The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-30 00:00:00

AMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS, August 29.

Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
The Sheep and Cattle Importation Prohibition Bill
went through Committee.

The Sheep and Cattle Contagintig Disorders Bill
went through Committee.

The Poor-law Auditors' Proceedings Restrictions Bill
was read a second time, and the standing orders having
been previously suspended, the Bill went through Com-
mittee, was reported, and read a third time and passed.
The Commons' Inclosure Amendment Bill was read a
second time, and ordered to be committed.
The Reproductive Loan Fund Institution (Ireland)
Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Controverted Elections Bill was read a second time
and ordered to be committed.
DUBLIN POLICE ACT.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from
Dublin, signed by 2,441 persons, against the Dublin
Police Act.

Lord CLANRICARDE said the Bill only proposed
to extend the provisions of the existing Act, and con-
tained no new principle. The Noble Lord moved the
second reading of the Bill, which was agreed to.
SUGAR DUTIES BILL.
Earl GREY moved the order of the day for going into
Committee on the Sugar Duties Bill.
After a brief discussion, in which Earl Granville,
Earl Grey, Lord Redesdalez_and Lord Monteagle took
part, the Bill went through Committee.
METROPOLITAN SEWERS BILL

Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the
Commissioners of Metropolitan Sewers Bill.
After a few remarks from Lord Radnor, Lord Redes-
dale, Lord Campbell, and Lord Lansdowne, the Bill
was read a third time and passed.

TRANSFER OF LANDED PROPERTY (IRE-
LAND) BILL.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE having explained
the objects and provisions of this Bill, moved that it be
read a second time.

Lord MONTEAGLE supported the Bill as a great
boon to Ireland, and expressed his conviction that the
Government were entitled to thanks for introducing it.
After a few words from Lord BEAUMONT,
The Bill was read a second time.
NUISANCES AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second
reading of this Bill, after observing that its objects were
to abate all nuisances and to check the spread of con-
tagious disorders.
The Bill was read a second time.
FEVER (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE,
this Bill was read a second time.
CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMONS.
A conference with the Commons took place on the
Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill.
Upon the report of the managers for the Lords,
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved that their
Lordships insist on their amendments to this Bill.
The motion was agreed to.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in moving the ad-
journment of the House, remarked that this being the
last week of the session, it would be for the public con-
venience their Lordships meeting on Wednesday, al-
though it was not usual to do so; but in this case it
would enable them to advance several Bills a stage.
The House then adjourned to to-morrow (this day).

HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 29.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE COURT

OF ROME BILL.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. HENLEY opposed the Bill.
Mr. SHEIL supported the Bill. If it was necessary
in 1832 that there should be an unsuccessful attempt
made to have an accredited agent at Rome, on the part
of England, it was preposterous in 1848, when Italy
was in the state it at present was, that
such an accredited person should not be sent there in
order to put an end to the sectarian principles that had
hitherto existed between Rome and England.
Mr. URQUHART opposed the third reading of the
Bill, on the ground that it had been brought in under
false pretences, and was therefore as fraudulent as it was
unconstitutional.

Mr. REYNOLDS supported the Bill.
Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed the Bill, although he
expressed a hope that his friends would not divide on
the third reading, as they had already had sufficient
divisions on the measure divisions which he
asserted had not represented the voice of the people
of the country with respect to it, in consequence of the
late period of the session at which it had been brought
forward.
Mr. F. SCOTT was determined to divide against the
third reading of the Bill.
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL opposed the Bill on behalf
of the Roman Catholics of Ireland.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the ,
House divided, when there appeared—
For the third reading
Against it
Majority for the third reading —63 ri
The Bill was then read a third time and passed. t(
CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. si
The House then resolved itself into Committee on the e
Consolidated Fund Bill; Mr. BERNAL in the chair.
Mr. WAKLEY then drew the attention of the House
to the manner in which the assistant-surgeons in the 1
navy were treated, and contended that they were enti- 4'.
tied to be placed on the same footing as the army assistant- 5, t
surgeons. He thought the Board of Admiralty had ",
not , strictly considered the treatment of the naval 1'
assistant surgeons, and felt convinced when they had, it
a different course would be pursued towards them, and
that they would not again have to complain to the th
House. He had no motion to make on the subject `'
but trusted that calling the attention of the House to the fin,
subject would of itself be sufficient to place the case so "
prominently before the Board of Admiralty as to cause g(
that board to do justice to a body of efficient but ill- w
used men. PI

Captain BERKELEY said the naval assistant- 11
surgeons had nothing to complain of, they were not
treated with indignity, and in this opinion he was forti- ",
fled by the testimony of other Boards of Admiralty and c'
the report of the Committee which sat in 1840.
After a few words from Mr. HUME and Colonel PI
TMOMPSON the conversation dropped. at
The appropriation clause was then brought up and gi
added to the Bill. cc
The House resumed, and the report was ordered to b 1
be received to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. ~
The House, at a Quarter before Five, adjourned to of
Half-past Six o'clock.

