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LONDON, WEDNESDAX, APRIL 29, 1846.
The Lords met at Five o'clock.
Earl FITZWILLIAA moved for a return of the estimates of
all the railway schemes proposed to Yarliameat during the
resent session.

ted the prop
This gave rise to a lengthened conversation, in the course
of which Lora BROUGHAM sugges
rietY of the
appointment of a Government Iladway Board to superintend
all public works which interfered with private property.
This view was supported by the Duke of CLEVELAND and
Lord ASHBURTON. In reply, the Earl of DALHOUSIE re-
minded the House of the jealousy which had been last year
tas.hibited as to the interference of the Board of Trade.

Ultimately the motion was agreed to.
A Message from her Majesty was brought down, recom-
mending Viscount HARDINGE and Lord GOUGE', for some
special mark of favour.

The Earl of Rini; said, on Thursday next, he would
move the consideration of the subject.
The Railway Deposits Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed on Thursday next.
The Commons Enclosure Bill was read a second time.
Their Lordships then adjourned till Thursday.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
The Clerk of the Crown attended at the table, and
amended the return for the borough of Bridport, by inserting
the name of Mr. JOHN ROKILLY, for that of Mr. B. Coal-
RANI. _ .

Mr. ROMILLY took the oaths and his seat.
Sir R. PEEL brought up a message from her Majesty, re-
questing the House of Commons to confer some signal mark
of their favour upon Viscount HARDINGE and Lord GOUGH,
independent of those she had already conferred upon them.
Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Committee
in Group 11, reporting that Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN had not at-
tended the Committee to-day.
Mr. S. O'Barxx had no explanation to offer, and was de-
termined to persevere in the conduct he had pursued. The
Right Hon. Member then withdrew from the House, and
some discussion took place, when

Mr. ESTCOURT moved that it be deemed that Mr. SMITH
O'BRIEN had committed a contempt of the House in not at-
tending the Committee.
Mr. O'CoNNELL said that it could not be considered
that the Honourable Member had committed a contempt
of the House in not attending the Committee, Until the
present session it was not made compulsory in any Member
to attend a Committee.
The ATTORNEY-GEXERAL could see no other course open
to the adoption of the House but that which hid been
proposed by the Honourable Member for Oxford, for_
it never could be said that an Hon. Member was at his own
pleasure to come to the determination not to attend any Com-
mittee except it related to matters connected with
his own country. The House having come to the
resolutions it had done, the Honourable Member for
Limerick was as much a party to them as any other Member,
and he would grossly neglect his duty unless he attended
to the Committee to which he was appointed. The Hon. Mem-
ber having refused to attend any Committees except those con-
nected with Ireland, the question was what course the House
ought to pursue. In his opinion the House ought to sup-
port the decision of its Committee of Selection, and adopt
the motion of the Hen. Member for the University of
Oxford, declaring that the Hon. Member for Limerick had
committed a contempt in disobeying the order of the House.
A long discussion then ensued in which Mr. Warburton,
Mr. John O'Connell, Sir R. Peel, Mr. H. Grattan, Mr. Ewart,
Mr. Hume, Mr. C. Powell, Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Disraeli,
Mr. Charles Buller, Sir R. Inglis, and Mr. Fitzgerald, took
part, after which the House divided upon the question,
whether Mr. Smith O'Brien had been guilty of a contempt
or not, which they decided that he had by a majority of 120.
Mr. ESTCOURT then moved that the Hon. Gentleman be
committed ; and after some discussion, it was agreed to ad-
journ the debate on the motion to Thursday.
Mr. P. SCROPE then rose to bring forward his motion for
the reclamation of waste lands in reland.
Leave was given to bring in the Bill.
The orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House
adjourned at a Quarter to One. -