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carried by 231 against 81. The Speaker now again ordered Mr. Salomons to withdraw. The honourable member not having complied, the Serjeantat-Arms, by the command of the Speaker, approached to remove him and touched his arm, whereupon Mr. Salomons quitted the House protesting that he did so under compulsion. A long tumultuous discussion followed, during which it was determined that Lord J. Russell should move a resolution on the subject next day.

July

22.

(LORDS.) The adjourned debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill was resumed by the Earl of Winchelsea, who supported the present measure as a better could not be had. Lord Lyndhurst, the Marquess of Clanricarde, the Lord Chancellor, and Earl Fitzwilliam supported the Bill. Lord Vaux and the Earl of Wicklow opposed it, as did also the Duke of Newcastle, who denied that the royal dignity was invaded by the Papal act, and also denied the right to forbid a titular change among the members of a church over which no authority was claimed by the British sovereign. Lord Monteagle deprecated the measure as likely to produce renewed agitation in Ireland. The Earl of St. Germans opposed the Bill. The second reading was carried by 265 against 38.

(COMMONS.) The morning sitting was occupied with a debate on the case of Mr. E. Jones, originated by Lord D. Stuart, who, in moving for certain returns, commented strongly on the harsh treatment undergone by Mr. Ernest Jones during his confinement in Tothill-fields Prison. The motion was ultimately withdrawn, and the report of the Committee of Ways and Means was brought up. On the House resuming at six o'clock Lord J. Russell moved "that David Salomons, Esq. is not entitled to vote in this House or to sit in this House during any debate until he shall take the oath of abjuration in the form appointed by law." Mr. Anstey having moved an amendment, which was by leave withdrawn, was followed by Mr. Bethel, who moved an amendment to the effect "that Baron Rothschild and Mr. Salomons having taken the oath of abjuration according to the form in which the House was bound in law to administer it were entitled to take their seats in the House." After a long argument, chiefly amongst the legal members of the House, the amendment was rejected by 118 against 71. A motion for adjournment made by Mr. Bright having been negatived by 190 against 69, Mr. G. Thompson moved an addition to the original resolution, pledging the House to take immediate steps for enabling the honourable member for Greenwich to take his seat. Another discussion followed, during which Mr. Anstey moved the adjournment of the debate, which was negatived by 207 against 59, but ultimately the debate was adjourned. Bills to continue and amend the Metropolitan Sewers Act and to authorise advances to promote emigration from Scotland were brought in by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Mercantile Marine, the Absconding Debtors Arrest, and the Local Acts Inquiries Bills were read a third time and passed.

July 23.

(COMMONS.) Mr. G. F. Young took the oaths and his seat for Scarborough. A new writ was ordered for Limerick in room of Mr. J. O'Connell, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The Sale of Beer Bill the County Rates and Expenditure Bill, the Enfranchisement of Copyholds Bill, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill were all withdrawn. The clauses of the Irish Valuation Bill were considered in Committee.

24.

July (LORDS.) The royal assent was given by commission to a great number of Bills. The Irish Civil Bills Bill was read a second time. (COMMONS.) The morning sitting was taken up with the Committees upon the Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill and upon the Irish Medical Charities Bill. In the evening sitting Lord J. Russell and Mr. Goulburn gave explanations on the subject of episcopal revenues. Lord J. Russell

withdrew the Registration of Assurances Bill. On the order of the day for the third reading of the Customs Bill Mr. Herries moved an amendment for giving effect to those provisions of the Act for the Repeal of the Navigation Laws, whereby her Majesty is empowered to take such steps as may prevent the unfair encroachment of foreign shipping upon British trade. The amendment was opposed by Mr. Labouchere, Mr. J. Wilson, Col. Thompson, and Lord J. Russell; it was supported by Mr. G. F. Young; Mr. Disraeli recommended its withdrawal, which was complied with. Then the Customs Bill, the Militia Pay Bill, the General Board of Health Bill, having been read a third time and passed, the Metropolitan Sewers Bill after a rather warm discussion was read a second time, as were also the Sheep Contagious Disorders Bill, the Commissioners of Railways Act Repeal Bill, and the Representative Peers for Scotland Bill. Mr. Hawes moved for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the claims of the New Zealand Company on the Crown. Mr. Gladstone objected to the Bill and to the manner of its introduction, which ought to be in a Committee of the whole House. The Speaker concurring in this opinion the motion was withdrawn.

(LORDS.) The Marquess of Lansdowne having moved that the July House go into Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, Lord 25. Monteagle moved as an instruction to the Committee to exempt Ireland from the operation of the measure. This instruction was opposed by the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Canning, Lord Cranworth, the Bishop of Ossory, and the Duke of Argyll. Lord Čamoys and the Earl of St. Germans (who contended that the measure was pregnant with the most fatal consequences to Ireland) supported the instruction, which on a division was rejected by 82 to 17. Their lordships then went into Committee, when Lord Kinnaird moved the omission of the first clause, and the Duke of Argyll of the words in the second clause giving power to the common informer to prosecute. These motions were opposed by the Lord Chancellor, who defended the Bill as it stood. Lord Kinnaird's motion was rejected by 77 against 26; the Duke of Argyll's by 61 against 26. The remaining clauses were agreed to.

