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The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the W5.,e0 '',So' - vt)
a el: at Five o'Clock. ' .. ikl..,
Lord BEAUMONT presented several petitions from
various members of secioties of Odd Fellows, praying
for the legalization of their society.
SPANISH REFUGEES.
The Marquis of L jNDONDERRY inquired whether
her Majesty's Government were united in a cordial ap-
probation of Mr. Bulwer's recent conduct, without any
reflections of indiscretion on his part in the orders be
had received? It was not a question as to whether the
Government of Spain was good or bad, but a bad Go-
vernment was better than no Government at all. There
were several Spaniards pensioners on the English
Government. Now he thought it would be advisable
to stop those pensions until the Spanish bondholders had
been paid up their arrears. He objected to the pay-
ments which were made to Spanish refugees. He would
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 names
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.
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. Bulwer, 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 withdrew that
part of the motion relating to the names, and the mo-
tion as amended was agreed to.
ALIEN BILL.
The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE moved that the
Commons' amendments to the Alien Bill be agreed to.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH expressed his sur-
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 been inserted in the Bill by the Commons,
and disapproved of other 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 FITZ WILLIAM hoped that it would never be
found necessary to carry the provisions of the Bill into
active operation, as it would have a very dangerous
effect upon the friendly relations of England with
foreign nations, which it was the professed wish of this
country to maintain unimpaired.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that if the
Noble Earl had bestowed a few hours' attendance upon
the House during the time the Bill was in progress, he
would have better understood its purport than he seemed
to du; but so indifferent was the Noble Earl to the mea-
sure, that he never once was present whilst it was under
consideration. The only purpose which the Bill sought
to attain was to guard this country, as far as it could be
guarded, against revolutionary attempts which might be
served to beligeu
n levelled against the constitution and the institutions of
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House would tend
the contrary, it was highly give them that security. No one
reason for foreignglhad complained of the Bill ; on
powers to complain of an Act of
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those means of securing herself
for a year or two
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tional clauses, and he agreed with the Noble Earl in
objecting to them. _

Earl 'GREY defended the fifth clause, which was
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 concurred
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 Earl 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 time.
Their Lordships adjourned at Half-past Seven o'clock.

_
HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 16.
The SPEAKER 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 foflowing Bills were read a third time and
passed :
East and West Looe Harbour and Bride 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 (Alteration of Levels of Leeds
and Hartlepool Railway in Eaglescliffe, 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. CONOLLY presented a petition in favour of the
Sites for Churches Bill.

THE BALLOT.
Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition, signed by
4,500 inhabitants of Bristol, in favour of the ballot.
Mr. MUTT presented a petition from Gateshead
against the sale of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath.
An HoN. DIE2dBER presented a petition from Walsall,
praying for alteration of the law relating to debtors and
creditors.

ROME.
Mr. MASTERMAN presented two petitions agsinit
diplomatic relations with Rome.

TIIE 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 for 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.
Mes for Churches
Bill.
ABOLITION a petition in favour of the
Sites
ABOLITION OF SLAVERI".
which he
Mr. HUME postponed the following
to.motion,ay
d for a fortnight.
had given notice to bring forwardb
estimatedsue h
emancipation p r opor tio
passing. Act to emancipate
all slaves in the British colonies, gave the stun of twenty
plate the continuance
FiaTmhenatt,itinapfse3a3rs,
wbyhepiaapers efortehtehis House, that
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hasue gi noaew ntcioeonrnisttehbi. those colonies,
and the
gradual training of the negroes to regular and indus-
trious habits by means of the apprenticeship that was
then established. That the apprenticeship was, after a
endto o
fb
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before its object had
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been attained ; but that then every assistance was
adequatepti
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supply
promised to
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to towards
enablepr
compete with foreign slave labour. That the success of
the great experiment of slave emancipation then de-
pended, and still depends, en such adequate supply of
free labour, accompanied by the removal of all restric-
tions tending to prevent a fair trial of the free 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 bas 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 nations, 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 these circumstances into consideration,