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London, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
ROUSE OF LORDS, June 21.
ROYAL ASSENT.
aThe royal assent was given to day by commission t,
;10 following twenty-eight Bills:—'The army Scr-
ee Bill • the Loan Discount Bill ; the Poor Removal
teeland and Scotland Bill) ; Towns Imnriivemeni
illises Bill ; Drainage of Lands Bill ; Burgh
i/tiee (Scotland) Bill ; the Lunatic Asylums (Iruland)
p!,!; Turnpike-roads (Ireland) Bill; Belfast !'ort and
Zboar Bill ; Aberdeen Harbour Improvement 13i11 ;
53rn Gas Bill; Wrigley Gas Bill; Dublin Con-
tra' Gas Bill; Imperial Continental Gas Association
Nj Warrington Gas Light and Coke Company Bill ;
raven
Gas Light and Coke Company Bill ;
81„,wen Waterworks, &c., and Reservoirs Bill ; the
eld Markets Bill ; the Edinburgh Markets and
ki„t?,o3B Bill ; the Wakefield Borough Market Bill ;
~eu Rates Bill; Metropolitan Sewage Manure Com-
Bill; Bridge House Estates Debt Bill; London
Wage Chemical Manure Company Bill; Plymouth and
knteiek Turnpike Roads Bill (No. 2); Waterford
T 3 Bill; Glasgow and Shotts Roads Bill; and the
t7ll.l4gtOn Marsh Division, Allotment, and Inclosure

ts _,'e Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
Campbell, and the Earl of Shaftesbury.
blTee LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
shortly after Five o'Clock.
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES BILL.
Lord STOURTON presented a petition signed by
le
11:,tral proprietors of private baths against the proposed
was and Washhouses Bill.
'erd BROUGHAM thought it most unfair that the
tstelirietors of baths should be called upon to pay rates
thnrds the support of public baths which would have
01;.:effect of taking from them their very means of
Lord
subsistence.
MONTEAGLE explained that the petitioner
not wish to throw any impediment in the way of
„klalishing private baths. What they objected to was,
'gat their property in baths should be taxed, for the
Palltpe,,,se of establishing private baths, which of course
'Liu enter into competition with their own.
TITHE COMMISSIONERS.
),,„_The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented the annual
rurt of the Tithe Commissioners.
HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.
eeri. FITZWILLIAM presented the report of the
Intaissioners of Holyhead Harbour.
11,
4ILWAy COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LON-
DON AND BIRMINGHAM.
ford REDESDALE postponed his motion on this
abet until Friday—" That the railway commissioners
6,l4„lrected to inquire into the accommodaton afforded
01. 'es several lines of railway now open, or in the course.
°„...,.eenstruction or projected between London and Bir-
aliham, and to report to this House early in the en-
session of Parliament in what manner they are of
coon that the interests of the public may be most effee-
,h
.."`"Y secured in regard to such lines, and whether it is
ipeOient that the broad gauges should be extended to
kirt tingham, and if so, in what manner such an arrarge-
aßt can be carried into effect with the least interference
toLi existing interests, and with the system of railway
tiu'raunication as settled by the Act for regulating the
u!ge of railways, and what conditions it would be de-
,i,;able to annex to any permission granted to the Great
h"estern or other railway companies to lay down a broad
contrary to the provisions of the said Act."
MASTERS OF UNION WORKHOUSES.
JThe Earl of St. GERMAINS wished to know whether
novernment intendel to make any addition to the
fo,!ies 01 the masters of union workhouses, as prayed
Qa the petition presented by him the other night
The Marquis of LANSD3 v`, NE said the subject
heas Under the attention of the Government, and would
A:farther considered when the Poor-law Amendment
-`4 was before their Lordships.
SUGAR USED IN DISTILLERIES.
le—urd WHARNCLIFFE wished to know if the Go-
,,,irjnent could furnish a return of the quantity of sugar
41eb had been used for some time past in breweries
a distilleries.
eehe Earl of CLARENDON was not able then to
p a reply, but he would make inuiries.
'ill-MCI:I TEMPORALITIES ACTS AMEND-
MENT (IRELAND) BILL.
lap, me Archbishop of DUBLIN moved the second read-
-11,1,q the Church Temporalities Bill. The Right Rev.
tali:ate, who addressed the House in a very indistinct
P" ,ef voice, was understood to represent the object of
Q'lin to be the removal of restriction upon the Royal
kr:rcgative of the Crown, in regard to the establish-
saat, of deaneries and bishoprics in Ireland, and to
e,"ot the Crown to revive the see of Kildare.
14; 4iB own part he was not influenced by a desire to
4
pel lab Our so much as ake labour ore
etive for the benefit of thet Church. that
That wasm the
taken by the petitioners from Ireland, and also by
ti? Of England. He begged leave to move the second
Tbg of the Bill.
i. Bishop of EXETER seconded the motion. He
t°Z' glad the Right Rer. Prelate who had made the
14_3" was not ashamed to confess that the knowledge
ker.' acquired of Ireland had enabled him to judge
accurately of the spiritual necessities of that
%try.
1111 e Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought that this
fik,..,eculd not pass without disturbing the whole
h.quations of the settlement made fourteen
VI since with respect to the Irish Church. When
orieconsidered that the whole rotestant population
Jel,and did not exceed that oft wo English sees; he
hy "Fiat that even the argument put forward
the the Most Noble Prelate on the ground of
scattered population of the country, was not
sittanclent ground for disturbing the settlement.
to te'l by the passing of the Church Temporalities Act
rkie year 1833. If the proposed measure were to be car-
Tt let° effect in one instance there was
hening. where the interference would stop.—(Hear.)
trade see of Kildare was, by law, at present placed
Dub,r the superintendence of the Primacy of
had 'AZ, and he did not see that any case
Wh.„ "en made out for severing that connexion.
to riit if they were to accede to the Bill, how could they
`o+l4 to appoint a Bishop to Clogher, the population of
thip, was as 207,000 to 102,000—in proportion of one-
-40.,1 to one-half. He considered, however, that the
theudeac__s
ou might be employed to perform duties which
IlaVled not heretofore been called upon to discharge.
f°,l:ought it would be improper to disturb the arrange-
Made so many years ago, and which was well con-
4at the time. Upon these grounds, he felt it his
date
re
after
Oppose the second reading of the Bill.
aki 'Ear a few words from the Archbishop of DUBLIN
the Bishop of SALISBURY, the Bill was withdrawn.
This
CEMETERY CLAUSES BILL.
"'La Bill then went through Committee.
COPYHOLD COMMISSION BILL.
tilt-4'l4e Bill went through Committee, and the several
Iles Were agreed to without amendment.
11° e Loan Societies Bill, the Turnpike Acts Conti-
to:llr,,,e,e Bill, Prisoners Removal (Ireland) Bill, New-
(jr",u'and Government Bill, Trust Money Investment
eland) Bill, also passed through Committee.
TLEXETER AND CREDITON RAILWAY.
tit 1e Earl of DEVON moved that the petition of the
in„"Lrinan of the Bristol and Exeter Railway complain-
thZ of the conduct of the South Western Railway, in
VoPurchase of a large number of shares in the Taw
14 Le Railway, for the purpose of obtaining an influence
Meet
management of the Company be referred to a
!'et Committee.
13 The motion was opposed by Lord MORLEY and Lord
I„bnEiDALE, on the ground that no good could possibly
'stilt from the adoption of such a course.
The Earl of DEVON then withdrew his amendment.
PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
,I.On the motion of Earl GREY this Bill was, after a
'men discussion, read a second time.
, The Out-pensioners, Greenwich and Chelsea, Bill,
the Collection of Duties (Port Natal) Bill, were, on
""e motion of Earl GREY, read a second time.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL.
11,0eport brought up.
thellie Bills on le were advanced a stage, and
tr Lordships adjthe table

