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THE VERDICT.

The Jury returned into Court at ten minutes pas
seven o'clock with a verdict of GUILTY.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in a feeling address, sentenced
the prisoner to be TRANSPORTED FOR SEVEN
YEARS, observing that it Kas only cut of respect to
his family that the Court refrained from ordering him
to be publicly whipped.

The prisoner, who remained unmoved to the last,:was
then taken away.

FORGEB.Y.—J(!hn Jr.nec, a respectably dres!ed young
man, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with
(° cheque upon the London and Westminster
Bank for gin
Westminster2sol , and was sentenced to ten years tranpor-
tation.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING
Six o'CLocs.
No business doing.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships mot at Five o'clock.
PETITIONS.

The Earl of FALUOUTIi presented several petiConi
against any alteration in the original Ten Hours Bill.
The Earl of LONSDALE presented several petitions
from miners and others against the Coal Mines Inspec-
tion Bill.

Lord BEAUMONT prEsensed a petition in favour o
a Ten Hours Bill.

L,rd BROUGHAM presented several petitions to the
same efftet.

METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS BILL.
The Earl of CARLISLE brought up the report on
this Bill.

Lord REDESDALE would consent to the bringing
up of :he report, and would reserve what he had to say
()a the subject until the third reading.
The Duke of BEAUFORT presented a petition from
th,) inhabitants of Eriih, praying that the cemet)ry
might not be cs'ablished in that neighbourhood.
After a few words from the Earl of CARLISLE, the
report was received.
THE LORD CHANCnLLOR.
Lord BROUGHAM had expressed his high satisfac-
tion at the putting of the Great Seal in Com-
mission. He understood that an end was to be
put to that arrangement, but he still continued of opinion
that that arrangement was a good one, but if any
arrangement was to be made by which that Commission
was to be terminated, and the Great Seal t) be intrusted
to any individual, he knew no person more fit than one
of the most learned, able, and efficient lawyers in West-
minster Hall, and he begged to add that he did not know
a more honourable or more honest man to whom it could
be intrusted than Chief Justice Wilde.
ENCUMBERED ESTATES.

The Earl of GLENGALL pre3entr d a petition from
an individual whose estate had been brought under the
jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Encumbered Es-
tates, complaining of the bale of his property to pay ff
the encumbrances. It was a disgraceful and scandalous'
system to sell these estates in this manner, to pay off
encumbrance?.

The Marquis of WESTME tiTII said he held in his
baud a paper containing twenty-one columns, and twelve
of them were appropriated to confiication, being adver-
tisements for the sales of encumbered estates. The
Government had brought upon their heads the im-
prec stions of the higher classes of Ireland for having
reduced them to a state of beggary and destitution. If
Ireland was reduced lower than she was this magnificent
country would go along with it. It was most unac-
countable that England should refuse to assist them.
The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition from
the Church Union against the opening of the Post- office
on Sunday; also several petitions from the clergy of
various places against the appropriation of the educa-
tiongrant.
_ _ _

TIC() Marquis of BREADALBANE presented several
petitions against a Post-office Sunday delivery.
BENEFICES IN PLURALITY BILL.

Oa the motion for the third reading f this Bill, '
The Earl cf ELLENBOROUGII expreited his o.
jection to the measure, and was

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock.

WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND

DUBLIN RAILWAY BILL.
Mr. BROTHERTON move, pursuant to notice, thak
the order of the 13th day of February last, for the se-
cond reading of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and
Dublin Railway Bill, be discharged; that the Bill be
withdrawn, but without prejudice to the motion of Sir
W. Verner for a Committe of Invemtigation.
Agreed to.

THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed:—
River Dee Conservancy and Improvement.
Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood's Eitate.
MERCANTILE MARINE BILL.
Mr. LABOUCIIERE moved the postponement of the
Committee on this Bill to Monday next, at twelve o'clock,
owing to the impossibility of some Honourable Members
attending to day who. felt an interest in the measure.
WOLVERHAMPTON IMPROVEMENT BILL.
On the mction of Mr. THORNELY it was ordered
that it b 3 an instruction to the Committee of selection,
that they do appoint, if they think fit, the Committee on
the Wolverharni,ton Improvement Act Amendment Bill
to meet forthwith.

Several te.itions were presented for and against the
present postal arrangernents.
CONVICT PRISONS BILL.
S'r G. GREY moved the third reading of the Convict
Prisons Bill.

