The Express. — London, England, 1847-05-19 00:00:00

Sad be siderite* table necessity of uknowledglng the errors hits The Marquis of CLINRIVIStni contradicted the state meat made by WOO of their lordship., that this wara a system of entire mkt out it door, fat the oPtio• of acingthe workhouse test lay still with the poor.law guardiaaa The danger whisk was alluded to did not lie in the state of things which this MU wee iotroduced to alleviate. It could sot desensitise; and laugh he believed that it weak' inflict a hurthen en property kr some years to come, yet he would like to knew who would propose that the Irish should starve. Be,or one , as a person connected with Ireland , and sharing the responsibility of carrying this bill, would give his full support to it, believing that it would immediately alleviate the "dean distress, and would be of ultimate ser vice to the whole country. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL believed that this bill would be wholly inoperative as to the objects fir which it was intended. It would be of benefit only to those parts of the country which were comparatively well off, it would rain the landlords. tenants, and rate payers, and would then leave the country in a worse situation than ever. They must either lad the means of enabling the poor population of Ireland to emigrate, or they would soon see them dying from starvation is every part of the country. Passive resistance had been beard of in Ireland, but he must warn their lordships that there was a point beyond which endurance could not go. Lord ABINOER made a few observations which were quite inaudible in the gallery. The bill was then read a third time. Lord MONTEAGLE then moved a clause, the object of which was to prevent rents and wages being paid out d the rates. Earl GREY said that sot only would the Oulu be easily evaded, but if it were made stringent, it would embarraas the administration of the law. The clews was negatived without a division. Earl GREY then proposed to make an addition to clause eight, with the view of assimilating the poor law of Ireland to that of England, whereby a child should be compelled to support his permits when he was capable of doing so. Agreed to. After a suggestion had been made by Earl Gear, which was not heard in the gallery, The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH objected to the clause which provided that persons bolding land to the extent of a quarter of an acre should not be entitled to relief. It sight do very well if Ireland were in a settled and puma sent state, bat it was not adapted to the present emergency. In all probability, for many years, the petty holders of land would be in a state of distress, and if this clause was agreed to it would lead, in many eases, to a universal clearing of estates, inasmuch ss the number of persons holding a quarter of an acre in Ireland amounted to upwards of 300,000. He thought, therefore, it would lead to great danger in many parts of the country. He did not believe the bill itself would stand. They bad already tried two different sets of machinery, and it required no great foreeight to see that the present measure was not likely to be more 'table than its predecessors. Their lordships must remember that the Public Works Act expired in August, and the Tempo. nary Relief Act in October; and there would be nothing but the present bill left. And even if the boards of guardians could work—which they could not—where was the money to come from? (Hear, hew.) He had said thus much, because he was most anxious not to be in any way responsible for the working of this bill. Earl GREY trusted that their lordships would rot, in dis• ceasing a particular clause, go into the general question again. The noble earl admitted that be should not object to the clause in a permanent measure, and such was the abject of the present bill. As to new emergencies, it was enough to my they might be dealt with as they arose. It was impossible to draw these clauses so as to supersede Its necamity of considerable discretion on the part of those who had to administer the law. The Earl of WICKLOW suggested the insertion of a dawn empowering the surrender of the land in the tame way as if the lease had expired. He thought it objectionable to preclude the holders of such small portions of land from After a few words from the Earl of Clancarty, Lord Medeulale, and Earl Fitxwilliam, the amendment was agreed to. Lcrd REDESDALE then moved the addition of a clause, empowering the owner of any property rated at not lees than MK a year, to enter into ea agreement with the occupier, by which the latter should brew alone liable for the rates; sod that after each moment was entered into, the tenant timid not be muse W to deduct from his rent any portion of the rates. At rand the law gave no power to make web asposmaste, benswver desirous the parties might be of debit se. Thum and' be se objection to such a provision, SI it would motedally tend to promote a good understanding between landlords and lements. Earl GREY was net disposed to expense a decided opinion against the principle of the clause, which had for its object the promotion of mutual agreements between landlords and tenants; but its effect would be to make an entire alteration is the principle of rating. This was a subject which would demand reconsideration by the house, probably at an early period ; sad, therefore, lee hoped the clause would not be pressed. Lord MONTEAGLE hoped the clause would be perse vered in, and he should give it his support. Lord CAMPBELL said that whatever danger attended the passing of this hill, it would be greatly aggravated by the addition of the clause Imposed. His mast earnest desire wee that the clause should be withdrawn. The Earl of WICKLOW thought it the best framed dense in the bill; but, considering that it was an inter /stenos with a money abuse, and, if adopted, must lead to the rejection of the bill, he hoped it would not be pressed. If carded, it would not come into operation for two or three rem, on mount of the alarm and distrust with which the bill wee viewed in Ireland. Lord MONTEAGLE referred to the case in which the dues known as the Duke of Wellington's clause had been introduced into a former poor-law bill in this house, and had been accepted by the House of Commons, although it swan Interference with a money daubs. This furnished a nom- 1 lilatary by the House of Commons on their own privileges Lord REDESDALE mid be would got press the clangs . Met what had beea stated; but he thought it very hard, after every one here had admitted that the clause was a good sae, that he *sold be asked to withdraw iton account of its interfering with the privileges of the other house. Earl GREY was not prepared to say that the insertion of the clause would certainly cause the rejection of the bill ; but it wee probable it might induce the other house to view less favourably the other amendments their lordships had introduced. . . persuaded that any contest of that description, would only have the effect of diverting the attention of members from the real point at issue. He was himself careless as to the result, but having carefully caosidcred all the circumstances of the em, he was anxious to submit the particular view which he had formed. The question before the house arme upon a bill for uniting the Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion Railway Co.nwiy and the Birmingham, Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley Railway, into one o =piny, and for autho rising the sale of the amalgamated railways to the Great Western Company. A petition of certain shareholders *as presented against this bill. That petition was referred to' . the committee; an objection was started to the hearing of the petitioners ; and, after a very elaborate and able argu ment, the committee came to the decision that the petitioners had no locus standi before them, and were not entitled to be heard. Now, this decision was, he thought, erroneous; and he trusted that, on grounds which he would shortly submit to the house, it would be determined that the math r should be reoresidered. In the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Bill parliament introduced clauses, empowering the Great Western C.,mpany to lease or to purchase the line with the consent ascertain number of sh areholde rs to be expressed