the Question, that "Hides," &c., stand part of the Resolution -Amendment of Mr. Lawson, that they be omitted from the Re- March 18. Fever (Ireland) Bill-Order of the Day for House going into Com- mittee, read-Amendment of Mr. P. Scrope, "That Irish Poor Law Guardians have the power to relieve with Food all Destitute Persons within their Unions," &c.-Amendment withdrawn- 19. Aqueducts Standing Orders-Motion of Mr. Hume, "That in case of Bills for making, maintaining, &c., or otherwise alter- ing any Aqueduct or other Work, a Plan or Map should be depo- sited in the Board of Admiralty. on or before the 30th of No- Railway Termini in the Metropolis-Motion of Mr. Wilson Patten for an Address to Her Majesiy, for the Appointment of a Com- mission to investigate and report upon the various Railway Pro- jects, of which the Termini are proposed to be established within The Great Liverpool Steamer--Question and Explanation Fever (Ireland)-Amendment of Mr. Sharman Crawford, that after the words "Medical Appliances" to add, "including Nutri- ment, if necessary, for their cure, in the cases where the Poor Persons are destitute"-Amendment agreed to-Bill to be read Railways-Motion of Mr. Morrison for the Appointment of "a Select Committee to inquire, whether, without discouraging legitimate enterprise, Conditions may not be embodied in Rail- way Acts better fitted than those hitherto inserted in them to promote and secure the Interests of the Public "-Motion Mutiny House in Committee on the Mutiny Bill-Clause as Marine Mutiny-House in Committee on the Marine Mutiny Bill 20. The Case of Joseph Mason-Question and Explanation The Corn Law Question and Explanation Customs and Corn Importation Report-Order of the Day for re- suming the Adjourned Debate, read-On the Question, that the House do agree with the Committee on the Resolution respect- ing Timber-Amendment of the Marquess of Worcester, "To omit the words of the present Resolution "-Amendment nega- tived-Division Lists, &c.-Resolution agreed to-Bill ordered Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Bill-Motion of Mr. F. Maule for 23. Amalgamation of Railways-Motion of Mr. Wilson Patten for the appointment of a Select Committee "To consider how far, and under what Regulations, the further Amalgamation of Railways would be consistent with a due regard to the Commercial and General Interests of the Country"-After some conversation, Mr. Wilson Patten amended his Motion as follows, Select Committee be appointed to consider the Principle of Amalgamation as applicable to Railway and Canal Bills now under the consideration of Parliament"-Amended Motion March 23. Buenos Ayres and Monte Video-Questions and Explanations. Customs and Corn Importation Report-The Order of the Day for the Second Reading of the Bill read-On the Question that the Bill be read a Second Time-Amendment of Mr. E. ... ... The Ayes and the Noes on Mr. P. Miles's Amendment to the Go- vernment Proposition relating to the Commercial Policy of the The Ayes and the Noes on Mr. P. Borthwick's Motion, "That the Chairman report Progress, and ask leave to sit again," on Mr. Villiers's Amendment to the Government Proposition relating to the Commercial Policy of the Country The Ayes and the Noes on Mr. Villiers's Amendment to the Go- vernment Proposition relating to the Commercial Policy of the The Ayes and the Noes on Sir J. Graham's Amendment to the Motion of Lord J. Manners for the Second Reading of the Bequests for Pious and Charitable Purposes Bill The Ayes and the Noes on Mr. Christie's Amendment to add certain words to the Motion of Mr. Etwall, That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the Administration of The Ayes and the Noes on Mr. T. S. Duncombe's Motion for an The Ayes and the Noes on Mr. Grogan's Amendment to the Re- solution respecting the Import Duties on Butter-The Customs The Ayes and the Noes on Mr. R. M. Milnes's Amendment to the Question, "That Cotton Articles or Manufactures of Cotton, wholly or in part made up, not otherwise charged with ... ... The Ayes and the Noes on Lord G. Bentinck's Amendment to the Question, that Hops the cwt. 21. 5s. stand part of the Reso- lution on Customs and Corn Importation Report The Ayes and the Noes on Mr. Bankes's Amendment to the Question, that all Articles included under the head Manufactures" stand part of the Resolution on the Customs The Ayes and the Noes on Mr. Alderman Thompson's Amend- ment to the Question, that Spirits and Strong Waters of all The Ayes on the Noes on Mr. W. Miles's Amendment to the The Ayes and the Noes on Mr. Lawson's Amendment to the Question, that Hides or pieces thereof, tawed, curried, &c., or otherwise prepared, stand part of the Resolution on the Customs The Ayes and the Noes on the Marquess of Worcester's Amend- The Ayes and the Noes on Sir Hugh Campbell's Amendment to HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, IN THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, APPOINTED TO MEET 11 NOVEMBER, 1841, AND FROM THENCE CONTINUED TILL 22 JANUARY, 1846, IN THE NINTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. SECOND VOLUME OF THE SESSION. HOUSE OF LORDS, Tuesday, February 24, 1846. MINUTES.] PUBLIC BILLS-2 Fishery Piers and Har. bours (Ireland); Game Laws. PETITIONS PRESENTED. By the Duke of Richmond, from Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others, of the County of Peebles, and other places, in favour of the Corn Laws. -By the Duke of Richmond, from Clergy, Landowners, and others, of Abbas Coombe, and several other places, for Protection of the Agricultural Interest.