—Lord MAHON said that no opposition had hitherto
jetchoisulidLinl'otaanldlow he believed none was in-
titl
but th
tbeenednedm,the Bill to pass it; last
stage without cx ressing the happiness
opinions he had always held
he felt that the
d
treatment of convicts had beenwith respect to the
by so great an authority as the responded to,
present
could not, however, but express hisr regretsent Earl Grey. He
that had formerly been pursued by that Noble Earl with
at the course
reference to transportation; he alluded
to
convicts upon reluctant colonies. Thethe forcing ot
adopting that course had damaged Noble Lord in
greatly the system of
transportation.
Sir G. GREY expressed his opinion that the present
measure was of a kind which, while it maintained
punishment t f transportation, would ultimately contri-
bute to the prosperity of the colonies to which convicts
were sent.
After a few words from Sir J. PAKINGTON,
Mr. SLANEY expressed his conviction that h
ject of prison discipline was regarded with moret san-
e sub-
ject
expectation than could be justified by the circum-
stances. In his opinion measures for the prevention of
crime were much needed, and he hoped to see one brought
forward in tho course of next session.
Mr. HENLEY expressed his general approbation of
the present Bill; but he objected to one of the clauses
towards the end of the Bill, which concentrated the
powers of the governors of Parkhurst, Pentonville, and
Millbank in one individual.
After a few words of explanation from Sir G. GREY,
The Bill was read a third time and passed.
POOR RELIEF BILL.
On the motion that the House resolve itself into a
Committee on this Bill,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY objected to that part of the
Bill which gives power to the guardians of any union or
parish to raise out of the poor-rates funds for the pur-
chase of burial-grounds. lie did not object to the en-
largement of any existing burial-grounds out of the rates,
but simply to the creating of particular burial-grounds to
be used specially for the burying of paupers, which, in
his opinion, would be distasteful to the feelings of the
poor. -
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON took that occasion to ex-
press his earnest hope that this was the last of those an-
nual poor-law Bills, because he was convinced that the
present prac'ica of introducing such Bills for the pur-
pose of amending the poor-law had the effect of render-
ing the law on that sut•ject exlemely complicated.
Sir GEORGE PECHELL also expressed his dissa-
tisfaction with the preeent complicated system of poor-
laws, which those annual Bills only tended to aggravate.
Mr. SLANEY likewise expressed his wish to see an
early consolidation of the poor-laws.
Mr. BAINES said it was his intention to ask for leave
to bring in a Bill to improve and consolidate the law of
settlement; and with respect to the present Bill, one
consideration operating on his mind in asking the House
to pass it, was the circumstance of the Committee of the
House of Lords now sitting to inquire into the opera-
tion of the law relating to parochial assessments, and
which a
committee had not yet made their report. The
necessity for every clause which he had
introduced into this Bill had been impressed upon
his by
mind
- eircumstneces which bad ari.en, and for
which the law in its present state afforded no adequate
reed—•._ hear.) Ho hoped the House would
permit the Bill to go into Committee; and, if so, he
would then be prepared to
would disarm much of the oppcsition manifested towards
it, especially
e that of the lion, Member opposite (Sir H.
Willoughby),

The House then went into Committee on the Bill.
Mr. MILES expressed a hope that when tho Hon.
Member (Mr. Baines) brought forward his Bill next
session with respect to the law of settlement, ho would
bestow his consideration on the necessity of reconstruct-
ing the urban as well as the rural unions.
Clause I was then agreed to; but clause 2 was with-
drawn.

Clause 3 was agreed to, withian amendment that the
parish children between the ages of ten and sixteen, in-
tended to be sent out under it to the co!onies, should,
previous to their emigration, have given their consent to
such emigration b( fore two magistrutes.
The other clauses of the Bill were then agreed to with
some verbal amendments.

Three rew clauses were proposed and agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. GAIN ES,
The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the House
adjourned at four to five o'clock.

The House resumed at Five o'clock.
PETITIONS.

Sir H. VIVYAN presented a petition from a place in
Cornwall against certaia clauses in the Savings Bank.
Bill.

Sir W. JOLLIFFE presented a petition from a place
in Surrey against certain clauses in the Highway Bill.
Several petitions were presented against Sunday
labour in the Post-office.
KENSINGTON-GARDENS.
Mr. B. COCHRA.NE gave notice that to-morrow he
would abk the Government whether they would support
an address to h, r Majesty, praying that she might allow
a part of Kensington-gardens to be set aside for cques-
trian exercise.

SANITARY STATE OF BRISTOL.
Mr. H. BERKELEY wished to know wLat progress
had bee❑ made by the Board of Health to bring Bristol
under the op( ration of the Health of Towns Act?

Mr. BOUVERIE replied that inspectors had hem
sent to Bristol, and upon their report a provi-
sional order would be made, which would be sub-
mitted to the approval of the local body; but there
was no ressontble probability of Bristol being dealt with
by Act of Parliament this session.
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.

Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from the clergy
in the diocese of Oxford, praying for a better court of
appeal in ecclesiastical cases.
ACCIDENTS IN MINES AND COLLIERIES.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Ashton under
Lycra sigued by between 6,000 and 7,000 per-
sons employed in mines and collieries, Fray-
ing that inspectors might be appointed to
inquire into and report upon the state of
mines and collieries. The Hon. Member took the op-
portunity of asking the Secretary for the Home Del.art-
ment whether there was any probability of no Bill
which had teen introduced into the House of Lords,
being passed this session?

Sir G. GREY 'said the Bill which he find prepared
was read a second time in tno House of Lords the other
day, itud ho hoped it would be brought dAvn for tfe
consideration of this House at an early period.
BEER SHOPS.

Mr. HUME presented a petition from Paisley praying
that Lo restriction might be put on the increase of beer

EX PORTS.

In reply to Mr. ANSTEY,
Mr, LABOUCLIERE said a return had been
prepared by the Board of Trade with regard to
foreign tariffs, and to the tariffs of our own
colonies, and the reason it had not been laid on
the table was that some of the colonial returns had not
been received. The Secretary for Foreign Affairs bad
sent instructions to our consuls abroad to send copies of
all foreign tariffs to the Foreign office.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Ia reply to Mr. ADDERLEY,
Mr. HAWES bald that according to the letters patint,
both Chgrubers in the Cape of Good Hope would be
elective; but he could not say what construction lawyers
might put on the Charter.