at a general meeting. Besides this power, a clause wee in troduced, technically called a running clause, which gave to the Great Western Company an absolute power of using the line. In the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Bill, no inch powers as he had mentioned were given; the two lines were perfectly distinm and independent. Such being the state of things, immediately after the passing of the act the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford line gave notice to the shareholders to send in their scrip, in order that it might be exchanged for sealed certificates. The period for sending it in was originally limited to the 15th of September ; it was afterwards extended to the 14th of October, end a further extension was made to the 14th of December. Now let the house observe that the Birmingham and Oxford directors consi-ted of 12, with power under the act of increasing their number to 18 ; that of the 12 existing directors, 6 were also directors of the Birmingham and Dudley line, and 3 directors of the Great Western Company; so that upon any auestion on which the Birmingham and Dudley and thirOrmit Western Company were jointly interested they could command a majority of votes. The hon. and learned member then described the souse of dealing amongst shareholders, between the passing af a bill and the issuing of the registered certificates, and chewed that the result of what occurred in this case was to has. a great number of the shareholders unrepresented. A c meeting of the company took place on the rrtf October, 1846. At that meeting his honour able Mend the member for Reading (Mr Russell) well-known as the chairman of the Great Western Company, and who was also a director of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, was present. The question was put to hins,whether the Groat Western Company meant to take advantage of the power to lease or purchase the Birmingham and Oxford line ? to which he replied, " We have no desire to do that because we have the power of using the line at pleasure." But there was another line of railway, vie., the Birmingham and Dudley, the possession of which would carry the Great Western Company further to the north. A suggestion was, therefore, thrown out, that if the Birmingham and Oxford Compaq would mal wilt the Birmingham and Dudley the Great WeutomtiMoseton would contract for the punkin of the amolgammatil Om, and the result was the passing of a erminekin deetmliel the amalgamation expe dient, and aalhrhhtgtm dhtalrs to apply to parliament. In of what he Mil Motioned, the meeting was very attanded, and ammo el the shareholders propene mode m to the prompoilags, which he thought was orrriorible. There was a material difference between addle independeat line, the price of the shares of which Mildet heat a certain amount, and first amalgamating with carbar Ire and then selling the joint lines, the shares of Midi might not be of the same value as those of sae et the original lines ; and any single share holder MA a right to object to the latter murse. He admitted that it was stipulated that the agreement should be submitted to a general meeting of the three com panies, and that application must be made to parliament; but what he contended was, that objecting shareholders who thought their interest seriously affected had • right to be heard in opposition. It appeared that many shareholders were in favour of entering iuto negotiaticno with the North- Western Company, with the view of bringing about a joint lease of the line by that company and the (treat Western company. A general meeting, to be held on the 4 h of December, was advertised for the purpose of confirm ing the resolution of the 30th of October. In conse quence of the hinting of the sealed certificates having been postponed until the 14th of December, and of the fact that so many snares had changed hands thee if the meeting were held not more than half of them would be represented, the directors were requested to postpone the meeting until the month of January. To Vat request the directors de clined to accede ; the meeting was accordingly held, and the molution of October was confirmed in spite of an amend proposing that the meeting should be adjourned. Tim he., and learned member then referred to the meeting caul on the 13th of March, on the requisition of the dissentient shareholders, in which, he said the latter represented 35,000 shares, while the directors pia. sent represented only 1,000 shares. At this meeting the shareholders elected six new directors, in accordance with the provisions of the act, and they agreed to a peti tion against the amalgamation, to which the directors refused to attach the seal of the company. The names of Sir Harry Verney and other shareholders had since been at tached to the petition ; and the petition having been pre sented to the home, had been referred to the committee, and the committee had refused to hear the petition.rs, on the ground that they bad no locus stondi. He under stood the ground of their decision to be, that the petitioners could not be heard against their own directors. This rule would hold good while the ali , rectors kept within the limits of their authority ; but he maintained that in this case the directors had exceeded their powers, which did nut extend to an amalgamation between the two companies. In the event of a canal company being converted into a railway company, a shareholder might un doubtedly object to such a proceeding, on the ground that he had not contemplated it. This distinction had been recog nised in various cases resembling that under consideration. In 1842, a bill was introduced for raising additional capital for the Bolton and Preston railway ; and Mr. Hardcastle, a shareholder, was heard on his petition, because the bill provided for an extension of the powers which he had originally contemplated. In the case of the Midland Rail ways Consolidation Bill, in 1844, the object of which was to consolidate three existing railways ; in that of the Taff Vale Railway, in 1842 ; and in that of the Eastern Counties and Northern and Eastern Railways amalgamation, the same principle had been acted upon. The present case was stronger than those which he had mentioned, inasmuch as the great body of the shareholders were the petitioners. Now, he could not help remarking that the preamble of the hill said, " And the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail way Company, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company, are desirous of becoming united into one company, for the purpose of jointly executing the said railways." When examined be fore the committee, the chairman, Mr. Muntz, was asked whether he thought it would be advan tageous to the two companies if the amalgamation took place. To this question he answered, "Ido ; " but he was not asked whether the shareholders were in favour of the amalgamation, though that question was so materiel in re ference to the preamble. (Hear, hear). The hon. and learned member then referred to the proceedings at equity, and te the mandamus which stands for hearing in the Oman's Bomb on Saturday next, and contended that estking whisk had been done, or might be done, either at law or equity, mold prejudice the right of the parties to be lead i• 114. 00IILIIJIl in e proceeded to explain the course whisk had bees taken by the enmities of which he was shine. It had boon the duty of the committee to con sider how far the provisions of the bill were consistent with ablit interest, and at the tame time with the rights of . The first question was whether the shareholders be allowed to impugn the acts of the corporation badly ad he by no means confirmed that than wee Mar se se pots.y in the admission a each a ear, bear.) Nothing could be more dangerous L ri rl bL aiolphe than to allow a dissatisfied minority to appear se Cl=egidest the acts of • corporation ; and it was upon that the committee bad decided. Parliament had that the Oxford and Birmingham Company might sell or Isms to the Great Western Company. Not a weed was said about the North Western Company ; and was kIIOWII to every one who had attended to this situ, that the very principle on which the power was glom to the Great Western Company was that if Wig up, through that company, a competition k the trade batman Birmingham and London against North Western Compeer/. (Hear, hear.) The alleged that they bad bees precluded from voting they bad got received their certificates in time; but lI wouhl hie fennel that the Ma of parliament regulated the mode In whisk new ahareholisn were to be admitted to vote, and Hat what was soil as to the sealed certificates had gZto de with the goalies. In cases where shares were sy the mem of the purehmer was to be entered in a NSA the registsr of Wader, sad until the transfer was ammista, do vender onoriaosii liable as a shareholder. rote ** Mel He mart of the directors in rote to e ll dr rnirron amt a petition against an act pengady monlot ielatatiyintallMfbils. In &similar ems the p•IIIIMS hat the maamittas ma the Lieu.