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London, England, 1862-06-21 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY.

In consequence of this being the anniversary of her
Majesty's Accession to the throne, their lordships did not
assemble.'

HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER. took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendments to the following bills were Con-
sidered and agreed to, and the bills were ordered for third
reading t—Furness, Bull and ifornsea, Keighley and
Worth Valley, Midland (Rowsley and Buxton Extension)
Railway Bills. _ .

The South Yorkshire Railway (Sheffield and Thorne)
Bill was read a third time and passed,
POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) (No. 2) BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill, resuming at
clause 11.

Sir E. GROGAN said that this was a very important
bill, as it proposed to make a sweeping alteration by pro-
viding for a really non-destitute class. It was to effect
this object by a charge on the rateable property of Ireland
which he considered objectionable, and he concluded by
moving an amendment to the effect that property used
exclusively for religiqus or gratuitous educational purposes
should he exempted from the operation of this bill.
After a few words from Mr. VANCE,
Sir G. GREY said he had no objection to the amend-
ment of the hon. member.
The amendment was agreed to.
On the clause, as amended, being put,

Mr. P. URQUHART moved its omission.
Lord NAAS considered that property of every descrip-
tion should be assessed to the relief of the poor, and said
that in two unions in Dublin property to the value of
£67,000 a year was not rated for the poor. One of the
largest establishments in Dublin, Trinity College, was
assessed, and very properly, for the relief of the poor, and
he saw no reason for the proposed exemption.
Sir R. PEEL said he had no objection to the omission
of the clause.

After a few words from Sir E. GROGAN, and Mr
BLAKE,

Sir G. GREY said that the clause in its present form
would only partially effect the object of the hon. member
who moved the amendment, exempting a certain class of
property from assessment to the relief of the poor in Ire-
land.
The committee divided and the numbers were—
For the amendment
Against
Majority
The clause was accordingly lost.
Clauses 12, 13, and 14 were agreed to.
On clause 15, which gave persons the right to hold pro-
cesses for Pcor Law purposes for 10 years,
Mr. SCULLY moved the substitution of five for ten years.
After some discussion the committee divided—
For the amendment
Against ...
Vajority

Lord NAAS suggested that the clause should be amended
by enabling a person to hold 20 instead of 10 proxies,

Sir R. PEEL said this was a very important subject.
In Dublin one person holds as many as 2,000, and another
1,000 proxies, and he thought they should adhere to the
limitation imposed by the clause.
After some irregular discussion, in the course of which
Mr. BLAKE moved an amendment, limiting the number of
proxies to five, which he subsequently withdrew, the com-
mittee divided on the question that the word " ten" stand
part of the clause—
Ayes 9O
Noes 62
Majority —2B
Mr. BLAKE, moved the following amendment, to be
added to the end of the clause :—" And that all persons
exercising the privilege of voting by proxy shall, each time
previous to availing themselves of it, make a solemn decla-
ration that they still hold unchanged the franchise on which
it was founded."
The amendment was negatived without a division, and
the clause was agreed to.
Several successive resolutions were agreed to, in some
cases with slight verbal alterations.
The sitting was suspended at 4 o'clock.

At six o'clock the house resumed.

Mr. LINDSAY, who had given notice that he would call
attention to our relations with America, said it had been
his intention to move a resolution affirming the expediency
of recognising the Southern States of America, but having
been advised to postpone the question, he deferred it till
Friday, the 11th of July.