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But that that elauee was riot a positive prohibition es *-10
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HOUSE OF LORDS, June 19. .Legislature that any pt rsinis should perish of hung
Their Lordst t Five ' I lps met a.. Had the circular been a little more explicit the objecte,d
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII presented severele—t"--it-WOeild not have arisen. In Ireland the clauee
p of
etitions again=t any alteration in the navigation-laws. been construed as a positive prohibition. Cases
The Earl of GALLOWAY presented a pelition from great hardship had arisen in consequence, and he:: e
the issuing of the circular. lie hoped the 10°-°
some place in Ireland against the Scottish Registration
Bill. would be withdrawn, as its effect would, doubtless', be
attained. 011
The Earl of ST. GERMANS was glad to bear thief
amended order was about to be issued, authorieing,
of
in extreme cases without compelling a man to giCS
his land. of
Lord BEAUMONT considered that the assistancetho
Parliament was necessary to relieve those who bad, to
administration of the law from the difficulty in-whic' of
law placed them, and carry out the original intention,
of
the Legislature to assimilate the law in Ireland to tb°
E nglaed. Lorci
Lord STANLEY observed that the Noble .he
(Monteagle) had assumed throughout bis statement Bog
the Poor-law Commissioners, first by their notice, ro,
subsequently by their order, had taken upon there'yi
I to Set aside the law, and act in direct defiance of theacted
of Parliament, whereas it appeared that they ha:d „sof
according to the best interpretation the legal afifis,'ol.o
the Crown had given of that Act. The Noble ',ith
resolution, therefore, would not be in accordance
the tact. With regard to the interpretation of th.L
officers of the Crown he was not competent to gi,l'egis•
opinion, but with regard to the intention of the. could
lature, he did not see how it was possible that "
be more clearly expressed than it was in the etc! ,10111
But he looked with great alarm at the opinion giv'ers,
Mr. Henn, and sanctioned by the AttorneYeGeenelei
that the possession of land should not exclude tue
of destitution, but that the possessor might, 11°t°6iii
standing, actually go before the board of guardieno lad,
claim relief. It was for the express purpose of ecco
.- in such persons that the enactment was passed, 6, 40
Mr. Ilenn's and the Attorney-General's interpree;soo,
of the law be sound, that enactment was entirely al tot
and superseded. If they did not adhere to the the
against the dictum of the Poor-law CommissioneM fl°odot
would destroy the whole Bill, and let 9'
pauperism, by enabling persons to hold land w,-Golfe
was impossible they could cultivate, and thusoee
landlord and tenant, and the paupers themselves, invooe
common ruin, and subject the country to one C,C)l.l—efeli
state of destitution, misery, and death, from whicAee 0
the resources of this great empire would not all'
rescue Ireland. reQl/'
Lord MONTEAGLE made a few remarks ,0
and concluded by withdrawing the motion.
to
Their Lordships (at Eight o'clock) eeljonaleci
Thursday next.

iivIPERIAL P ittLIA MEN T.

RAILWAY GAUGES.

Lord REDESDALE asked whether it was the inten•.
tion of the Railway Commissioners to oppose the intro-
duction into any private Bill of any provisions for alter-
ing the gauge of any railway, authorised to be con-
structed by any Act which had passed prior to the
passing of the Gauge Act in 1846; whether
they propose to bring in a Bill to alter and
amend the Gauge Act ; whether any report has been
prepared by them upon the subject ; or whether they
intend to recommend that the consideration of the same,
shall be postponed to the next session of Parliament.
Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that there
were several Bills before Parliament containing clauses
authorising the companies to alter the gauges, which
clauses the Commissioners would feel bound to oppose.
An experiment was now going on as to a mixed gauge,
and the Railway Commissioners would not come to any
determination on the subject until that experiment had
been fairly tried. 'Under present circumstances, they
were not disposed to introduce any Bill on the subject.
In reply to a question from a NOBLE LORD, whose
name we could not learn,
Earl GRANVILLE said that the attention of the
Railway Commissioners had been directed to the subject
of the necessity of increasing the number of guards on
passenger trains, in consequence of the late serious oc-
cident at Wolverton; and Mr. Simmons, one of the rail-
way inspectors, was now in communication with Mr.
Hewett on the subject, The Commissioners had no
power to enforce such regulations; but he must do the
companies the justice to say that they had attended most
readily to any suggestions which had been made to them
by the Railway Board.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 19. 100
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly be:ore
o'Clock.

LORDS' AMENDMENTS. I, fed
Lords' amendments to the following B"'
agreed to:—
Battle-bridge and Holloway-road Act Repeal GO
Liverpool Gas Light Company and Liverpool Pe"
and Coke Company Amalgamation Bill.
Patent Galvanizd Iron Company Bill. ,LfE:O
DISMISSAL OF JUDGES IN VAN Dlgh---