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London, England, 1848-05-17 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
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ROUSE OF LORDS, May 16. L
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The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wo,'ol-"'.?
sock at Five o'Clock.
Lord BEAUMONT presented several petitions from ,150
various members of societies of Odd Fellows, praying :4
for the legalization of their society. .
SPANISH REFUGEES.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY inquired whether' oo
her Majesty's Government were united in a cordial ap- et
probation of Mr. Bulwer's recent conduct, without any "r
reflections of indiscretion on his part in the orders he
had received? It was not a question as to whether the
Government of Spain was good or bad, but a bad Go-
v(imment was better than nu Government at all. There 'A
were several Spaniards pensioners on the English'i
Government. Now he thought it would be advisable f
to stop those pensions until the Spanish bondholders had -1i
been paid up their arrears. He objected to the pay-;e:
ments which were made to Spanish refugees. He would--,E:
conclude by moving for a return of all payments made
to Spanish refugees since the death of Ferdinand the..%
Seventh, in 1833; specifying whether any fresh naines•i
had been added to the list since that period.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the'
pensions had not been granted by the Foreign-office. t
That office had nothing to do with them. They were
paid through the Horse Guards, and the Noble Duke
the Commander-in• Chief and Lord Fitzroy Somerset
were the only persons who had -anything to do with
them. With regard to Mr. Bulwei, he had nothing to
add to what he had said on a former occasion.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said these pensions
had been granted for services rendered to the British
army in Spain. The Foreign-office had nothing to do
with them, and he objected to the publication of the ;
names of the recipients.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY withdrowithiee_
part of the motion relating to the names, and theceass.:4
tion as amended was agreed to.
ALIEN BILL. =3 stfi
The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE moved that the
Commons' amendments to the Alien Bill be agreed to.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH expressed his sue.
prise that the Noble Marquis had not explained what
the amendments were, and complained generally of the
Bill and the amendments.
Lord CAMPBELL defended the Commons' amend-
ments, and said the Bill would not inflict any hardship
on well-disposed foreigners.
Lord STANLEY complained of the power of bail
which had beereinserted in the Bill by the Commons,
and disapproved of otber amendments which they had
made in the 4th and sth clauses, which contradicted
each other, and materially weakened the effect of the
Bill. The introduction of a clause permitting the ac-
cused parties to be heard by counsel and have witnesses
examined--giving in fact the form of a trial to the pro-
ceeding—would lead to ruinous expense, and defeat the
successful working of the measure. Such an object had
been repudiated by their Lordships when the Bill was
before them.
Earl FITZWILLIAM hoped that it would never be
found necessary to carry the provisions of the Bill into
o,ctiee operation, as it would have a very dangerous
ffect upon the friendly relations of England with
foreign nations, which it was the professed wish of this
country to maintain unimpaired.
The Marquis of LANSI)OWNE said that if the
Noble Earl had bestowed a few hours' attendance upon
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to attain was to guard this country, as far as it could be
guarded, against revolutionary attempts which might be
levelled against the constitution and the institutions of
England. He thought that the people of England de-
served to be guarded against such attempts, and it was
deemed by the Government that the Bill before the
the throughouteuut r
a
House wouldiyt,hititesnd to give them that security. No one
reason for foreignw as countryhoit hlryas d complained of the Bill ; on
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tional
or a Judge. These powers were conferred etohne
clauses, and he agreed with the Noble Earl in
objecting to them.
Earl GREY defended the fifth clause, which w
essential to prevent an alien from being imprisoned for
an indefinite period upon suspicion of being engaged in
treasonable practices.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH persisted in his
objection to the clause added to the Bill.
The amendments were then agreed to.
POOR-HOUSES (IRELAND) BILL.
The Earl of DEVON moved the second reading of
this Bill.
Lord MONTEAGLE gave notice that in the Com-
mittee he should propose an amendment restraining the
power of giving agricultural employment under the Bill
to young persons who might be in the workhouses,
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE entirely coneurrei
in the view taken by his Noble Friend. The Govern-
ment would be prepared to introduce a provision similar
to that announced by him. The object of the Bill was
to improve agricultural science, and to afford the young
persons in workhouses opportunities for learning.
The Earl of DEVON concurred in the view taken by
the Noble Lords on both sides of the House.
The Eurl of MOUNTCASHEL was not
.quite sure
whether it would not be desirable to give more land to
the workhouses than to restrict its quantity.
