the City of Lichfield."

12. "An Act for repairing and improving the Road from Ternhill to Newport, in the County of Salop."

13. "An Act for more effectually repairing, improving and maintaining the Road from Bawtry to Selby, in the West Riding of the County of York."

14. "An Act for more effectually repairing and improving certain Roads leading to and through the Town of Goudhurst, in the County of Kent."

15. "An Act for better maintaining certain Roads within the County of Salop called "The Shawbury District of Roads."

16. "An Act for repairing, maintaining and improving the Road from Stevenage, in the County of Hertford, to Biggleswade, in the County of Bedford, and a Branch therefrom to Arlsey, in the said County of Bedford."

17. "An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road from Lanfabon to Pontymoil, and other Roads and Bridges therein mentioned, in the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (vizt.)

"Le Roy le veult."

18. "An Act for inclosing and exonerating from Tithes Lands in the Parish of Clifton, in the County of Bedford."

19. "An Act for inclosing certain Commons or Tracts of Waste Lands called Harberrow and Blakedown Commons, in the Parish of Hagley, in the County of Worcester."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (vizt.)

"Soit fait comme il est desire."

Then the Commons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

Haddington Court House, &c. Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Balfour and others;

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for erecting and maintaining within the Burgh of Haddington a new Court House, Record Rooms and other Offices for the County of Haddington;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendment made thereto.

Jesus College Estate Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. William Peel and others;

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, to enable the Master, Fellows and Scholars of Jesus College, in the University of Cambridge, to alter and vary the Benefaction of Doctor Edmund Proby and Sir Thomas Proby, and to appropriate the same for the Benefit of the said College in the Augmentation of several small Rectories and Vicarages; and further to appropriate the said Benefaction;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

Walpole Inclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir William Folkes and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing certain open Common Salt Marshes in the Township of Walpole, in the County of Norfolk;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Marlborough, &c. Roads Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir William Folkes and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually repairing and amending the Marlborough District of the Road from Swindon to Marlborough and from Marlborough to Everley, in the County of Wilts, and also the Branch Road from the same to the present Turnpike Road from Andover to Devizes; and for making a Road from the said Branch Road at Collingbourn Ducis to join the present Turnpike Road from Andover to Salisbury, in the said County;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Thornbury Inclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Webb and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Thornbury, in the County of Gloucester;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Gloucester & Berkeley Canal Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Webb and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for consolidating the several Shares of the Proprietors of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company, and for converting the Interests of the several Parties holding Debentures, Annuities and Optional Notes into Shares; and for altering and enlarging the Powers of the several Acts passed for making and maintaining the said Canal;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Bristol (St. James') Improvement Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Webb and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for repairing, lighting and watching the District of the United Parishes of Saint James and Saint Paul, in the County of Gloucester; and for the Care of the Poor thereof;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Five Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Ballesley Inclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Howard and others;

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for inclosing Lands in the Township of Ballesley otherwise Bausley, within the Parish of Alberbury, in the County of Montgomery;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendment made thereto.

Spalding, &c. Drainage Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Howard and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the better Drainage of certain Lands in the Parishes of Spalding and Pinchbeck, in the County of Lincoln, the Waters from which are discharged by the Blue Gowt Drain;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Blankney, &c. Drainage Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Howard and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the more effectual Drainage of the Lands within Blankney Fen, Blankney Dales, Linwood Fen, Linwood Dales, and Martin Fen and Martin Dales, in the County of Lincoln;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Birkenhead Church Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Howard and others;

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the Church of Saint Mary in the Chapelry of Birkenhead, in the County Palatine of Chester;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendments made thereto.

Evan Water Road Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Howard and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for amending and continuing the Acts relating to the Road from Elvan Foot, in the County of Lanark, to Beatock Bridge, in the County of Dumfries;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

CorkHospital Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Wood and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for uniting the Funds of the North and South Charitable Infirmaries of the City of Cork, and for establishing in lieu of such Infirmaries One general Hospital for the said City;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Clerk of the Crown, (King's Bench,) Ireland, Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Wood and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to regulate the Office of Clerk of the Crown in the Court of King's Bench in Ireland;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.

Leave to Earl Cawdor to attend Com ee of H.C. on the Post Office Communication with Ireland.

It was moved, "That The Earl Cawdor may have Leave to go to the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Post Office Communication with Ireland, if his Lordship think fit."

And The Earl Cawdor, in his Place, acquainting the House, "That he was willing, with the Leave of the House, to go to the said Committee;"

Ordered, That The Earl Cawdor have Leave to go to the said Committee, if his Lordship think fit.

Tithes, (Ireland,) Petitions from Ballymore & Kilworth, &c. for Abolition of.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Ballymore, in the County of Westmeath, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships to leave Man, living under a free Constitution, free to support those Ministers of Religion only to whose Opinions he can conscientiously subscribe, and totally abolish the Tithe System, a System iniquitous in Principle, because it compels one Man to pay for the Spiritual Instruction of another, and consequently creates a Sense of Wrong, an Exasperation of Feeling, which not unfrequently terminates in the Immolation of Human Life:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Upon reading the Petition of the Tithe Payers of the United Parishes of Kilworth, Kilcrumper, Macroney and Leitrim, County of Cork, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "by abolishing Tithes, to let all Creeds be free, to let no Premium be set on Peculiarity of Belief, to let every Church stand on its own Basis, leaving every Sect of Christians to support their own Pastors, thus establishing for evermore Freedom of Conscience and free Trade in Religion:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Tithes & Church Rates, (Ireland,) Petitions for Abolition of: (Crecora:)

Upon reading the Petition of the Landholders, Farmers and other Inhabitants of the Parish of Crecora, in the County of Limerick, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "by the total Abolition of Tithes and Church Rates in Ireland, to relieve them from so heavy, so galling and so odious an Impost:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Carnew:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Carnew, County Wicklow, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to pass a Bill to relieve His Majesty's Catholic Subjects from the Grievance of Tithes and Church Rates under any Shape or Name:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Ballinaslaney, &c.

Upon reading the Petition of the Tithe Payers of the Parishes of Ballinaslaney, Edermine, Ballyhuskart and Kilpatrick, in the County of Wexford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will totally extinguish the present Tithe and Cess Laws in Ireland, as the Petitioners honestly and fervently believe that no Commutation or Change of the System short of total Annihilation can ever satisfy the Irish People:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Education, (Ireland,) Petitions against proposed Plan: (Guildford:)

Upon reading the Petition of the Magistrates, Clergy and other Inhabitants of the Town of Guildford and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That the further Grant of Money to the Popish Seminary at Maynooth may be withheld, and especially at the present Time, when Economy in every Branch of the Public Expenditure is so important, and a faithful and Christian Administration of the National Resources is so imperiously the Duty of the Government, who, no less than Individuals, are Stewards that must render an Account to the Great Lord of all of the Talents of Wealth and Power entrusted to their Care; and that their Lordships will effectually interpose and prevent the Mutilation of the Holy Scriptures becoming Parcel of the Law of the Land, by refusing their Sanction to the Plan of Education of the Poor of Ireland proposed by His Majesty's Ministers:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Clifton Campville:

Upon reading the Petition of the Minister and Parishioners of the Parish of Clifton Campville, in the County of Stafford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to withdraw their Concurrence from any Measure which may be productive of Effects so injurious to the Cause of Religion as the Plan of Education of the Poor of Ireland, proposed by His Majesty's Ministers:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Kirk Langley:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Kirk Langley, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Chesterfield:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Chesterfield, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

St. John's Church, Derby:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Derby, forming the Congregation at St. John's Church, or residing in the immediate Vicinity thereof, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Winster:

And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Winster, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships, "That the Plan of National Education for Ireland which has lately been proposed by His Majesty's Government may not receive the Support of this House; and that the Public Grant to the Romish College at Maynooth may be discontinued:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table.

