called upon to investigate. Of course he object of the sinking fund was neither thought it his duty to examine the subject more nor less than to save posterity part as far as he could. Mr. Finlayson stated, of the burthens which would otherwise fall that the two books were the cominence upon them ; while the object of the dead ment of a series of inquiries which he was weight was to serve the present generation. engaged in, by the direction of lord Bexley, If those were not contradictory proposifor the purpose of bringing to the test the tions, he knew not what contradiction was. idea which had occurred to him, that the He thought the noble lord opposite ought duration of human life, especially of female to be very cautious in receiving Mr. FinTlfe, was much longer than had generally layson's calculations. There was a sort of been assumed. If Mr. Finlayson's idea impetuosity and hurry in making this disshould turn out to be true, then undoubt-covery which made him receive his future edly the annuities given under Mr. Per- information with less readiness of convicceval's act of 1808, involved a loss to the tion than he otherwise should have done. public; because they were founded on the The present bill was founded on the supsupposition, that the duration of human position, that the public incurred an annual life was not more than that laid down by loss by the Annuities acts. He wished to Dr. Price. The subject was one of great know whether those who had brought the importance. It certainly was quite new bill forward had considered what was the to him to be told that the tables of Dr. price of the funds, and how far that price Price were so erroneous. Every person was advantageous, even admitting their differed more or less as to their accuracy; calculations to be correct. If they had bat they were the foundation upon which made such a consideration, they, perhaps, all annuities were granted. Though it would not have been so hasty in bringing might be true that the investigations of forward an accusation against their preMr. Malthus tended to throw doubt on decessors in office. He thought the tables the accuracy of those tables, yet, at the respecting the duration of life must be time he was speaking of, nothing had taken to be drawn up in favour of the appeared to justify any man of common offices which granted annuities. sense in assuming any new basis of calcu- The bill was then read a second time. lation. Mr. Finlayson had very extensive schemes in his own mind, not only with PENRYN DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL.] respect to the alteration of those acts, but Their lordships went into a committee on to every possible combination. He there this bill. Counsel were called in, and fore thought it his duty to desire him to several witnesses examined. After which proceed in his inquiry, and accordingly a desultory conversation took place as to employed him at the public expense. the day on which the consideration of this Knowing the intricacy of the subject, and question was to be resumed. It was knowing him to be a diligent and active stated, that in consequence of the business man, he certainly considered that Mr. fixed for Thursday and Friday, it could Finlayson was proceeding in his inquiry, not come on before next week. To this as fast as the nature of the subject per- it was objected, that so long a delay would mitted him. He always said, that he occasion an enormous additional expense, would not proceed to submit a new plan as well as