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London, England, 1848-03-22 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, March 21.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat .on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
ADMINISTRATION OATHS (CHANCERY) BILL.
On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR the
Administration of Oaths (Chancery) Bill was read a
second time.
ENCUMBERED ESTATES BILL (IRELAND).
The Encumbered Estates Bill (Ireland) passed through
Committee, and the report was brought up.
REPRESENTATIVE PEERS OF SCOTLAND.
The Earl of EGLINTON, referring to the Act of
last session, regulating the Election of Representative
Peers of Scotland, said that at the last election, Lord
Colville had claimed to vote, and his claim had been
protested against by the greater number of Peers pre-
sent. He, therefore, moved that a copy of that pro-
test be laid before their Lordships, and that it be re-
ferred to a Select Committee of their Lordships' House
on Tuesday, 11th April next, and that Lord Colville be
required to attend.—Agreed to.
AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS BILL.

On the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE the House
resolved itself into Committee on the Audit of Railway
Accounts Bill.

After a desultory conversation, in which the Earls of
Malmesbury and Eglinton, and Lords Redesdale, Mont-
eagle, Stanley, Ashburton, and Granville took part, the
clauses were agreed to with several verbal amendments.
The Bill was then reported to the House, and their
Lordships adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, Match 21.
Th• SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

DUNDALK ELECTION.

The Clerk of the Crown attended to amend the returns
for the Borough of Dundalk.
NEW MEMBERS.
Mr. M'CoLLAGEt took the oaths and his seat for
Dundalk.
The Marquis of BLIkiDFORD took the oaths and his
seat for Woodstock.
Mr. HOBEIOUSE took the oaths and his seat for Lin-
coln.
AYLESBURY ELECTION COMMITTEE.
This Committee obtained leave to sit during the
evening.

SECOND RE ADINGS.
The following Railway Bills were read a second time
and ordered to be committed.

Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells,
Glastonbury, and Street).
Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch).
Clarence and Leeds and Thirsk Amalgamation.
Exeter and Exmouth Railway Acts Amendment.
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches.
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction (Burnley
and Colliery Branches).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Amendment and

Branches, &c).
Great Northern (Isle of Axholme Extension).
Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Hants Rail-
way from Hungerford to Westbury, with a Branch to

Devizes).
Leeds and Thirak (Branch from Melmerby to North-
allerton and Junction with York and Newcastle
Railway).
Leeds and Thirsk (Harrogate and Pateley Branch).

Leeds Central Railway Station.
London and Blackwall Improvement and Branches to
the St. Katharine's and London Docks.
Londonderry and Coleraine (Deviation of Line and
Amendment of Act).
Manchester, Button, Matlock, and Midlands Junction
Deviation and Branches.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Crossing of
Sheffield-street, in Manchester, &c.)
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Junction with
th© Midland Railway vid Barnsley, and Branches

therefrom).
Mancheiter, Sheffield and Lincolnshire (Sheffield Cana

Purchase).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Station al
Sheffield, and Branch to the Sheffield Canal).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
.(Station Ap.
proach in Manchester).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Ashton Cana

Purchase).
Midland (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction).
Northern Counties Union Amendment and Deviation.
North-Western (Diversions at Skipton, Casterton, and

Sedbergh).
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. I—ln.

crease of Capital).
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 2—De-
viation of Line, and Power to Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham, and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and
Dudley Railway Companies to contribute and make
Arrangements).
Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet.
Salisbury and Yeovil.
Scottish Midland Junction (Amendment and Branch to
Laurencekirk).
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Amendment
(Extension to Penistone and Alteration of Dodworth
Branch).
etrathtay and Breadalbane Extension.
Taw Vale Railway and Dock.

Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Act (No.
1), 18Wi (Slough Extension and Deviations).
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, late York and Newcastle
(Main Line Improvement, &c.)
EXETER AND COWLEY-BRIDGE JUNCTION