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LON.DciN, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 25, 1846.

Their Lordships met at Fire o'clock, and almost imme-
diately afterwards adjourned, having transacted no business
of immediate public importance.

The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four 'o'clock.
Sweial motions were made with respect to railway groups,
and,

'the SPEAKER was summoned to the House of Lords to
hear the Royal assent given to the Metropolitan Building
Improvement Bill, and the Fever (Ireland) Bill. _ _ _

air. LAwstm titat moved, according to the notice he had
given, "That the East and West Yorkshire Junction (York
and Knareshorough), the Great North t,f England (Bedel
Branch), and the Great :kTorth of England (Borrough-
bridge Bra,cll) should be taken out of Group No. 43, and
referred to Mr. GREENS, and the Members introducing such
Bills the 31st, unless petitions against any of those Bills
be cycsented before Monday next.
A shoi t discussion took place upon the motion, which was
lost upon a division by a majority of 16, there being for
the motion 23 and'azainst it 89.
Several railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered
to be commit' ed.
Mr. YS E gave notice of his intention, on the ith of
April, to !,ring forward a moticn relative to the state of edu-
cat:on in Ireland.

Mr. BANKEs gave notice of his intention, on Thursday
next, to move that the Bill for the poor removals should be
referred to a Select Committee.

Mr. O'CoN cu. postponed his motion, for leave to bring in
a Bill to enable the county of Cork to send two additional
Mentt-wrst to the Home of Common., to replace those formerly
returred for Suflbnry, till af:cr Easter.

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Viscount lauFSeltE then moved the coa leration of the
petition of TH'33IAS WOOD, the proprietor
hanipton Chronici?,. relative to Lichfield school. the
Ire
Atter a short discussion, the debate on the question was
adjourned to Wednesday week.
Mr. IVYf.4E obtained leave to bring in a Bill to legalise Art-
Unions.
Mr. P. ScuorE obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the
better protection of life in Ireland, by means of better relief to
the destitute por.
Sir J. GRAti..ur gave notice that it was his intention to-
morrow to postpone the Friendly Societies Bill till after
Easter. He had also been informed, by the Hon. Member
for Oldham, that it was hi ; intention to postpone till after the
hoNdays the Factories Bill.
Sir 'R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Col. RAWDOS
as to whether, in the measures contemplated by the Govern-
ment with-respect to the registration of voters in Ireland,
nay provi-sion wa.; to be made for shortening the duration of
borough elections, said that it was intended to limit them to
one day.
'The adjourned debate on the second reading of the Corn
Importation Bill was then resumed by
Lord PoLtalloTosr, who opposed the second reading of this
_

Mr. PLUM7riIE also opposed the Government measure.
Sir J. Trollope, Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Shaw, and the Earl of
March opposed the sec,oud reading of the Bill; and Sir J.
Harmer, Viscount Ebrington, Mr. F. Baring, and the
Ghancclir.: of the Exchequer supported it.
Oa the motion of Mr. Ftwou, the debate was adjourned
till Thursday.
The other orders of the day then diApoead of, aLd the
House adjourned•

Tit d ed accounts of the action which took place ot.
the 29th of January, between the foces under Sir liEsns
&trill and the Seikhs, given in another part of The SIM
agree in every important point with the telegraphic dispatch
frola MarzeilleN published yesterday. The Seikhs mustered
1,11 great force, to the uttuibtr of at Just AOOO Meg)