The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LOItII3.—MONDAT, Mai 3.
The boon not at • quarter before o'clock.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The rayed assent was irises by COCAMis4IOII to the following
bills (the royal comm:ssioners were the Earl of Leetsdale, Mar-
quill of Salisbury. and the Duke of Menstreas);—Exchequer
Bills, St. Albans Diafranchisement, Sheep Contagious Dis-
orders Prevention. Mansfield Gas, Liverpool Museum,
Wolverhampton Or, Tetley Drainage, Sewage Manure
Company, East London Water Company, Scarborough
Market.
Their lordships then adjourned during pleasure.
The house resumed at o o'clock. Lord limas/Deal sat
Speaker.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
Tl4ll New LAW OF ETWINen (SCOTLAMD) BILL—By
Lied CAMPBELL, from the Royal Harsh. of Scotland, in
ocomatara assembled, in favour of the New Law of Evi-
dent, (Scotian:l, Bill.
Tee 1111011.ATION SIVIT..—By the Duke of
RICHMOND, from the town council of Chichester, fur the
better regulation of bear shops.
Tits OMANI' TO MATNooTII.—By the Duke of RICH-
MOND (several), from Aberdeenshire and other places;
agatast
TIIE IRISH BOARD OF WORKS.
The Earl of BOSSE, pursuant to notice, moved for the
appointment of • select committee to inquire into the ope-
ration of the act, rolaf.rm to the drainage of lands in Ire-
land, as administenal by the Board of Works. The noble
earl concluded a speech of some length by expressing his
regret that he coull not hive the eminence of the noble
lords who were on the Irish Consolidated Annuities corn-
miler, but as it was importaat that no time should he lost
in investigating this subject, be thought it was advisable
to ask for a committee at once.
The Earl of DERBY said that the subjeet to which his
noble friend had directed the attention of the house, was
one of very considerable importance and extent. It was
important as it was nothing less than that of providing an
enter system of arterial drainage over is large portion of
Ireland, clearing water courses, and in mane cases altering
rivers and providing a sufficient outbid. by which
large districts of conatry might be drained, in-
volving wee,. wily considerable operations and •
large expenditure. The powers vested in the
Board of it'orks were certainly very extensive, but they
were requir,al to Ire so, is order to carry out systematically
such large operations; and he admitted that being trusted
with sorb large powers, they ought to be vicilantly watched
over, not only by the proprietors of the land, whose inte-
rests were immediately involved, hut also by the public,
who were equally int. rested in the proper discharge of their
functions. Ile, therefore. did not intend to oppose the
appointment of a c..mmitter. In doing so, however, he
Bast beg to diwlaim all ilea of prejudging the merits of the
case, or casting any blame on the °Miters of the Board
of Works for felml,l which it wou.d probably ap-
pear were Named their contra'.
The motion was then agreyd to.
The Linen Manufactures, &c (Ireland) Bill. Poor Re-
lief Act Continuance Bill. and the Loan Societies Bill, were
read a second time.
WESTERN PACKET STATION.
Lord GRANVILLE. pursuant to notice, asked whether
it was the intention of the government to take steps for re-
moving the station of transatlantic steamers from Liver-
pool to Galway. as had b.yn reported in the Irish papers
when giving an account of a deputation which had waited
on the Lord-Lieutenant with that object.
Lord DERBY repliid that the report in question had
greatly misrepresented what had fallen from the Lord-
Lieutenant, and that the government had no intention at
present of removing the station from Liverpool. At the
same time the subject was open to inquiry, especially if the
submarine telegraph were brought into operation between
England and Ireland, but even then he could hold out no
expectation that Galway would be more favoured than
Limerick.
.tßer some further discussion it was agreed. at the sug
Restless of Lord CLANRICARDE, that she memorials ad-
dressed to the Treasury on the whole subject should be laid
before the house.
COI'TRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL

The bilr;;s7e;el;-thirel time and gamed.
The remaining Inners of the day were disposed of, and
their lordships adjourned at a quarter to seven.

HOUSE OF CONINION3.—MoxDAT, MAY 3.