Tile House resumed its sitting at Half-past Six o'clock. ar
Sit H. WILLOUGHBY presented a petition from WI
the secretary of the Provident Society Bank, against in
any alteration in the law with regard to savings' banks. th
Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Joh❑ to
Snook, who stated that he had invented a life-boat, pe
which he had submitted to the Admiralty for investiga- by
tion, but not receiving satisfaction, he prayed the House ou
to institute an inquiry into his invention. As he did not 3,
ask for any money, he would be permitted to lay the lei
petition on the table. th
Sir D. NORREYS presented a petition from the grand th
jury of the county Roscommon, against the Labour-rate wi
Bill, the Poor-law Bill, and the general system of admi-
nistering the poor-law. to
Mr. HERMES gave notice that early in the ensuing GI
session he would move a resolution founded on the evi- Ef
dence taken by the Committee on Commercial Distress. th
Mr. HAMILTON wished to put a question to the ne
Noble Lord opposite, in relation to a statement made by ti(
the Hpn. Member for Athlone, with reference to Mr.
Whitty, the foreman of the jury which tried Mitchel, th
that he was a bankrupt; for, although the Hon. Member fo
did not impute anything improper to Mr. Whitty, the it
statement might be prejudicial to him. He therefore at
begged to inquire whether the Noble Lord had received lil
a letter from Mr. Macan, the Commissioner of Bank- e)
ruptcy, which stated that he found his affairs regular,
and that there was nothing in his bankruptcy to im-
pugn his character. Ho could further state, that his
creditors 'were satisfied, and that he prd obtained his I
certificate.

Lord J. RUSSELL said he had received such a letter, I pr
and that it corroborated the statement now made by the to
Hon. Member.

Mr. KEOGH said, as he had been referred to, he
begged to say that he merely stated the fact that he had
been a bankrupt, and he d►d not cast any imputatio❑
upon him.
THE HARBOUR, OF SOUTHWOLD.
Mr. HUME said, that having received an assurance
from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, that the
subject-matter of the motion which he intended submit-
ting to the House would be inquired into, he begged to
withdraw the following motion:—" That an humble ad-
dress be presented to her Majesty, that she will be gra-
ciously pleased to cause inquiry to be made into the al-
leged injury to the port and harbour of Southwold, in
Suffolk, by the inclosure of several thousands of acres
of land, the property of the Crown, that were formerly
covered with tidal waters, contrary to the Act of 1 Anne,
c. 67, s. 5, and, consequently, highly detrimental to the
interests of the Crown and the public."

Lord MORPETH observed that if the evidence in
connexion with the case were sent up to the office of the
Woods and Forests, he would take care to have it laid
before her Majesty's Attorney-General.
Lord J. RUSSELL expressed a hope that Hon. Mem-
bers who had notices of motion on the paper would post-
pone them until after the orders of the day were dis-
posed of.
Lord G. BENTINCK said that he had an important
notice on the paper, and he could not assent to the Noble
Lord's proposition.
Lord J. RUSSELL—I merely ask a temporary post.
ponement of the motion, in order to have the more im-
portant business proceeded with.
THE ASSEMBLY OF TOBAGO.
Lord G. BENTINCK directed attention to the peti-
tion from the Speaker and Members of the House of
General Assembly of Tobago, relative to captured
negroes, presented on the 7th of August, which he had
intended to move should be printed with the votes. The
petitioners complained of Lord Grey having refused
them a share in the loan ►oted for the purposes of
immigration. He thought he was not out of place
in insisting on his privilege of bringing forward the
motion betore the orders of the day, one of which was,
that they should go into Committee for the considera-
tion of the West India Loan Bill. The petitioners re-
preseinnted Lord Grey as having refused them a participa-
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