(COMMONS.) Petitions from the electors of Greenwich and London praying to be heard by counsel in support of the claim of their respective representatives, Mr. D. Salomons and Baron Rothschild, to sit in the House, were ordered to be printed. The Patent Law Amendment Bill was read a second time; the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill a third time and passed. The Scotch Emigration Advances, the Metropolitan Interment Advances, the Poor Relief Act Continuance, the Sheep Contagious Diseases Prevention, the Commissioners of Railways Act Repeal, and the Scotch Representative Peers Bills passed Committee.

(COMMONS.) The Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill was July read a third time and passed. The Improvement of Irish Towns

26.

Bill passed Committee. In Committee on the New Zealand Acts a resolution was passed, and a Bill founded upon it was subsequently brought in by Mr. Hawes. The object of this Bill has been stated before.

July 28.

(LORDS.) On the report of the Committee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill being brought up, Earl Granville moved that the clause introduced in the Commons for granting compensation to the city of London for loss of privileges be expunged. The clause was expunged by 59 against 15. The Bills on the table were advanced a stage.

(COMMONS.) The further consideration in Committee of the Irish Medical Charities Bill having been moved, Sir W. Somerville proposed, in consequence of the opposition made to the measure to pass merely the clauses that had reference to dispensaries: the Bill thus curtailed passed Committee

at once.

The right honourable baronet withdrew the Irish Valuation Bill. The Speaker informed the House that he had received a letter from Alderman Salomons, stating that two several actions for penalties incurred by his sitting and voting in the House had been commenced against him. Sir B. Hall then moved, that the prayer of the petition of the Greenwich electors to be heard by counsel in defence of the right of their elected member to enjoy the privileges and perform the functions of a legislator in the House be complied with. The motion after a debate was negatived by 135 against 75. A similar motion, made by Mr. Anstey, in relation to the petition of the electors of London, shared a similar fate, the prayer to be heard by counsel at the bar being negatived by 77 against 44. Lord J. Russell's resolution now coming before the House was carried by 123 against 68, not however before an amendment of Mr. Anstey's, pledging the House to alter the obstructive oath in favour of the Jews, was negatived by 88 against 50. (LORDS.) The Ecclesiastical Titles Bill was read a third time and passed after some discussion. The Charitable Trusts Bill and the Leasehold Tenure of Land Bill then passed Committee. (COMMONS.) The Irish Medical Charities Bill was read a third time and passed. Some clauses of the Metropolitan Sewers Bill were discussed in Committee. In the evening sitting Mr. Frewen moved a resolution for the repeal of the Excise Duty on Hops, which motion after a debate was negatived by 59 against 30. Mr. Heywood then moved an address to the crown for the preservation of the Crystal Palace till May, 1852. A long discussion followed, at the termination of which the motion was carried by 75 against 47. Mr. Austey then proceeded to call attention to a petition from Van Diemen's Land against any further transportation to that colony, when the House was counted out.

July 29.

(COMMONS.) The subject of steam communication between July India and Australia was discussed at the instance of Lord Jocelyn. 30. The Coal Whippers Bill and the Steam Navigation Bill were then read a third time and passed, after which the Patent Law Amendment Bill was committed pro formâ. The Church Building Acts Amendment, the Irish Petty Sessions, and the New Zealand Settlements Bills passed through Committee.

July

(LORDS.) The Stock in Trade Bill and the Charitable Trusts Bill were read a third time and passed; the Court of Chancery 31. and Judicial Committee Bill a second time. A discussion then took place on the continuance of intramural interments, in which the Board of Health was defended by the Earls of Shaftesbury and Carlisle.

(COMMONS.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to Mr. B. Osborne, gave a statement of the several charges which must fall on the public if the Crystal Palace should be preserved for a Winter Garden. The Metropolitan Sewers Bill was read a third time and passed. The Metropolitan Interment Bill passed Committee, as did also the Irish Petty Sessions, the Irish Summary Jurisdiction, and the Irish Constabulary Force Bills. On the order for the second reading of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management (No. 2) Bill, Col. Sibthorp moved the second reading this day three months, which amendment was negatived by 45 against 34, aud the Bill was read a second time.

Aug.

1.

(LORDS.) The Customs, the Sheep Contagious Diseases Prevention, the Commissioners of Railways Act Repeal, the Irish Land Clauses Consolidation, and Steam Navigation Bills were read a second time; the New Forest Deer Removal Bill passed through Committee; the Mercantile Marine Act Amendment and the Merchant Seamen's Fund Bills were reported; and the United Churches of England and Ireland, the Irish Churches and Chapels, and the Irish Ecclesiastical

Residences Bills were read a third time and passed—all without discussion. The royal assent was given by commission to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, the Smithfield Market Removal Bill, and about forty other bills. The Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee Bill was read a third time and passed; and the Irish Medical Charities Bill went through Committee.