- lead owilloryMll,widde masa ibeamealgaseatiopr two mm =2: taken a comae ash to that pursued by the of which he (Mr, Owalburn) was a member. He saw no nom why • dlrasdpriessipis should be adopted in the ere odor oreaMredem The elan*. we. then withd.rawn. Earl GREY proposed in ' addition to the 16th clans*, relating to cz officio guardians, authorising their number to be made up from the highest rate-payers, to be nominated by the magistraUsywhere any of the latter were not disposed to act. After a short conversation the clause was agreed to. Lord ABINGER moved a clause, restricting the glue amount of rate to be levied, either on the landlord or the tenant, to one-eizth of the net annual value of the property rated. He might be told that this also was an interference with a money clause, but he could not understand the prin ciple by which this house should be interdieted from making any alterations in a bill like this, because such alteration, interfered with the money clauses. After a few wads from Earl Gave, the clause war put and negatived. Earl FITZWILLIAId also moved a clause to limit the duration of the bill to three years, and until the end of the then next union of parliament. This clause was also negatived without any discussion. The Earl of CLANCARTY inquired whether the govern ment intended to aoseaspany this bill with any manure for the suppression of mendicancy in Ireland ? Earl GREY replied, that a bill for that object had reached an advanced stage in the other house of parliament, and would shortly be brought up, sad, be trusted, become soon part of the law of the land. The bill was then pseud. THE WHITSON HOLIDAYS. Earl GREY gave notice that his noble friend the Presi dent of the Council would, on Thursday, move that the house at is rising adjourn to Friday week. Their lordships then (at 12 o'clock) adjourned to Thursday. ROUSE OP 00811[91,18.--:Tummit, MAY 18. 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Mg Daley Ra il ways Amalgamation Ha, air. =MUG= rtee to 1110 , 0 " that the bid he re herd bra te the erre ramitre, with an inebtanuiss to befil the prudes of Ott Homy Verney mod e am mi of 'dm thereirbiere in the Hi h mi d d. =lledway, satinet the said bill." lie saes he ewer enure tile leer that in Mnaine forward that queer le bed *sly bees aerated by a desire that if is the emus of the pereirge, Jude, had failed in its 4tr, ea eggar lesity- urea he Worded of doing what wee dig* omen tie eiranalleelea. Re bird an all abbe tire this queries we le be nide a resat tor renewing dr beide bermes stunt rape. lie dwelt very mark rp* its trarieg tint alateeret wee 1101114; berm be falt Mr. E. BULL= (who woks meat sialfrtations of the test faigsliimee) expremped an °pintos that the ii elthe lies were bound to fulfil their engagements. Mr. 11111111411 L lON amid shouts of divide, and said, he was ail pin to afros himself to the Gres, but to complain of the sondest d amemben who came down there to vote on saes* of whist' they knew nothing, solely in conszquence of a essme. If Ms taflpenal was to be respected by the paha* they mast nape* to elves. He objected, on prio del., to revue, the beldam d committees ; but be had an interest la tido line, sad Offirfcce he should not vote. Iced 01101119KNOR hoped that all members who had • Pagalrf Yana in either it the two great competing Ham wadi haw the hoe. amber's example, and refrain from vseing. Ms had an interest in one of them, and that was the seem be intended is take himself. is interest in one of the lines, W mead p with say member em the other side, but he abrOset mania hem mess es h, thought right. XIINTI said he was affilateratedla may line of rail way, bat lde seasekninte ware Nazism% see V& line carried oat, as ndstee.d he shasid vent aemediegly he the deli= of the osta Kr. STRIITT rid , in his ogled= no era lei boa made out safildent to reveres the deny= albs semattner. The hems divided.—For the amendment, 62. Adeibat, The report was them agreed to. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1847. ADJOURNMENT OF THII HOUSE. Lord O. BENTINCK moved that the house at its rising should attars till I'hunday. For tie lad half cestary the 13 2 1 5 11711 1P5m0m b..". th reoogaheL e nehie h lir .) this nal* Pasta tios ea the pane. The» Inn many 'itedsti Mtitloan MOAkedni Inge iseS, aireskay nothing in the Derby Day which entitled it to linguist precedence. The SPEAKER said the prudee had always been to take switines regarding the adjournment of the house at an early hour et the eveniog, for the convenience of members theingne. (Hear, hear. ) The anion was then agreed to. THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. Mr. HUME asked whether government had made any arraisemonto for fil'ing up the vacancy in the ot:nce of Lord Liselowat of Ireland ? Lord J. RUSSELL, in a voice full of emotion, said: Perhaps the house will permit me, in answer to this queer don, to express the grief which both her Majesty's ministers and the Sovereign whom we have the honour to wee feel at the melancholy loos of a nobleman whose intimate know ledge of Ireland, whose clear judg ment, whose conciliatory qualities, were so well adapted to soften the animosities that have long been the bane of that country, and to point the way to future improvement. (Hear, hear.) Having said these few words respecting the calamity which has occurred, I will inform the bon. gentleman who has asked this ques tion, that her Majesty's ministers have thought it their duty to advise leer Majesty immediately to fill up the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland which has thus become vacant. (Hear, hear.) Whatever opinions the government may en tertain respecting the general nature of that office, and with I reference to the policy of maintaining it for any length of time, as a part of the government of the United Kingdom, we are clearly and unanimously of opinion that the present ' eireumetances of Ireland do not admit of such a change ef authority as would have to be introduced by any change in the mode in which Ireland is governed. (Hear.) We have, therefore, thought it absolutely necessary to advise her Ma. jesty to fill up the office of Lor d Lieutenant of Ireland with out delay. Ido not intend, in the present parliament, to introduce any measure by which an alteration shall be made in the constitution of that authority, end having adopted this determination, on our own responsibility, we think it absolutely necessary to fill up the office for the present. SITIING O: COMMITTEES. