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London, England, 1852-05-14 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS;

Lord REDESDALE took his scat on th© Woolsack at
Five o'c!ock.

The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition on be-
half of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, praying for an
inquiry into the system of education at 11synooth; also
a petition from a place in Lancashire against the May-
nooth grant.
Lord BERNARD presented petitions from places in
Somersetshire to the same effect.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition
from Huddersfield complaining of the. uncertainty re-
sulting from the apprehension entertained in the country
respecting the intentions of her Majesty's Govern-
ment with regard . to the free trade question;
and praying that their Lordships would not give their
sanction to any measure opposed to free trade policy.
The Noble Lord took the opportunity of remarking
that the uncertain language held by her Majesty's Go-
vernment on this subject had caused great anxiety in
the country. He did not intend to put any further
question to the Government on the subject,
because the answer which had ibeeu given, both
in this and the other House, had only been
of such a nature as to make " confusion worse con-
founded." Indeed every member of the Government
seemed to be of a different character, it was "tot homines
tot sententicelwith them, and on every question now be-
fore the public they seemed to be agreed to differ, and
their orders were to get seats somehow or other, and
they were therefore all things to nll constituencies.
BISHOPRIC OF CHRISTCHURCH (NEW ZEA-

LAND) BILL.
The Bishop of OXFORD moved the eecond reading
of this Bill, the object of which he explained was to di-
vide the present diocese of New Zealand into two sees,
the population of that island having been found too large
for one see.
After a few words from the Earl of DESART, the
Bill was read a second time.

The report on the Disabilities Repeal Bill, with amend-
ments, was received and agreed to.
On the motion of the Earl of LONSDALE, the Re-
payment of Advances (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill
passod through Committee.
CAPTAIN WARNER'S LONG RANGE.

Lord TALBOT rose to move for a Stlect Committee
to inquire into inventions and the repurt3 thereon,
and was

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took th© Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to:—
Aberdare Market and Slaughter-houses.
Bradford Piece Halls.
Dudley Waterworks.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed:—
Abbey Tintern and Bigswear Roads.
Battle and Robertsbridge Road.
Blyth and Tyce Railway.
Claussen's Patent Flax Company.
Lambert's Estate.
Lancashire and Yorkshire and York and North Midland
Railways.
Leeds Waterworks (No. 2).
London (City) Improvements.
Londonderry Bridge (No. 1).
Londonderry Bridge (No. 2).
Middlesbrough and Guisbrough Railway.
Preston and Garstang Road.
Railway Passengers Assurance Company.
Sharples and Hoghton Road.
Shillingford, Wallingford, and Reading Road, and
Shillingford Bridge.
Shields and Morpeth Roads.
Yeovil and Ilchestet Turnpike Trusts.
Belfast Custom House, &c.
The following Bills were considered and agreed to,
and ordered to be read a third time:—
Chelsea Waterworks.
Great Western, Shrewsbury, and Birmirghara; Shrews-
bury and Chester; Shrewsbury and Hereford; Birken-
head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction; and Here-
ford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway Companies.
Greenfield and Shepley Lane Head Road.
Kirkby Stephen and Hawes Road.
Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway.
Leek and Hassop and Middlehills and Buxton Road.
Stockport and Marple Road.
Wakefield and Denby Dale Road.
Worcester and Haretord Railway.
CORK IMPROVEMENT BILL.
On the motion for the third reading of this Bill,
Colonel CHATTERTON proposed that the second
reading be deferred until Tuesday next.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH, as Chairman of the Com-
mittee that had passed the Bill, resisted the amendment.
After a brief discussion, the amendment was with-
drawn, and the Bill was read a third time and passed.
PETITIONS.

Mr. KERSHAW presented several petitions from
Lancashire against the Militia Bill.
Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee
against the Maynooth grant.
Sir JOSLIIJA. WALMSLEY presented a petition
from the corporation of Oldham against the Militia Bill.
Mr. E. DENISON presented several petitions from
the West Riding agaiubt the Maynooth grant.
Sir R. H. INGLIS presented two petitions from
' Jamaica complaining of distress, and praying for pro-
tection against the competition of slave-grown sugar.
Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from the Ro-
man Catholic inhabitants ;of Dukinfield, praying that
Roman Catholic charities be exempt from the operation
of the Charitable Trusts Bill.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Trelawney,
in Jamaica, praying the House to take measures
to supply the island with sufficient labour to enable
the sugar planters to compete with the producers of slave-
grown sugar.
Mr. J. STUART presented a petition from Newark,
praying the House to inquire into the causes of intem-
perance with the view of discovering a remedy for the
evil.

