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London, England, 1847-06-23 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS. June 22.

The SPEAKER took the Chlir at Four o'clock.
• CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.
The reports on the following. Bills were further con-
sidered and agreed to :—Blaolcburn Improvement. Mar.
ket, &c. ; Chester and Holyhead Railway (Exten-
sion at Holyhead) ; Crovrland and Cowbit Washes,
&0., • Drairmge ; Inverness Harbour and Naviga-
; Inverness Municipal and Police, &c. ; Leeds
-and Thirsk Railway (Eaglescliffe and Stillington
`:Extension) ; Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Branch from
' 3lehnerby to Northallerton, &c.) ; Leeds and Thirsk
—Railway (Harrogate and Pateley Branch, &c.) ; Ly-
tham Improvement ; Norwich Small Tenements ; St.
'lye's (Huntingdon) Improvement ; Wakefield Gas ;
'York and North Midland Railway (East Riding Canals ,
;Purchase).
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
'fhb• amendments of the House of Lords to the fol-
lowing. Bills were further considered, and agreed to:—
c•44lr, Blackrock, and Passage Railway; gingsaprton,

Northfield, &c., Rates; Liskeard and Caradon Railway;
Liverpool Gas; Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and
Dublin Railway; Wexford and Valencia Railway (Kil-
larney to Valencia); Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway (No. I—Bruton, Pitcombe, and Rodden and
Bradford deviations); Windsor, Staines, and South-
Western Railway (Staines to Ascot and Wokingham,
with Branches); Windsor, Staines, and South-Western
Railway (Richmond to Windsor, &c.)
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed:—Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station and
Branches to Granton and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway) ; Eastern Union Railway (Branch from Man-
ningtree to Harwich) ; Exeter and Exmouth Railway ;
Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Grantham
and York); Wisbech Port and Harbour; York and North
Midland Railway (Hull Station and Branches).
BELFAST IMPROVEMENT BILL.
On its being moved that this Bill be read a third time,
Mr. ROSS rose to oppose the motion. He believed
that a large body of the most respectable parties in
Belfast, merchants, bankers, magistrates, and inhabi-
tants, were all opposed to the Bill. If he was asked
why so few petitions had been presented against the mea-
sure, he would answer that it was at first determined not
to bring the measure forward, and that was the reason
by the inhabitants had not assembled in public meeting
to petition against it. But then it might be asked how
it happened that his (Mr. Ross's) name was at the back
of the Bill? It was true that such was the case, but he
had protested against it. Not a single person, he be-
lieved, professing Liberal principles in the town of Bel-
fast was in favour of the measure. He therefore moved
that the Bill be read a third time that day six months.
After a few words from Lord A. CHICHESTER,

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Mr. DIVETT, as Chairman of the Committee, stated
that the Committee had struck out several portions of the
Bill, and had only retained those portions which related
strictly to the improvement of the town. It had struck
the Committee that the law charges in the case were
most enormous, and he should certainly feel it his duty
to recommend to the House the propriety of not passing
in future any Bill of this nature, the promoters of which
could not give a fair and proper account of the expen-
diture of money authorised to be raised by them under
former Acts.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported the amendment of the
Hon. Member, and it was his intention to Tote with him,
should the House go to a division.
Mr. F. FRENCH thought that it was the duty of the
House to support the decision of the Committee.
Mr. M. O'CONNELL supported the amendment. He
thought, as the Committee had thrown out nine-tenths
of the Bill, the House would act wisely in throwing out
the remaining fraction of it.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The
House divided, when their appeared—
For the third reading 62
Against it l2
Majority
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
SMITHFIELD MARKET.
Sir H. DOUGLAS presented a petition praying for
the removal of Smithfield Market.—Ordered to lie upon
the table.