The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY.

The SPEAKER took the chair at 20 minutes past 12
o'clock, 40 members not having been in attendance before.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords amendments to the following bills were agreed
to, and the bills were ordered for third reading. The fol-
lowing bills were read a third time and paned :—Carnar-
vonshire Railway; Charing-cross Railway (City Terminus
Bridge); and Pulteney Harbour.
LUNATICS LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill, resuming at
c'auee 30, which was agreed to. Clauses 31, 32, and 33
were also agreed to.
On clause 34,
Mr. BUTT moved the following :—" And the guardians
of every union and of every parish under a board of guar-
dians, and the overseers of every parish not in a union nor
under a boar d of guardians, shall visit once at the least in
each half-year all asylums, hospitals, and licensed houses
in which there are any pauper lunatics chargeable to such
union or parish, and shall inquire as to the dietary accom-
modation and treatment of such lunatics, and whether any
of such pauper lunatics appear in a fit state to be discharged
and shall enter in the visitors' book such observations as
they may think fit to make respecting the condition and
treatment of such lunatics, and the book containing the ob-
servations made in pursuance of this section by the visiting
guardians or overseers shall be laid before the commissioner
or commissioners and visitors on his or their next visit."
Sir G. Grey, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Barrow opposed the
bill on the ground that compulsory visitation instead of
voluntary visitation would not billy entail considerable ex-
pense, but would be attended with injury to the pauper
lunatics.
Mr. HIBBERT supported the amendment which was
in operation in Lancashire, where it was found to work
very satisfactorily.
The amendment was negatived, and the clause was
agreed to, as were the remaining clauses.
Mr. HENLEY moved the addition of the clause em-
powering the visitors and the guardians of any union
within the district for which the asylum has been pro-
vided to make arrangements, subject to the approval of the
Lunatic Commissioners and the President of the Poor Law
Board, for the reception and care of a limited number of
lunatics in the workhouse of any particular union.
The clause was agreed to and read a second time.
Some other clauses were added to the bill, and the house
resumed.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (IRELAND) ACT
(1860) AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill went through committee without discussion.
DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill, resuming al
clause 15,

The clauses to 63 inclusive were agreed to.
On clause 61,
Sir H. BRUCE objected to the clause as charging on the
county rates the cost of the construction of works for the
purpose of draining the land of private proprietors, and he
moved its omission.
After a long discussion the clause was negatived on the
understanding that Colonel French should bring up an
amended clause on the report.
Col. VANDELEUR moved the rejection of clause 67,
which provides that millowners should pay for any addi-
tional water they may receive on account of these works.
The committee divided—
For the clause
Against it l5
Majority
The clause was agreed to.

All the remaining clauses were agreed to, on the
suggestion that other clauses providing for appeals in cer-
tain cases should be added,
Mr. SCULLY addressed the committee until 4 o'clock,
when the sitting was suspended. At 6 o'clock tho house
resumed.