The Bill was then read a second
Their Lordships adjourned at Half-ArSeven o'clock.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 16.
The SPE,IKER took the Chair at Four o'clock,
NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Mr. PARKER, a new writ was
ordered for York, in the room of the late Mr. R. Yorke.
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed :
East and West Looe Harbour and Bridge Bill.
Leicester Navigation (Sale of lands on Forest line) Bill.
REPORTS.
The reports on the following Bills were considered
and agreed to:—
Aberdare Railway Act Amendment (Lease of Line and
Works to the Taff Vale Railway Company) Bill.
Chester Cemetery Bill.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Altjration of Levels of Leeds
and Hartlepool Railway in E'aglescliffe, Preston, and
Stockton, &c.) Bill.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
(Ashton Canal Purchase) Bill.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
(Sheffield Canal Purchase) Bill.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (late York and
Newcastle Main Line Improvement, &c.) Bill.
Col. CON OLLY presented a petition in favour of the
Sites for Churches Bill.
THE BALLOT.
Mr. 11. BERKELEY presented a petition, signed by
4,500 inhabitants of Bristol, in favour of the ballet.
Mr. HUTT presented a petition from Gateshead
against the sale of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath.
An Hos. MEMBER presented a petition from Walsall,
praying for alteration of the law relating to debtors and
creditors.

ROME.
Mr. MASTERMAN presented two petitions against
diplomatic relations with Rome.
THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT.
Mr. STAFFORD presented a petition from North-
ampton praying for an alteration of this law.
Mr. COWAN presented petitions from Edinburgh
against the sale of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath.
Several petitions were presented from various parts of
the country to the same effect.
Sir D. DUNDAS presented a petition from a place in
Sutherland in favour of the Sites fur Churches Bill.
LANCASTER ELECTION.

The Members appointed to try the merits of the
Lancaster election were summoned to the table, and
sworn.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Gloucester, in
favour of a reformed toll-gate system; also a petition
from a Nottingham branch of Odd Fellows, praying the
Benefit Societies' Act might be extended to them; and
several petitions in favour of the Sites for Churches Bill.
Lord BERNARD presented a petition, signed by
several aldermen of the corporation of Cork, complaining
of the inflammatory language used at public meetings in
Ireland; also another petition from the county of Cork
against the national system of education.
Mr. TENNENT presented a petition in favour of the
sites for Churches Bill.
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
Mr. HUME postponed the following reotlen,fwrhtinc_hehhtn
had given notice to bring forward to-day,fora
that Par-
liament, in 1333, when passing t
of twenty
—That it appears by papers beforehtelf House,
asteudm- proportion
Act to emancipate
owners by such emancipation ;
of loss of labour to the
same time, contemplate the continuance
mallusliluaLesstienrtlihnegß,
irnitpisahycmoelonatioesf,,ghaeveesttihme
but did, at the
and the
gradualof training of the negroes to regular and indus-
the cultivation of sugar in those colonies,
trious habits by means of the apprenticeship that was
thatt hen
towardsevery assistanceron nwas
gan
then established. That the apprenticeship was, after
time, put an end to by Parliament before its object had
e them to
ded, great
and experiment
sti
still
depends,of slave s
ue emancipation apdrecima
been
oui
saettedt a i n
supply
;the but
colonists
d
of free labour, to enapble
compete with foreign slave labour. That the success of
the
adequate
yd
ue
f-
pfree labour, accompanied by the removal of all restric-
tions tending to prevent a fair trial of the tree labour
system. That by orders in Council, and other restrictions,
this adequate supply
of free labour has been withheld
from the colonists, and wages have thereby been raised
to an extent that has rendered the cost of production in
the British colonies far greater than in Cuba and Brazil,
thus disabling the colonists from competing with the
produce of slavery. That the home market for sugar,
during the progress of the experiment, was guaranteed
to the colonists by Act of Parliament at the time of
emancipation, but that market has since been opened
by the Act of 1846, and slave-grown sugar admitted be-
fore the experiment has ever been fairly put in operation ;
thus depriving the colonists of the benefit contemplated
by the former Act. That the great experiment of slave
emancipation, alike called for by humanity and sound
policy, and as an example to other natioas, must fail if
the British colonists are unable to compete with the
foreign slave states; and in that case the United King-
dom will be forced mainly to depend for its supply of
sugar on those very slave states to whom the
British colonies, and the cause of emancipa-
tion, will, in fact, have been sacrificed. That,
taking all tiler* circnthstanses appsderation,
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