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London, England, 1847-07-10 00:00:00

LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' amendments to the following Bills wet°
considered and agreed to :
East Lancashire Railway (Deviations and Rawteasi
Coal Branch).
Great Northern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield, and 6E4
Albans Branch).
Payne's Patents Assignment.
St. Helen's Canal and Railway (Warrington and /laclV
brook Branches, &c.)
On the motion of Mr. GREENE, the following °l°.
tions were agreed to:—
That the Examiner of Petition* for Private Bills have
leave to sit and proceed on the Jesus Hospital (New'
castle) Estate Bill upon Munday next.
That it be au instruction to the Committee of Select;
tion to appoint the Committee on St. Aubyn's Estate
Bill for Tuesday next, and that the Committee have
leave to report on the same day.
That the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills ilt.it
leave to sit and proceed with Lord Ward's Estate Pl'.
on Monday next.
That the order made on the 24th day of Febral
last, for the second reading of the Leeds and Th
Railway (fur supplying water to Leeds, &c.)
discharged—That the Bill he withdrawn.
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the second reading of a private Bill), be su°
pended in the case of the Edinburgh and Bathgas
Railway (Deviation and Amendment—N... 2) Bill, as
that the Bill be read a second time this day, and "ay.
witted, and referred to the Committee of Selection.
That it be an instruction to the Committee of Seles
Lion to refer the Bill to the Chairman of Waysan
Means and the Members ordered to bring in the san'a:
and that the Committee have leave to sit and '
and to report upon Tuesday next.
That the minutes of the evidence taken before the
Committee on the Edinburgh and Bathgate
(Deviation and Amendment) Bill be referred to the
Committee.

Mr. W. -MILES presented two petitions in favour of
the removal of Smithfield market.

IMPROVEMENTS OF LONDON.
Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to know from the
Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests,
whether it was the intention of the Government to card
the improvements in London known as New Coventry'
street on towards Covent-garden ? He understood tbet
his Grace the Duke of Bedford, who owned property in
that quarter of the metropolis, had offered the
ficent sum of 13,0001. towards effecting these improfe"
merits.
• Lord MORPETH said that he exceedingly regretted
that the state of the public finances would preclude any
possibility of the Government bringing in a Bill in ibis
session of Parliament for that purpose ; they Would'
therefore, be unable at present to accept of his Gra
the Duke of Bedford's liberality, but he trusted Oa
in another session of Parliament some steps would be
taken to accomplish this great and much meeded
provement.
SUPPLY.—THE WELLINGTON STATUE.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order of the dal
for going into Committee of Supply ; and in doing °
called the attention of the House to a notice upon 141
paper of the Noble Lord opposite, the Member re'
King's Lynn, in reference to the statue of his Grace the
Duke of Wellington, and its present and intended site'
The Noble Lord some days before asked a question as 'LI.
the feelings of his Grace upon the subject of the removal of
the statue from its present position. He (Lord J. Russell)
had to request the Noble Lord to postpone his mode'
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till Monday, in order that that feeling 'eight be properly
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that which he (Lord J. Russell) received from Mr'
Croker some time ago. Her Majesty had expressed 1
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(Cheers.) It was his wish, therefore, to ascertain
from some authentic source what the real opinion
of the Duke of Wellington was upon this subjeef*
because if his Grace were averse to the removal of 036
statue from its present pedestal, he (Lard John Russell)
should not propose the vote in supply which he might
wherwise do, her Majesty having declared her desire, le
that case, to allow the statue to remain as at present.
Lord G. BENTINCK had nothing to say, but at once
to consent to the posiponement of his motion.
Sr F. TRENCH hoped that on M.Juday he should be
al owed to read the letter addres,ed by the Sub-Couv
mittee to the Duke of Wellington, and his Grace's se;
,o‘er thereto, which contained the very expression el
feeling which the Noble Lord at the head of the Gu
vernment was so :Anxious to ascertain.

CHARGE AGAINST MR. HUME.
Mr. SPOONER tru6t,d that the House would gramt
hint its indulgence while he brought under its notice