(COMMONS.) The New Zealand Settlement Bill was read a third time and passed, as were also the India Lunatics Bill and the Crown Estate Paving Bill. The County Courts Further Extension Bill passed Committee with amendments. The report of the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill was brought up and received after some discussion. On the order of the day for going into Committee on the Capitular Estates Management (No. 2) Bill, a long debate took place, and after two several motions for postponement had been negatived the House went into Committee, but no progress was made. The General Board of Health (No. 4) Bill, the Canterbury Association Bill, the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Bill went through Committee. The Collection of Fines (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir J. Pakington then moved a resolution to abolish the restrictions upon sugar-refining, the debate upon which motion was stopped by the House being counted out.

Aug.

(LORDS.) The General Board of Health Bill was read a second time, on the understanding that it proceed no further this session. The Scotch Emigration Advances Bill and the Metropolitan Interments Bill were also read a second time.

4.

(COMMONS.) In the morning sitting the General Board of Health (No. 4) Bill and the Canterbury Association Bill were passed. Some clauses of the Patent Law Amendment Bill were discussed in Committee. In the evening sitting the clauses of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management (No. 2) Bill were discussed at much length and received cer

tain amendments.

Aug.

5.

(LORDS.) Lord Monteagle moved the second reading of a Bill to remove certain doubts with regard to the meaning and interpretation of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act. After a short discussion the motion was negatived by consent; and then a great number of bills were respectively advanced a stage.

(COMMONS.) The Lords' amendments upon the Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee Bill were agreed to. The Patent Law Amendment Bill was further considered in Committee, after which the County Courts Further Extension Bill was read a third time and passed. In the evening sitting Col. Sawley was proceeding to move for a Select Committee to inquire into privileges of the Military Knights of Windsor, when the House was counted out.

Aug. (COMMONS.) The Earl of Arundel and Surrey took the oaths and his seat for the city of Limerick. The Episcopal and Capi6. tular Estates Management (No. 2) Bill was read a third time, Mr. Henley having withdrawn his amendment for the third reading this day three months. Certain clauses were then added to the Bill on the motion of the Solicitor-General, and the Bill passed. The remaining clauses of the Patent Law Amendment Bill passed through Committee.

Aug.

7.

(LORDS.) The Commons' amendments to the Patent Law Amendment Bill were, on the motion of Lord Monteagle, to be taken into consideration this day month: the Bill was consequently lost. (COMMONS.) The Patent Law Amendment Bill was reported with amendments, and afterwards read a third time and passed. The resolutions of the Select Committee respecting the order in which members should proceed when summoned to attend her Majesty in the House of Peers were agreed to.

Aug.

8.

(COMMONS.) A large concourse of members assembled round the table for the purpose of placing their names in the balloting glass for determining precedence in the procession to the House of Lords. In reply to Sir D. L. Evans Lord Palmerston stated that he had sent copies of Mr. Gladstone's letter on the administration of criminal justice in Naples to the ministers of Great Britain at foreign courts. Mr. Wakley moved that the evidence taken before the Income Tax Committee be printed; after a brief discussion the motion was negatived by 62 against 52. Soon after the House received notice of the arrival of her Majesty in the House of Lords.

(LORDS.) On the motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury an address to the crown was agreed to on the subject of establishing Protestant chapels at the stations of British ministers abroad, and also for obtaining reports from these ministers on the laws affecting the Protestant religion. Her Majesty having taken her seat on the throne, the Speaker of the House of Commons followed by a large number of members, at the head of whom were Lords J. Russell and Palmerston, approached the bar and having made a speech recapitulating the business of the session, craved her Majesty's assent to the Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill, which being granted her Majesty read the royal speech and closed the session.

XI.-PRIVATE BILLS OF THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, 1850-51.

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I. Numerical Abstract of the Petitions and Private Bills for the Session 1851:

Petitions presented to the Commons and Bills brought from the Lords 248

Bills read a first time

Bills read a second time.

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Private Regulation

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TOTALS

8988

171 151 161 245 455 335 197 129 147 *179

Average number of Private Bills passed annually from 1842 to 1846 inclusive, 237; and from 1847 to 1851 inclusive, 197.

*These figures are taken from the Private Bill Table, published by direction of the House of Commons, but seven have been made Public Acts-Hainault and New Forest Inclosures, Battersea Park, Smithfield Removal, the Crown Estates (Regent Street); Duchy of Lancaster, and Inverness Bridge: one, for making a bridge between Greenwich and Woolwich, among the following titles, is not in the Private Bill Table. There are therefore 173 Private Acts, as given in the following abstract and enumeration.

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