great inconvenience. Earl Grey to parliament until the whole subject was proposed Saturday, but the lord chancellor investigated; for, to come down to parlia- feared he could not be spared from his ment, pretending to have made a great judicial duties in the court of Chancery on discovery, having only piece-meal in- that day. However, after some further formation, was not a part of his medical conversation, it was agreed that the exapractice, whatever quackery he might be mination of the witnesses should be proin the habit of indulging. Nr. Finlayson's ceeded in on Friday evening, after the salary was 5001. per annum ; and he Irish question, fixed for that day, should thought it high time that the matter was be disposed of, and continued until twelve brought to a termination, o'clock, and resumed at ten o'clock on the The Earl of Lauderdale said, that the following morning. 1 INDEX TO VOL. XVIII. NEW SERIES. INDEX TO DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Address on the King's Speech, 4 Law of Evidence Bill, 1357 Life Annuities Acts Repeal Bill, 1623 Limerick, Treaty of, 350 Ministerial Explanations, 260, 562, 636 Navarin, Battle of, 260 Offences against the Person Bill, 1357, 1442 1628 Roman Catholic Question, 69, 93, 350, 1049, 1569 Russia, 1333 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1161, 1236 Test and Corporation Acts Repeal Bill, 923 1170, 1450, 1571 Turkey, 94, 259, 1333 INDEX TO DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Address on the King's Speech, 35, 69 Crime, Increase of, 985 Debt, Arrests for, on Mesne Process, 125 Duty on insurances, 1335 East Retford Disfranchisement Bill, 83, 669, 925, 966, 1060, 1076, 1252, 1319, 1334 Education in Ireland, 1119 Election Expenses, 1227 Elective Franchise, 1102 Election Laws, Controverted, 1433 Election, Right of in Counties Corporate, 1230 Emigration to British Colonies, 938, 1547 Entail, Scotch Law of, 1019 Fees on Turnpikes Bills, 1620 Finance Committee, 95, 422 Foreign Trade, 1428 Freeholders Registration Bill, 989, 1348 Freemen in Cities and Boroughs, 1234 Friendly Societies, 601 Gas Company Bill, 649 Greece, 1301, 1438 305, 359, 449, 676, 816, 1137, 1180, 1329 Imports for Home Consumption, 1428 India, Suspension of a Judge in, 1055 Insurances, Duty on, 1335 Poor Laws, 1521 Ireland, Education in, 1119 Poor Laws in Ireland, 1417 Irish Sub-letting Act, 573 Printing Expenses of the House, 989 Irish Lessors Assessment Bill, 1233 Promotions in the Army, 1126 Irish Vagrants, 1126 Public Buildings, 1304 Irish Parish Vestries, 1223 Real Property in India, 1339 Judge in India, Suspension of a, 1055 Receipts, Stamp Duties on, 572 Justiciary Court in Scotland, 1115 Registration of Freeholders, 989, 1348 King's Speech on Opening the Session, 35, 69 Ribbons, Use of at Elections, 1227 Roman Catholic Emancipation, 109, 114, 571, Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill, 651 987, 1058, 1520 Limerick, Treaty of, 990 Roman Catholic Land-Tax Bill, 102, 606, 1101 Licensing System, 1059, 1149 Life Annuities Act, 1135, 1314, 1344 Savings Banks, 258, 1124 Lunatic Asylums, 575 Scotland, Parochial Settlements in 1147 Scotland, Criminal Trials in, 1115 Mary-le-bone Select Vestry Bill, 1376 Scotch Law of Entail, 1019 Metropolis, Police of the, 784 Slave Trade, 975, 1023 Ministerial Explanations, 449, 585 Slavery in the West Indies, 1023 Mutiny Bill, 1089 South American Trade, 1424 Nayarin, Battle of, 360 Stamp Duty on Receipts, 572 Navy Estimates, 307, 339, 655 State of the Courts of