Ormaston by Ashbourn:

Upon reading the Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, and Inhabitants of the Parish of Ormaston by Ashbourn, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "not to sanction the proposed Plan of Education for Ireland; and further, to discontinue the Grant of Money to the Roman Catholic College at Maynooth, whereby this professedly Protestant Country is guilty of disseminating the most fatal Errors:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Spondon:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Spondon, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "not to support such a Restriction of the Circulation of the Word of God as has been done in the proposed System of National Education for Ireland, with any Grant of the Public Money:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

St. George's Church, Derby:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Derby, belonging to the Congregation of St. George's Church in that Borough, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will not support nor sanction the proposed Plan of Education of the Poor of Ireland, but afford an Opportunity to the Irish Roman Catholic Peasantry of becoming acquainted with the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make them wise unto Salvation, through Faith, which is in Christ Jesus:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Weston upon Trent:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Weston upon Trent, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That the Plan of National Education for Ireland which has lately been proposed by His Majesty's Government may not receive the Support of this House:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

St. Peter's Church Derby:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Derby, in the County of Derby, attending Religious Worship in the Parish Church of Saint Peter in that Town, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will not sanction the Measure for the National Education of the People of Ireland, or any Measure which does not tend to, and encourage, the free and unrestricted Use of the entire Bible; and will also in future discontinue the Grant to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

St. Werburgh's Church, Derby:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Derby, belonging to the Congregation assembling in the Parish Church of Saint Werburgh, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That neither the Plan proposed by the Commissioners of Irish Education, nor any other Plan of Education restricting the free Use of the Holy Scriptures, may receive the Sanction of this House; and, on the contrary, that their Lordships will secure such a general System of Education for the People of Ireland, grounded upon the simple, broad and only Protestant and Christian Principle of full Instruction out of the Oracles of Truth, as to their Lordships shall seem most expedient:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Norwich:

Upon reading the Petition of the Clergy, Gentry and other Inhabitants of the City and County of Norwich and Parts adjacent, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to withhold all Support from the proposed Plan of National Education in Ireland, as being at variance with those Principles which we are bound as a Protestant People most strenuously to maintain:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Presbytery of Newcastle upon Tyne:

Upon reading the Petition of the Presbytery of Newcastle upon Tyne; praying, "That their Lordships will provide that all Grants of Public Money for Education in Ireland or elsewhere be applied only in Support of Systems of Instruction which are founded on the entire Word of God, and which encourage the free and universal Circulation of the Holy Scriptures amongst all Descriptions of Persons; and further, to provide that in the Application of such Money no Compromise be made with the Church of Rome, nor any Support or Countenance whatever given to those who would substitute a Part for the Whole of God's Word, or who would teach for Doctrines the Commandments of Men:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Dumfries.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Royal Burgh of Dumfries and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will take the necessary Steps to prevent the Execution of the proposed Plan of Education of the Poor of Ireland, and no longer to countenance the Application of the Funds of the State to the Support of the Popish College of Maynooth:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

The Lord's Day, Petition from Camberwell for better Observance of.

Upon reading the Petition of the Vicar, Clergy and Inhabitants of Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will make such Amendments in the existing Law respecting the Observance of the Lord's Day, by imposing, if not an increased Penalty in all Cases, at least an increasing Penalty in the Case of repeated and more flagrant Offences against such Observance, or by such other Means as to their Lordships shall seem fitting, so that the Law may be made effectual to the due Observance of that Day in this Christian Land, and may, by the Blessing of Almighty God, draw down upon us His gracious Promise to "the City which halloweth the Sabbath to do no Work therein," that it "shall remain for ever:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Slavery, Petitions for Abolition of: (Newcastle upon Tyne:)

Upon reading the Petition of the Presbytery of Newcastle upon Tyne, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "immediately to pass a Law for the Purpose of abolishing Slavery throughout all Parts of the King's Dominions, passing at the same Time such Enactments as may be necessary to preserve the Peace of the Colonies, lest the Curse of God descend upon the Country, and this Nation come to nought:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Hereford:

Upon reading the Petition of the Magistrates, Clergy, Gentry and other Inhabitants of the City of Hereford and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to take such Measures as are calculated to effect the immediate and total Extinction of Slavery in all the British Colonies, by which the Interests of the White Population will not be less promoted than the Welfare of the Slaves themselves:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Church Withington:

Upon reading the Petition of the Minister and Congregation of Baptists and other Inhabitants of Church Withington, in the County of Hereford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Baptist Chapel, Hereford:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Minister and Members of the Congregation of the Baptist Chapel of the City of Hereford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Eign Brook Chapel, Hereford:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Minister and Members of the Congregation of the Independent Chapel of Eign Brook, in the City of Hereford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Berrington St. Chapel, Hereford.

And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Minister and Members of the Congregation of the late Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel in Berrington Street, in the City of Hereford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships "to adopt such Measures as their Wisdom may suggest as best calculated to effect the immediate Extinction of Colonial Slavery, and thus annihilate one of the greatest practical Evils that ever afflicted the Human Race:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table.

Captain Graham, Petition from Wexford to restore him to the Commission of the Peace, (Ireland.)

Upon reading the Petition of the Magistrates of the County of Wexford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "To adopt such Measures as they may think necessary for restoring Captain Graham to the Commission of the Peace in Ireland:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Summons of the Lords, Order for, discharged.

It was moved, "That the Order made on Wednesday last, "That all the Lords be summoned to attend the Service of the House on Tuesday next," be now read."

The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.

Lords summoned.

Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend the Service of the House on Wednesday next.

Order of the Day discharged.

The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be summoned;

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.

Cork Local Rates, Petition from St. Peter's, Cork, as to Mode of levying.

Upon reading the Petition of the Rate Payers of St. Peter's Parish, in the City of Cork, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "so to apportion the Assessment of the Local Rates in the City of Cork that the head and intermediate Landlords shall be subject to Three Fourths, and the occupying Tenant to One Fourth thereof:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Reform of Parliament, Petition from Moncoin & Carigeen in favor of.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Moncoin and Carigeen, in the County of Kilkenny, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That the Petitioners, as being a Portion of the United Empire, may receive a Reform Bill equal in Extent to that of England, and an Extension of the Franchise and an Augmentation of Representatives equally proportionable to Ireland's Population and Resources, with a view to the general Good of the Empire:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

West India Colonies, Petition from Greenock for Protection of.

Upon reading the Petition of the Merchants, Ship Owners and other Inhabitants of Greenock, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to afford just and adequate Protection to His Majesty's West India Colonies, and to grant them such Relief as to this House may seem meet:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Reform (England) Bill, Petition from St. Mawes in favor of.

