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London, England, 1847-06-08 00:00:00

IRISH VAGRANCY BILL.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that he
should move the second reading of this Bill on Thursday
next.

POOR-LAW SUPERVISION BILL (IRELAND).
This B►ll was postponed fur a few days.
DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL.
This Bill was read a third time.
NAVAL PRISONS BILL.
This Bill was rtild a third time.

LUNATICS ASYLUM BILL (IRELAND).
This Bill was read a second time.

The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and their Lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 7.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
W ARWICK COUNTY PRISONS BILL.

This Bill was read a second time.
On the motion that the Bill be committed,
Mr. DUGDALE opposed the committal of the Bill,
and moved that it be committed that day three months.
Mr. WILLIAMS supported the amendment
Mr. NEWDEGATE also supported the amendment.
Lord BROOKE was in favour of the committal of the
Bill. He thought, instead of the Bill having been hur-
ried on, it had been too much delayed.
Mr. R. SPOONER supported the amendment moved
by Mr. Dugdale.
Mr. ADDERLEY opposed the amendment and sup-
ported the Bill.
Sir R. H. INGLIS supported the Bill.
After a few words from Mr. NEWDEGATE and Sir C.
DOUGLAS,
The House divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment 6O
Against it
Majority against committal
The Bill was consequently lost.
HORNE'S (FERGUSON'S) ESTATE BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.

REPORTS.
The following reports were brought up :
Ashton Gas.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway (Deviatiun
of Line, &c.)
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway
(Stonrbridge and West Bromwich).
Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extension at Chester

and Alteration of Levels).
Eastern Counties Itailway (Lynn and Ely Railway, and
Ely end Huntingdon Railway, and Lynn and Dereham
Railway Lease).
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Improvement of the
Ferry between Ferry Port on Craig and the North
Shore of the River Tay).
Edinburgh, Leith, and Uranton Railway (Leith Exten-
sion).
Edinburgh and Northern Railway, St. Andrew's and
Newburgh Harbour Branches and Road Crossings
(Newport Railway Extension).
Kilmarnock Police and Improvement.
Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham
Railway.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Eaglescliffe and Stillington
Extension).
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough and Bo-
rough bridge Branch).
Leeds and Think Railway (Branch from Melmerby to
Northallerton, &c.)
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrowgate and Pateley
Branch, &c.)
Liverpool Guardian Gas.
Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and
Dereham Railways Amalgamation.
Norfolk Railway (Branch from Norwich to Aylsham,
with a Branch to North Walsbam).
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Ra lway.
htockport Manorial Toll.; and Bridges.
Wolverhampton General Cemetery.
York and Newcastle Railway (Wearmouth Dock En-
largement).
York and Newcastle Railway (Pelaw Tyne Dock, &c.,
Branches).
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed:—
East Lothian Central Railway.
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Branch to
the Caledonian Railway and Diversion of Car_al).
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Lease to the
London and North-Western Railway Company).
Scottish Midland Junction Railway (Branch to Lau-
rencekirk).
The reports on the following Bills were further con
sidered and agreed to:—
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Rail
way, and Chester and Birkenhead Railway Purchase
or Amalgamation.
Direct London and Portsmouth, Brighton, and Chiches-
ter, London, Brighton, and South Coast, and London
and South-Western Railways.
Great Northern Railway (Purchase of Ambergate,
Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Rail-
way, &c.)
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, and
Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway, and Ches-
terfield and Gainsborough Canal Amalgamation.
Royston and Hitchin Railway (Sale or Lease).
Weymouth and Melconibe Regis llarbcur and Bridge
Trusts.
THE CASE OF MARY DAWSON.
Mr. FERRAND gave notice that on the House
going into a Committee of Supply, he would move that
copies of the correspondence which had passed between
the Secretary of State for the Home Department and
the magistrates in the case of Mary Dawson be laid
upon the table of the House.
SPIRIT'S (IRELAND).
Sir ROBERT FERGUSON moved for a return of
the accounts of the produce of the Excise duty received
on spirits in Ireland during each of the years ending the
sth day of April, 1846 and 1847, and the number of
gallons brought to charge, showing the increase or de-
crease in gallons and in duty. Also of the number of
gallons of spirits brought to charge in Ireland, and the
duty paid thereon, in the quarters ending respectively
April 5, 1846 and 1847, showing the increase or decrease.
Also of the number of gallons of proof spirits (distin-
guishing the quantities produced from malt, and from a
mixture of malt anti unmalted grain) on which duty
was paid for home consumption in Ireland in each
quarter of the years ending respectively the sth day
of April, 1846 and 1847, and in each of the years.
Also of the number of detections, and of the number
of persons prosecuted for offences in Ireland against
the laws for the suppression of illicit distillation, in
each quarter of the years ending respectively the sth
day of April, 1846 and 1847, distinguishing those con-
victed. Also of the number of persons confined in each
gaol in Ireland, for offences against the laws for the sup-
pression of illicit distillation, on the sth day of January,
the sth day of March, and the sth day of April, in each
of the years 1846 and 1847 (in continuation of Parlia-
mentary Paper, No. 361, of Session 1846).
Motion agreed to.
HULKS AT WOOLWICII.

Colonel ROLLES.TON asked the Secretary of State
for the Homo Department when the report and the evi-
dence taken before the Committee respecting the hulks
at Woolwich would be laid before the House ?
Sir G. GREY said that the report and the evidence
were very voluminous, and that, as soon as he had time,
he would examine and see if all, or what part of it,
should be printed and laid before the House.
NORFOLK ISL AND.
Lord MAHON asked the Under-Secretary for the
Home Department whether it was proposed that Norfolk
Island should be retained as a penal settlement?
Mr. HAWES said that instructions had been given to
the Lieutenant-General to use his discretion regarding
it, but in ease it should not be continued as a pe
rnont, care would be taken that the Governmentna i
build-
ingss should not go to ruins.
Lord G. BENTINCE *aid, seitioS the ll'
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