Common Law, 35, 127, 833 New South Wales, Administration of Justice in, 1430, 1559, 1564 Sugar, Duty on, 1422 Office of Works, 1304 Test and Corporation Acts Repeal Bill, 96, 124, Ordnance Estimates, 635 305, 359, 449, 676, 816, 1137, 1180, 1329 O'Reilly, Miles, Case of, 1560 lithes Commutation Bill, 1151 Treaty of Limerick, 990 Parochial Settlements, 602 Turkey, 1301 Parochial Settlements in Scotland, 1147 Turnpike Trusts Bill, 1445 Passage Vessels Regulation Bill, 962, 1208 Penryn Disfranchisement Bill, 83, 1138, 1319, Water; Supply of to the Metropolis, 1148, 1177, 1358 1361, 1442 Police of the Metropolis and Adjacent Districts, Ways and Means, 1310 West India Produce, 1422 Polls, Mode of taking Cities and Boroughs, West Indies, Slavery in, 1023 599, 1411 Westminster Sessions, 1048 784 INDEX OF NAMES—HOUSE OF LORDS. Bathurst, Earl, 1168, 1241 Llandafi, Bishop of, 1585, 1591 Bexley, Lord, 1625 Lansdowne, Marquis of, 32, 293, 1053, 1136, 1171, 1357, 1445, 1601 Calthorpe, Lord, 925, 1169, 1606 Lincoln, Bishop of, 1485 Carlisle, Earl of, 565 London, Bishop of, 1166, 1249 Carnarvon, Earl of, 260, 283, 355, 1557, 1599 Londonderry, Marquis of, 28, 93, 357, 562, 1049 Chester, Bishop of, 1508, 1589 Lord Chancellor (Lyndhurst), 69 Lyndhurst, Lord, see Lord Chancellor Malmesbury, Earl of, 1594 Mansfield, Earl of, 1517 Melross, Lord, 649 Darnley, Earl of, 32, 259, 358 Melville, Lord, 1579 Dudley, Earl, 34, 270, 290, 639, 1221, 1334 Morley, Earl of, 568 Durham, Bishop of, 1491, 1598 Redesdale, Lord, 924, 1373, 1607 Eldon, Earl of, 27, 283, 1497, 1573, 1578, 1600 Richmond, Duke of, 355 Ellenborough, Lord, 302, 1592 Roden, Earl of, 1054 Rosebery, Earl of, 1357, 1571 Falmouth, Earl of, 355, 1370, 1580 Salisbury, Marquis of, 350, 358 Seaford, Lord, 641 Tenterden, Lord, 1357, 1444, 1594, 1609 Wellington, Duke of, 25, 31, 259, 285, 648, 1364, Harewood, Earl of, 1584 1502, 1583 Harrowby, Earl of, 1595, 1598 Winchelsea, Earl of, 1483, 1517 Holland, Lord, 11, 94, 1170, 1450, 1576 Wharncliffe, Lord, 304, 351 King, Lord, 24, 925, 1161, 1236, 1251, 1371, 1623 York, Archbishop of, 1482 Euston, Lord, 80 Fergusson, Cuthbert, 123, 306, 332, 715, 828, 879, 1198, 1339, 1343, 1389 Fyler, T. B. 600, 606, 1227, 1617 Gascoyne, Isaac, 1294 Goulburn, Right Hon. Henry, see Chancellor of Gower, Lord F. L. 832, 1327 Graham, Sir James, 961, 1129, 1304, 1349 Grant, Right Hon. Charles, 1378, 1618 Grant Robert, 43, 1159 Grattan, James, 573, 953, 1147, 1211, 1226, 1233, Grattan, Henry, 654, 998 Hart, General, 573 Harvey, Daniel Whittle, 111, 309, 981, 1066, Herries, Right Hon. John C. 487, 585, 588, 589, Hobhouse, John Cam, 74, 78, 360, 422, 1148, INDEX OF NAMES-HOUSE OF COMMONS. Acland, Sir Thomas Dyke, 757, 820, 1623 1135, 1200, 1298, 1315, 1344, 1348 Astell, William, 1376 Attorney General, (Sir C. Wetherell) 600, 607, Baillie, Colonel, 1377 Bankes, Henry, 59, 108, 387, 1306, 1623 Baring, Alexander, 106, 447, 572, 600, 953, 1034, Bernal, Ralph, 341, 976 Bourne, Right Hon. W. S. 590, 1179, 1181 Brougham, Henry, 35, 49, 65, 127, 257, 447, 552, Brownlow, Charles, 69, 573, 651, 1121 Burdett, Sir Francis, 80, 420, 814, 955, 987, 1179, Heron, Sir R. 667 1376, 1410, 1439, 1610, 1612 Burrell, Sir C. 969 Burrell, W. 1541 Buxton, Thomas Fowell, 1040 Calcraft, John, 68, 95, 618, 630, 634, 635, 650, Horton, Robert Wilmot, 524, 804, 827, 938, 1023, 828, 831, 1135, 1311, 1312, 1420, 1555 Calvert, N. 668, 674, 1284 Carter, John, 911 Chancellor of the Exchequer (Right Hon. Henry Clerk, Sir G. 655 Clinton, F. 650, 673 