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London, England, 1864-07-15 00:00:00

IMPERIAL FARLUTaNT

HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening,
ROYAL ASSENT.
The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol-
lowing bills :—T;nion Assessment Committee Act Amend-
ment—Coventry Free Grammar School—Superannuation
(Union Officers) Government Annuities Act—Divorce and
Matrimonial Causes—Greek Loan—Life Annuities and
Life Assurance—Worcester, Bromyard, and Leomins-
ter Railway Settled Estates Act Amendment
Durham University—Sunningdale and Cambridge Town
Railway—Argyllshire Roads--Independent Gas Company
—New Quay and Cornwall Junction Railway—Midland
Railway (Bath and Thonabury)—Leeds, Bradford, and
Halefort Junction—London and South Western Railways
—Oswestry and Newton and other Railways (arrangements)
—L'andidlo and TeiffeValleyßailway—Bodmin Railway—
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway—(Tunbridge
Wells)—Scottish and North Eastern Railway—Southamp-
ton and Netley Railway—Rammell's Patent—Furness Gas
and Water—Hayling's Railway—London Docks, St.
Katherine's Docks, and Victoria Docks Amalgamation—
Stockport and Ashton Roads—Wisbeach Water—Grand
Western Canal and Bristol and Exeter Railway—
Newry and Armagh Railway—Carnarvon and Llanberris
Railway—Fleetwood Docks—Vale of Crickhowell Rail-
way—Crieff and Methvin Junction and Branch Railway—
Finchley, Willesden and Acton Railway—Londonderry
Improvement—Cheddar Valley and Yalton Railway—
Wersum Valley Railway—Pembroke and Tenby
Railway—Wellington an.: Drayton Railway—Heiston
and Penryn Railway—London and North Western Rail-
way—London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 2)—
Shrewsbury and WelchPool Railway—Charing-eross Rail-
way—Peeblesshire Roads (No. 2)—Belfast Improvement
(No. 2) —Kingston and Eardsley Railway—Southern
Railway—Ardrossan Harbour—Bolton Improvement—
Great Northern Railway (Barnet Branch)—Wallasey
Embankment—Llanelly Harbour Improvement—Maccles-
field, Bollington, and Maple Railway—Walford and Edge-
ware Junction. Railway.
The Lords' Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
Visconnt Sydney, and Earl St. Germans.
Their lordships adjourned during pleasure.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the woolsack
at the usual hour.
PERILS OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING.
Lord BROUGHAM called attention to this subject, and
said it was exceedingly desirable that some steps should be
taken to insist on some arrangement by which the pas-
sengers in railway carriages should have means of com-
municating with the guard. On foreign railways the sys-
tem was universal. He concluded by asking whether the
Government intended taking steps to compel railway com-
panies to effect such a desirable object.
Earl GRANVILLE said the subject was engaging the
attention of the Government. His experience of foreign
railways was, that whilst the guard could communicate
with the passengers, the passengers could not communicate
with the guard.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time :—Whitby
Water—Bourton on the Water Railway—lsle of Wight
Water—Hamilton and Streathern and Caledonian Railway
—Clyde Navigation—Bristol Port Extension Railway—
Stockport Distrist Water—Blyth and Lyme Railway—
Torbay and Brigham Railway—Midland Railway—North
London Railway (Additional Powers).
PENAL SERVITUDE.
The Commons' amendments to this bill were then taken
into consideration.
The Earl of SHAF TESBURY moved that their
lordships insist on their amendments. Clause 4
provided that the ticket of leave man should report
himself once a month, but their lordships were
of opinion that such an arrangement would be pro.
ductive of much evil, and accordingly altered the clause so
as to make it compulsory upon the ticket-of-leave man to
report himself after leaving the prison, and after that as
often as might be agreed upon. The bill went back to the
Commons, where their lordships' amendment was objected
to, and the clause was restored to its original state. He
moved that their lordships insist on their amendment, as he
would rather imperil the passing of the bill than agree to
such a cruel and unnecessary provision. The result
of reeking a ticket of leave man report himself once a month
would in effect be to prevent him ever obtaining honest
employment, and under such circumstance the only course
open to him was to relapse into crime. He contended that
if these unfortunate men were taken by the hand at the proper
time it would be the means of making them honest and in-
dustrious, bal if they were thrust back into their old courser,
by having to report themselves, as the bill now stood, evil,
and not good, would be the result.
The Earl of CARNARVON supported the amendments
of the Commons.
Earl GRANVILLE said that he thought there would
be great danger of losing the bill if their lordships insisted
upon their amendments. He should therefore reoommend
them to accept the measure in the form in which it had
come up from the Lower House.
Lord HOUGIITON should prefer the bill to be lost
rather than that it should be carried with this objectionable

