bankment, Reclamation, Inclosure, and Improvement. elxiii. An Act to improve the River Nene and Wisbech River, and the Drainage of Lands discharging their Waters into the same. exliv. An Act to alter and amend the several Acts relating to the Birkenhead Commissioners Docks, and to transfer the several Powers of the said Commissioners to a Corporate Body to be entitled "The Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks ;" and for other Purposes. cxlv. An Act for continuing the Term of an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road from Hulme, across the River Irwell, through Salford, to Eccles, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and a Branch of Road communicating therewith, so far as relates to the Road from Hulme to Eccles, for the Purpose of enabling the Trustees to pay off the Debt now due on the said Roads. exlvi. An Act for altering and amending an Act passed for maintaining the Road from Crossford Bridge to Manchester, and a Branch connected therewith. cxlvii. An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road from Richmond to Reeth in the County of York. cxlviii. An Act to enable the Wishaw and Colt ness Railway Company to divert and improve certain portions of their Line. cxlix. An Act to enable "The Timber Preserving Company" to purchase and work certain Letters Patent, and for confirming the same. cl. An Act for draining, warping, and otherwise improving Thorne Moor in the West Riding of Yorkshire. cli. An Act to authorize the Endowment and Consecration of a new Chapel at Marlborough, and the Annexation of the same to Marlborough College. clii. An Act to amend the Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands within the City of London and the Liberties thereof. cliii. An Act for the Establishment of the Farmers' Estate Society Ireland. cliv. An Act to enable the Dundee and Perth Railway Company to take a Lease of the Undertaking of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, and to amend the Acts relating to such Companies respectively. clv. An Act for making a Railway from Paisley to Barrhead, with certain Branch Railways therewith connected, to be called "The Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet Railway." elvi. An Act to make a Deviation in the authorized Line of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway, together with a Branch to Bakewell. clvii. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Exeter and Exmouth Railway Company. clviii. An Act to enable the Great Western Railway Company to construct a Loop Line from the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway through the Town of Leamington; and for other Purposes. clix. An Act to confer additional Powers on the Great Western Railway Company with reference to an Agreement of the Twelfth of November 1846, for the Purchase by them of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Rail ways. clx. An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to hold Shares in the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Company; and for other Purposes. clxi. An Act for the more effectually paving, lighting, watching, draining, cleansing, and otherwise improving the Town and Neighbourhood of Walsall in the County of Stafford, for improving the Markets, and for the better assessing the Poor's Rates, Highway Rates, Church Rates, and other Local Rates within the Parish of Walsall in the said County. clxii. An Act for granting further Powers to the Clerkenwell Improvement Commissioners for the Purpose of enabling them to complete the new Street and the Improvements connected therewith. clxiii. An Act to provide for the Sanatory Improvement of the City of London and the Liberties thereof, and for the better cleansing, sewering, paving, and lighting the same. PRIVATE ACTS, PRINTED BY THE QUEEN'S PRINTER, AND WHEREOF THE PRINTED COPIES MAY BE GIVEN IN EVIDENCE. 1. A N Act to authorize the feuing of the Glebe Lands of the Parish of Govan in the County of Lanark. 2. An Act for authorizing the Trustees of the Will of the late Calmady Pollexfen Hamlyn Esquire, under the Direction of the Court of Chancery, to pull down the Mansion or Dwelling House at Paschoe in the County of Devon, Part of the Estates devised by the same Will, and to rebuild the same, and to raise Money for those Purposes by Mortgage of the said Estates; and for making Provision for the Payment of the Principal Monies so raised; and for other Purposes. 3. An Act for confirming an Exchange of certain Lands in the Parish of Wilton in the County of Somerset, heretofore Part of the Augmentation of the Perpetual Curacy of Hill Bishops otherwise Bishops Hull in the same County, for certain Lands in the Parish of Staplegrove in the same County, and for other Purposes. 