Upon reading the Petition of certain Electors and other Inhabitants of the Borough of St. Mawes, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales;" and praying their Lordships "to pass the same into a Law, or at all Events to pass such Part of the Bill as has for its Object the total Disfranchisement of St. Mawes in particular:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Beer Act, Petition of Magistrates of Cheshire for Repeal of.

Upon reading the Petition of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace acting for the County of Chester, assembled in their Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the said County, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying for their Lordships Attention to the urgent Necessity of an immediate entire Repeal of the Act of Parliament authorizing the Sale of Beer by Retail in Houses appointed without any Reference to the Character or Circumstances of the Parties opening them:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Reform (England) Bill, Petition from Malton to continue York as the Place of Election.

Upon reading the Petition of the Freeholders of Malton and its Vicinity, in the North Riding of the County of York, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales;" and praying, "That their Lordships will be pleased not to change the Place of Election for the said North Riding from York to North-Allerton:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Reform (England) Bill, Petition of W. Bryant to transfer Reigate from Schedule B. to A.

Upon reading the Petition of William Bryant a principal Owner of the unbought-up Freeholds in the Borough of Reigate, in the County of Surrey; taking notice of the last-mentioned Bill, and praying their Lordships, "That the Property acquired under a Grant from the Crown may be altogether disfranchised and given up to the People of the United Kingdom; and that the Borough of Reigate may be transferred from Schedule B. to Schedule A.; or if it is to remain in Schedule B. that the whole Hundred of Reigate may be added to its Electors; and that the High Constable of the Hundred be made the Returning Officer thereof, instead of the Bailiff of the Borough of Reigate:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Reform (England) Bill, Petition from Hedon & Holderness to return Two Members.

Upon reading the Petition of the Mayor, Bailiff and Burgesses of Hedon in Holderness, in the East Riding of the County of York, and of the Freeholders and Copyholders of the Hundred of Holderness aforesaid, and of other Inhabitants of the said Town and Hundred, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of the last-mentioned Bill, and praying their Lordships, "That the Town of Hedon and the Hundred of Holderness may be united in the Privilege of sending Two Members to the Commons House; that the Inhabitants of Hedon, and the Freeholders, Copyholders and others in the Hundred of Holderness, to be qualified as their Lordships may deem necessary, may be the Electors; and the Mayor for the Time being may continue to be the Officer to receive and make Return of the Sheriff's Precept for the Elections:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Criminal Laws, Petition from Bury St. Edmunds for Revision of.

Upon reading the Petition of the Magistrates and Inhabitants within the Liberty of Bury Saint Edmunds, in the County of Suffolk, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to take the Criminal Laws into their Consideration in order to their Revision and Amendment, and to the Abolition of the Penalty of Death in nearly all Cases in which the Defence of Life and Person does not imperiously demand its Infliction:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Zemindar of Nozeed Bill, Order for 3 a:

The Order of the Day being read for the Third Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for providing for the Discharge of a Claim in respect of Monies advanced by the late James Hodges Esquire on Security of the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in the District of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, now under the Government of The Honorable the East India Company;" and for the Lords to be summoned;

Ordered, That the said Bill be read the Third Time on Tuesday next, at Ten o'Clock; and that the Lords be summoned.

Leave to The East India Co. to be heard against it.

Ordered, That the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies be at liberty to be then heard by their Counsel at the Bar against the said Bill; and that Counsel be heard for the Bill at the same Time.

Reform (England) Bill, Petition from Chapel-en-le-Frith in favor of.

Upon reading the Petition of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Chapel-en-le-Frith, in the County of Derby, and its Neighbourhood, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales;" and praying their Lordships, "That the same may become the Law:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

King's County Assizes, Papers respecting, Ordered.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, "Copies of all Memorials or Petitions presented to The Lord Lieutenant or The Chancellor of Ireland, or the Twelve Judges in Ireland, from the Year 1829 to the present Time, relating to holding the Assizes for the King's County, in Ireland, at Tullamoore instead of Philipstown, and to the Building of a Court House at Tullamoore; with the Proceedings had therein."

Chichester Church Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for establishing as a Parish Church the newly-erected Church in the Parish of Saint Bartholomew, adjoining the City of Chichester."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H.C. that the Lords have agreed to it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Wingfield and Mr. Farrer;

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Doncaster & Selby Road Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from the Town of Doncaster to the Town and Port of Selby, in the West Riding of the County of York."

Then the following Amendment was made to the said Bill:

Pr. 26. L. 12. After ("Footpath") insert ("Provided nevertheless, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend to authorize the said Trustees to alter or otherwise interfere with the Level of the said Selby Bridge.")

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with the Amendment, shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with an Amendment to it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by the former Messengers;

To return the said Bill, and acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the same, with One Amendment, to which their Lordships desire their Concurrence.

Hodgson's Estate Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Real Estates devised by the Will of Ellis Leckonby Hodgson Esquire, deceased, in Everton, within the Manor of West Derby, in the County of Lancaster, in Trustees, to be sold for paying off an Incumbrance thereon; for dividing Two Third Parts of the Residue of the Purchase Money among the Devisees of Two Third Parts of the said Estates; and for investing the remaining One Third Part of the said Money in the Purchase of other Estates, or on Securities to the same Uses as the other Third Part of the said devised Estates."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H.C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by the former Messengers;

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.

Beverley, &c. Roads Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for maintaining certain Roads in the Neighbourhood of the Towns of Beverley, of Kingston-upon-Hull and of North Cave, called "The Beverley, Hessle and North Cave Turnpike Roads."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords present this Day:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on the 11th of this instant June, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Standard Life Assurance Co's Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable the Standard Life Assurance Company to sue and be sued in the Name of their Manager; for confirming the Rules and Regulations of the said Company; and for other Purposes relating thereto."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords present this Day:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Monday next, at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Hill & Moor Inclosure Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for inclosing Lands within the Hamlet of Hill and Moor, in the Parish of Fladbury, in the County of Worcester."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords present this Day:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Monday next, at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Dudley & Brettell Lane Roads Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for maintaining and improving certain Roads within the Counties of Worcester and Stafford called the Dudley and Brettell Lane District of Roads; and for making several Branches from such Roads."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords present this Day:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Monday next, at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Dudley & New Inn Roads Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for improving certain Roads within the Counties of Worcester, Salop and Stafford, called the Dudley and New Inn District of Roads."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords present this Day:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Monday next, at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Insolvent Debtors Act Continuing Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to continue for Three Years, and to amend, the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England."

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Dean & Chapter of Durham's Bill, Motion for dispensing with Standing Order 126.

The House was moved, "That the Standing Order No. 126, concerning Bills for selling Lands in one Place and buying Lands in another Place, to be settled in lieu thereof, may be so far dispensed with as that the Committee to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the Dean and Chapter of Durham to appropriate Part of the Property of their Church to the Establishment of a University in Connexion therewith for the Advancement of Learning," stands committed, may proceed upon the said Bill, notwithstanding the said Order should not be complied with."

Ordered, That the said Motion be taken into Consideration on Monday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

E. of Limerick's Petition referred to Judges in Ireland.

Upon reading the Petition of The Right Honorable Edmond Henry Earl of Limerick and Viscount Glentworth of that Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, and Baron Foxford of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; praying Leave to bring in a Bill for the Purposes in the said Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition be, and is hereby referred to The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland, and Mr. Baron Foster, in Ireland, who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill, and, after hearing them, are to report to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties, who may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill, have signed the Petition; and also, that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.

