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London, England, 1846-07-13 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORD S

Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
Lord CAMOYS presented a petition against the Lei-
cester and Bedford Railway, and impugning the validity
of the subscription contract.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a large
number of shareholders in the Shropshire Union Rail-
way and Canal Company, praying the House not to pass
their Bill.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Messengers came from the Commons, bringing up
several Bills.

LEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY.

Earl CAMOYS moved that the petition which he
presented a short time since should be, to-morrow, re-
ferred to the Committee on the Bill..

The Duke of RICHMOND thought that such a
eourse would be attended with much inconvenience, as
evidence which might be given before a Committee yes-
terday might be petitioned against to-morrow.
After a few words the Noble Earl withdrew his
motion.

SMALL DEBTS (RECOVERY) BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions from
the county of Kent in favour of the Bill then in their
Lordships' House for the recovery of small debts.
The Marquis of BRAEDALBANE presented a peti-
tion against railway travelling on Sunday.
A NOBLE LORD presented 190 petitions from Corn-
wall, and 110 from Devon, in f.►vour of the Cornwall
and Devon Central Railway.
Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Here-
fordshire, complaining of the operation of the Lunatic
Bill passed last year.
YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION RAIL-
WAY AMALGAMATION BILL.

Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of
this Bill.

Lord BROUGHAM wished the third reading to
be postponed till Thursday, because the holders
of fourteen thousand of the shares were opposed to
the amalgamation, and they therefore wished that point
to be reconsidered.

Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that the parties bad
already had ample time to consider the question, and he
could not accede to the request of the Noble and Learned
Lord.

Lord BEAUMONT opposed the delay, because the
petition praying for it, which did not represent so
many as 14,000 shares, had been got up by a competing
line.

The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid upon the table
of the House the report of the Factory Inspectors for
1846, and an abstract of a statement of moneys received
and expended on account of boroughs in Ireland, pur-
suant to Act of Parliament.

PENSIONS OF LORD GOUGH AND VISCOUNT

HARDINGE.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on
Thursday next, when the report on the Bill for granting
pensions to Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough was
brought up, he should move, with regard to its pecuniary
character, that the Bill be restored to its original form.
The Duke of RICHMOND said he should certainly
take the sense of the House upon the question.
Several Bills were advanced a stage, and their Lord-
ships adjourned.

HOUE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

NEW MEMBERS.

The following Members, who have accepted office
under the new Government took the oaths and their
seats, consequent on their re-election.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL (First Lord of the Trea-
sury), fur the city of London.
Sir GEORGE GREY (Home Secretary), for the bo-
rough of Davenport.
Colonel FOX (Surveyor of the Ordnance), fur the
Tower Hamlets.
Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE (President of the Board of
Control), for the borough of Nottingham.
Lord PALMERSTON (Foreign Secretary), for the
borough of Tiverton.
Mr. JERVIS (Attorney-General), for the city of
Chester.

Mr. LABOUCHERE (Secretary for Ireland), for the
borough of Taunton.
Admiral DUND AS (one of the Lords of the Admiralty),
for the borough of Greenwich.
Mr. C. WOOD (Chancellor of the Exchequer), for the
borough of Halifax.
Lord MARCUS HILL (Comptroller of the House-
hold, for the borough of Evesham.
Captain BERKELEY (one of the Lords of the Ad-
miralty) for the city of Gloucester.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON
RAILWAY.

Mr. ELIOT YORKE, on bringing up the re

port of the Committee on this railwity, moved
" That it be taken into consideration to-morrow,

provided the amended points are deposited with the
door-keepers this day." The object, he said, was to
facilitate the pass-age of the Bill through the other House
of Parliament. Unless it reached there by the 20th of
this month, it would be impossible to get the Bill passed
the present session.—Agreed to.
NEW WRIT.

Lard HOTHAbI moved the issuing of a new writ for
;he election of a Member for the borough of St. Ives,
n the room of Mr. William Praed, deceased.
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.

Mr. GREENE moved that the Standing Orders, Nos.
124 and 142, be suspended with reference to the South
Staffordshire Railway Bill, and that the Bill be read the
third time.—Agreed to.