Colonel FREESTUN presented a petition from the
Roman Catholic inhabitants of Radipole, Weymouth,
praying the attention of the House to the better admi-
n,s;ration of the Charitabie Trusts Bill now before the
House. The petitioners state their belief that, there is
an Act of Elizabeth in the statute-book, for upwards of
a century and a half, which has fallen into disuse. They
therefore pray that the said Bill, as it now stands, may
not pass into law.
Mr. GEORGE DUNCAN presented a petition from
the members and adherents of the Baptist Church as-
sembling in Rattray's-court, Seagate, Dundee, against
the grant to Maynooth.
EDUCATION IN IRELAND.
Sir HARRY VERNEY wished to ask what was the
state of the book question connected with the Irish
Board of Education; whether the plan suggested by the
Committee of the Irish Board to the Treasury, and the
recommendation in Mr. Lingen's letter, appended to it,
was likely to be carried out?
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stake,
dealeithbut, HAMILTONathae theresubject a
waied r
at
wh
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vwearsala
under
conflictingv e
the
e difficultinterests
considerationtmear
et stetar
of the Treasury, and he hoped in a few
commu-
nicate to the Chancellor of the Exchequer days to
edr a plani by
which those difficulties might be surmounted.—(Hear.)
( ear.)
SMUGGLING IN IRELAND.
Admiral BOWLES wished to ask the Secretary of
the Treasury, whether any report had been received
from the officers of Customs at Dublin, of landings of
contraband tobacco within the limits of that port; and
also, whether smuggling in Ireland had not increased
since the withdrawal of the revenue cruizers employed
there formerly ?
Mr. HAMILTON said that it certainly did appear
from reports;,; which had reached the Treasury that
the landing of contraband goods had taken place
almost within the port of Dublin. No less than 2,000 lbs.
of tobacco was seized on the 30th of last month near
Dublin, and a boat was found deserted at Kings-
head which had evident marks of having
contained tobacco. There was no reason
however, for supposing that smuggling on the coast of
Ireland was on the increase.—(llear, hear.)
QUARANTINE LAWS.
Mr. HLTME wished to ask whether any reports had
been received from the Sanitary Congress at Paris, to
consider the question of quarantine; and whether any
and what modification had been made as respects the
laws of quarantine?
Mr. HENLEY said the report of the convention
which met at Paris had been received. It proposed a
modification of the quarantine laws, but none had yet
taken place. The subject, however, was under discus-
sion, and he entertained considerable hope that a satis-
factory result would be ultimate arrived at.—(Hear.)
PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr.e CO N
wished
t too pkuasoo
vwerwe hweitthheribiist
Wf
GovernmentA
Mr. HENLEY the uouso t said he should endeavour to induce
Bt7lla?s the
intention
refer it to a
o read the Bill a second time, and then to
put in a fit
B,at Select Committee, to see if it could not be
7tor passing into a law.—(He-r, hear.)
DISCOVERY OE
Mr. r,GOLD IN AUS TRALIA.
MASTERMAN wished to know if the Govern-
ment were
the desertionprep ofa redsea to adopt any measures to prevent
had become au
evilin en in Australia, as such a practice
and a large ()1. the greatest magnitude,
actually laid up in tho number
of ships were now
hands. Australian ports from want of
Sr JOHN PAK
—INGTON
feel that the question put to thought the House would
Friend related to a portion, him by his Honourable
, and not the least im-
portant portion, of a most extraordinary emergency
Australian colonies, in conse-
quence of the
.recent discovery of gold there, an emer-
which, it was hardly n .
gency necessary for him to stat
had commanded the moat serious attentione'
of her Ma-
rnment.—(Hear jesty,3 Clove . hear.
) In puffin.. the
question his Hon. Friend had alluded to the ntmler of
ships the crews: of which had deserted, and
perhapsD it
satisfactory to the House if he
would,
be
of the matter in
exact position _ fort Melbourne
when the discoveries of gold had been th
e
largest t e
largest scale.—Gear, hear.) Oa
ne" ships in Port Melbourne, Ja-
nuary there were 0
gregate numbers of the crews being 816, and of these
417 had deserted. The most pressing representations
had been made upon this subject by the Governors
of New South Wales and Victoria, urging
upon the Government the absolute necessity of rendering
some military or other assistance under the extraordi-
nary state of things which only
within the last few days a dispatch bad been
received from Victoria, pointing out the met
evil that was resulting to the commercial