Sir T. Boughev's Estate Bill.

The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for exchanging Part of the Settled Estates of Sir Thomas Fletcher Fenton Boughey Baronet for Part of his FeeSimple Estates," was committed; "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments thereto."

Which Amendments, being read Twice by the Clerk, were agreed to by the House.

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

Perthshire, &c. Roads Bill.

The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually making, maintaining and repairing certain Roads, with the necessary Bridges thereon, in the Counties of Perth, Stirling and Forfar," was committed; "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Stoke Ferry Roads Bill.

The Earl of Shaftesbury made the like Report from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually repairing several Roads leading from the Bell in Stoke Ferry, in the County of Norfolk," was committed.

Report from the Journal Com ee.

The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Lords SubCommittees appointed to consider of the Orders and Customs of this House, and of the Privileges of the Peers of Great Britain and Ireland, and Lords of Parliament; and to peruse and perfect the Journals of this and former Sessions of Parliament; "That the Committee had met, and had come to the following Resolution; (viz ^t.)

Resolved, That there being now ready for Delivery the 63d Volume of the Journals, containing the Session 1830-1, and also the Session 1831, beginning the 14th of September 1830, and ending the 22d of November 1831, with Indexes thereto, which Volume has been printed in pursuance of the Order of the House of the 15th of June 1793, the said Volume be delivered in the same Manner as the preceding Volumes of the Journals have been delivered."

Which Report, being read by the Clerk, was agreed to by the House; and Ordered accordingly.

Mrs. Moffat's Divorce Bill, Witnesses to attend.

Ordered, That The Reverend William Clifton, The Reverend Samuel Founell and Louisa Hall do attend this House on Friday next, in order to their being examined as Witnesses upon the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Frances Moffat with William Palmer Moffat Esquire, and to enable her to marry again."

West India Colonies, Papers respecting, referred to Com ee on the Subject.

Ordered, That the Order of The King in Council for consolidating the several Laws recently made for improving the Condition of the Slaves in certain of His Majesty's Colonies; delivered to the House, by Command of His Majesty, on the 8th of February 1830:

Also, Copy of Treasury Minute, directing the Custom House Duties heretofore levied upon West India Produce subject to the Four and Half per Cent. Duty to the Crown to be remitted; delivered to the House on the 3d of June 1830:

Also, Papers relative to the Slave Trade; delivered to the House, by Command of His Majesty, on the 30th of June 1830:

Also, Statements, Calculations and Explanations submitted to the Board of Trade, relating to the Commercial, Financial and Political State of the British West India Colonies since the 19th of May 1830; delivered to the House on the 15th of April 1831:

Also, Papers relating to the Slave Trade; delivered to the House, by Command of His Majesty, on the 22d of September 1831:

Also, Papers relative to the Slave Population in the West Indies, South America, the Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius; delivered to the House, by Command of His Majesty, on the 16th of December 1831:

Also, Convention between His Majesty and The King of the French, for the more effectual Suppression of the Traffick in Slaves; delivered to the House, by Command of His Majesty, on the 20th of January last:

Also, The Account of the Number of Vessels belonging to His Majesty's Navy which have been employed in each Year, from the Year 1817, inclusive, to the present Time, under special Instructions for the Suppression of the Slave Trade; delivered to the House on the 14th of February last:

Also, The Account of the Number of Vessels seized and condemned in each Year by the Mixed Commissions under the several Treaties with Foreign States for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, specifying the Countries to which such Vessels belonged; delivered to the House on the 14th of February last:

Also, Copies of a Circular Dispatch addressed by Viscount Goderich to the Governors of the West India Colonies, on the 3d of June 1831, and of a Proclamation inclosed therein, to be issued by the Governors in the Event of any Excitement or false Impressions being observed amongst the Slaves; and also, Copies of any Correspondence which passed thereupon between Viscount Goderich and the Governor of Jamaica; delivered to the House on the 29th of March last:

Also, Copies of the Dispatches from the Governor of Jamaica to Viscount Goderich, conveying Information, to the latest Period, of the recent Rebellion amongst the Slaves of that Colony, and of the Proclamation issued by the Governor in consequence of that Rebellion; delivered to the House on the 29th of March last:

Also, Copies of any Dispatches which may have been received from other of the West India Colonies besides Jamaica in answer to Lord Goderich's Circular Dispatch of the 3d of June 1831, and a Copy of the Circular Dispatch addressed by Viscount Goderich to the Governors of the West India Colonies, (with the Exception of Jamaica and Honduras,) dated 10th March 1832:

And also, Papers in Explanation of the Measures adopted by His Majesty's Government for the Melioration of the Condition of the Slave Population in the West Indies and South America (in Continuation of Papers presented in December 1831;) severally delivered to the House, by Command of His Majesty, on the 29th of March last, be referred to the Select Committee on the State of the West India Colonies.

Reform (England) Bill reported:

The Order of the Day being read for receiving the Report of the Amendments made by the Committee of the Whole House to the Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales;" and for the Lords to be summoned;

It was moved, "That the said Report be now received."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Protest against receiving Report of the Amendments:

DISSENTIENT:

"1.-Because this Bill will effect a Change in the Constitution of Parliaments to an Extent uncalled for, and full of Danger; incapable of producing much practical Good, but likely to prove in its Operation subversive of the antient and settled Institutions of the Country.

2.-Because, by an uniform and low Rate of Qualification in the Towns, the greatest Share of Power will be given to the smallest Portion of Property, which will tend to make every Description of Property, whether Mercantile, Colonial, Real or Personal, equally insecure.

3.-Because it is in its Character not remedial, but revolutionary; in Practice equally injurious to the poor and to the rich; depriving the Government of the Strength which it requires, and Property of its due Influence; endangering as well the Stability of the Throne as of every Civil and Religious Establishment under which, in this Country, Commerce, Prosperity and Freedom have attained an Elevation envied, but as yet unrivalled, by all the Nations of Europe.

Then The Earl of Shaftesbury reported the said Amendments.

The said Amendments were read by the Clerk as follow; (viz ^t.)

Pr. 1. L. 22. Leave out ("Fifty-six")

"L. 24. After ("annexed") insert ("(that is to say,) Old Sarum, Newtown, St. Michael's or Midshall, Gatton, Bramber, Bosiney, Dunwich, Ludgershall, St. Mawe's, Beeralston, West Looe, St. Germain's Newport, Blechingley, Aldborough, Camelford, Hindon, East Looe, Corfe Castle, Bedwin (Great), Yarmouth, Queenborough, Castle Rising, East Grinstead, Higham Ferrers, Wendover, Weobly, Winchelsea, Tregony, Haslemere, Saltash, Orford, Callington, Newton, Ilchester, Boroughbridge, Stockbridge, Romney (New), Hedon, Plympton, Seaford, Heytesbury, Steyning, Whitchurch, Wootton Bassett, Downton, Fowey, Milborne Port, Aldeburgh, Minehead, Bishop's Castle, Okehampton, Appleby, Lostwithiel, Brackley, and Amersham")

"L. 29. Leave out ("Thirty")

