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London, England, 1848-06-30 00:00:00

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MPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal Assent was this day given by com-
mission to the following bills :—Great Yarmouth
Freemens' Disfranchisement Bill—Poor-houses (Ire-
land) Bill—Collectors of Cess (Ireland) Bill—Mid-
land Railway (Wellingborough Approaches) Bill—
North Western Railway (Skipton Diversion) Bill—
Aberdeen Railway Act Amendment Bill—York,
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Improvement Bill—
North British Railway (No. 1) (Division of Capital
Bill—Kendal and Windermere Railway Act Amend-
ment Bill—Vale of Neath Railway Bill—Bristol
and Exeter Railway Bill (Glastonbury Naviga-
tion and Canal)—Watarford, Wexford, Wicklow,
and Dublin Railway Bill—Norfolk Extension Bill—
Great Yarmouth Coal Duties Bill Lanark and
Hamilton Court-house and County-rates Bill—
Oswestry Market and Fairs Bill—East and %Vest Looe
Harbouri and Bridge Bill—Barrow Harbour Bill
—Derby Waterworks Company Bill Oxford
Paving Bill—Liverpool Gas Light Company and
Liverpool New Gas and Coke Company Amalgamation
13ill—Brentford Gas Light Acts Amendment Bill—
Brighton Gas Light and Coke Company Bill—Airth and
Clyde Navigation and Airdrie and Coatbridge Water Bill
—Herculaneum Dock Company Bill—Bristol Docks
Transfer Bill—Queensferry Passage Bill—Tyne Direct
Ferry Bill—North of Scotland Fire and Life Assurance
Company Bill—Patent Galvanised Iron Company Bill—
Battle-bridge and Holloway Road Act Repeal Bill—
and Nantwich and Wheelock Turnpike Road Bill.
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chamber-
lain, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Campbell.
Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure.

Their Lordships resumed shortly after five o'clock.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill was, after a few observations from the Mar-
quis of CLANRICARDE, read a second time.
PETITIONS.
The Earl of RADNOR presented several petitions in
favour of the Health of Towns Bill.
The Bishop of OXFORD presented several petitions
with a similar prayer.
FThe Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented petitions
from the mayor, town council, and inhabitants of Bristol,
from the clergy, from the whole of the members of the
medical profession, and from all the directors of the
board of guardians in the same city, in favour of the
Health of Towns Bill ; also, similar petitions from
Halifax and several other places.
Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions with a
similar prayer.
The Earl of EGLINTON presented several petitions
against the Scotch Registration Bills.
HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL rose to move the second reading
of the Health of Towns Bill. This was a measure that
was more particularly for the lower orders of society.
It might bo most properly called the Poor Man's Bill.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

ROUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPnexEn took the Chair at Four o'clock.
The following REPORTS.
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reports were considered and agreed to:
London and Blaekwall Railway (Connecting Branch,
&c.) Bill.
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Crossford Bridge and Manchester Road Bill.
With respect to the first,
Mr. BERNAL intimated that, in the ensuing session,
he should propose a measure to bring within its scope
all Bills of this nature relating to Scotland.
The LORD GENERAL coincided in the llonourable
Gentleman's views, and considered that much good would
arise from such a measure.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
agreed to:—
Chester Cemetery.
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1
—lncrease of Capital).
Whitehaven Junction Railway.

SECOND READINGS.
The following Bills were read a second time:—
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Amendment of
Acts and Regulation of Capital)