4. An Act to authorize the Sale to the Right Honourable George Harry Earl of Stamford and Warrington of certain Freehold and Leasehold Hereditaments in the County of Salop devised by the Will of Polly Hale Widow, deceased, and for directing the Investment of the Purchase Money in other Hereditaments, to be settled in like Manner. 5. An Act to authorize Grants in Fee and Leases for long Terms of Years, for Building Purposes, of the devised Estate of John Newton Esquire, deceased, situate at Gorton in the Parish of Manchester in the County of Lancaster. 6. An Act for enabling Sales, Leases, and Mortgages to be made of certain Estates in the County of York, heretofore belonging to John Fullerton. 7. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of Edward Jessop the elder to sell the Estates devised by such Will, and to lay out the Money to arise therefrom in the Purchase of other Estates under the Direction of the Court of Chancery. 8. An Act for enabling Leases and Sales to be made of an Estate at Horton in the Parish of Bradford in the County of York, holden upon the Trusts of the Will of Jacob Hudson, deceased. 9. An Act to enable Sir William Miller of Glenlee and Barskimming, Baronet, Heir of Entail in possession of the Lands and Estates of Glenlee, Barskimming, and others, lying in the Stew. artry of Kirkcudbright and County of Ayr, to exchange certain Portions of the said Estates, and to sell certain Parts thereof, for the Payment and Extinction of the Debts, Obligations, and Burdens affecting the same. 10. An Act for incorporating the Governors and Trustees of the united Charities of Nathaniel Waterhouse, appointed by virtue of an Act passed in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for uniting and better regulating the Charities of Nathaniel Waterhouse within the Town and Parish of Halifax in the West Riding of the County of York; and amending the Powers and Provisions of the said Act, and granting other Powers and Provisions enabling the Governors and Trustees of the said united Charities, when incorporated, to sell and to convey Parts of the Lands of the Charity Estates, make Exchanges of the Lands of the said Estates for other Lands, lease Mines, fell Timber, and effect Improvements; and for regulating the Application of the Revenues, Rents, and Income of the said Estates, and enlarging the charitable Uses of the said Charities; and for other Purposes concerning the same. 11. An Act to provide for the better Administration of certain Charities in the Parish of Sandbach in the County of Chester, and the Distribution of the Income thereof, and for vesting the Estates and Property belonging to the Charities in new Trustees, and to enable the Trustees to grant Leases of the Charity Estates; and for other Purposes. 12. An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the Eighth and Ninth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, for enabling the Trustees of the Will of Francis late Duke of Bridgewater to carry into execution certain Articles of Agreement entered into by them with the Right Honourable Francis Egerton now Earl of Ellesmere. 13. An Act for the Sale of the Glebe Lands belonging to the Rectory of Woolwich and the Parish Church of Saint Mary Woolwich in the County of Kent, and to confirm the Building Leases of such Lands, and for Endowment of a new Ecclesiastical District; and for other Purposes. 14. An Act for extending certain Powers of an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for enlarging the Powers contained in the Will of Sir John Ramsden Baronet, deceased, to grant Leases of the Hereditaments in the Townships of Huddersfield, Honley, Dalton, and Almondbury devised by such Will, and for other Purposes, to the Hereditaments in the Parishes of Almondbury, Kirkeaton, and Huddersfield comprised in the Settlement made on the Marriage of John Charles Ramsden Esquire, deceased; and for other Purposes. 15. An Act to authorize the granting of Building Leases for Ninety-nine Years of Parts of the Trust Estates of the Will of the late Charles Robert Blundell Esquire, situate in the Parishes of Sefton, Walton on the Hill, and North Meols in the County of Lancaster, and to lease Waste Lands and Coal and other Mines, and to exchange certain detached and intermixed Lands, other Parts of the said Trust Estates. 16. An Act for granting Building and other Improvement Leases of the Settled Estates of the Right Honourable George Augustus Frederick Charles Earl of Sheffield, situate in the Parishes of Newhaven and Bishopstone in the County of Sussex. 17. An Act to amend a Settlement made by the Most Honourable the Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry and the Honourable Viscount Seaham; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 18. An Act for compromising certain Suits and Claims affecting Parts of the Estates of the late Marquess of Antrim, and for settling certain Lands intermixed with Parts of such Estates. 