"L. 31. After ("annexed") insert ("(that is to say,) Petersfield, Ashburton, Eye, Westbury, Wareham, Midhurst, Woodstock, Wilton, Malmesbury, Liskeard, Reigate, Hythe, Droitwich, Lyme Regis, Launceston, Shaftesbury, Thirsk, Christchurch, Horsham, Great Grimsby, Calne, Arundel, St. Ives, Rye, Clitheroe, Morpeth, Helston, North Allerton, Wallingford and Dartmouth")

"Pr. 2. L. 3. After ("annexed") insert ("(that is to say,) Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Greenwich, Sheffield, Sunderland, Devonport, Wolverhampton, Tower Hamlets, Finsbury, Mary-le-bone, Lambeth, Bolton, Bradford, Blackburn, Brighton, Halifax, Macclesfield, Oldham, Stockport, Stoke-upon-Trent and Stroud")

"L. 22 & 23. After ("annexed") insert ("(that is to say,) Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, Chatham, Cheltenham, Dudley, Frome, Gateshead, Huddersfield, Kidderminster, Kendal, Rochdale, Salford, South Shields, Tynemouth, Wakefield, Walsall, Warrington, Whitby, Whitehaven and Merthyr Tydvil")

"Pr. 12. L. 16. Leave out from ("except") to ("unless") in Line 17, and insert ("such Person shall be in the actual and bonâ fide Occupation of such Lands or Tenements, or except where the same shall have come to such Person by Marriage, Marriage Settlement, Devise, or Promotion to any Benefice or to any Office")

"L. 18. Leave out ("to him")

"Pr. 13. L. 21. Leave out ("to him")

"Pr. 14. L. 5. Leave out ("to him")

"L. 15. Leave out ("to him")

"Pr. 15. L. penult. Leave out ("or") and in the same Line after ("Shop") insert ("or any other Building")

"Pr. 16. L. 3. Leave out ("or") and in the same Line after ("Shop") insert ("or other Building")

"L. 4. Leave out ("or") and in the same Line after ("Shop") insert ("or other Building")

"L. 8. Leave out ("in") and insert ("on")

"L. 28. Leave out ("or") and in the same Line after ("Shop") insert ("or any other Building")

"L. 30. Leave out ("or") and in the same Line after ("Shop") insert ("or other Building")

"L. 32. Leave out ("or") and in the same Line after ("Shop") insert ("or other Building")

"Pr. 18. L. 30. Leave out ("or") and in the same Line after ("Shop") insert ("or other Building")

"Pr. 19. L. 18. After ("Occupation") insert ("so required")

"Pr. 20. L. 32. Leave out ("or") and in the same Line after ("Shop") insert ("or other Building")

"Pr. 21. L. penult. After ("he") insert ("alone") and in the same Line leave out ("himself")

"Pr. 24. L. 21. Leave out ("or") and in the same Line after ("made") insert ("or admitted")

"L. 24. After ("One") insert ("otherwise than in respect of Birth or Servitude")

"L. 25. Leave out ("or") and in the same Line after ("made") insert ("or admitted")

"Pr. 27. L. 4. After ("that") insert ("every")

"Pr. 30. L. 36. After ("situate") insert ("wholly or in Part")

"Pr. 32. L. 2. After ("List") insert ("so")

"Pr. 34. L. 4. Leave out from ("not") to ("to") in Line 5, and insert ("having been entitled on the last Day of July then next preceding") and in Line 5 leave out from ("Name") to ("any") in Line 6, and insert ("inserted in")

"L. 7 & 8. After ("Division") insert ("so")

"Pr. 37. L. 21. After ("Parliament") insert ("nor any Person holding any Office or Place of Profit under the Crown")

"Pr. 49. L. 25. After ("shall") insert ("not")

"Pr. 53. L. 12. After ("Mistake") insert ("corrected or any Omission supplied")

"L. penult. Leave out ("Mistakes") and insert ("Mistake") and in the same Line after ("corrected") insert ("or any Omission supplied")

"Pr. 57. L. 2. Leave out ("their") and insert ("the")

"Pr. 58. L. 19. Leave out ("Collector") and insert ("Elector")

"Pr. 60. L. 33. Leave out ("Votes") and insert ("Voters")

"Pr. 61. L. 16. Leave out ("Nature") and insert ("Particulars")

"Pr. 62. L. 25. Leave out from ("Deputy") to ("that") in Line 26, and insert ("putting such Questions as aforesaid, or any of them")

"Pr. 76. L. 1. After ("Towns") insert ("or for the Borough of Brecon")

Then the first Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, was agreed to by the House.

The next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill being read a Second Time, the following Amendments were made thereto:

L. 6. Leave out ("Bedwin (Great)") and insert ("Great Bedwin")

L. 10. Leave out ("Romney (New)") and insert ("New Romney")

Then it was moved, in Line 10 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Hedon")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Hedon") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 13 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Appleby")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Appleby") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 14 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Amersham")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Amersham") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 14 of the said Amendment, after ("Amersham") to insert ("Westbury and Midhurst")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Words shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Nagative.

Then the said Amendment was agreed to, as amended.

Then it was moved, in Press 1, Line 27, "after ("Parliament") to insert the following Clause:

"Provided always, and be it enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act the Right of voting for Members to serve in Parliament for the said Boroughs disfranchised by this Act shall be preserved; and that the Right of voting which at the Date of passing this Act shall arise from the bonâ fide Possession or Occupation of certain Freehold, Leasehold or other Description of Property whatsoever, situate within the Limits of the said Boroughs, shall continue and remain attached to such Property for ever: Provided always, that such Right of voting shall not attach to such Property as aforesaid which shall be subdivided after the Date of the passing of this Act, except only to such Portions of such Property so subdivided as aforesaid as shall be bonâ fide rated to the Poor's Rates at and for the Sum of Ten Pounds, or shall have bonâ fide paid the annual reserved Rent of Ten Pounds, in which Case the Possessor of such Portion as aforesaid shall be entitled to vote for such Portion after a Residence upon such Portion of Twelve Calendar Months."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Clause shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then it was moved, in Press 1, Line 27, "after ("Parliament") to insert the following Clause:

"And be it enacted, That such Right to vote shall be exercised, by the Person entitled to vote by such Qualifications as aforesaid, at the Town or Borough returning a Member or Members to Parliament which shall be nearest to such disfranchised Borough, but within the Limits prescribed by this Act; and where this may be impracticable by reason of there being no such contiguous Town or Borough returning a Member or Members to Parliament, within the Limits aforesaid, that then and in such Case any Voter having the Qualification herein-before described shall be entitled to vote at the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the County in which the Borough so disfranchised shall be situated."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Clause shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then it was moved, in Press 1, Line 27, "after ("Parliament") to insert the following Clause:

"And be it enacted, That all Freemen of the Boroughs so disfranchised, residing within the Limits prescribed by this Act, shall in like Manner be entitled to vote as aforesaid for and during the Term of their natural Lives."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Clause shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then it was moved, in Press 1, Line 27, "to leave out from ("Parliament") to ("And") in Line penult."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed to be left out shall stand Part of the Bill?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then the next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, was agreed to by the House.

Then the next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill being read a Second Time;

It was moved, in Line 6 of the said Amendment, "to leave out ("Helston")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Helston") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 7 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Dartmouth")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Dartmouth") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then the said Amendment was agreed to by the House.