Th ROUSE OF COMMONS, June 21.
o',IOeZ.SPEAKEr. took the Chair shortly before Four

, SECOND READINGS.
tire ,
ggeo s College Incorporation Bill was read a second
e And ordered to be committed:—
The REPORTS.
following Reports were brought up and ordered
iklie on the table:—
tt, wick Church.
tivgston-upon-Hull Dock Company.
"15°01 Fire and Life Insurance Company.
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.
bide-e Reports on the following Bills were further con-
red and agreed to :
hib.,nrgh and Northern Bailway (Branch from Burntis-
-11 ;it" to Dunfermline Branch, &c.) (No. 2)
Tee .-1117 Cemetery.
!Ultra' Paving, Lighting, Cleansing, Watching, Int.
Iltavelnent, and Market.
Th THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
.sed
ch '—
44 ester Navigation and Improvement.
tern Union Railway (Branch from Manuingtree to
li
tiegrwich).
viern Counties Railway (Purchase of the North
oolwich &c.)
Qiiirbargh. Leith, and Granton Railway (Leith and
aoton).
ointbargh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and
4oton Railways Amalgamation.
dford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Rail-
te;lll7'f,
Lie% N•nays (London).
Tlll3.,oltt's Inn Rating.
aw mines Improvement.
„/P Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford
Townsend
South Moulton Branches) .
n...wnsend Peerage.
Doom
and Newcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Rail-
ways Amalgamation.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
The Lords' amendments to the British Commercial
fl eed
iltan
ce Company's Bill (No. 2), were considered and
gr to.

SALE OF SPIRITS.
14r• L4ROTHERTON presented a petition, adopted at
anrge meeting held in Exeter Hall, on Whit Monday,
Idalelined by upwards of 4,000 persons against the
of intoxicating liquors.
TLe MEDICAL REGISTRATION BILL.
petii! Earl of ARRUNDEL and SURREY presented
t°ns in favour of the Medical R.egistration Bill.
The EDUCATION GRANT.
CithNOBLE EARL also presented petitions from
the
--4 u
olica of Arundel, praying that they might be
wed to participate in any grant for education.
ROSS RAILWAY BILL.
presented a petition from the Munster
_ Company against the Railway Bill (No. 2).