19. An Act for vesting the Two undivided Sixth Shares of Christopher Alderson, a Lunatic, and Mary Alderson Spinster, a Person of unsound Mind, as Two of the six Children of Christopher Alderson Alderson deceased, in certain Freehold Estates in the Counties of Middlesex, Hertford, and York, in Trustees, in whom the other Four undivided Sixth Shares are now vested, upon trust for Sale. 20. An Act to alter and amend certain Powers of leasing contained in the last Will and Testament of the late Most Honourable John Crichton Stuart Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries deceased. 21. An Act for altering an Act made and passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Ninth and Tenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, for enabling the Master and Brethren of the Hospital of Saint Mary the Virgin within the Borough of Newcastleupon-Tyne to grant Leases of their Estates; and for other Purposes. 22. An Act for the Relief of the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Glengall, in respect of his Estates in the Counties of Waterford and Tipperary in Ireland, and for vesting the same Estates in Trustees for effecting such Relief. PRIVATE ACTS, NOT PRINTED. 23. AN Act for the Restitution in Blood of William Constable Maxwell Esquire. 24. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Edward Heneage Esquire with Charlotte Frances Ann Heneage his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes. 25. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Robert Nicholson Esquire with Frances Nicholson his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 26. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend Frederick Grueber Lugard Clerk with Grace Price Lugard his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes. 27. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Jervis, a Captain in the Forty-second Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, and Paymaster and Superintendent of Native Pensioners at Barrackpore in the Province of Bengal in the East Indies, with Mary Amelia his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. INDEX. INDEX ΤΟ HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, IN THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 11o & 12° VICTORIÆ, 1847-8. EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS. - - C., 1R. 2R. SR. First, Second, or Third Reading-Amend., Amendment.-Res., Resolution.-Comm., - The indicates that no Debate took place upon that stage of the Bill. ADDERLEY, Mr. C. B., Staffordshire, N. Jews Disabilities, Com. (97) 1241 7. (95) 14; Her Majesty's Answer, 207 c. (95) 64; Amend. (Mr. H. Grattan), 76; Adjournment, c. (95) 1421; Amend. (Mr. Spooner), 1422; Administration of Criminal Justice Bill, 7. 1R.* (100) 581; 2R.* 922; Rep. 1015; Administration of Justice (No. 1) Bill, 1. 1R. (99) 714; 2R. 1049; 3R. (100) 743 2 F Administration of Justice (No. 2) Bill, 7. 1R.* (99) 714; 2R.* 1049; 3R.* (100) 743; Adrianople, Treaty of Foreign Policy, ADVOCATE, The LORD (Right Hon. A. Births and Marriages Registration (Scotland), Entail, Law of, Amendment (Scotland), Leave, (96) 1307 Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Res. (95) 1114 Game Certificates for Killing Hares, Leave, (96) Harwich Election, New Writ moved for, (97) 597 Ireland, State of, (96) 318 Joint Stock Companies, Com. cl. 2, (98) 600 New Zealand Government, Leave, (95) 1024; Parliament, New Houses of, Comm. moved for, Political Offenders, Pardon of, Address moved, Poor Law (Ireland), Comm. moved for, (97) 45 Private Bills, (95) 924 Public Departments, Address moved, (97) 595 1002 Window Duties, Repeal of the, Leave, (96) 1289 Agricultural Statistics, c. Question (Mr. Sandars), (97) 539 Agriculture (Ireland), ALCOCK, Mr. T., Surrey 7. 1R. (98) 135; 2R. 264; Com. 397; 3R. 452 ANDERSON, Mr. A., Orkney and Shetland ANSON, Hon. Lieut.-Col. G., Stafford- Ordnance Estimates, (100) 1066, 1068 1016 ANSTEY, Mr. T. C., Youghal Borough Elections (No. 2), Com. cl. 1, (99) 699, Bulwer, Sir H., Expulsion of, from Madrid, Business of the House, (95) 859 Colonies, Under Secretary of State for the, Corrupt Practices at Elections, 2R. (100) 607; Com. 916; Amend. 922, 1119; (101) 62, 63 Diplomatic Relations with Rome, 2R. Amend., Election Recognizances, 2R. (97) 625 Ireland, Remedial Measures for, (100) 976 New Zealand Government, Com. Amend. (96) Ovans, Colonel, Case of, Comm. moved for, Passengers' Bill, 2R. (96) 1034 Roman Catholic Charities, Leave, (95) 211 Sewers, Metropolitan Commission of, Consoli- Sligo, Borough of, New Writ moved for, (99) 1412 |