Tbe Soma= tech the chair at a quarter to 4 o'clock.
MEW MEMBERS.
M. COM ilia the oaths and his seat for Taristeek, in
611 nun of lir. Trelawny ; and the SoLICITOII•GENIIKAL
fee Zees in the room of Lord Rendlesham (to which
Le war sleeted on Saturday last, and hoe since resigned the
representation of Harwich), took the oaths and his seat.
ROYAL ASSENT.
Mr. PVLII V 4, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod,
sammoned the house to attend in the House of Peers to
witness the royal assent riven by commission to several
bills, for which see Lords report.
HARWICH ELECTION PETITION.
The SPEAKER informed the house that the parties ye.
titioning against the rs'urn of Sir F. Kelly for Harwich had
intimated that they did not intend to proceed with the peti-
tion. A new writ war subsequently ordered, ow the motion
of Mr. 0. W. Hamilton, to issue for the election e!a atert-
bet fur Harwich, in the room of Sir F. Kelly, he keying
accepted the olive of Steward of Ilemphole, In Yoelubits.
PRIVATE BUSINESS. .

DILLS READ A Tllll.O Toes AND PAlllllo.—Kelvin
Bridge (Glasgow) and other works; London, Tilbury, and
Southend Railway; Porthdialleen and Nsnthwynant
Roads; Southam to Kineton Road ; South-Eastern and
Reading, Guildford. and Reigate Railways ; Bill,.
BILLS MI AKTNDCD CON.IDIMND AND AOKERD TO.—
Bedford and K,,nbolton Road ; Romney, Broughton,
Stockbride, and Wallop Roads ; Shillingford,Walliagfcml,
aad Reading Road, and Shilbrigfurd Bridge ; Wakefield
sad Denby Dale Road ; Bills.
SICOND RlADlNO.—Larabart's E'tste Bill.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
KATNOOTH EXDOWMINT ACT.—By Sir J. WTAG-
GART,Irem Wigtoeshire; Mr. G. DUNCAN, from Dun-
dee asd a place is Perthshire; Mr. EWART, from Dam-
fries; Mr. ANDERSON, from Orkney; Mr. SMITH
CHILD, fees North Staffordshire; Mr. COWAN, from
Ayrshire and several other parts of Scotland ; Mr. W.
MILES, tom Somersetshire ; Mr. HENLEY, from Os •
ford; Sir W. U. CRAIG. from Edinburgh Young Pro-
testant Society ; Mr. GREY, from Shields ; Kr. GLYN,
from Kendal and five places in County of Westmoreland
Captain FORDYCE, from Mlles bearers and members of
Free East Church, Free St. Clement's Cherch, Free
Trinity Church, all in Aberdeen ; Lord HOTHANI, from
Naltfitos, Yorkshire ; Mr. G. DUNCAN, from the Free
St. Andrews Church, near Duedee, and from the Free
Church of Clunie—for repeal of.
MILITIA BILL.-117 Mr. HINDLEY, from Ashton-
sader-Lyse ; Lord DCNCAN, frogs Bath AMr. W. PAT-
TEN, teem placer la Lancashire; Mr. EWART, from
WhiN►aves,baaerter, and other places; Mr. J. ELLIS,
from Leicester ; Mr. COWAN, from Company of mer-
chants of Edinburgh; from a camber of working man
of the woe plan; Mr. HEYWORTH, from Derby ; Sir
J. WALMSLEY, from a place not heard ; Mr. COBDEN.
from Dewsbury and other places in Yorkshire; Mr. S.
CRAWFORD, from Rochdale (several) ; Mr. W. J.
FOX. from Oldham; Mr. J. CLAY, from Hall; Mr.
BRIGHT, from Sunderland and various places in Sam.
Suffolk, sad other mentos ; Sir B. HALL, from 3,0.10 is.
habitants of Marylebone ; Lord 11. VANE, from Hartle.
pool ; Mr. HORSMAN, from Cockermouth ; Mr. G.
THOMPSON, from Tower Hamlets ; Mr. CROWDER,
from Liskeard ; Mr. ADDERLEY, from the Independent
congrrgatica of Leek, Staffordshire; Mr. HEY WOOD,
from the employers and workmen of thirteen manufactories
in Church, Accrington, end the vicinity; two from Pres-
ton, one from Calder Vale ; and one from Dunkeohalgh, its
Lancashire ; Mr. M. GIBSON, from Spalding and other
places; Col. RUMILLY, from the inhabitants of Canter-
bury and vicinity, against.
Plll4 TTTTT lON OI 7141 CILTATAL PALACZ.—By .Mr.
HST WOOD, from Bradford, Wiltshire, in favour of.
TAXES ON FOOD.—By Mr. BRIGHT, from working men
of Blackburn, rgainst the imposition of, or the abandon-
ment of tree trade.