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WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1847.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 1.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after Five o'clock.
The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented several pe-
titions from the clergy and laity of the city of Gloucester,
and other parts, praying the House to adopt some mea-
sure to put a stop to Sunday travelling upon railways.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
Messengers from the Commons brought up a large
number of public and private Bills.
POOR REMOVAL (IRELAND).
This Bill, after a short conversation, in which Lord
Denman, Lord Brougham, and Earl Grey took part, was
read a second time.
TOWNS IMPROVEMENT BILL.
On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was
read a second time.
NAVY PRISONS BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of AUCKLAND, the
House went into Committee on this Bill.
The Earl of HARI)WICKE said, that though not an
opponent of the Bill, he was only a weak supporter, and
he was, therefore, exceedingly desirous of modifying its
principle, for he believed that the punishment against
which it was directed was not unpopular in the
profession.- The men in the navy, when they
committed a fault, expected corporal punishment—they
looked for it, as they said, as their due, and did not
complain when it was inflicted. But this Bill im-
posed a punishment which was, of all things,
most detested by them, for they would
barter their liberty for no advantage whatever.
He said he did give the Bill his support, although the
measure was of very doubtful character ; for the mo-
ment the vessel went out to sea the lash was resumed,
and this Bill served rather to satisfy the public mind
under the eye of the press. He meant to propose an
amendment on the first clause to the effect of retaining
the entire control in the sole hand of the captain. He
moved that these words should be struck out.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in a voice almost
inaudible, intimated, as we understood, that he
,would
consider the amendment.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY reported progress, and
their Lordships resumed.
CONFERENCE.
Mr. GREENE and a deputation from the Commons
appeared at their Lordships' bar, on behalf of the Com-
mons, and asked for- a conference on the Poor Relief
(Ireland) and the Landed Property (Ireland) Bills.
The conference was agreed to, and appointed to take
place immediately in the Royal Gallery.
After a short absence, the Members of their Lord-
ships' House appointed to confer with the Commons
returned, and
Lord CLARENDON read the reasons why the House
of Commons disagreed with certain amendments made
by their Lordships in the Irish Poor Relief and the
Landed Property (Ireland) Bills.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he would
take those amendments into consideration, and bring
them forward on Thursday next.
NAVY PRISONS BILL.
The House then resumed on this Bill, and
The Earl of AUCKLAND said that he believed every
care had been taken to preserve the characters of the
officers, and he was quite assured that the punishment
by flogging was not half so much as it was ten years ago,
and the modification was merely intended to save them
from an unpleasant difficulty.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that he was
quite at a loss to understand what her Majesty's Govern-
ment meant by this Bill, for the fact was that a discretion
was left with the officer in command to inflict the
punishment of flogging if he thought necessary, but it
restricted him from doing otherwise than sending the
offender to prison, unless he chose to consult the admiral
when he was in port, for he could not inflict the punish-
ment of flogging without the admiral's consent. But if
at sea he might. elect to inflict which punishment he
chose, and, in fact, the whole of the law ought to have
been put into the Bill.
The Earl of AUCKLAND said that he thought that
the Noble Earl opposite had quite misunderstood the
principle of the Bill, for it was intended to restrain cor-
poral punishments, and if possible prevent them.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that it was
clear that the election of which punishment he chose
was in the hands of the officer ; and rightly so, for it
might be necessary to inflict punishment, and sometimes
severe punishment too, for the sake of preserving dig-
cipline. A ship at sea without discipline was as much
as lost, and it would be unjust to make an officer re-
sponsible for the safety of his vessel, and yet deprive
trim of the necessary authority over his men.
Earl GREY said the object of the Bill was clear ; it
gave the election of two modes of punishment to the
captain when at sea, but in harbour the election lay with
the Admiralty.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH still maintained
that the Act was imperfect in the respect he had pointed
out to their Lordships.
After some further conversation, the amendment,
with a slight alteration suggested by Lord Brougham,
was agreed to.
The Bill then passed through Committee.
The House resumed.