Then the next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill being read a Second Time;

It was moved, in Line 2 of the said Amendment, "to leave out ("Greenwich")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Greenwich") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 3 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Devonport")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Devonport") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Lines 3 and 4 of the said Amendment, "to leave out ("Tower Hamlets")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words ("Tower Hamlets") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 4 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Finsbury")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Finsbury") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 4 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Mary-le-bone")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Maryle-bone") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 4 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Lambeth")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Lambeth") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 5 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Brighton")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Brighton") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 6 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Oldham")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Oldham") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, at the End of the said Amendment, to insert ("Frome, Huddersfield, Kidderminster, South Shields and Tynemouth, Warrington and Whitehaven")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Words shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then the said Amendment was agreed to by the House.

Then it was moved, in Press 2, Line 20, "to leave out from ("Parliament") to ("And") in Line ultimo."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed to be left out shall stand Part of the Bill?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then the next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill being read a Second Time;

It was moved, in Line 2 of the said Amendment, "to leave out ("Ashton-under-Lyne")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words ("Ashtonunder-Lyne") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 2 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Bury")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Bury") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 2 of the said Amendment, "to leave out ("Chatham")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Chatham") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 4 of the said Amendment, "to leave out ("Rochdale")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Rochdale") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 4 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Salford")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Salford") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 5 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Walsall")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Walsall") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Line 5 of the said Amendment, to leave out ("Whitby")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("Whitby") shall stand Part of the Amendment?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then the said Amendment was agreed to by the House.

Then it was moved, in Press 6, Lines 15 and 16, "after ("Cardiff") to insert the following Clause:

"And be it enacted, That the Mayors or other principal Corporate Officers of the several Boroughs mentioned in Schedules C. and D. shall be respectively the Returning Officers at Elections for Members to serve in Parliament for the said Boroughs; and that such of the said Boroughs as are not already incorporated shall, for the Purposes of this Act, (but without Prejudice to any other Purposes consistent therewith which His Majesty may hereafter be pleased by any Charter to grant, provide or appoint) be, and they are hereby enacted to be, Corporations, and shall each consist of a Mayor, Six Aldermen, Twelve Common Councilmen, and of such Burgesses as for One Year immediately before the passing of this Act, or before the Time of their Claim to be admitted as Burgesses, shall have occupied any House or Premises within the Limits of the said Boroughs respectively which shall have been rated to all Rates for the Relief of the Poor in any Township or Parish within such Borough, made during the Time of such his Occupation as aforesaid, upon a Yearly Value of Ten Pounds at the least; and that the said Mayor, Aldermen and Common Councilmen shall be elected and chosen in Manner following; (that is to say,) that within One Month after the passing of this Act the Inhabitants of each of the said last-mentioned Boroughs who have occupied for One Year immediately before the passing of this Act any Premises within the same respectively which shall have been rated to all Rates for the Relief of the Poor on any Township or Parish within such Borough, made during the Time of such his Occupation as aforesaid, upon a Yearly Value of Ten Pounds at the least, shall assemble themselves at some convenient Place and Time, to be appointed for that Purpose by the Justices of the Peace attending the Special Sessions usually held within or nearest to the said Boroughs respectively, which Justices are hereby authorized and required as soon as may be after the passing of this Act to appoint such Time and Place, and to cause written Notice thereof to be affixed on the Doors of the Parish Church or Churches and such other Public Places as they shall think fit within the said Boroughs respectively; and the Occupiers so assembled, or the major Part of them, shall forthwith proceed, under the Directions of any Two or more of the said Justices, who are hereby authorized and required to attend and preside at such Meetings respectively, to elect from amongst the most substantial of the Inhabitants of each of the said Boroughs respectively Nineteen Persons who shall then be Inhabitants occupying within the said Borough Premises which shall be rated to all Rates for the Relief of the Poor in any Township or Parish within such Borough upon a Yearly Value of Fifty Pounds at the least, the Qualification to be previously determined by the said Justices, who shall cause Lists to be previously made out and distributed of all such Persons as are duly qualified to be so elected; and the Persons so elected shall, within One Week after their Election shall be declared under the Hands of the said Justices, choose and elect from among themselves One Person to be and who shall be Mayor of the said Borough, to continue for One whole Year from the Time of his Election, or for such other Time as His Majesty may by any Charter hereafter appoint, and Six other Persons to be and who shall be Aldermen of the said Borough, to continue for Life, unless they shall respectively resign or be removed by Law; and the remaining Twelve Persons shall be the Common Councilmen of the said Borough, to continue for Life or until removed by Law; and all future Mayors shall be chosen by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Councilmen, or the major Part of them, from and out of the Six Aldermen, the last preceding Mayor taking his Place amongst the Aldermen; and all future Aldermen shall be chosen by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, or the major Part of them, and all future Common Councilmen shall be chosen by the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council and Burgesses aforesaid, or the major Part of them, assembled by the Mayor for that Purpose, out of the most substantial of the Burgesses occupying at the Time of such Choice Premises within the Borough rated as aforesaid upon a Yearly Value of Fifty Pounds at the least; and that the said Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council shall, within One Week after they shall have been so chosen as aforesaid, appoint some competent Person to be Town Clerk, who shall make due Entry of all the Proceedings of the said Corporation, and in particular of the Admissions of the Burgesses to the Freedom of the said Corporation, for which Purpose the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, or the major Part of them, shall, on some Day to be fixed, within Ten Days after they shall be so elected, and on the same Day, or the Day following if the original Day shall fall on a Sunday, in each succeeding Year, hold a Court, of which Public Notice shall be given, and shall admit to be Freemen of the said Corporation all such Inhabitants as shall shew to the Satisfaction of the said Court that they have for One Year immediately before their Demand to be admitted occupied Premises within the Limits of the Borough rated as aforesaid upon a Yearly Value of Ten Pounds at the least, upon Payment of the Stamp Duties imposed by Law."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Clause shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then the following Amendments were made by the House to the said Bill:

Pr. 6. L. 25. After ("Boroughs") insert ("in the said Schedules")

Pr. 8. L. 5. Leave out ("for any such Borough")

L. 7. Leave out ("such") and insert ("any") and in the same Line after ("Borough") insert ("for which he shall have been nominated and appointed by the Sheriff as aforesaid")

Then it was moved, in Press 9, Line 10, "to leave out ("City of York") and insert ("Town of Northallerton")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed to be left out shall stand Part of the Bill?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Press 9, Line 17, "after ("Beverley") to insert the following Clause:

"And be it enacted, That in all future Parliaments there shall be Six Knights of the Shire instead of Two to serve for the County of Lancaster; (that is to say,) Two for the Hundred of Salford, Two for the Hundreds of West Derby, Leyland and Blackburn, and Two for the Hundreds of Lonsdale and Amounderness; and such Six Knights shall be chosen in the same Manner, and by the same Classes and Descriptions of Voters, and in respect of the same several Rights of voting, as if the said Hundred of Salford were a separate County, and the said Hundreds of West Derby, Leyland and Blackburn were a separate County, and the said Hundreds of Lonsdale and Amounderness were a separate County; and that the Court for the Election of the Knights of the Shire for the Hundred of Salford shall be holden at the Town of Bury, and that the Court for the Election of the Knights of the Shire for the Hundreds of West Derby, Leyland and Blackburn, shall be holden at Chorley, and that the Court for the Election of the Knights of the Shire for the Hundreds of Lonsdale and Amounderness shall be holden at Lancaster."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Clause shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then it was moved, in Press 10, Line 38, "to leave out from ("be") to ("Two") in Press 11, Line 2."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed to be left out shall stand Part of the Bill?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Press 11, Line 25, "to leave out from ("Elections") to ("And") in Press 12, Line 4."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed to be left out shall stand Part of the Bill?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

The Five next Amendments made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, were, severally, agreed to by the House.