Clive, Lord, 1611, 1612 Cockburn, Sir George, 309, 657 Colborne, N. W. R. 654, 1308, 1542. Courtenay, T. P. 601, 1056, 1343 Croker, J. W. 339, 1421, 1435 Crompton, S. 1068, 1069 Curteis, E. J. 106, 606 Davenport, E. D. 95, 1156 Davies, Colonel, 599, 612, 631, 955, 1545, 1566 Dawson, George, 107, 652, 1378, 1431 Dawson, A. 109, 359, 633, 1017, 1619 Denison, W. J. 125, 975, 1563 Dickenson, W. 813 Douglas, Keith, 343, 1032 Drummond, Home, 1118 Duncombe, Thomas, 75, 540, 587 Easthope, John, 1353 1215, 1300, 1352, 1418, 1541, 1547, 1567 Hume, Joseph, 100, 105, 108, 125, 258, 307, 310, Hurst, Robert, 106, 608 Huskisson, Right Hon. William, 313, 314, 388, Inglis, Sir R. H. 710, 1225 Jenkinson, Hon. Cecil, 35 Kennedy, T. F. 1019, 1118, 1147 King, Major General, 114 Lamb, Hon. William, 574, 1121, 1421 Lamb, Hon. George, 110, 861 Lawley, F. 985 Lethbridge, Sir Thomas, 119, 831, 1391 Lewis, Frankland, 653, 1106, 1620 Leycester, Ralph, 116, 956 Liddell, Hon. H. T. 97, 449 Lindsay, Colonel, 1097 Littleton, E. J. 538, 666, 676, 968, 986, 1445, 1621 Lowther, Lord, 600, 990, 1109, 1230, 1235, 1348, Lushington, Dr. 807 3 G Sibthorp, Charles, 1109, 1232, 1392 Smith, John, 96, 359, 694, 958, 1092 Speaker, The (Right Hon. Charles Manners Stanley, Lord, 1126 Stanley, Hon. E. G. 517, 963, 1218, 1354 Stuart, H. V. 110, 1210 Sugden, E. B. 897, 1022, 1416 Sutton, Right Hon. C. M. see Speaker. Sykes, Daniel, 572, 668, 1046, 1081, 1102, 1115, 1230 Taylor, Michael Angelo, 35, 80, 315, 338, 1060 Tennyson, Charles, 83, 86, 669, 926, 966, 1083, 1089, 1252, 1319 Thompson, Alderman William, 305, 814, 1335, 1620 Thompson, C. P. 343, 630, 1219, 1319, 1619 Trench, Colonel, 1409, 1421 Vivian, Sir H. 633, 1094 Waithman, Alderman Robert, 305, 306, 343, 613, 651, 658, 668, 812, 1061, 1080, 1270, 1319, 1350, 1378, 1552, 1619 Wallace, Mr. 571 Warburton, Henry, 347, 964, 1097, 1208, 1338, 1360, 1552 Ward, William, 1411 Warrender, Sir George, 74, 530, 832 Wetherall, Sir Charles, see Attorney-general. Wilson, Sir Robert, 968, 1070, 1087, 1301, 1424, 1438 Wilson, James, 1047 Wood, Colonel, 516, 605, 812, 957, 1099, 1158, 1229, 1409 Wood, Alderman Matthew, 305, 315, 809, 1113 Wood, John, 312 Wortley, Hon. J. S. 1220 Wynn, C. W. W. 256, 594, 828, 927, 970, 1062, 1069, 1085, 1111, 1199, 1295, 1344, 1415, 1433, 1563, 1622 Yorke, Sir Joseph, 58, 102, 591, 655, 658, 1307, 1311, 1322, 1611, 1613 Maberly, John, 100, 307,312, 346, 617, 651, 1135, Marshall John, 701 Martin, John, 306 Marryat, Joseph, 1567 Milton, Lord, 531, 588, 651, 742, 830, 831 1543 Moore, George, 573, 1016 Morpeth, Lord, 73, 533, 667, 1391 Newport, Sir John, 118, 1111, 1120, 1159, 1214, Nugent, Lord, 738, 1032, 1089, 1235, 1332 O'Neil, A. 1146 Palmer, Robert, 728 Palmer, C. Fyshe, 1414 Pallmer, C. N. 1322, 1422 Palmerston, Viscount, 61, 76, 100, 536, 609, 627, Tyndal, Sir N. see Solicitor-general. 667, 778, 1100, 1129 Parnell, Sir Henry, 990, 1428 Peel, Rt. Hon. Robert, 248, 308, 315, 337, 341, Phillimore, Dr. 826, 910 Portman, E. B. 986, 1540 Rice, Spring, 75, 112, 120, 347, 665, 799, 1010, 1119, 1148, 1227, 1230, 1363, 1566 Ridley, Sir M. W. 78, 102, 669, 989, 1108, 1118, 1161, 1201, 1312 Robinson, George, 343, 599, 649, 964, 1210, 1390, 1412 Ross, Charles, 1234 Russell, Lord John, 66, 83, 676, 816, 823, 829, Wrottesley, Sir John, 311, 349, 986, 1073, 1314 1073, 1145, 1185, 1206, 1298, 1329 Sandon, Lord, 1198 Scarlett, Sir James, 902 Sebright, Sir John, 100, 101, 309, 1093 END OF VOL. XVIII. T. C. Hansard, Printer, Paternoster-row Press, London. |