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London, England, 1846-08-18 00:00:00

AUSTR XLIAN LAND BILL.

The Australian Land Bill then went through Com-
mittee and the report was brought up.
THE SUGAR DUTIES.
The Court of Common Pleas Bill, the Militia Pay
Bill, and the Assessed Taxes, and the Sugar Duties
Bills, were then read a third time and passed.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table
certain papers and returns connected with the distress
lately existing in Ireland.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 17.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock,

REPORTS.

The reports were received and agreed to on Farquhar-
son's Divorce Bill and Humphreys' Divorce Bill.
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed:—Booth's Charities Estate Bill, Duke of Cleve-
land's (Bathwich and Wrington) Estate Bill, Duke of
Olc • ...A. Klima Vj 1LM,21.4C 11111, 97C.SUES
(Newcastle) Estate Bill, Lord Kenyon's (Congreve's)
Estate Bill, Scott's Estate Bill.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice of his intention in the
next session to move certain resolutions with respect to
the public accounts, and also the reduction of the tobacco
duties.
CORK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY.

On the motion of Mr. WYSE, it was ordered that the
report on the Cork and Waterford Railway Bill should
be taken into consideration on Tuesday.
Sir H. DOUGLAS presented a petition from Liver-
pool in favour of the Small Debts Bill.
Mr. GODSON presented a petition from Bury against
the Spirit Licenses Bill.
Mr. WAKLEY also presented several petitions against
the Bill. The Honourable Member then presented pe-
titions from London and almost every town in the king-
dom in favour of the Medical Practitioners' Bill.
On the motion of Mr. ESTCOURT the following
returns were ordered :—A return of the number of peti-
tions for private Bills presented in each of the years
1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842,1843, 1844, 1843, and 1846;
return of the number of Bills introduced in each of those
years, in compliance with the prayer of such petitions ;
return of the number of private Bills brought from the
House of Lords in each of those years, and which corn
menced in that House ; return of the number of private
Bills which in each of those years were in this House
opposed, the number unopposed, the number that were
committed, and the number that received the Royal
Assent ; return of all the private Bills (other than rail-
way Bills) which in the present session have been
treated as opposed Bills ; together with the names
of the Members selected to serve on the several
Committees on such Bills, the number of days
on which each selected Member has so served, and
the number of days on which each Committee has
sat; return of all the railway Bills which in the present
session have been laid before the Classification Com-
mittee, arranged in the groups in which they were
placed by such Committee, specifying the names of the
Members who sat upon each Committee to which a
group was referred, the number of days that each such
Committee sat, the Bills in each group the preamble of
which was reported to have been proved, and the Bills
in each group the preamble of which was reported to
have been not proved ; return of all the private Bills
(other than railway Bills) which in the present session
have been treated as unopposed Bills, and have been re-
ferred to the Chairman of Ways and Means; return of
all the railway Bills which, being unopposed, have in
the present session been referred to the Chairman of
Ways and Means.
SPIRIT LICENSES BILL.
A vast number of petitions were presented against the
Spirit Licenses Bill by Mr. Estcourt, Mr. I'rotheroe,
Mr. Craven Berkeley, and other Members.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

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28%

The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
agreed to, viz.:—
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Branch Railway.
New Zealand Company.
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway.
MINISTERS' MONEY.

Mr. WYSE presented a petition from Cork and from
several other places against this allowance.

FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.

On the notices of motion being read,
Dr. BOWRING said that he understood there was
some difficulty respecting No. 3. That was a return of
the annual number of Europeans, since the year 1836,
in the service of the East India Company, who in the
three presidences have renewed service at the expira-
tion of their enlistment, showing the proportion they
bear to the whole number of soldiers, and the period of
their enlistment. Similar returns of the re-enlistments
among her Majesty's troops in India. lie also in-
quired whether any instructions have been or are in-
tended to be issued, regulating the character of the in-
strument with which flogging in the army is to be in-
flicted, as regards the size, the weight, the length of
the handle, the number and thickness of the cords or
thongs, the sizo and number of the knots. Also,
determining, what functionaries are to be charged
with the infliction of corporal punishment, and
what period of time is to be allowed between each
blow; also, whether, in case the medical attendant shall
certify that it would be dangerous to continue the
flogging, any unapplied portion of the punishment is to
be reserved for a second infliction ;. also, whether it is
intended that the diminution to fifty lashes shall apply
to the European and nataivn,
etroops in the service of the
d
East India Company ; whether the Government
will consent to make annual returns to Parliament of the
corporal punishments employed in the a!my, the number
of lashes, the offences for which inflicted, and by what
species of court-martial ordered.—Thereturns were
ordered.

Mr. HUME gave notice that he should, to-morrow,
ask a question respecting the examination of candidates
before they entered tho Prussian service.

SIR ROBERT SALE.

Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to know whether
anything had been done towards the erection of a mo-
nument, and if not, what was the cause of the delay?
Lord MORPETH said that the matter was under
consideration:
Sir DE LACY EVANS wished also to ask the First
Lord of the Treasury what provision had been, or is
intended to be made for the widow and family of the
late General Sir R. Sale?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not say that any
provision for the family of Sir Robert Sale had been
agreed to at present, but he could say that it was the in-
tention of her Majesty's Government to recommend to
her Majesty to grant a pension of 1,5001. a year ; but
still it should be recollected that a measure of this kind