Then it was moved, in Press 15, Line 30, "after ("Trust") to insert the following Clause:

"And be it enacted, That no Person shall have a Right to vote in the Election of Knights or of a Knight of the Shire to serve in any future Parliament in respect of any Estate or Interest whatsoever in Lands or Tenements situate or being within the Limits of a City or Borough returning Members or a Member to serve in Parliament: Provided always, that where any Lands or Tenements which would otherwise entitle any Person, in respect of his Estate or Interest therein, to vote in the Election of Knights or of a Knight of the Shire to serve in Parliament, shall be situate or be within the Limits of a City or Borough returning Members or a Member to serve in Parliament, such Person shall have a Right to vote in the Election of such Members or Member."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Clause shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

The next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, was agreed to by the House.

The next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, was agreed to by the House, with the following Amendment:

Leave out ("any")

The Six next Amendments made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, were, severally, agreed to by the House.

The next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, was agreed to by the House, with the following Amendment:

Leave out ("any")

The Four next Amendments made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, were, severally, agreed to by the House.

Then it was moved, in Press 18, Line 19, at the End of the Interlineation, "to insert the following Clause:

"And be it enacted, That in all the Boroughs which are made Corporations by and for the Purposes of this Act, the Right of voting for Members of Parliament shall be in the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council and Freemen duly admitted according to the Provisions of this Act; and in all Boroughs which were incorporated before this Act, but which shall in future send Members to Parliament by virtue of this Act, all Householders of the same Description and Qualification, and who shall have occupied for the same Time as is herein-before provided for Corporations created by this Act, shall, in like Manner, be entitled to and shall be admitted to the Freedom of the Corporation in which they shall be Inhabitants, and such Freemen so qualified, as shall be so admitted hereafter, or as shall already be admitted, shall alone be entitled to vote at Elections for Members of Parliament; and in all Corporate Towns which now send, and shall continue after this Act to send, Members to Parliament, all Householders qualified as aforesaid, and having occupied for the Term aforesaid within the same Towns respectively, shall from and immediately after the passing of this Act be entitled to their Admission as Freemen of the said Corporations respectively, upon proving their Qualification as aforesaid, and shall be entitled to vote at Elections of Members of Parliament, in addition to any other Class of Voters who shall be entitled to vote in the same Boroughs; and that in all Boroughs, not being Corporations, which shall hereafter return Members to Parliament, where the Right of voting is in any particular Class of Freeholders, the Right shall be extended to and exercised by all other Freeholders having Freeholds of the Yearly Value of Five Pounds, clear of Reprisals; and in all Boroughs hereafter sending Members to Parliament, and not being Corporations, where the Right of voting is now confined to any Class of Householders, the Right shall be extended to and exercised by all other Householders who for Twelve Calendar Months before the Day of Election shall have occupied any House within the said Boroughs respectively which shall have been rated as herein-before provided for Corporations created by this Act upon a Yearly Value of Ten Pounds at the least, and shall have paid the usual Rates for Parochial or other Purposes payable within the same Boroughs respectively."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Clause shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then the Two next Amendments made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, were, severally, agreed to by the House.

Then it was moved, in Press 18, Line 35, "to leave out from ("Landlord") to ("shall") in Line 36."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed to be left out shall stand Part of the Bill?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then the next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, was agreed to by the House.

Then it was moved, in Press 19, Line 18, "after ("aforesaid") to insert ("upon a Yearly Value of not less than Ten Pounds")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Words shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then it was moved, in Press 19, Line 26, "after ("preceding") to insert ("Provided also, that in any Parish or Township wherein the Rate for the Relief of the Poor shall not have been made upon the full Yearly Value of the Lands and Tenements liable thereto, but upon some given Proportion of such full Yearly Value, it shall be sufficient if the Premises in respect of which such Person shall claim to be entitled to vote shall have been rated at a Yearly Value equal to such given Proportion of the full Yearly Value of Ten Pounds, such Persons having paid, on or before the Twentieth Day of July in such Year, all the Poor's Rates and Assessed Taxes which shall have become payable from him in respect of such Premises previous to the Sixth Day of April then next preceding.")

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Words shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then it was moved, in Press 19, Line 38, at the End of the Interlineation, "to insert the following Clause:

"And be it enacted, That when any Person shall have been registered and be entitled to vote in any Election for any City or Borough as aforesaid, he shall continue to be entitled so to vote although he may thereafter occupy other and different Premises within such City or Borough: Provided always, that such other and different Premises shall be rated to the Relief of the Poor as aforesaid, and that such Person shall have paid, on or before the Twentieth Day of July in each Year, all the Poor's Rates and Assessed Taxes which shall previously to the Sixth Day of April then next preceding have become payable from him in respect of those Premises."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Clause shall be there inserted?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then it was moved, in Press 19, Line 38, "to leave out from ("thereof") to ("And") in Press 20, Line 12."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed to be left out shall stand Part of the Bill?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Press 20, Line 12, "to leave out from ("Succession") to ("And") in Line 24."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed to be left out shall stand Part of the Bill?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

The Fifteen next Amendments made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, were, severally, agreed to by the House.

Then the following Amendment was made by the House to the said Bill:

Pr. 34. L. 19. Leave out from ("out") to ("shall") in Line 20, and insert ("the List in which the Name of the Person so objected to shall have been inserted, and the Person so objecting")

The next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, was agreed to by the House.

Then the following Amendments were made by the House to the said Bill:

Pr. 39. L. 5. Leave out ("the Qualification of") and insert ("it to be proved that")

L. 6. Leave out ("to be proved") and insert ("was entitled on the last Day of July then next preceding to have his Name inserted in the List of Voters in respect of the Qualification described in such List")

L. 7. Leave out from ("the") to ("shall") in Line 8, and insert ("same")

L. 12. Leave out ("is") and insert ("was then")

L. 24. Leave out from ("Mistake") to ("which") in Line 25.

L. 27. Leave out from ("Lists") to ("Provided") in Line 33, and insert ("as to any of the Particulars by this Act required to be inserted in such Lists; and where the Christian Name of any Person, or his Place of Abode, or the Nature of his Qualification, or the local or other Description of his Property, or the Name of the Tenant in the Occupation thereof, as the same respectively are required to be inserted in any such List, shall be wholly omitted therefrom, such Barrister shall expunge the Name of every such Person from such List, unless the Matter or Matters so omitted be supplied to the Satisfaction of such Barrister before he shall have completed the Revision of such List, in which Case he shall then and there insert the same in such List.")

L. penult. After ("aforesaid") insert ("or except in case of any such Omission or Omissions as herein-before last mentioned")

Pr. 40. L. 6. At the End of the Interlineation insert Clause A.

