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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

110 USE OF LORDS, JULY 15.

The LORD CrimicELLowtook his seat on the Woolsack
at the usual hour.

The Judges Chambers Bill was read a third time and
passed.

Lori KENYON presented a petition in support of the
priv;.lieges of the House of Lords.
Lord SEFTON presented a petition from Manchester,
in favour of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill.
The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented a similar
petition from Clontarf, county of Dublin.
Lord HADDINGTON presented a petition from the
town of Haddington, against the Scotch Universities Bill.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented two petitions
against Stephenson's Brighton Railway line. On the motion
of the Noble thike, the,petitions were referred to a Select
Committee.

On the motion of Lord GLENELG the Punishment
of Offences Cape of Good (lope Bill went through a Com-
mittee.

A Message from the House of Commons brought up
the Constabulary (Ireland) Amendment Bill, the Personal
Tithes Bill, and another Bill.
Lord CARBERRY presented a petition from Dublin in
favour 4 the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill.
The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition
from Brighton in favour of their Lordships' privileges.
DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY.

Several petitions were presented in favour of the Dublin
and Drogheda Railway.
The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE rose to move the se-
cond reading of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill. It
had long been desirable to devote the unemployed capital of
Ireland to speculations of that sort, and .he believed the
line had received the sanction and approbation of the most
eminent engineers and scientific men. A large subscription
had been already entered into to promote the undertaking,
and the majority of the landowners and landed proprietors
were in favour of it. The project had also received the support
of the' mercantile men of Liverpool and Manchester, and was
every way a most useful and desirable work. It was in-
tended to continue the line to Dundalk and Belfast, so as to
give all the northern parts of Ireland the benefit Of this
mode of communication, with the capital. •
The Duke of LEINSTER seconded the motion, and
presented a petition in favour of the Bill.
The Marquis of HEADFORD opposed the motion, as
he understood there was an inland line surveyed, which was
much more advantageous. The present line, he also under-
stood, would seriously injure the property of Col. 'Verner.
The Bill was then read a second time.
SOUTH DURHA.M RAILWAY.

Lord RA.DNOR.presented a petition from the sub-
scribers to the South Durham Railway, complain-
ing that after the Company had ;one to a great
deal of expense, the Bill had been thrown out
on its second reading. He (Lord Radnor) thought the
parties had great reason to complain of the manner in
which they had been treated ; it had been rejected on the
motion of Lords Londonderry and \Vharncliffe, without
any ground or reason being assigned for such a proceeding,
and without any enquiry into th merits of the question.
Lord W ARN CLI FFE defended the conduct adopted
by him on that occasion. He tad distinctly stated that he op-
posed it, because the object of the speculation was to work a
vein of coal, without having obtained the sanction or
consent of the landed proprietors in the neighbourhood.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE supported the pe-
tition. He denied the assertion of the Noble Lord oppo-
site that the railroad was not a public benefit. It was, on
the contrary, a great public benefit, and he Must say that
the general impression abroad was that the opposition to the
Bill had arisen from a desire to support a monopoly.—
(Hear.) He contended that the Bill should have been
submitted to the decision of a Committee,
and he would say that it was - the general
opinion that two Noble Lordi, who were deeply interested
in the Bill, and in maintaining the present price of coal,
bad come down for the purpose of throwing out the Bill in
so extraordinary a manner.
Lord HATHERTON vindicated the vote he had
given against the Bill, and concurred in the principle laid
down by the Noble Lord (Wharneliah) opposite, that no
Bill should be forced through Parliament against"the.con-
sent of the local proprietors. He believed if all the coal.
proposed to be raised was sold at cost price,, there would
not he a demand for it.
'The 'Marquis of LONDONDERRY supposed the
Noble Earl ( Radnor) had some shares in the nndertak-
ine, for which he evinced so much anxiety.--(A. laugh.)
He did not think it neeeszary, after whatbad been said, to
prolong a ,discussion upon a question which bad. been al-
ready decided by a very large majority of that House. lie
would add, that he fully concurred is the• observations o!'
the Noble Berms (Hatlivrton) who had spoke last, and al-
though the present question might affect him personally,
it equally on principle affected every large landed proprietor.
Earl RAiDN,)dt, replied. He had felt it his duty, coin-
cidiic; with the tenth-I-lents of the petitioners, to lay
:their case before the House.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
He repeated that it was unusual and irregular for a Noble
Lord, opposed to a Iliil, to.get up on its second reading and
oppose its going into Committee. He begged, before be
sat. down, to ask whether the Noble Marquis opposite in-
tended to move the second read ng of the Tremoutha Har-
hour Bill ?
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY had_ undertaken
the conduct of the Bill, and Would move its second reading
on Monday next.

