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CHURCH AMENDMENTS ACT.

The Bishop of LONDON explained that he had on Friday
moved the bringing up of the Report on the Church Amend-
ments Act by mistake, and assured his Noble and Learned
Friend on the woolsack that he never intended to take any
advantage of his absence. He should be always ready to meet
the objections of the Noble and Learned Lord to the Bill,
and to give the Noble and Learned Lord an opportunity of
urging them. He begged to move that the order for the
third reading on Friday next be discharged, and that the
Bill be re-committed.

The LORD CHANCELLOR was satisfied the Right Rev.
Prelate had moved the adoption of the report under mistake or
misapprehension, and was glad the Right Rev. Prelate had
given him an opportunity of stating his objections to some of the
clauses in the Bill.
The motion was agreed to.
IRISH LAND COMMISSION.

The Earl of FORTESCUE asked the Noble Lord, the Se-
cretary for the Colonies, to name the day when he would bring
on his measure relating to the improvement of land in Ireland,
founded upen the report of the Irish Land Commission.
Lord STANLEY could not name the precise day, but he an-
ticipated that in the course of the next week he should be
able to bring the Bill for ard.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to know if any
other Bills founded upon the same report were in a course of
preparation ?
Lord STANLEY replied that the Commissioners had cer-
tainly made several suggestions, but in the present state of
public business he was unable to say when Government would
be enabled to act upon them.
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE was understood to say that
several Bills were in a great state of forwardness, but it had
been thought advisable to postpone those relating to the occu-
pation and tenure of land in Ireland, until the Bill which had
been entrusted to his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Colo-
nies had passed through some of its stages.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE hoped that, when the
Noble Lord brought forward his measure, he would put Par-
liament and the pubEc in possession of the titles at least, and
some slight sketch of the nature and object of the other Bills
which Government intended to bring forward. The vague
hints which heretofore had been thrown out had awakened the
expectation of the Irish people, and if, as he understood the
Noble Lord, it was not intended to bring these measures for-
ward in the present session, their objects ought to be clearly
defined.

The Earl of WICKLOW did understand that the Noble
Lord the Secretary for the Colonies had declared that these
Bills were not to be brought forward in the present session,
but at all events, if they were not, he would rather see the
measure for the improvement of the land in Ireland held over
till the next session.

Lord STANLEY said he did not state that the Irish Land
Improvement Bill was the only measure to be brought for-
ward this session, founded on the report of the Commissioners,
but that he could not pledge himself to the precise day when
he would bring his Bill in ; and if he did not state it,-he
was sure he wished it to be understood, that other Bills were
likely to be introduced in the course of the present session.
He did not agree with the Noble Marquis that it was desirable
to enter into all the various and important questions touched
upon by these Bills when he brought in his measure for im •
proving the land in Ireland.

The matter then dropped.
IRISH FISHERIES.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE begged leave to ask a
question of which he had given notice, relative to the report of
the Commissioners on the Irish Fisheries. Since he had given
notice the report of the Commissioners had been laid upon their
Lordships' table, and of course he must consider this as an an-
swer to one part of his question. The present condition, he
might state, of the Irish fisheries was such that at no distant
period he should feel it to be his duty to bring the subject under
their Lordships' consideration, when he should have an oppor-
tunity of going at length into the report. He wished to ask
the Noble Duke opposite whether it was the intention of Go-
vernment to take any particular steps in the present year in
consequence of the report?
The Duke of WELLINGTON said the Noble Lord was
aware that the report was presented on the 10th instant, and in
answer to the Noble Lord's question he was unable to state
what measures Government intended to introduce in conse-
quence of the report.
SANATORY CONDITION OF MANCHESTER.

The Marquis of NORNIANBY, pursuant to a notice which
he had given on a former occasion, presented a petition from
the working classes of Manchester, praying the House to take
some steps to improve the sanatory regulations of that town.
The Noble Marquis said he wished at the same time to remind
their Lordships that the last six months had been a period of
great prosperity in Manchester, when prices had been low and
the demand for labour almost unprecedented. And yet, from
the last returns of the Registrar-General of marriages, births,
and dcaths, he found that the average number of deaths in that
district for a quarter of a year was 1,612, but in the last
quarter it had risen to 1,934. Any measures for improving
the sanatory condition of the people of this district, he there-
fore thought would not be complete unless some persons were
appointed to fill the capacity of officers of health. He wished
to ask whether the Companies applying for Bills to supply
Manchester with water would be subject to any future sanatory
regulations which Parliament might hereafter establish.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH replied that the Bills going
through Parliament were being watched, and clauses were
introduced into them subjecting them to the future provi-
sions of Parliament, for improving the sanatory conditions of
large towns.
The Duke of RICHMOND regretted to hear so sad an ac-
count of Manchester, and thought it would be much better for
the Anti-Corn-law League to try and effect some improvement,
instead of setting the men against the masters.
The Marquis of NORM ANBY did not know whether it was
the duty of the Anti-Corn-law League to interfere in this
matter, but this he did know, that the Corporation of Man-
chester were taking efficient means for removing some of the
evils the petitioners complained of.
PUBLIC PETITIONS.

A Noaut LORD presented a petition from the parish of St.
Mary, Nottingham, signed by six thousand of the inhabitants,
against certain clauses of the Inclosure of Lands Bill, at pre-
sent before their Lordships.
Lord CALTHORPE presented three petitions from the
presbytery of Selkirk, and other places in Scotland, against the
licensing of toll bars (as we understood) in Scotland.
A NOBLE Loan presented several petitions from places in
Lincolnshire, against the grant to Maynooth.
Lord STANLEY presented several petitions for and against
the Maynooth grant.
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS CONSOLIDATION

BANK OF IRELAND.

Sir H. W. BARRON presented a petition from the Rev.
Dr. Clay (as we understood) against the National Bank of Ire-
land Bill.

TTIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 27 1845