"Clause A. Provided also, and be it enacted, That if it shall happen that any Person who shall have given to the Overseers of any Parish or Township due Notice of his Claim to have his Name inserted in the List of Voters in the Election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire shall have been omitted by such Overseers from such List, it shall be lawful for the Barrister, upon the Revision of such List, to insert therein the Name of the Person so omitted, in case it shall be proved to the Satisfaction of such Barrister that such Person gave due Notice of such his Claim to the said Overseers, and that he was entitled on the last Day of July then next preceding to be inserted in the List of Voters in the Election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire for the County, or for the Riding, Parts or Division of the County, wherein the Parish or Township of such Overseers may be situate, in respect of any Lands or Tenements within such Parish or Township."

Pr. 43. L. 34. After ("therein") insert ("as having been entitled on the last Day of July then next preceding")

Pr. 44. L. 10. Leave out ("being entitled") and insert ("having been entitled on the last Day of July then next preceding")

L. 11. Leave out ("retained") and insert ("inserted")

L. 19. Leave out ("such List") and insert ("the List in which the Name of the Person so objected to shall have been inserted")

L. 20. Leave out ("be") and insert ("have been")

Pr. 46. L. 33. After ("therein") insert ("as having been entitled on the last Day of July then next preceding")

Pr. 47. L. 23. Leave out ("being entitled") and insert ("having been entitled on the last Day of July then next preceding")

L. 24. Leave out ("retained on") and insert ("inserted in")

Pr. 49. L. 8. After ("Parliament") insert ("nor any Person holding any Office or Place of Profit under the Crown")

L. 23. Leave out from ("therein") to ("And") in Line 27.

The next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, was disagreed to by the House.

Then the following Amendments were made by the House to the said Bill:

Pr. 50. L. 34. Leave out from ("to") to ("for") in Line 36, and insert ("have been entitled on the last Day of July then next preceding to have his Name inserted in any such List of Voters")

Pr. 51. L. 16. Leave out ("the Qualification of") and insert ("it to be proved that")

L. 17. Leave out ("to be proved") and insert ("was entitled on the last Day of July then next preceding to have his Name inserted in the List of Voters for such City or Borough in respect of the Qualification described in such List") and in the same Line leave out from ("the") to ("shall") in Line 18, and insert ("same")

L. 21. Leave out ("is") and insert ("was then")

L. 29. Leave out ("or supply any Omission")

L. 31. Leave out from ("Lists") to ("Provided") in Line 36, and insert ("as to any of the Particulars by this Act required to be inserted in such Lists; and where the Christian Name, or the Place of Abode, or the Nature of the Qualification, or the local Description of the Property of any Person who shall be included in any such List, shall be wholly omitted in such List in any Case where the same is by this Act directed to be specified therein, such Barrister shall expunge the Name of every such Person from such List, unless the Matter or Matters so omitted be supplied to the Satisfaction of such Barrister before he shall have completed the Revision of such List, in which Case he shall then and there insert the same in such List.")

L. ult. After ("Death") insert ("or of such Omission or Omissions as herein-before last mentioned")

Pr. 53. L. 2. Leave out from ("Persons") to ("making") in Line 3.

L. 4. After ("the") insert ("Insertion or"), and in the same Line leave out from ("in") to ("and") in Line 9, and insert ("any of such Lists as aforesaid")

L. 10. Leave out ("against") and insert ("to or claiming to be inserted")

L. 11. Leave out ("and to all Persons") and insert ("or")

The next Amendment made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, was agreed to by the House.

Then the following Amendment was made by the House to the said Bill:

Pr. 53. L. 13. Leave out ("corrected")

The rest of the Amendments made by the Committee to the said Bill, being read a Second Time, were, severally, agreed to by the House.

Then the following Amendments were made by the House to the said Bill:

Pr. 81. L. 27. After ("understood") insert Clause B.

"Clause B. And whereas it may happen that the Act or Acts for settling the Boundaries of Cities, Boroughs and other Places, and the Divisions of Counties, as herein-before mentioned, may not be passed within such Time as will allow the several Provisions of this Act relative to the Lists of Voters within such respective Boundaries and Divisions, and the various Notices and Proceedings preparatory to and connected with such Lists, to be carried into Effect within the several Periods in the present Year herein-before specified and limited in that Behalf; and it is therefore expedient in such Event as aforesaid to appoint other Periods for the Purposes aforesaid; be it therefore enacted, That if the Act or Acts for settling the Boundaries of Cities, Boroughs and other Places, and the Divisions of Counties, as herein-before mentioned, shall be passed in the present Year subsequently to the Twentieth Day of June, then and in such Case His Majesty shall, by an Order made with the Advice of His Most Honorable Privy Council, appoint, in lieu of the Day for the present Year herein-before specified in that Behalf, a certain other Day, before or upon which the respective Lists of Voters shall be made out, and shall also appoint, in lieu of the several Days and Times for the present Year herein-before specified or limited in that Behalf, certain other Days and Times upon or within which all Notices, Claims, Objections and other Matters whatsoever by this Act required to be given, delivered, transmitted, done or performed in relation to such Lists, either before or after the making out of such Lists, shall be respectively given, delivered, transmitted, done and performed; and His Majesty shall also by such Order appoint, in lieu of the Period for the present Year herein-before limited in that Behalf, a certain other Period for the Revision of the respective Lists of Voters by the Barristers, and shall also appoint within what Time, in lieu of the Time for the present Year herein-before limited in that Behalf, such respective Lists shall be copied out into Books, and, where necessary, delivered to the Sheriff or Under Sheriff, and from what Day, in lieu of the Day for the present Year herein-before specified in that Behalf, such respective Books shall begin to be in force as the Registers of Voters; and His Majesty may also by such Order in Council appoint any Days and Times for doing the several other Matters required or authorized by this Act, in lieu of the several Days and Times for the present Year herein-before specified; and all Days and Times so appointed by His Majesty as aforesaid shall be deemed to be of the same Force and Effect as if they had in every Instance been mentioned in this Act in lieu of the Days and Times for the present Year herein-before specified in that Behalf: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall authorize His Majesty to appoint any Days or Times in lieu of the Days and Times mentioned in this Act, except for the Purpose of carrying into Effect the first Registration of Voters under this Act: Provided also, that no Person shall be entitled to be included in such first Registration of Voters unless he would have been entitled on the last Day of July in the present Year to have his Name inserted in some List of Voters if such List had been made out on the said last Day of July."

L. 37. Leave out from ("the") to ("in") in Line penult. and insert ("Day at and from which the Registers of Voters to be first made by virtue of this Act shall begin to be in force")

Pr. 90. L. 4. In the Second Column of Schedule D. annexed to the Bill, opposite ("Ashton-under-Lyne, (Lancashire)") insert ("The Mayor of Ashton-underLyne")

Pr. 92. L. 3. In Schedule E. annexed to the Bill leave out ("Narbeth") and insert ("Narberth")

Pr. 94. L. 18. In Schedule H. annexed to the Bill, after ("situate") insert ("wholly or in Part")

Ordered, That the said Bill, as amended, be printed.

Order for 3 a.

Ordered, That the said Bill be read the Third Time on Monday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

Time extended for entering Protests.

Ordered, That such Lords as may think fit be at liberty to enter their Protests against receiving the Report of the Amendments made by the Committee of the Whole House to the last-mentioned Bill, before Two o'Clock on Monday next, and to sign the same before the Rising of the House on that Day.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Sabbati, secundum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.