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, leave was given for committees to sit to-morrow (this day), notwithstanding the adjournment of the house. DR. BOWRING ♦ND MR. MOTT. Mr. FERRAND, after the solemn denial given last night to the statement formally made by the hon. member tor Belton, that Mr. Mott had been dismissed for misconduct, begged to ask the hon, member for Bolton whether he was prepared to take any steps for vindicating Ids character and that of his constituents ? (Laughter.) Dr. BO WRING did not see any necessity for vindicating his own charaeter or that of his constituents. All he had said was, that having reason to complain of certain statements made by Mr. Mott respecting the treatment of the poor of Bolton, be bad complained of them, and the right hon. baronet the member for Dorchester having then informed him that Mr. Mott had been dissociated from the commis sion, he bad naturally taken this as a proof of disapprobation on the part of the government and of the board, and as a de monstration of his own veracity. Sir 0. GREY said, that what had fallen from him last night was not • solemn denial of his hon. friend's statement, but an explanation that Mr. Mott had retired from the commission in consequence of the terms of an act of parliament, which necessitated the reduction of the number of sasistant commissioners from 10 to S. . . Sir J. GRAHAM confirmed this account of the matter. SIR C. NAPIER. Admiral SOWLES asked whether the government, in appointing the gallant member for Marylebone to the com mand of the experimental squadron, bore in mind that he had distinctly expressed an opinion unfavourable to Sir W. Symonds' construction? Admiral DUNDAS had full confidence that Sir C. Napier would do his duty, as he had always done hitherto. USE O 1 FLOUR IN THE COTTON MANUFACTURE. ..... Mr. FERRAND asked the First Lord of the Treasury the following question : As it is calculated that 183,120,0001b5. weight of the best flour is annually used merely for the pur pose of dressing the warps for weaving, besides an immense quantity for the purpose of daubing cottons with flour paste to defraud the public, whether he will bring in a bill to pro hibit the use of II sue for such purposes ? Lord J. RUSSELL—It is not the intention of government to introduce a bill for that purpose. (Cheers.) LEGACY DUTI ES. Mr. lIUME, for Dr. Bowauco, C;;;;ClItad to postpone that hon. and learned member's motion respecting the hypo dada. NATIONAL SCHOO L S, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that an humble address be presented to htr Majesty for annual returns, alphabetically arranged, of every school to which aid had been voted in the preceding year, distinguishing Church of England from dis. senting schools, showing the amount granted in each case, and specifying the items; of the names, date of appointment, and salaries of inspectors; and of the !schools making applica tion, distinguishing those refused, and stating the grounds of retinal. Lord J. RUSSELL had no objection to the returns if they were limited to next session of parliament in the first instance. _ . . Motion agreed tn. Returns ordered. TRADES UNIONS IN SHEFFIELD. Mr. T. DUNCuMBE rose to call the attention of the house to the petition of the inhabitants of the borough of ' Sheffield (presented May 13), complaining of the magisterial conduct of Wilson Overend, Esq., and to more for papers I relating thereto. He said that it was only to one portion of I the petition he meant to draw attention on the pr sent occa- • sion, namely, that which prayed for returns of the convic tions which had taken place under the combination act since Mr. Overend's appointment as • magistrate. He moved that that portion of the petition be weeded to. It appeared • that this gentleman was a member of the medical profession, in great practice, in the town of Sheffield. All he (Mr. Dun combo) could say was, that he hoped his physic was better than his law, for it appeared that in every case in which he had been called on to act between employer and employed, lie had invariably decided agiinst the latter. The petition to which he referred related to the case of three men who had waited on a saw manufacturer, telling him that if he did not discharge certain men, all the rest would be with drawn from his employment. It was admitted, that on this occasion the men behaved most civilly. Mr. Overend was applied to, and be sentenced the three men to three months' imprisonment and bard labour. The decision was appealed against and quashed, as indeed was generally the case with Mr. Overend's decisions. The first thought of the aggrieved parties had been to petition government for Mr. Overend's dismissal, but subsequently it was considered that the beat coursewould be to call the attention of parliament to the subject. The men asked for inquiry, and they thought that a necessary preliminary would be to have the particulars of Mr. Overend's convictions. The case was one of great hardship, arising out of those unions which within proper limits were exceedingly beneficial to working men, and perfectly legal, but which, he trusted, would never be abused by violent' or intimidation. In his opinion, the best step the govern, meat could take would be to appoint a stipendiary magis trate in Sheffield, a man without local prejudices, and who would decide fairly in those disputes who'll occurred so fre quently between masters and men. Sir 0. GREY had no objection to the motion, but he was at the same time bound to say that recent communications be had received from Sheffield led him to conclude that the relations existing there between marten and men were very far from what they ought to be. He was glad to hear the honourable member's opinion respecting trades unions, for he was afraid that there was a frightful of intimidation going en under their direction. shad not received a single representation in condemnation of Mr. Overend ; on the contrary, they were all in high esammendation of that gentleman ; ;wither could he tell why so many of his decisions had been qumhed. In this parti cular ease he was assured that Mr. Overend had aced under the beet advice. The notice respecting the petition had mined several memorials commendatory of that gentle mss, and he thought it but fair that they should be added to t s hejare moved for by the hon. member for Finsbury. l that addition he should consent to the motion. Mr. S. DRNIBON here testimony to the high character et Mr. °versed as a magistrate. He was sorry to say that the sombinatiams existing among the workmen of Sheffield had orloodi abated the prosperity of the town. He had no rim = to the motion, but would beg to add as an the notice which he had placed on the paper for mini of tho memorials which had been presented to govorousoot from the various public bodies of Sheffield, Mr. Overend's magisterial conduct. ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it must be resdhated that a magistrate acting in Sheffield between modem sad was had no very easy task to pertorm. He be lieved hr. Overload to hr an exceedingly active and zealous 'IVAHe had no objection the return. . to WORTLEY felt boned to add his testimony to the high character of Mr. Overend, than whom he believed there was not • better megistrwe in the West Riding. (Hear, hear.) The reason why Mr. Overend was so fre quently called upon to decide on these combination questions was, that be was unconnected with the trade of Sheffield; persons so connected being excluded by a provision in the mt. The ground. on which the conviction in this ease had been quashed, were, that the magi strate 'm oved with him in the decision was a merchant trading in scissors, and, therefore, one connected ' with the trade. It was, in fact, quashed on a mere informs- • lity. The present state of Sheffield was frightful, and so prevalent had a certain clam of offences become—namely, • the destruction of property by gunpowder—that one of the Wt acts of the late secretary of state was to bring in a statute for its prevention. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Wortley) had in his poem...ion a placard offering 1,0001. re d ward for the discovery of some perperators of these offences. • He trusted that the hon. member for Finsbury would use his great influence with the working men of Sheffield to induce them to refrain from courses whisk most lead to the deetroe- I lion of their trade and of themselves. In the case to which r the petition referred, the men named called on • rasanfae. t aver, telling him to dismiss a man named John Cooper. t The starter objected, when they added, " You had better, there may be tome unpleasantness." The master replied, , "Do you menu to say you are going to blow mono," showing his impression that the word " unpleasantness" implied a threat. The men no doubt spoke civilly, but they took all • his men away. This state of things had produced the most I deplorable consequences. He had hoard dew manufroturer who, having proposed establishing a vailway mottos fretory I. Sheffield, was induced to abandon hie intention in moa t quence of the ruinous system of combination prevailing mere. He did not disapprove of trades unions to a certain extent; but when they took upon themselves to costes the masters they injured the tr ale and brought down rain en themselves. Mr. HENLEY di approved of the sondest of government in granting this return. He thought that that house was not the peeper place to settle disputes between masters and workmen. Mr. WARD concurred in many of the observations which ma Miss from the hon. member opposite, respecting the I drafty of dealing with trades unions amid the strong teener and faults which prevailed on both sides. (Hear, , ' hear.) He was of opinion that trades unions might be of great benefit to the working classes when kept within cer tain limits; but when theyproceed,d to threats and violence they were destructive to all parties concerned. Mr. PARKER roes merely to express his regret at those outbreaks to which the formation of trades union, had led in Sheffield. lie hoped his hon. friend would impress upon these on whose behalf he had brought forward this subject, that all combinations having for their object to prevent men by threats or otherwise from employing their labour for their own advantage, must entail un the working aliases irre parable mischief. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE observed that the best way to put down illegal combinations, was to administer the law limper. tinily. Th. difficulty of which his bon. friend had spoken in getting persons to act as jintices in Owes like Sheffield, proved the necessity of appointing a stipendiary magistrate. He would suggest that course in every town having a popu lation of more than 8,000 or 10,000. Ile had no objection to the addition proposed. The motion, with the addition proposed by Mr. B. Den ison, was then agreed to. FEES IN LAW AND EQUITY COURTS. On the motion of Mr. B. Eacarr, on behalf of Mr. Warsox, the following members were nominated as the com mittee on this subject Mr. Watson, Sir J. Graham, the Attornev-General, the Solicitor-General, Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. S. Wortley, Mr. Romilly. Mr. Walpole, Mr. B. Escott, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Parker, Mr. Hume, Sir J. Harmer, and Mr. Ewart. RAILWAY BILLS. . . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in moving for the appointment of • " Select committee, to consider whether it Is expedient that any measures should be adapted for suspending further proceedings in all or eery of the rail road bills in the prevent session, and for enabling the parties, under certain conditions, to proceed with the Fame in a future session of parliament ; and also whether it is advisable that any further provisions should be made in the standing orders of this house relative to bills for the construction of railroads; and to report their opinion thereupon to the house from time to time," said that this motion was made with the view of carrying out what appeared to be the almost unanimous feeling of the house in the discussion of • previous evening. And as it bad been brought forward after consultation with those who were most intimately connected with rail ways, and would, he believed, be unopposed, he would not trouble the house with any statement. As the motion was worded, the committee would have full power to consider whether it would be advisable to suspend the progress of any of the various bills now before parliament during the present session, and the conditions under which the parties should be permitted to proceed with them in a future year. It would be also competent for them to inquire into and suggest such alterations as might be ne cessary in the existing regulations as to the payment of de posits, subscription contracts, and other such like points, and also as to what check should be put upon the prosecution of schemes brought forward not with the bona fide intention of being carried out by their promoters, but with the view of obtaining the sanction of parliament in order to sell them to other partial. Mr. H. HINDE complained of the motion being made without sufficient notice. He wished it to be permissive to the companire to suspend their works if they wished, and complained that the motion was not so worded as to require the c-mmittee to make • recommendation to that effect. He would move an amendment so to alts r the motion as that the committee should inquire whether it would be expedient that any restriction* should be imposed on the construction of railways, proceeding in the present session, so as to pre vent the sheorption of an inconvenient amount of capital in those undertakings. Mr. HODOSON seconded the amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the hon. gentleman had not understood the motion. Ait it stood it would allow the works to be suspended if the parties should be willing to suspend them. He thought the house should not prescribe to the committee what recommenda tion they should make, but give them the opportunity of reporting as they thought proper. The amendment having been withdrawn, the motion was agreed to, and the following members nominated an members of the committee : The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Hume, Mr. Hudson, Sir 0 Clerk, Mr. C. Russell, Mr Strutt, Mr. Chaplin, and Mr. Ellice; Lord Seymour and Mr. Mattison to be added, on notice, in the room of Mr. Baring and Mr. J. A. Smith, who had been named, but ore unable to attend. POOR LAWS ADMINISTRATION BILL.—AD- JOURNED DEBAT E . The order of the day having been read, Mr. CHRISTIE had moved the adjournment of the debate on the previous night, not with any view to delay the decision of the house, but warmly approving of the principles o f the act of 1834, and believing in the absolute neterity et a censral commission, with large discretionary pump, It aid, guide, and control the parochial authorities, eel to ceive a uniform adherence to those principles, coraliel with the power of adaptation to the extra:Am circumstances and time ;he was desirous of expreuhig his concurrence in the objects of the present measure. The only clause to which he objected was that which made the opera Lion of the measure temporary, for notwithstanding what the hon. member for Knaresborough had said, he thought the time had arrived when the poor-law should be placed above the disadvantage of that suspicion which he feared would attach to it if the bill was merely to be understood u a re newal of the existing law for five years. Peat experience showed that additional securities were required for the correct administrvtion of the law. For this the present bill provided in three ways—first, by the - direct responsibility in parliament to which the officers employed in that administration would be subjected ; secondly, in the essociation of four cabinet ministers with the president, to be appointed under the act, by which he presumed cabinet de liberations on every important exercise of the discretionary powers of the commission would be ensured; and, thirdly, to the removal of the chief officer of the commission with every change of government. He also thought the change in the title of the assistant-commissioners to inspectors would be beneficial in placing the central commission in • more fitting relation to the local administrators of the law, and in making it apparent that there wu efficient and constant control over those who were entrusted with the duty of carrying out the law. The honourable member for Knaresborough bad said that the New Poor Low had failed and crumbled to pieces, but had adduced no proof of his assertion. The hon. mem ber had coupled the principles of the act of 1834 with the mode in which those principles had been administered. The inquiry before the Andover committee, upon which the hon. member had relied, was confined to points connected with the administration of the law as distinct from the law itself. He thought , theestore , the hon . member for Ksaresborongh was not entitled to refer to the report of the Andover com mittee as a proof that the poor-law was a failure. The right bon. gentleman (the Home Secretary), had made certain in quiries, to which a reply bad been given by the poor-law commissioners. When parliament met, they were still in office, bet the noble lord at the bead of the govern ment took an early opportunity of stating what would be the provisions of a bill for the reconstruction of the poor-law. Considering the conduct of the poor. law commisaioners as exhibited in the report of the Andover committee, and considering also that the commission was about to expire in the present year, he (Mr. CVistie) was not prepared to say but that the government, in the coarse they were about to pursue, were exercising a wipe discretion. Tbo tight