provision.
The Earl of LICHFIELD objected to the indiscriminate
application of the system of supervision provided by the
clause to all criminals coming out of a convict prison. He
did not think that police supervision over the discharged
convict had succeeded in Ireland—it had certainly failed in
France. Ho would rather the bill should be lost than that
such a clumsy piece of legislation as that embodied in the
present clause should be adopted under the name of police

supervision.
The house then divided upon the question whether they
should insist on their amendments from which the Com-
mons had disagreed. There were—
Contents
Non contents
Majority
The Commons' amendments were therefore agreed to.
THE PUBLIC AND REFRESHMENT HOUSES
BILL.
This bill was read a third time.
On the question that the bill should pass.
The Earl of DONOUGHMO RE moved an amendment
far the purpose of rendering the application of the bill com-
pulsory throughout the country, If it was goad for the
metropolis it must be good for other places.
Earl GRANVILLE opposed the amendment.
The house divided, when there were—
Contents
Non-contents
Majority

The amendment was therefore rejected,
The bill was thenpassed.
The Railways (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill and the
Drainage and Improvement of Land (Ireland) Bill were
read a second time.
THE FACTORY ACTS EXTENSION BILL.
Earl GRANVILLE moved that the house should go
into committee on this bill.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY expressed the satisfaction
with which ho had witnessed the change which had taken
place in public opinion with regard to this subject since the
Ten Hours' Bill passed, He believed that this bill would
have the happy effect of affording the protection of the law
to more than 100,000 children, and of affording them the
opportunity of obtaining a good education. The noble earl
then eulogised in high terms the conduct and character of
the working classes of the country, adverting especially to
the admirable manner in which the Lancashire people had
conducted themselves throughout the cotton famine, He
believed that the fact that, under so severe a trial, there had
been no sedition, nor any disturbance of the peace, was
greatly due to the protection which had been given to the
people by the passing of the Factory Acts.
The bill then passed through committee.
The Indemnity Bill passed through committee.
The Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The India Stocks Transfer Act Amendment Bill, and the
Defence Act Amendment Bill, passed through committee,
The India Office Bill was read a third time and passed.
THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
Lord RE DESDALE called the attention of the house to
the line of frontage of the new Government offices in Down-
ing-street and ing-street, and asked whether there was
any intention to acquire other property in that neighbour-
hood for other duces and the improvement of the approach
to the Houses of Parliament. He thought the Government
ought to purchaso the whole block of houses between
George-street and the new Government offices. He wished
to know whether it was intended to widen King. street.
Earl GRANVILLE said it would be requisite to buy the
block of buildings between King-street and Parliament-
street in order to give a decent approach to the new build-
ings. That purchaso was now under the consideration of
the Government.
The house adjourned at twenty minutes past seven
o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening•
The SPEAKER. wok the chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW MEMBER..

Sir M. BEACH took the oaths and his seat on his election
for East Gloucestershire.
ROYAL COMMISSION.

Sir A. CLIFFORD, Deputy Yeoman Usher of the
Black Rod, summoned the members to the bar of the
Upper House to hear the Royal assent given by commis,
sion to several bills for which see Lords' report.
TE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed
Albert, Bridge
and Approaches —Erith Tramways—Water-
ford and Limerick, Limerick and Foynes, and Rathkeale
and Newcastle Junction Ryilways—Waterford and Wex-
ford Rsilway and Res:dare Harbour—West London Docks
and Virarehouses—Nortb. Western and Charing-cross Rail-
way.

STANDING ORDERS REVISION.
Colonel W. PATTEN moved for a select committee to
revise the Standing Orders'—Mr .Massey, Lord Stanley,
Mr Edward Pleydell Bonverie, Mr Milnsr Gibson, Mr
Sotheron Eatceurt, Mr Gathorne Hardy, Lord Robert
Cecil, Mr Ingham, Mr Edward Egerton, Mr Scourfield,
Mr IlaFaiird, Mr Adair, Mr Lowe, Colonel French,