Messengers from the Commons brought ❑p the London
and Blackw•ail Commercial Railway Bill, and the Minutes
of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on
Agriculture.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (ENGLAND)
AMENDMENT BILL.

On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the
Order of the Day for taking into consideration the reasons
of the House of Ccrnm4as to the amendments made by
their Lordships to the Municipal Act Amendment Bill,
was read.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that thew
Lordships do agree to the first amendments made by the
Commons.
Lora LYNDHURST complained of the difEculty of
discgssing these amendments until they had been printed.
After a desultory conversation, in which the Lord chan-
cellor, Lords Lyndhurst, Ellenborough, and Itadnor took a
part,
_ _

Viscount MELBOURNE said, would it not be better
to have these arneodnients printed at once.—(Hear, hear.)
The motion was agrced to.
' SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES BILL.
Viscount MELBOURNE postponed the second read-
ing of the Scotch Universities Bill to Thursday next.
Several petitions were presented for and against the
North Durham Railway Bill.

Lord HOLLAND objected to so irregular a pro-
ceeding as presenting petitions upon a Bill which had
been already decided upon by their Lordships.—(Hear,
hear.) The petitions were withdrawn.
Lord LYNDHURST said it would be desirable that a
day would be fixed for the• discussion of the Commons'
Amendments to the Municipal Corporations (England)
Amendments Bill.
Viscount MELBOURNE worild-,fix Monday next for
that purpose.

CANADA TIMBER.
Viscount STRANGFORD presented petitions from the
Legislative Council of Lower Canada in Provincial Parlia-
ment assembled, from the Shipowners of London, and from
the British and North American Association of the Port
of Liverpool, against' the proposed alteration in the Timber
Duties. He would ask the Noble Lord at the head of the
Colonial Department what course the Government in-
tended to pursue with reference tq this object ?
Lord GLENELG said that it was not the intention of
his Majesty's Government to propose any measure this
Session.

Viscount STRA.NGFORD said he hoped due notice
would be given before the alteration was made, for it should
be recollected that the trade of this country in Timber was
a trade of barter.

PRISONERS' COUNSEL BILL.
This Bill, on the motion of Lord LYNDHURST, was
read a third time.

The Earl of RADNOR moved that the second clause
be restored.

The House divided—
Contents l4
Non-contents 24
Majority

The Duke of RICHMOND then moved that the clause
giving to prisoners free access to the depositions taken be-
fore the magistrates be restored.
Lord ABINGER objected to the motion because it
might give to prisoners tho opportunity of making up a case.
After a few words from the Earl of RADNOR, Lord
WYNFORD, and Lord HOLLAND,
The Duke of RICHMOND moved that the debate be
adjourned until Monday, that a clause might be drawn up
to meet the circumstances of the ease.
The motion was agreed to.
'I he House then adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, Juzr 15.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair a few minutes before
five o'clock.

Sir A. L. HAY moved for leave to bring in a Bill for
constructing a pier, to be called.the Trinity or North Lieth
Harbour.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL felt it his duty to
oppose this motion, which was of an•unprecedented nature.
This was a Bill for the construction of Docks—a private
Bill, which required a certain number of subscribers
—which required notices to be given, and contracts to be