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LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1845.

The Royal Assent was given by commission to
several Bills shortly after Four o'clock.
Their Lordships re-assembled at Five.
Several petitions were presented, amongst others a
petition by Lord BROUGHAM, from an individual named
SOWERDY, against the Syston and Peterborough Rail-
way Bill. The presentation of this petition gave rise to
a desultory conversation on the general subject of rail-

ways which, however, led to no results.
The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage.

After which their Lordships adjourned to Friday
next, the 16th instant, for the Witsuntide recess.
The House of Commons met at Foar o'clock.

Mr. PARKER brought up the report of the Scottish
Railway Committee—that the House ought not to con-
sent to the establishment of a railway station upon the
Inch of Perth.

Sir. G. GREY moved for a Select Committee to inquire
and report whether any, and which of the standing
orders which are enforced in the case of Railway Bills
in Great Britain are unnecessary, and ought to be din.
penned with in the case of Railway Bills in Ireland.
After a short discussion, the motion was agreed to.
Mr. J. S. WORTLEY then moved the addition of what
he had previously given notice, but as it was not
seconded, the motion was not put. .

Mr. HOME gave notice of a call of the Rouse for
Thursday, the 22d inst.
Sir C. NAPIER expressed his regret for having spoken
so strongly of the conduct of Lord SEATON with regard
to the Bandeiras. He had since received information
from Corfu which satisfied him that Lord SEATON had
exercised a proper discretion.
Mr. GISBORNE gave notice that he would on an early
day move that all Railway Committees consisting of only
four Members should suspend their operations until the
call of the House. _ _

Sir T. FREMANTLE, in answer to Colonel RAWDON,
said that a Bill in relation to the regulation of criminal
lunatics in Ireland would be brought in after the recess.
Mr. HUTT then moved " That the House resolve

itself into a Committee of the whole House, for the
purpose of considering the following resolution :—That
it is expedient to permit Grain and Flour, the produce
of Australasia, to be imported into the United Kingdom
on payment of the same amount of duty as is now levied
on Grain and Flour the produce of Canada."
Sir WALTER JAMES supported the motion, which was
opposed by Sir G. CLERK on the part of the Govern-
ment, on the ground that it was unwise to be constantly

tampering with the corn-laws.
A discussion followed, in the course of which the
House was addressed by Sir G. Cxxas, Mr. LABOU-

CHERE, Captain ROCS, Mr. M. GIBSON, Mr. DARBY, Mr
F. BARING, Mr. S. WORTLEY, Mr . BRIGHT, Mr. S.
O'BRIEN, Mr. WARD, Sir R. PEEL, Lord HOWICK, and
Mr. NEWDEGATE ; and eventually the motion was re-
jected, the numbers being, for the motion 93 ; against it
147 ; majority, 54.

From the immediate interest attaching to many pas-
sing events more prominently developing themselves in
our social and political system, we have hitherto
neglected the duty of doing honour to the memory of an
admirable countrywoman who has just been removed
from the sphere of her most benevolent and salutary
labours. Mrs. DAMES GILBERT, late of Eastbourne, in
Sussex, the relict of a former President of the Royal
Society, a gentleman of high scientific acquirements, a
much respected Member of Parliament, and an excellent
man, has not sunk into the tomb without establishing a
noble memorial of her intelligence and humanity, not
only in the hearts of the present generation in that dis
trict where she principally resided, but in the permanent
amelioration of the condition of the labouring peasantry
within and around it, for many long years, we trust, to
come. This lady was one of the first landowners in that
part of South Britain who established on an extensive
and well-organized scale the allotment system. To
every labouring man of sufficient industry to desire and
to avail himself of such an important means of adding to
the subsistence of himself and his family, this lady
appropriated a portion of waste or other land on her
estate, varying in size and equality according to circum-
stances, on the condition of his cultivating and cropping
the same in hours not devoted to the labours of his
hired service. A practical agriculturist herself, and
accustomed to improve the advantages of her fortune
and her position by intellectual energies, and habits of
personal activity rarely witnessed even in the sterner
sex, she not only appreciated the theory, but thoroughly
comprehended the wants and the capabilities of self-
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