hon. gentleman the bottle secretary, in applying to the commissioners to give him an account of the mode in which they conducted their business, di t not appear to him (Mr. Christie) to take the course best calculated to elicit in , formation. Mr. Chadwick , the secretary, and the commis sinners, were at issue as to the mode n which that busi ness was conducted, and the commissioners, in drawing up their statement, would naturally make eut their own case most favourably to themselves. They had been charged by Mr. Chadwick with keeping no regular minutes, and diliensing with the secretary as a recording officer. They stated in answer that in the earlier years of the com mission, the secretary generally attended at the board and occasionally made rough minutes of what passed. There was, therefore, no *variable practice either as to his attendance or his taking minutes. He (Mr. Christie) took on himself to say that at that time, between 1834 and 1839, the wintery regularly attended and entered the minutes in the book. The commissioners took rough memoranda of certain pro ceedings which they authenticated with their names, and the secretary took notes of others, so that there were materials for entering full minutes in the book. This statement, therefore, will calculated to mis lead. It appeared also that the commissioners often issued orders, not only without the signature of more than one commissioner, but without any signature at all. An Host. Mennen here moved that the house be counted, but 40 members were found to be present, and Mr. CHRISTIE resumed. The right hon. gentleman the Home Secretary had declined to give publicity to as opinion which had been Riven by the law officers of the crown, but a letter of the Poor-law Commissioners bad been published. in which they gave their opinion of the opinion of the law .officers, and it appeared by that, that opinion was adverse to the conduct of the commlssioamin It WY to be inferred that all these letters had net beefs that many letters string private Warden te the Amletsst Commissioners hod not ham ressrded; on bat of them, and that tingle comminlosioshad boan e rthe haft of deciding on important tpaisams, without references to the board. He bad no hesitation in saying that the poor-law commissioners were the authors of the digest whisk had been referred to. That digest was assissotally prided, and the introductory remarks oeutethed -neketate 11111111d11. It had been extensively othealated in ma y and no ISO add dealt that the psalm to its mow atlas were the peaky essomfisionere themselves. The lea. member than &laded to the eanititatien of the Aadear oostmitiee, eat matended that that committee was most impartial in its esubset. The anageot resolution smammussey of the poor-law conseakehmess was soppeati by members who wen not likely to bilto nanisadly preasedliesegarithe corn. skarn. as delwase of the assaimismen Mr. Chadwick He et us a wrewebrad sad mmedtal siesetery. He we a r als to &Niue Oat Kr. Callao& arse gospered fully tojasiNf lawn sash& on the rallectlems east upon him. (lime. hem) Before he ISINWhii, he wished to my o n e word respessing himself. When he aft beef fee. ward his melba with respect to Mr. Porker, he hadast the slightest idea of what was afterwards revealed. He hod al ways bass a warm supporter of the primipios of the New Poor-law ,• and, when opposition* It hossam • cr amongst the constituencies of the comb y, ha pari2ted y a pamphlet, while yet an undergraduate of Cambridge, do. fending the prinviples of the act, and the expediency of haying a central authority. If the ODUUthlittetl meat tow that lobed been acteated by feelings oiliest/lily to the commis sits,he could say that, in two of tbata enamiesionen he had entertained feelings of the greatest confident». He was not surprised at the feelings which had been excited asregarded himself; but he should ever reflect with satisfaction on the muse which he had pursued • and he believed it would hereafter be admitted by all p arties that the inquiry which had taken place had been attended with great benefit to the *entry. Mr. ETWALL said that, in the agricultural districts, • feeling of opposition to the poor-law was gradually strength ening. He esw no necessity whatever (or a central board. He believed that the Andover union formed an exception to the rule aa regarded local government' and even the guardians of that union bad always endeavoured to administer the law beneficially, although they had been thwarted in their efforts. The bawds of guardians, as now selected, were at least as well qualified to carry out the proper object of a poor-law as the Somerset-house commis sioners. If there must be a central board, be should wish to see the whole responsibility borne by a president sitting in that house. The present system was so rotten, that how ever carried on, it could neyer be satisfactory either to par liement or to the poor. The law had especially failed in the agricultural districts in the West of England. The late lasseHjsencer, in introducing the . Peoria", Bill, had pro phesied that the wages of the agricultural Labourer would rise to a point sufficiently high to furnish him with the necema ries of life. In that respect the system had lamen tably failed. Ho could see no advantage in changing the name "assistant commissioner" to " icspector"—(hear)— nor did he anticipate that any great benefit would arise from increasing the number of officers of that kind from 9 to 12. During one whole year 251 unions had been unvisited by any assistant commissioner. It was a curious fact, that those unions which were best managed were the unions least vi.itecl by the sub-commintionen. There could be no doubt that they made too many regulations. The Home Secretary said last night that one of the advantages of the law was that it did not render imperative a strict uniformity. For his own part, he thought just the contrary, and he much re gretted a uniform system had not been insisted on. With respect, however, to the sub-commissioners, although be thought they had ie many . cases mismanaged things, yet he could not defend the way to which they had been dismissed. Mr. Parker and Mr. Day were both, undoubtedly, ill-used men. In conclusion, he would only add, that he opposed the law simply because he believed it to be neither saran *geol.', to the rate receiver nor to the ratepayer; and as to the amendment, be should give it his support, because he believed a central board for the management ef the law nut to be required. Viscount COURTENAY, as chairmen of the Andover Union committee, wished to state how fir he agreed or dis agreed with some of the resolutions it had passed. It was his misfortune not entirely to have agreed with the view of any party in the committee. He had submitted to the com mittee a body of resolutions, which were much discussed, but not assented to. The general impression he had de rived from the evidence given before the committee was that there was great mismanagement on the part of the guardians—that their conduct had been marked with great harshness and much irregularity. Ho blamed Mr. Parker's conduct of the inquiry at Andover, but thought his conduct was not such as at all justified the commissioners in dismissing him, as they had done, the more especially after the laborious and highly valuable ser vices Mr. Parker had rendered to the board on other occa 'ions. As to the dismissal of Mr. Day, he regarded it as wholly unwarranted. He thought that the bill before the house would effect greater regularity in the administrution of the law, and impose greater responsibility on its admi nistrators. Captain PECHELL condemned the great extension of power and dignity which it was proposed to give to the new commissioners. The power given to the present board had been quite sufficiently misused ; and, go far from increasing the powers of the commissioners, they ought to be diminished and checked. He referred to the fact that, notwithstanding the decided opinion expressed by the late Secretary of State against the filthy practice of bone-crushing,the commissioners had continued the practice for two or thr.e years afterwards, pretending all the while that they . knew nothing about it. He trusted that the new commissioners would set their faces *mina any such practices, and against all the other acts of misconduct which, under the fostering