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which it seemed to them would not be calculated to
enable them to suggest to the Legislature any measure
which might remedy the evil complained of.
Lord BROUGHAM moved that the petition be
printed, and that its further consideration be postponed
until Friday next.
Earl FITZWILLIAM thought it would be a great
misfortune if the Comittee close d its labours in the way
mentioned in the report. Ile had been much in favour
of the appointment of the Committee, because he
thought that through its medium they would have got
at the evil, not in this particular transaction, but others
of a similar kind, which prevailed in connexion with
other railway companies.
After some conversation the motion was agreed to.
SEE OF MANCHESTER.
The Marquis of LANSDO WNE b, gaed to lay on their
Lordships table a Bill for the constitution of the new
Bishopric of Manchester, and moved the first reading
of the Bill, to be read a second time on Thursday next.
Lord BROUGHAM, advancing to the table, seized
up the Bill as soon as it had dropped from the fingers
of th:e Noble Marquis, and, after looking in vain fur the
provisions of the Bill, asked the NobleiMarquis if that
was the Bill, holding up at the same time a parcel of
blank paper amid shouts of laughter.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Oh, it's a mis-
take.—(Renewed laughter).
Lord CAMPBELL—It is matter of history that there
have been former Lord Chancellors who have presided
on your woolsack, and laid on your Lordships table
again and again Bills which were a mere sheet of blank
paper.
Lord BROUGHAM—I wish all Irish Lord Chan-
cellors had never had any Bills on your Lordships' table
which were of another description.—(Loud laughter.)
The Bill was then read a fir,t time.
REPRESENTATIVE PEERS OF SCOTLAND
BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of EGLINTON, this Bill
went through Committee. ,
TOWNS IMPROVEMENT BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF (AMMONS. June S.
The &MAIM% took the Chair at Four o'clock.
REPORTS.
Tee report on the South-Eastern Railway (North
Rent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction), was brought up
and aereed to.
COVENTRY, BANBURY, AND OXFORD
JUNCTION.
Mr. DENNISTOUN moved the further consideration
of the report on the Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford
Junci,ti Railway Bill.
Sir G. CLERIC objected to the motion, and stated that
if it was acceded to he could not see how say objection
could be offered to the existence of the broad gauge to
Birmingham, Derby, or any part of the north of England.
After some observations trom Mr: DENNISTOUN,
Mr. ELLICE supported the further consideration of
the report.
Mr. HUDSON thought there was no public call for
the Bill, and he should-therefore object to the reception
of the retort.
Mr. WILLIAMS said he had never seen such a
lamentable degree of ignorance displayed as had just
been exhibited by the Lion. Member wha had just sat
down--(Laughter)—such lamentable ignorance that the
merest boy from a Sunday-school would be ashamed or
it. And he spoke of his disinterestedness. His disin.
terestednesr 1 Why, the House knew what that meant.
—(Laughter.) But after such a display of ignorance
he would not detain the House by one word of reply
to him. He (Mr. Williams) their contended that the
London and North-Western was a grant monopoly,
which ought to be put an end to, and therefore he should
support this Bill.
Colonel ANSON opposed the further consideration of
the Bill.
Mr. COLLINS supported the Bill. In his opinion the
London and North- Western Railway was the best ma-
naged in the kingdom ; its fares were the' lowest, and it
afforded the most accommodation to the public.
Mr.ELLICE said,had ho been aware that this line had
been offered to the London and North-Western Com
pany for sale, he should have taken no part in the dis•
cussion.

-ICII:DENISON denied that the directors had ever
offered to sell the line. _

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London
ROEBUCK said they ought to support the deci-
on and North-Western Company at 5/. premium.
Ind
' • Select Committee. If the House had no
these tribunals it ought to abolish them.
confidence in
'RU I'TOpposed the Bill on the ground that
Mr. Si- •
line was not of sufficient importance to justify their
sion of their
the
passing it, in violation of the resolutions of the House
en the subject of the gauges.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar of
the Houseand summoned it to attend the House of
L r d tohear the Royal Assent given by commission to
public and private Bills (tor the names of which
vaerioes
see Leeds' report).
Mr. H. HINDI.: said that he did not think that the
word gauge should be in the Bill at all, and if it were
competent to him to move without having liven notice,
he should move that the word " gauge" be struck out
from the report of the Committee,or if it were not com-
petent in him, without having given notice, be would
give notice this he should more that the word "page"

