The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-31 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1847.

The Royal Assent was given by Commission to
various Bills
The Lords re-assembled at Five o'clock.
The Waterworks' Clauses Bill, the Gasworks'
Clauses Bill, the Markets and Fairs' Clauses Bill, and
the Commissioners' Clauses Bill were respectively
read a third time and passed.
Lord BROUGHAM explained that he had not
changed his opinions with regard to arrest on
mesne process, and he thought that the manner in
which the late law authorising imprisonment for
forty days for small debts, had been overstretched by
the Commissioners, would lead to the entire abolition
of imprisonment for debt. In reference to a petition
from Nottingham which claimed for the labourers a
right of support out of the produce of the land, the
Noble and Learned Lord declared emphatically that,
in his opinion, the only title which any able-bodied
poor man had to support was upon the produce of his
own work.

peril.
Lord COLVILLE then drew the attention of the The Easter vacation comes upon us simultaneously
house to the vote which bad been given in the late with the vernal promises of the season ; it comes upon
election of a Scotch Representative Peer, by a person us appropriately in that segment of the annual cycle
calling himself Lord COLVILLE, of Ochiltree, and which is peculiarly redolent of hope ; it interrupts the
znoved fur a return of the list of voters on that oc-
session of each Parliamentary year under the grateful
auspices of Spring. On the recurrence of the Easter
casion, which was agreed to.
Earl GREY, in moving the adjournment to the 15th vacation we are always induced to cast a retrospec-
of April, announced that on their reassembling, their tive glance, however momentary, at the preceding
Lordships would meet in the New House. labours of her MAJESTY'S Ministers, of the hereditary
Their Lordships then adjourned. senators, and of the popular representatives. Never
The Commons met at Four o'clock. might we be more justified in experiencing emotions
The: second reading of the Dublin Improvement akin to those of trepidation on taking such a retro-
Bill was, on the motion of Mr. GREGORY, postponed spective survey as at the memorable Easter which
until after Easter, has just arrived. From the tribulations of the
In answer to a question, Captain BERKELEY said he winter of 1846-47 the empire is only just emerging.
bad every reason to believe that a commission would The new Cabinet has only just completed the first
be issued to inquire into the administration of the portion of its first entire session. The old Parlia-
Merchant Seaman's fund. ment----the Parliament which commenced its sittings
Mr. SPOONER then moved for leave to bring in a as far back as August, 1841, and which is, copse-
Bill to suppress trading in seduction and prostitution, quently, rapidly approaching the term of its septennial
which was ultimately granted.
existence—has been compelled again to enter upon the
into details
Mr. G. BEIZKELEY rose to order. The Hon. most embarrassing and laborious deliberations. With
Member to make good his case must go
so many adverse circumstances against it the Legis-
unfit for publication, and lie (Mr. G. Berkeley), lature has valorously wrestled against all difficulties,
therefore, cailed the Speaker's attention to the fact 1 and has reached without a catastrophe
its present
that there were strangers in both galleries. The gal_ vacation.
that has
leries were ordered to be cleared, and the debate pro- When we bear in recollection the amount of work
ceeded with closed doors. been got through since the 26th of January;
we •
On the opening of the galleries we found Lord hen. . consider the length of the discussions, the
En. rapidity with Which
21ORPETH moving for leave to bring in a Bill to measure after measure has been
I
prove the Health of Towns, which was granted.
passed, the dryness of the statistical details which
-
Various returns on the motion of several lion. have been exa mined in both Houses; the
liberality of
the Commons in voting moneys Members were then ordered. for the assistance of
On the question being put for the House going into
the starving millions, the toil of the Ministers, of their
of their
rs te, agents ; when
Sir on the Army Service Bill, supporters,
we remember,
moreover,
the earnest and uoin,„ .
Sir H. DOUGLAS moved that it be committed that--owing industry of