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House Of Commons.
Uth . —A new writ was ordered for Cambridge University , in the p lace of Sir C . M . Sutton , now Lord Canterbury . —Mr . D . AV . Harvey o-ave notice , that he should move for a call of the House on the 28 th April , on which clay his motion for the Pension-list comes on . — Mr . Robinson presented a petition from certain maritime officers , late in the East India Company ' s service , complaining of having been excluded from the compensation allowed bthe Company to its servants .
y After some conversation , the petition was ordered to be laid upon the table . —Mr . A ernon moved for a new writ for Nottinghamshire , in the room of Viscount Lumley , now Earl Scarborough . The motion was objected to , on the ground that Alscount Lumley had not been summoned to the House of Peers , and subsequently withdrawn . —Mr . E wart ' s motion that no new business should be commenced in the House , after
11 o ' clock , was lost by a majority of 65 . 12 th . —Mr . Hume gave notice that his Amendment limiting the grants on the estimates to three months ivould not now be made ; but a motion ivould be brought forward on a future day , expressive of " decided no confidence " ' in his Majesty ' s Ministers—Mr . G . Berkeley gave notice that , on May 1 , he ivould move that a portion of the Strangers' Gallery be set apart for the accommodation of ladies . —Mr .
Gisbome obtained leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the payment of expenses in cases where an election is declared void on the ground of bribery , treating , intimidation , or violence—Mr . VV . H . Ord obtained leave to bring in a bill to indemnify witnesses giving evidence before Parliament in cases of bribery . —Mr . Dobbin renewed his motion for a series of Papers regarding the Police and Magistracy-of Ireland . —Sir H . Hardinge replied that he could not grant the papers , because the ' t had directed
transactions were so improper that the Governmen prosecutions ; the papers were now with the Crown Officers . Other papers ivould be granted . He and the Chancellor of the ^ Exchequer both stated that directions hacl heen given to prevent magistrates , who were clergymen , from interfering in the collection of tithes where measures ot severity might be requisite , especially in cases where they were personallinterestedThe defence of the Government they would defer
y . until the papers were before the House . —Colonel Leith Hay moved for a copy of a dispatch to the Governor of British Guyana , from the Colonial Office , dated the 29 th of November last , announcing the dissolution of Lord Melbourne ' s Cabinet , with the view of establishing
some motion on the subject . Ordered . 13 tfi —This being the last day for receiving petitions for Private Bills , a greal , number were presented to the House . —The Northfleet Pier Bill was read a second time . —Air . AV . Patten presented a petition from the Manchester , Bolton , and Bury Railway Company , praying for a grant to enable them to extend the railway they were originally appointed to construct ; which was ordered to be laid upon the table—Lord J . Russell had
said that it was well known to the House generally that he given notice of a motion of very great importance for the 23 rd _ . At the time he gave that notice , he was informed that the report of the Commissioners ivould be on the table of that House . He wished to know whether that was likely , for he had since been informed that such was not to be the fact . ( Cheers . ) He only wished to say that on whatever day he should fix his motion , he proposed to move a call of the House for that day . —Sir H . Hardinge said that if the Noble Lord had intimated that he intended to put this question he should be prepared to
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House Of Commons.
Uth . —A new writ was ordered for Cambridge University , in the p lace of Sir C . M . Sutton , now Lord Canterbury . —Mr . D . AV . Harvey o-ave notice , that he should move for a call of the House on the 28 th April , on which clay his motion for the Pension-list comes on . — Mr . Robinson presented a petition from certain maritime officers , late in the East India Company ' s service , complaining of having been excluded from the compensation allowed bthe Company to its servants .
y After some conversation , the petition was ordered to be laid upon the table . —Mr . A ernon moved for a new writ for Nottinghamshire , in the room of Viscount Lumley , now Earl Scarborough . The motion was objected to , on the ground that Alscount Lumley had not been summoned to the House of Peers , and subsequently withdrawn . —Mr . E wart ' s motion that no new business should be commenced in the House , after
11 o ' clock , was lost by a majority of 65 . 12 th . —Mr . Hume gave notice that his Amendment limiting the grants on the estimates to three months ivould not now be made ; but a motion ivould be brought forward on a future day , expressive of " decided no confidence " ' in his Majesty ' s Ministers—Mr . G . Berkeley gave notice that , on May 1 , he ivould move that a portion of the Strangers' Gallery be set apart for the accommodation of ladies . —Mr .
Gisbome obtained leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the payment of expenses in cases where an election is declared void on the ground of bribery , treating , intimidation , or violence—Mr . VV . H . Ord obtained leave to bring in a bill to indemnify witnesses giving evidence before Parliament in cases of bribery . —Mr . Dobbin renewed his motion for a series of Papers regarding the Police and Magistracy-of Ireland . —Sir H . Hardinge replied that he could not grant the papers , because the ' t had directed
transactions were so improper that the Governmen prosecutions ; the papers were now with the Crown Officers . Other papers ivould be granted . He and the Chancellor of the ^ Exchequer both stated that directions hacl heen given to prevent magistrates , who were clergymen , from interfering in the collection of tithes where measures ot severity might be requisite , especially in cases where they were personallinterestedThe defence of the Government they would defer
y . until the papers were before the House . —Colonel Leith Hay moved for a copy of a dispatch to the Governor of British Guyana , from the Colonial Office , dated the 29 th of November last , announcing the dissolution of Lord Melbourne ' s Cabinet , with the view of establishing
some motion on the subject . Ordered . 13 tfi —This being the last day for receiving petitions for Private Bills , a greal , number were presented to the House . —The Northfleet Pier Bill was read a second time . —Air . AV . Patten presented a petition from the Manchester , Bolton , and Bury Railway Company , praying for a grant to enable them to extend the railway they were originally appointed to construct ; which was ordered to be laid upon the table—Lord J . Russell had
said that it was well known to the House generally that he given notice of a motion of very great importance for the 23 rd _ . At the time he gave that notice , he was informed that the report of the Commissioners ivould be on the table of that House . He wished to know whether that was likely , for he had since been informed that such was not to be the fact . ( Cheers . ) He only wished to say that on whatever day he should fix his motion , he proposed to move a call of the House for that day . —Sir H . Hardinge said that if the Noble Lord had intimated that he intended to put this question he should be prepared to