etas et the present commissioners, the authorities in unions bra bein guilty . of. The bon. and gallant member passed a high eulogium upon Mr. Parker, whose dismissal he considered ea act of great injustice and oppression towards a most valuable' public servant. lie also characterised Mr. Day in very eulogistic terms. Mr. M. SUTTON mid that three subjects of great im portance had been brought under notice in .he course of this discussion. The hon. member for Knaresborough had turned his attention principally to the act of 1834, but as it was not intended to alter that act, he should not further allude to it. The hon. member for Dorsetabire had objected to the present bill, but confined himself to seconding the amendment ef the hon. member for Knareeborough. A third subject bad been more fully discussed, end that was, the conduct of the poor-law commissioners. To that point he (Mr. Sutton) should confine himself. blush al lusion had been made to the Andover committee, and he must here remind the boom that he had nist concurred in the report of that committee. He was smiled to find that his dissent had been since ratified by the oemsswa renal of her Majesty's government. if the govern*** agreed in that report they woulimot have felt it conaisent with their duty to retain in effice men who had been guilty of suck acts as in the report were imputed to the commis sioners. Here be might be allowed to express his regret that the Secretary of State had not, on the previous evening, clearly expressed the opinions held by her Majesty's government on this subject. Much blame had been heaped on the Poor-law commissioners for neglect of duty. If they had neglected to remedy abuses brought under their notice, then would he concur in censuring them, but if abuses had been committed by their suborcinatee, and without their knowledge, then he held that they were in no degree responsible. In the case of the Andover Union, this argument was distinctly applicable. In the first place, he held that the board of guardians were to blame, not the assistant commisioner, i!snet reporting their conduct ; but in no degree could the' chief commissioner be held respon sible for the abuses brought to light before the Andover committee. In the conduct of the inquiry he thought that the commissioners had not been wholly free from blame. At the same time he must add, that he could lot wholly agree with the report of the commit tee on this point. He thought that the inquiry had not been conducted with impartiality. He next came to that point which occupied most of the committee's time—he meant the dismissal of Mr. Day. He thought that of Mr. Parker much worse, but he should talus both together, to save the time of the house. What was the position of an assistant-commissioner ? They were held responsible fa the acts of their subordinates. He held that that was un just, unless they were gel wen full power over those function aries The hon. member proceeded at considerable length, to comment on the report of the Andover committee, espe cially as it effected Messrs. Parker and Day, and complained that the resolution did not sustain the imputation of ill• proper motives which had been indulged in with respect to those officers. With regard to the bill before the house, ha entirely approved of the reconstruction of the commission in the way proposed. He thought great advantage would re sult from the c,onmissionen being brought more imme diately in connexion with parliament, and made acquainted with what the house and the public required from them. He should, therefore, support the second reading. Mr. HENLEY moved the adjournment of the debate, which, After a few words from Lord J. RUSERLL and Mr. FER NAND, was agreed to, Thursday next being appointed for resuming it. LOAN DISCOUNT BILL. Mr. NEWDEGATE ic4uired when the adjourned de bate on the Loan Divount Bdl would be taken. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER feared, as it would be now impossible to pus that measure before Whitsuntide, he must postpone it till after the holidays. SUPPLY. On the motion for bringing up report of the committee, Colonel SIBTIIORP inquired whether there would be any objection to furnish the returns he had give. notice to move 6,r, of the amount expended oa the castle, grouuds, and town of Windsor since 1830 . _ Lord J. RUSSELL said there was no objection to afford the information required, though perhaps the terms of the hon. and gallant member's motion would require some alteration. On the vote of 3.4001. for the Ecclesiastical Commission, Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the vote annually called for to keep up the ecclesiastical commission. He contended that u that commission was appointed for church purpoees the expense should be discharged out of the funds of the church. He should take the sense of the house against the vote. Lord J. RUSSELL supported the vote. Mr. BROTH ERTON hoped his hon. friend would not press a division, though, if he did, he must, on principle sup port his. The house divided.—For the vote 76 Against it B-68 HIGHWAYS (REMUNERATION AND EXPENSE). The house went into committee and pared resolution (or providing these expenses. The Poor-law (Ireland), and Landed Property (Ireland) Bills, were brought down from the House of Lords, and, on the motion of Lord J. Rt'SSELL were severally ordered to be printed with the amendments made by the lords, and to be taken into consideration on Monday the 31st inst. The house adjourned, at half past 12 o'clock, till Thursday. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. DRAINAGE OF LANDII.—This bill, which was read a second time last evening, Is entitled " An Act to facilitate the Drainage of Lands in England and Wales." The commissioners appointed under the Inclosure Act (8 & 9 Vic., c. 118) are to carry it into effect, and all the powtrs they already ponces are to be extended to the present Act. (Clauses 1 and 2). Persons having land capable of being drained, but which they are prevented from draining by rea son of the objection or disability of the owner of other lands through which the drains or other works would have to pass, may apply by memorial to the commissioners, showing the means by which the requital drainage or improvement may bsassiled Their memorial must be accompanied by a map or pima ettbs land to be drained, showing the lands likely to be sabOol by the proposed works, and also the existing rivers, oraherossiess, ditches, and drains to be cleared, scoured, or despunel, and the new cuts, embankments, drains, or wegartonnes which are intended to be made. The ' megagehi shall also be accompanied with schedules, =Wog •rt► the reputed proprietors, lessee*, and occupiers s[ He to be drained, and of those it will be n•osrary itsetwe with. Also estimates of the expense of the pro posed works and machinery, including the probable amount of compensation for, or purchase of, property to be entered on. Copies of such papers to be deposited not only with the inclesure oommiationcra but at molt place er places, in or near the pariah in which the Lads they relate to ere situated, as the commissioners may appoint, that they may b e open to the public inspection during one month, and parties lutes rested may take extracts, or copies on paying for them. (C. 4). Notices that such memorial has been deposited are to be published twice in one or more newspapers eireu. lated in the county in which the works are to be executed, A like notice shall be also served on each of the parri es whose lands are to be intersected. All persons affected by the proposed works abaft transmit, in writing, any objections they may entertain to Use proposed operations, to the nom. insisioners, on a day to be named by the memorialist in his published notice, which must be not sooner than aix weeks after its publication or service. (C. 5). The commissioner, may, if expedient, send down to the spot en amistant. e ". misaioner to examine witnesses at a convenient place of meet ing, and to bear objections i and at the conclusion of the in. qutry he will report his opinion on the proposed drainage or improvement (c. 7 and 8). Commissioners may req u i re security from the parties interested, for payment of the con e efsuch inquiries (c. 6). Having considered all the evidenc e , Oans, schedules, &c., the commissioners shall, when th ey decide in favour