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London, England, 1849-02-17 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Vote* and Proceedings of the lionse of Commons.)
FRIDAY, FEB. 16.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.

The following Resolutions were reported from the abort
Committee:— _ _ _

Thatiiitbe case of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway
Company petition for extending the time for the second
reading of the Bill, the standing orders ought to be die-
pensed with : - That the time for the second reading be ex.-
tended to the 15th day of March next.
That in the case oi. the Taff Vale Railway (Extension in
Merthyr Tidfil) petition for referring the petition for * Bill,
with the report of the Examiner thereon, to the Select Com-
mittee on Standing Orders, the standing order, No. 150, in
respect to the presentation of the petition for the Bill, ought
to be dispensed with :—That the said petition and report of
Examiner thereon, be referred to the Select Committee on
Standing Orders-Resolutions agreed to.
The undernamed Railway Bill was read a first, and
ordered to be read a second time :
Leeds and Thirsk (Power to guarantee Interest on certain
Shares, &c.)

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
The following Railway Bills are ordered to be read a
second time on Tuesday, Feb. 20:—
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle.apon•Tyne and
Carlisle Railway Lease and Amalgamation).
London and South-Western (Extension of Time for the
Purchase of Lands and Completion of Works on the Basing-
stoke and Salisbury, and Farnham and Alton Lines).
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway, and Ar.
drossan Harbour Acts Amendment.

Caledonian (Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, Barrhead,
and N eilston Direct).
Caledonian (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Connie.
Railway).
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and hiaryport and Carlisle
Lease and Amalgamation.
Edinburgh and Northern (A—Dunfermline Branch Devi.
ation in Dunfermline Parish, and so as to pass under Town.
hill and Halbeath Tramways; Branches in connexion with
I those Tramways ; Repeal of Agreement with Lessees of
Halbeath Colliery; Increase of Capital and Amendment of
Acjs).

Edinburgh and Northern (Additional Capital and Amends
ment of Acts).

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the 117otes and Proceedings of-the House of Commons.)
FRIDAY, FEB. Ic.
HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND) BILL.
Report considered ;—Clause (And whereas doubts have
arisen whether the powers of the Act of last session, 11 and
12 Vic. c. 35, which are continued by this Act, may not be
improperly applied to the restriction of the right of the sub-
ject to petition Parliament, and to address the Queen in
legal and constitutional manner, and to convoke, hold, at-
tend at, and take part in meetings for the purposes of pre-
paring and adopting peacefully and legally such petitions
and addresses : And whereas such restriction Is and would be
contrary to the spirit and purposes of the aforesaid Act, and
of this present Act continuing the same, as well as to the
Constitution of these realms; Be it therefore declared and
enacted, That nothing contained in this Act, or in the
before-mentioned Act of 11 and 12 Vic., the powers of wkicla
are continued in this Act, does, ought to, or shall be con-
strued or taken to warrant the application of the said po*ers,
or any of them, to the cases of parties convoking, assembling.
holding, attending at, and taking part in such legal, peaceful,
and constitutional meetings, for the aforesaid legal and con-
stitutional objects and purposes) brought up, and read a first
time. Motion made, and question put, " That the said
Clause be now read a second time." The House divided:—

MI NORITY—AYES, 12.
Fagan, James O'Connor, Foargus Scully Francis
Greene, John O'Flaherty, Anthony Sullivan, Michael
Meagher, Thomas Power,' Nicholas TILLXU.
Morgan, H. K. Reynold,, Jouh O'Connell, John
O'Brion, Timothy Roche, E. B. Grattan, Henry