—By the Duke of Richmond, from Noblemen, Commissioners of Supply, and others, of Forfar, and other places, against the Principles of Free Trade.-By the Duke of Richmond, from Inhabitants of the Township of Sutton on the Forest, for the Adoption of a Measure to prevent the Unconstitutional Proceedings of the Anti-Corn-Law League. From Landowners, and others, of the Parish of Somerton, against Real Property Registration Bill. By Lord Kinnaird, from Incorporation of Weavers, Dyers, and Clothdressers of Canongate, Edinburgh, for the Total and Immediate Repeal of the Corn Laws. THE CASE OF BRYAN SEERY. THE MARQUESS of WESTMEATH said, he ships for a very few moments in consequence for the Home Department, to know whe- upon have given answer, LORD BROUGHAM quite agreed with the noble Earl. But the noble Marquess need not have spoken of what he wished to refer to as having been a speech delivered in the other House of Parliament. All he had to do was to say he had seen it represented that so and so had been stated in another place, and then to have asked whether that was the case or not; or he might have taken it for granted that the statement had been made, and then made his own remarks upon it. which the noble Marquess was pursuing in | Newington, Middlesex, the widow of a Mr. remarking, not on the proceedings of the Wortham, who died in 1842. The family other House of Parliament, but upon a were at that time in narrow circumstances, speech which he said had been delivered and took lodgers; and Thomas Burton there, but respecting which he could know Newenham, a person of forty years of age, nothing except through the ordinary chan- or upwards, became an inmate of the nels of information, that was to say, the house. The widow had a daughter about newspapers. thirteen years of age. Soon after the death of Mr. Wortham, in 1842, a succession opened to the daughter to a landed estate of 4001. a year. Newenham laid his plans immediately. He visited at the house where he was no longer a lodger since the improved circumstances of the family. Mrs. Wortham was put off her guard from the disparity of years, and from his having known Miss Wortham since she was a child of eleven years old. The girl, as was represented to him (Lord Brougham), was not of strong understanding. Newenham. took an opportunity, about five o'clock one evening, when Mrs. Wortham was out, to state that her mother's affairs rendered it absolutely necessary that Miss Wortham should proceed with him to his solicitor's in Furnival's-inn. Instead of conveying her there, however, he took her to the Euston-square station of the Birmingham. Railway, and ultimately to Gretna-green, having effected her seduction, as it ap The MARQUESS of WESTMEATH said, it was far from his intention to take any unfair proceeding in that House. It was no object of his to take advantage of the ignorance of any noble Lord as to what had fallen from a Colleague in office; but he thought the noble Earl could tell him whether that answer was given or not. When that answer, as reported, went forth to Ireland, the whole of that side of the press would bear on the magistrates of West-peared, on the road. At Gretna-green the meath. He should have been bound to have given notice of his question if he had thought that the thing would have kept. He asked whether the Secretary of State had made that answer or not? The LORD CHANCELLOR: Where? In what place? The MARQUESS of WESTMEATH: In the other House of Parliament. The LORD CHANCELLOR: Ah, you cannot ask that question. LORD BROUGHAM said, it was plain that the noble Marquess had got his object, for he had given the most positive contradiction to the whole statement, and that without contradiction. NEWENIAM'S DIVORCE BILL. LORD BROUGHAM then said, that he wished to bring before their Lordships a case of hardship for which the law and the Constitution afforded no remedy. Their Lordships would recollect the case of "Wakefield v. Turner;" he had followed exactly the practice that was adopted in their Lordships' House in that case. The petition praying for the Divorce Bill which he was to present to their Lordships was the petition of Jane Wortham, of Stoke parties were married and came back. Newenham was tried for the abduction at the Central Criminal Court, convicted, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Mrs. Newenham, it appeared, had been since delivered of a child; but the relief asked by this Bill would not bastardize the child, for it would only go to dissolve the marriage. All that he begged of their Lordships was the amplest attention to this case. He did not wish to provoke any discussion, and he therefore merely stated the facts. He wished to refer 'the whole matter to a Committee of the whole House. This was a case in which the wickedness of one party worked on the innocence and ignorance of another party, so as to destroy that individual's peace of mind, and transfer the whole of her property to himself. In this instance the man had acquired a right to all the woman's personal property without any control. All these grievances she would sustain, if their Lordships could not grant her relief; and therefore he prayed their Lordships to weigh well and maturely the whole bearings of this case. The LORD CHANCELLOR hoped his noble and learned Friend would have the |