of the works sought to be executed, authorise their being carried into effect by an order under their sett Such order, or some plan thereunto annexed, shall specify the works to be carried into effect, and the persons suthorhed to execute them ; and the latter may enter on other land, t o carry on the required operations, provided that they le s ,, previously obtained the consent of the owners or oteupiere, or shall have made to them such compensation for th e damage occasioued by the execution or maintenance of such works as shall have been previously agreed on (c. 8 & 9). They may also have power to purchase not more than three acres of land for the erection of en. gine-houses or other machinery (c. 10). Copies of all orders authorising works to he deposited among the county records, and with the church or chapel wardens of the pariah ' in which the lands to be drained, or the greater pan of them, are situated. Persons requiring access to such documents may consult them on payment of 2s. 6d. for inspection ' (e. 12). Where banks are not maintained or chanties cleansed, from want of cooperation among, or neglect of pro. prietore, the parties whose lands are injured by such neglect may, on obtaining the warrant of two justices, alter due no tice, repair the same, and recover the expenses from the negligent parties by warrant of distress or otherwise (e. 13, 14, and 15). The rights of commissioners of sewers or of local drainage acts not to be affected by this act, and perms who are interested in lands authorised to be drained uncl es any local act may have the same drained under this act; bat CO person so acting can c;nstruct any works on the eee. e e see without the consent of the lords of the Admiralty (17 and 18), This bill contains 20 clauses. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—RAILWAY BILLS. Disown cc question of suspending the 'Wowing standing order ; " That all railway bills in the present session be referred to the Railway Oammissionerr, (or thrir report to this Hour upon the following points previously to a decision on the preamble of say bill by the committee thereon."—Ayes, 70; nom, 102. AYES. E r se k umm wo:th na , ' Zr i i.H *Pe Ly gir , J. it Qt. BBaadlle~~ J. Duncombe,lln.A.liouldsworth, T. Newport, 'V t. H. J. Dancombe,fin.o.llodeon, G. Northland, Via Beggs, W. East, Sir J. B. Hughes, W. B. Palmer, R.. Balfour, J. Y. Entwine, W. Ingtetre, Via. Pechell, Opt, Brakes, Emott, B. Layard, A. Scott, Hoc. R VI.. Feilden, Sir W. Lockhart, A. E. Shaw, Itillealt Bi e r Z h A rtan9 Ferrand, W. B. Lockhart, W. /Monett, A. Benett,..T. F orbes, W. Lytton, tin. Gen. liomcreet, Bennet, P. Forbes, W. Mezkenrie, T. Spoiler. R. Bent/oak, 14.0. Puller, A. E. Meckenrie,W.P. Tollemaebe, J. Berkeley, Hon.C. Gladraone, Capt. Marten, G. Trevor, IlinG.L Blackburne, J. Goring, C. blesterman, J. WadelingtoklLA. Blackstone, W.S.Gan, E. Molesworth SerWWall, C. B. Boyd, J. HAS, Sir B. Morrie, D. Tcuaaa Back, LW. Hamilton, Id. C. Mundy, E. N. Pituoy, lie , H Carendisk,Hn.G.Hodgeon, H. Muds, G. F. Cripps, W. NOES. Antrobm, E. Ebrington, Via. Kemble, H. Rich, H. Arkwright, G. Egerton, W. T. Labouchere, H. Remelt Lord!. Beim, W. Ellice,Rt.Hon.e. Langston, J. H. Itinsellitelt Barclay, D. Esteourt, T.O. B. leMerchant,SirDßutierfard, A. Baring, F. T. &wall, IL Lemon, Sir C. &rope, O. P. Barnard, E. G. Ewan, W. Lincoln, Earl of Shriburae,Earlot Bellew, B. M. Gaskell, J. M. Lindsay, CcL &wpm:* T. Bowrint.pr. Gibson, T. IL Loch, J. !Remick', W. L Brotherton. J. Graham, Sir J. MaclinnonWA.Ttioniely, T. Browne, Hn. W. Greece, T. 111..itland, T. Trotter, J. Burrougtiest.H.N.Grey. bir G. Mangles, R. D. Troubridgeget. Omer, W. H. P. Hamilton, W. J. Martin, C. W. 'Purnell, H. Christig W. D. Hamner, Sir J. Mode, Hon. F. Turner, K Oay, gir W. Hrunie, A. Milton, Via. Walker, R. Oarlt, Mir G. Hatton, Capt. V. Mttcaife. IL Watwn, W. H. Coltireske,SirT. Hawes, B. Morgan, 0. Wean, J. T. Ogle% J. Ileatheote,BirW. Magri, E. M. L. Winnington, hr (1)061. liir C. H. Herbert,lttlln.B. O'Connell, M.J. T. E. Deminn,lln.T.V. Widgeon, F. Ord, W. Wood, Sir C. Deed% W. Howard, P. H. Oswald, A. Wand, Col. T. Dmisen, W. J. Hume, J. Paget, Col. Wrightsoo,W.B. De., J. E. Jimmy, T. Palmerston, Via. Young, J. C.T. Hatt, W. Parker, J. 11. IrgSa, Sir R. H. Patten, J. W. W. Pattistia, J. mu:Lad N. Dwell. 0. James, Biz W. C. Peel. eitr R. Birult, E. Dumb% Sir D. Jen* Sir J. 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HIGH WATILA AT 1.0241,024-BILIDEIL Tar Dia—illorninp, 2 WA. per 3; Mtwara. 24 Ws. prt 1. To-2140am —Kangas, 45 min. past 5 ; Attersoce, 8 sun. prt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19. be the House of Lords, yesterday, the occasion of Lori BROUGHAM'S presenting a petition in favour of the Health of Towns Bill led to some observations with respect to the corporation of the City of London by the noble and learned lord and Lord CA.MPBELL, which occasioned great laughter in the house.—Ths motion for the recommittal of the Army Service Bill led to a debate on the principle of the measure, after which the house went into committee, when the Earl of LtCAN moved, as an amend ment to the first clause, that the period of service be extended to twelve years in the infantry, and fourteen in the cavalry, artillery, and enemas, Viscount COMBERMERE seconding the motion ' which was opposed by Earl GREY and the Duke of WEL.. LINOTON, and supported by Lord STANLEY.—On division the original clause was carried by a majority of eight, the numbers being 38 to 30.—Amendments having been proposed by the Earl of ELLENBOROUOK relative to soldiers whose periods of service would expire in India and the colonies, and agreed to, the remaining clauses were gone through without fmthrs discussion. The third reading of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill was then proceeded with, variouselsami being proposed which were negatived or withdrawn, after which the bill was read a third time and pawed. In the House of Commons, on the question of de consideration of the report on the Birmingham sad Oxford Junction, and Birmingham, Wolverhampt on, and Dudley R ailways Amalgamation Bill, Sir F. .THRSIGER moved that the bill be referred back to tbs same committee, with the view of considsinngg reit.* petitions against the bill ; when, after some the motion was negatived by a majority of 139; the numbers being 62 to 214. The report was tbm agreed to.—Mr. Hume asked whether the govemmed had made any arrangements for filling upthe vanerel which had ocearred by the death of the Dna Lieutenant of Ireland.—Lord JOBB RuSSELL sad perhaps the house would permit him, in answering the question, to express the grief which both bs Majesty's ministers and the Sovereign . felt at the melancholy loss of a nobleman, whose intimate know ledge of Ireland, whose clear judgment, villas we cilistory qualities, were so well adapted to forma the animosities that had long been the bane of that country, and to point the way to future improvemest. As the present condition of Ireland did not admit d any change of authority in the governing poirea that country, ministers had come unanimously to the opinion that it was desirable, and had so adving her Majesty, immediately to fill up the office of Lord Lieutenant, which had thus unhappily become neat The noble lord, also, in answer to Mr. FEN% stated that it was not the intention of the gorer* RßA * 1 to bring ins bill for the purpose of preventing* use of flora in cotton factories.—Mr. T. Dmiconsies motion for certain returns relative to the convicting of members of trades unions, at Sheilleldr by Mr. Overend, the magistrate, led to mem discussion, which was at length agreed On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Xl' CHEQUER, a select committee was appointed to ma' eider whether it is expedient that any me an should be adopted for suspending further ?tweedier in all or any of the railroad bills in the prette.ot ere Mon, and for enabling the parties, under certsui caw ditions, to proceed with the same in a future swim of parliament ; and also, whether it is advisable that an further provisions should be made in the Maud* of the house, relative to bills for the commie . tion of railways.—The adjourned debate on the Poor law Administration Bill was then proceeded standing still further adjourned at the close Thursday next.—On the report of supply on the ""