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London, England, 1860-07-03 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.)
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was given by Commission to the
following bills :
Public Improvements.
Bank of Ireland.
Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction.
Petitions of Right.
Bankrupt Law (Scotland) Amendment.
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway.
Letterkenny Railway.
Cork and Limerick Direct Railway.
Montrose and Bervie Railway.
Coln River Water.
London and South-Western Railways (new Elie to Bris-
tol and Exeter Railway at Exeter).
Cilgwrgan, Bettws, and Tregynon Road.
Royal Naval School.
Cardiff Water.
Wexford Free Bridge.
Blyth Harbour and Dock.
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Croydon
to Balham Hill).
Consett District Water.
Watforth and Rickmansworth Railway.
Dublin and Drogheda Railway.
North British Insurance Company.
Morayshire Railway.
Sovereign Life Assurance Company.
Egleston Roads.
Bolton and St. Helen's Road.
Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.
Auchterarder Common Muir.
Lymington, Biggar, and Broughton Railway.
Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction Railway.
Doncaster awl Tadcaster Road.
Disley and Hayfield Railway.
London and Blackwall Railway.
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway.
Upper Mersey Dues.
North and South Lanarkshire Roads.
Buildings Improvement Company.
Dorset Central Railway (Extension of Time).
Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway.
Mid-Wales Railway.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, and Port-
Carlisle Dock and Railway, and Carlisle and Silloth Bay
Railway and Dock Companies.
Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway.
Avergaveany Improvement.
Marchburn, Kelso, and Lauder Road.
Oswestry and Newton Railway (additional capital).
Leeds Township.
North British and Peebles and Jedburgh Railway Com-
pany.
Swansea Harbour Trust.
Central Wales Railway.
Oswestry and Newtown Railway (Branch Railway, &c.)
Their lordships then adjourned during pleasure.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Ness and Beauley Fisheries ; London and North-
Western Railway (No. 2) ; Burnham Tidal Harbour and
Railway; Sudbury, Melford, and Clare Railway; London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway ; Caithness Road, Egham,
and Egham, Manchester, and Milford, Mid-Sussex, and
Midhurst Junction Railway ; Deviation Petersfield Rail-
way ; West Cork Railway ; Epsom and Leatherhead Rail-
way, and Hayling's Railway bills were read a second.time.
The Epping Railways (Dtmmow Extension), and the
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Bills were read a third
and passed.
LORD DE FREYNE'S ESTATE BILL.
The standing orders were dispensed with in orderthat this
bill might be proceeded with.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL.
The re-committal of this bill was moved by Lord TEYN-
H AM.

Lord CHELMSFORD said he would oppose the mo-
tion for going into committee un this bill, as it was unjust
that publicans should be forced to use any particular ma-
chines. He concluded by moving that the bill be re-com-
mitted that day three months.
Lord TEYNHAM supported the bill. He thought it
was the duty of Parliament to see that justice was done to
the public.
The LORD CHANCELLOR disapproved of the bill.
The amendment was carried, and the bill postponed.
REPLY TO ADDRESS.
The Lord Steward of Her Majesty's Household brought
up her Majesty's most gracious reply to the addresses of
their lordships on the Berwick Election Commission and
the Mozambique questions.

The answers were ordered to be entered in the journals.
[LEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THis Day.)
The SPEAKER took tho chair at a quarter past 12 o'clock.

CENSUS BILL.

Several petitions were presented praying for the omis-
sion from the bill of the clause relating to the profession
of religious belief.
MINES REGULATION AND INSPECTION BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill, and resumed
at clause 10.

Mr. AYRTON moved the following amendment to in-
sert after rule 15:—Rule 16. Where the persons em-
ployed in any coal mine, colliery, or iron-stone are paid by
the weight, measure, or gauge of the coal, ironstone, or
other material gotten by them, such coal, ironstone, or
other material shall be truly weighed, measured, or gauged
accordingly ; and it shall be lawful for such persons, at
their own cost, to station a person :at the place appointed
for such weighing, measuring, ca. tonging, in order to take
an account thereof, and to ascertain the correctness of the
weight, measure, or gauge employed therein."
Mr. RIDLEY considered that the terms of the amend-
ment were not specific enough, and suggested the addition
of the following words—" on behalf of such person by whom
he is so employed."
After some conversation the amendment of Mr. AYRTON
was adopted and the clause, as amended, was agreed to.
Clauses 11 and 12 were also agreed to.

On clause 13,

Mr. AYRTON moved the following amendment :
" Page 6, line 1, after respectively,' insert provided
always that such special rules shall be suspended in the
mat ner provided in the fifteenth section of this act, for the
period of fourteen days, before the same are transmitted to
the Secretary. of State.' "

The amenarnent was agreed to.
Mr. CLIVE moved the following amendment
pa,,,c, 7, line 8, leave out after ' accordingly' down to and
including ' established' in page 8, line 4, and insert 'in
case of the death, incapacity, or refusal or neglect to act of
any arbitrator under this Act another arbitrator shall be
appointed in his place." ,
The clause with the amendment was agreed to.
On clause 20,
Mr. CROOK moved the following amendment :—" Line
39, leave out serious ;' and after injury,' insert which
shall be of such a nature as shall have prevented the per-
son or persons injured from returning to his or their work
at such mina or colliery before nine of tho clock in tb..,
morning of the next following working day:'
The amendment was adopted, and the clause as hmended
was agreed to.
Mr. SULLIVAN moved that the chairman report pro-
gress, as it had been ui derstood from the Government yes-
terday that the Irish Tenure and. Improvement Land bill
should come on first to-day.
Mr. ROEBUCK protested against this course being
adopted. This was a private day, and the Government had
no power to make such an arrangement.
Mr. CARDWELL stated that an endeavour had been
made to induce the gentlemen interested in the bill now un-
der consideration to postpone it, but without success, as
there were a large number of gentlemen in town waiting
to see it disposed of.
Mr. SULLIVAN withdrew his motion.
Mr. VIVIAN moved an amendment, the operation of
which was to make the operation of the bill perpetual, in-
stead of limiting it to five years.
After some discussion the motion was agreed to.
The remainding clauses of the bill were agreed to with
verbal amendments.
Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN moved the introduction of an
amendment in the preamble making the provisions of this
act applicable to limestone pits.
The amendment was negatived.
The bill was reported with amendments to the house.
INCREASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND
(IRELAND) BILL.
The house went into committee for the further considera-
tion of this bill. The clauses from 38 to the conclusion of
:he bill were agreed to with verbal amendments.
The CHAIRMAN reported the bill with amendments.
The remaining orders of the day were then postponed.
CONSENT TO BILLS.

The house then proceeded to the House of Lords to hear
the royal assent given to Certain bills, and on its return
adjourned at four o'clock.
The house resumed at six o'clock and was left sitting.