The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-13 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Several petition 3 were presented against the opening
of public-houses on Sunday; and others praying for a
a more stringent enforcement of the Ten Hours' Act.
DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL.
This bill was read a third time.

Mr. CHRISTOPHER moved to insert the following
clause in lieu of clause 43 of the original bill :—" The
Inclosure and Drainage Commissioners shall not autho-
rise the execution of any work whereby any dwelling
house or inclosed park, garden, or pleasure ground, or
ornamental waters, adjoining thereto, would be taken or
interfered with ; nor shall it be lawful to construct any
open drain within one hundred feet of any dwelling
house except with the consent, in writing, of the owners
of such dwelling house, park, garden, pleasure ground,
or ornamental waters respectively."—The clause was
agreed

Mr. HORSFALL moved to strike out the word
"injuriously" in clause 59, so as to preserve the rights
of Canal Water Companies, &c., whether effected in-
juriously or otherwise.

Mr. W. MILES opposed the amendment, contending
that they might as well give up the bill altogether as
agree to it.

-The house divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment 57
Against it 55
Majority
The word was accordingly struck out.
Some other amendments were made in the Bill, which
was afterwards passed.
CONVICT PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL.

The committee on this bill was then resumed.
On clause 12,

Mr. I. BUTT moved an amendment, as follows :
" Provided always that nothing herein contained shall
interfere with any authority or power now vested in the
Court of Queen's Bench to visit or regulate any such
prison, nor with the right, power, or authority of any
coroner or justice of the peace to enter such prison, upon
any occasion upon which he now lawfully might." He
was very unwilling to take away the power of the Queen's
Bench over any prison in the United Kingdom, parti-
cularly as political prisoners might be confined in them,
and corporal punishment could be inflicted.
The amendment was opposed by Sir J. YOUNG, and
supported by Colonel DUNNE.
After some discussion, the amendment was withdrawn,
on the understanding that it should be moved on the
third reading of the bill. The clause was then agreed
to, as was clause 15.

On clause 16,
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delegating power to three commi=sioners, removable at
the pleasure of the Lord-Lieutenant, to decide upon the
flogging of prisoners ; and to prevent that monstrous
power was the object of his amendment.
The committee divided, when the numbers were—
AFor the amendment ........................ 10
gainst it ................................... 139
Majority ..................... --129
The amendment was consequently lost.
The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the bill
passed through committee, and the house resumed.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE BILL.
This bill went through committee pro forma, with the
view to introduce amendments.
It being now four o'clock, the sitting was suspended.
The house resumed at six o'clock, and was
- (LEFT SITTING.)

RAILWAY SHARE MARKET.

LIVERPOOL, JULY 12.

STOCK EicHANGE.—The market has been very flat
to-day, and closed dull at a decline of about per cent. on
yesterday's quotation :—Caledonian, 30i ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 651 ; London and North-Western, 103; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 211 ; Midland, 65; South-
Eastern, 18 13-16.