The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-27 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY, JUNE 26.
The Eel 01 SII&MSBUAT (Dtpaty Speaker) took his
seat at 5 o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
SECOND READINOS.—Wilson's (Sr. Thlines' Church,
Woolwich) Re ate; Crerewell's (or Batemee's) Estate ; Cale-
donian Railway (purchase or lease of Wishaw and CAttust
Railway); Birmiagleam Herough (exemption from ccunty
nets) (Nn. 2); Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and
North-Western Railway Companies (trawler of interest in
the Preston and Wyre Rvtray Harbour and Dock, and
regulating the management of the undertaking) ; Renfrew-
shire Jusice of the Peace Courts ; Surrey and Sussex Holds
(amendment of act and alteration of tolls); Westhead's
Patent (tor improvements in manufacturing fur into fabria);
Wishech, Chatteris, Tid (Jute, and Dowdiest Bridgo Tun,-
pike; Bells.
THIRD READlNG.—Charing Cross Bridge (amend-
ment of acts, powers to alter authorised approaches, &c.)
Bill.

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
Poon Lswa.—By the Bishop of EXE L ER, from n placo
in his diocese for certain alteratims in the poor laws.
PARLIAMENTARY OATHS Bui..—By the Bishop of NOII
WICIL from the lord mayor and eorporstion of the City of
London, in favour of this bill; Lord KENYON, from a
plate not heard ; the Earl of FALMOUTH, iron several
paces in Cornwall ; Lord REDESDALE, from a place in
Leicestershire; the Earl of WINCRILSEA, (45) from vari-
ous places spinet this bill, the prayers of the petitions being
against the admission of Jews to parliament.
NATIONAL STITTEM OF EDIJCATION.—By the Bishop of
WINCHESTER, from several places respecting restrictione
on grants for education.

COUNTY CESS (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE this
bill was read a second time.
BIRMINGHAM BOROUG
RAMS) H (EXEMPTION FROM
COUNTY BILL.
Lord WHARNCLIFIE moved the mond reading of
this bill.

ROYAL ASSENT.
The Earl of SHAFTESEIika.—my lords, I have re.
eeirecl her Majesty's commission to give the royal meat to
several bias. The house is, therefore, adjourned to robe.

-4:3;iii; return of the conimi,sioneri,
The royal assent was then given by commission to the fol-
lowing bills :—Navigation ; Transportation for Tram= (Ire-
land) ; Apprehension of Deserters (Portugal) ; Defects in
Lutes ; Greenwich Markets Rogulatiou ; Sheep Stealers
(Ireland) ; Account of Turnpike Trusts and Bridges (Scot-
land) ; Grand Jury Cele (Ireland); the Dory St. Edmund's
Gas Company ; Soot'ish Amiable itJge Assurance Society
(incorpowsrg and conferring rwen) ; the Tay Navigation
and Perth Harbour Acts Amendment; Renaoamoor or Dad-
dington fifth District Drainage Act Am ndment (to amend
and extend the powers, to a, nex other tondo, to borrow
money, and to levy rates and taxes); Hartlepool Gas and
Waterworks; Macclesfield Borough Wa.crworks, Markets,
; Udlrersal Railway Casualty Compensation Company ;
Reading, Guildford, and Rotwe Railway (branch to Lon-
don and South Western Railway); the River Don
Navigation (; urchase of Stainforth and Keadby Canal);
Kirkakiy Harbour, I:l4ck, Petry, and Petty Customs;
Sunderland Dock Act, and Raver Wear Commisioner,' Ad;
Amendment; Cheater and Holyhead Railway (increase of
capital, with powers to the London and North Western
Railway Company to subscribe thereto) ; Loadon and South
Western Railway (ottension of time for the purchase of
lands and completion of milks on the Basingatt,ke and Salis-
bury and Farnham and Alton Lines) LDivision of the
Liwog of Richmond and Kingston-uposaThames; Ashton-
under Lyn. Police, Market, and Imirovement Act (exten-
sion and amendment, and trassierencs of gas and water-
works, and other properties, to the corporation) ; Stafford-
shire Potteries Waterworks (extension and amendment of
act) • London GUI Light Company (amendment of ant);
Ceckermouth and Workington. Rail* ay (branch to Bridge-
foot, amendment of act and power to seen to Whitehaven
Junction) ; Ildiaburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Edin-
burgh and Glasgow 'Upton Canal (amalgamation or sole or
luso of the Union Canal tattle Railway Company); Wind.
nor Extension of the Windier, Staines, and Soith Western
(Richmond to Windsor) &Away (with power to the South
Western Railway Oompany to subscribe) ; Leeds and Thirst
Esdiway (power to guarantee interns on*retain sbartp.---,
; Wisittlesey, fit Mazy, and Witittlemy, Bt. ilnidesiir, •

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