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS, ...Time S,
ROYAL ASSENT,
The Royal Assent was given to-day by commission to
the following Bills:
Factories Bill.
Naval Service of Boys Bill.
County Buildings Bid.
Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill.
Landed Property (Ireland) Bill.
Newmarket aed Chesterford Railway Bill (Extension to
Bury St. Edmunds, with a Branch to Ely).
Ne a-market and Chesterford Railway Bill (Repeal of
proiiaions authorising ,fse alonipany to use the line of
the Eastern Cinnties Railway).
Newmarket and Chesterfurd Railway Bill (Extension to
Thetfurd).
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail-
way Bill (Extension to Melford, Lavenham, end
Clare).
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail-
way Bill (Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Ed-
Islands Railway.)
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail-
way Bill (Extension from, Lavenham to Bury St.
Edmunds.)
Caledonian Railway Bill (Extension to Motherwell, &e.)
Caledonian Railway Bill (Branches to Wilsontowe, &c.)
Caledonian Railway Biii (Branches from the Clydesdale,
&e.)
Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction (Sale to the
Eastern Union Railway Company).
Ayrshire and Galloway Railway Bill (Smithstown to
Dalmellington).
Newhaveo Harbour, Ouse Lower Navigation, and Levi es
and Laughton Drainage Bill.
Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Extension Bill.
Leith Harboar and Decks Dues Bill.
Rochdale Waterworks Bill.
Manchester Markets Bill.
Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Bill.
Wolverhampton Gas Bill.
Inverness Gas and Water Company Bill.
Bolton Improvement Bill.
Ryde Improvement Bill.
Wolverhampton Rates Bill.
Shipowners' Towing Company Bill.
Dunfermline and Cupar Court-houses Bill.
Kingston-upon-Thames Small Tenements Bill.
Doddington Rectory Division Bill.
Scottish Union Insurance Company Bill.
Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society Bill.
Claridge's Patent Asphalte Company Bill.
M'Leod's (Dalkeith Glebe) Estate Bill.
Cleveland-squire, St. James's, Westminster, Improve-
ment (Archbishop of York's Estate) Bill.
Martin's Divorce Bill.
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Minto.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after five o'clock.
Messengers from the Commons brought up several
Bills, which were read a first time.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL.
On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was
read a third time and passed.
IRISH ELECTIONS.
Earl ST. GERMANS rose, pursuant to notice, to put
a question to the Noble Marquis the Lord President of
the Council, relative to polling votes at Irish elections.
Their Lordships were aware that, under the existing
law, the polling at Irish elections was kept open for five
days, and the system was productiie of great incon-
venience both to the electors and the elected. Now he
wanted to ask the Noble Marquis if it would not be ex-
pedient to introduce a measure to assimilate the law of
Ireland to the law of England ?
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE entirely agreed with
all that had fallen from the Noble Lord respecting the
desirableness of the shortening the time for polling is Ire-
land, but there were such difficulties in the way of carry-
ing such a measure into execution, that be was afraid
nothing caul' be done for that purpose during the pre-
sent session. The subject, however, was under the con-
sideration of the Government, but he could not say
when a measure would be brought forward respecting it.
NATIONAL SCHOOLMASTERS.
The Bishop of EXETER gave notice that on Frida)
next he would move a resolution to the effect that every
ore in holy orders, but not exercising any ecclesiastical
function in the Established Church, should be considered
eligible to the situation of schoolmaster unaer tho
Government scheme of education
THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY.
The Earl of CHICHESTER, the Chairman of the
Committee appoined to investigate the allegations in
the petitions presented from some of the share-
holders in this line by Lord Lyndhurst, reported
that the Committee had met to-day (the proceedings will
be faund fully reported in ;Another part of The San),
and that they had cam, to the opinion that, supposing
all the allegations were proved, they could only esta-
blish the fact that certain parties had bought
up a number of shares in the Birmingham and
Oxford Company. It appeared,. however to the Com-
mittee, that it was the intention of the Legislature that
the Birmingham and Oxford, and the Birmingham,
Wolverhampton, and Dudley, be amalga-
mated, and that they should oper.i.itompetition in
the district which they were prepared to. traverse.
But the Committee were unwilling, without further in-