THE FACTORIES REGULATION BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
RAILWAY BILLS,
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on
Thursday next he would move for the appointment of a
Select Committee to consider whether it was expedient
that any measure should be passed to suspend alt or any
of the Railway Bills now before Parliament, and to
enable patties to proceed with them in another
session ; also to consider whether any alteration should
be made in the standing orders of the House in relation
to such Railway Bills.
Lord BROUGHAM was glad that the Noble Mar-
quis had given notice of that motion.
SUPERVISION OF POOR-LAWS IN IRELAND.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on
Thursday next he would move the second reading of the
Supervision of the Poor-law in Ireland Bill.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.
The LORI) CHANCELLOR moved the second read-
ing of the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, and Debtor
and Creditor Bills, with the intention of referring them
to a Select Committee, to investigate the whole question
of bankruptcy.
The Bills were read a second time, and the Select
Committee nominated.
NAVAL SERVICE OF BOYS BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 1.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
THIRD READINGS.
The full wing Bills were read a third time and passed:
Aberdeen Harbour.
Caledonian Railway (Branches to Canonbie, &c.)
Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway.
Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Purchase of Navan
Branch, &c.)
Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway.
Eastern Counties Railway Extension (Cambridge to
Bedford, &c.)
Eastern Counties Railway (Maldon, Witham, and Brain-
tree Railway Purchase).
East Lincolnshire Railway (Deviation at Boston and
Branch to Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction
Railway at Grimsby).
East Lincolnshire Railway (Louth Navigation Purchase).
Glasgow and Shotts Road.
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway.
Glasgow,
Deviations, Kilmarnock, and
danßdrAanrcdhreoss)s.an Railway (Amend-
ment,Glasgow. Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Branches at
Port Glasgow).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Amendment
and Branches to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock,
and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston, and
the Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow Railways,
and to Haugh Pits).
Great Southern and Western Railway Extension (Pot.-
tarlington to Tullamore).
Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Alteration near Reed-
ham).
National Mercantile Life Assurance Society.
Norfolk Railway (Branch from Wvmondham to the
Norwich Extension of the Ipswich and Bury Sr. Ed-
mund's Railway, and the proposed Thetford and Reed-
ham Railway near Di-s).
Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Extension, &c.)
Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet Railway.
Saffron Walden Rates.
-outh Staffordshire Railway (Cannock, Wyrley, and
Norton Branches, &c.)
Wakefield Market.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' amendments on the following Bills were
considered and agreed to :
Caledonian Railway (Branches to Wilsontown, to
Fauldhouse, and to Biggar and Broughton).
Caledonian Railway (Branches from the Clydesdale
Junction Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow
Mineral Fields, and to Strathavon).
Caledonian Railway (Extension of Motherwell Branch
of Clydesdale Junction Railway to Auchiaheath
Mineral Field, with Branches to the Wishaw and
Coltness Railway, Canderside, and Hamilton).
Claridge's Patent Asphalte Company.
Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society.
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.
The reports of the following Bills were considered and
agreed to :
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway
(No. L—Stnethwick Deviation).
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway
(No. 2) Branches.
Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Aust
Ferry.
Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway.
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway.
Dundee and Newt le Railway.
Dundee and Perth Rsilway (Alteration and Extension,
and Inchture, Polgavie, and Inchmichael Branches).
Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge, Royston, and
Ware line, &c.).
Eastern Counties Railway (Enlargement of London and
Stratford Stations and Amendment of Acts).
East Lothian
Central Railway.
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway (Deviation and
Amendment).
Liverpool Gas.
London and North-Western Railway (Atherstone and
Whiteacre Branch).
London and North- Western Railway (Coventry and
Nuneaton Branches).
London and North-Western Railway (Newport Pagnell,
Olney, and Wellingborough Branch).
London and North-Western Railway (purchase of the
Earl of Ellesmere's interest in the Manchester South
Junction and Altrincham Railway).
London and North-Western Railway (Portobello and
Wolverhampton Branch, &e.)
Lynn and Ely Railway (Deviation and Lynn Docks).