The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-15 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING•)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
Lord EDDISBUZY (late Mr. E. J. Stanley) took the
oaths and his seat.
Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions in
favour of the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill.
Petitions with a similar prayer were presented by
Lord PORTMAN.
POOR REMOVAL BILL

The Poor Removal Bill was read a second time.
Lord PORTMAN complained that sufficient notice
was nut given of the second readings of Bills sent up
from the other House.
PETITIONS.
The Earl of EGLINTON presented several petitions
from various Presbyterians in Scotland against the Jewish
Disabilities Removal Bill.
.Petitions with a similar prayer were presented by the
Bishop of WINCHESTER and the Earl of GALLOWAY.
The Bishop of NORWICH presented upwards of 100
petitions agninst the sale of intoxicating .liquors on the
Sabbath day.
PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND).
for returns
The Duke of WELLINGTON moved
of the correspondence which had taken place between the
Treasury and the Board of Public Works in Ireland, in
relation to the clear expenditure of the advances made
under the provisions of the Land Improvement Act, and
in particular to that portion which refers to the
not o pay
thment
of wages in the current coin of the realm, and er-
wise ; and a return of all advances, showing the total
amount applied for and the total amount advanced un-
der the provisions of the Act.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not object to
prant the returns.
After a few words from the Earl of ELLENBOROOOH
and Earl FITZWILLIAM, the motion was agreed to.
MAIL CONTRACTS.
On the motion of the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH,
certain returns relating to the mail contracts were or-
dered to be made.
THE LATE LORD ASHBURTON.
Lord STANLEY, in moving that Lord Redesdale be
appoiwed a member of the Select Committee on Banking,
instead of the late Lord Ashburton, took the oppogr!
tunity of passin.grofoafLhtAihg.NehslaeptueoloLwgoiNruamEAoshhfabdtuhreftoorpnor.olirttiycal
yearsand
perinjTvoahyteeedlic.hatharrgeac.ult?riendship of Lord Ashburton, and that
friendship had never been interrupted by difference of
political also bore testimony to the great
merits
Ashburton, and the motion was agreed to.
Lord
of opinion. Lord
BROUGHAM
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS BILL.

Lord STANLEY moved the second reading of this
Bill. After the kindness with which their Lordships
had listened to him, when he brought in the Bill, he
would not detain them by any further observations.
Lord CAMPBELL rose, and was
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT took the oaths and his seal
for South Wilts.

NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Mr. TUFFNELL, fa new writ was
ordered to be issued for the election of a knight of the
shire of the Northern Division of Cheshire, in the room
of Mr. E. J. Stanley, raised to the peerage.
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed :
Liverpool Docks (erection of warehouses and construc-
tion of new works) Bill.
Patent Galvanized Iron Company, trading under the style
or firm of " Malins and Rawlinsons' Bill.
The reports on the following Bills were considered
and agreed to:—
Barrow Harbour Bill.
Brentford Gas Light Acts Amendment Bill.
Great Yarmouth Coal Duties Bill.
Liverpool Gas Light Company, and Liverpool New Gas
and Coke Company Amalgamation Bill.
Sir J. EAST presented a petition praying for a re-
laxation of the penal law now existing against Odd
Fellows.

Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from Roscom-
mon, complaining of the operation of the Irish Poor-
laws, and praying that they might be amended. The
lion. Member gave notice that to-morrow he should
move that it be printed with the votes.
Mr. W. MILES presented a petition from Peter-
borough against the orders of the Privy Council in re-
lation to education.

Lord GEORGE BENTINCK presented petitions
from bodies of Wesleyans, praying that the sale of
spirituous liquors on Sundays should be prohibited.
Mr. FOX MAULE presented several petitions in
favour of the Sites for Churches Bill.

Mr. RICARDO presented several petitions in favour
of the repeal of the navigation laws.
Mr. C. DENISON presented petitions from several
religious bodies against the sale of spirituous liquors on
Sundays.
SPAIN.

Mr. BANKES, on a former occasion, gave notice of
his intention to move a resolution on the first occasion
of going into Committee of Supply, and he begged leave
now to give the terms of the resolution. He should
move that the House bad heard with deg regret, from
a correspondence on the table of the House, that her
Majesty's Foreign Secretary of State had endeavoured
to interfere with the internal affairs of Spain, which had
placed her Majesty and the British representative at the
Court of Madrid in a position that was humiliating in its
character, and was calculated to affect the friendly
relations hitherto existing between the Court of Spain
and this country.
IRISH POOR-LAW.

Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice that on an early day he
should move for a Committee of Inquiry into the truth
of the allegations contained in the petition he had al-
ready presented from Roscommon.
SAVINGS BANKS IN IRELAND.

Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice of his intention, on an
early day, to bring the state of the Irish savings banks
under the consideration of the House.
SHANNON NAVIGATION.

Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on the 23d instant
he would call the attention of the House to a return he
had moved for connected with the Shannon navigation,
and showing that net only had no similar return bee❑
made during the last ten years, but that there was
130,0001. of the public money unaccounted for.
NAVIGATION LAWS.

Lord G. BENTINCK presented two petitions from
Glasgow, one of them emanating from the Chamber of
Commerce of that place, praying the House not to agree
to any relaxation in the navigation-laws.
Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from 16,000
burgesses of Dublin in favour of the Dublin Improve-
ment Bill. _ _