The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

STANDING ORDERS.

Lord REDESDALE rose to move a standing order
to the effect that the name of the Noble Peer who took
charge of a Bill should appear upcn the Bill, and also
upon the journals of the House, and that the Noble Lord
having charge of a Bill brought up from the House of
Commons should move the second reading of it.
The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed the motion as
inconvenient.

After a desultory conversation,
Lord REDESDALE consented to amend his motion,
by confining their attention to the making of it incum-
bent that the name of the Noble Lord moving the second
reading should appear on the back of the Bill.
COMMITTEES.

The NOBLE LORD then moved an amendment of
the standing orders relating to the Chairman of Com-
mittees to the effect that when the House is in Com-
mittee of the whole House, if the Chairman of the
Committee, or any Noble Lord appointed by the House
in his place, shall be absent (unless by leave of the Com-
mittee), the House be resumed.
A long and uninteresting conversation followed, and
ultimately the alteration was agreod to with various
amendments.
The Bishop of OXFORD gave unties that he would
to-morrow (this day). move the third reading of the
Protection of Females Bill.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIIRAPNELL._

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
Captain Shrapnell, son of the Lieutenant-General of
that name, who invented the shell known as the " Shrap-
nell Shell," complaining that his father had not been
sufficiently remunerated by the Government for his in-
vention. He (the Noble Duke) thought that a subject
of this kind was particularly deserving of their Lord-
ships' consideration, and he hoped that the subject
would receive the attention to which it was entitled.
Earl GREY said that in 1842 or 1843 this subject
had been taken into consideration, and that it was then
the opinion of the Master-General of the Board of Ord-
nance that the gallant officer had received sufficient re-
muneration for his invention.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 3.
The Speaker took the. Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.
NEW MEMBERS.

Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY was Introduced by the Lord
Advocate and Mr. Tufnell, and took the oaths and his
seat for Cheltenham.
Mr. FITZGERALD took the oaths and his seat for
Horsham.

THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed :
Dunbar Customs, Water, and Harbour Dues Amendment.
London and Blackwall Railway (Connecting Branch, Bsc.)
Newport and Pontypool Railway Act Amendment.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
further considered and agreed to :—Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire Railway (Junction with the Mid-
land Railway vid Barnsley, and Branches therefrom)
Bill; South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway
Amendment (Extension to Penistone and Alteration of
Dodworth Branch) Bill.
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS. . .

Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD presented two petitions
from Reading, one from the governor of the gaol,
and the other from the inhabitants of that town,
praying for the erection of industrial schools
for the reformation of juvenile offenders, and
that the funds now spent on gaols might be devoted to
so laudable a purpose.
Similar petitions were presented by Mr. W. MILEs
from Montgomery, and Nlr. R. PAthErt„from Reading.