The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-23 00:00:00

DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL.

On the Order of the Day being read for going into
Chmmittee on the Drainage (Ireland) Bill,
Lord ASHLEY asked for precedence for his Bill on
the employment of children in collieries.
The SPEAKER said it could not be taken first, un-
less the two Orders of the Day standing before it -were
postponed till after the other Orders of the Day.
After some conversation it was resolved to take the
Orders as they stood.
The House then resolved itself into Committee on the
Drainage (Ireland) Bill.
Clauses from 1 to 6 were agreed to.
Clause 7 was agreed to, with some verbal amendments.
Clause 8 was agreed to.
Clause 9 was agreed to, with some verbal amendments.
Clause 10 and 11 were agreed to.
Clause 12 was agreed to, with some verbal amend-
ments.

Clauses 'l3 and 14 were agreed to.
- Clause 15 was agreed to, with some verbal amend-
meats.
Clauses from 16 to GO were agreed to without any
amendments.
Clause 61 was agreed to, after a short conversation.
Clauses 62 up to 110 were agreed to without amend-
ment.

On clause 111 being proposed,
Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN proposed the omission of
the following words from the clause —" And the
same respective sums of money, with such in-
terest for the same as aforesaid, shall also be charged
upon all other• land any part whereof shall be
situate within one mile of the lands so drained or im-
proved, and which shall stand settled with the land so
drained or improved, to the same uses, intents, and pur-
poses, by virtue of limitation contained in the same in-
strument, or the same set of instruments,' but subject as
to such other land to the full amount of all incumbranee
affecting the same prior to the date of said award."
Lord ELIOT said he could not accede to the amend-
ment. The Hon. Member for Limerick stood alone in
his views on this subject. •
Sir R. FERGUSON did not agree with the proposed
amendment, which was an Irish mode of improvement,
to lay out the profits of good land in cultivating what was
worth nothing.
The amendment was then negatived without a division,
and the clause was agreed to.
On clause 156 being proposed,
Mr. O'CONNELL moved the following addition i--
" Provided always, and•be it enacted, that nothing in this
Act contained shall extend to or affect the powers vested
in the Company of Undertakers of the Grand Canal Com-
pany, by an Act of Parliament passed in the Parliament of
Ireland in the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of
George :he Third, intituled, " An Act for enabling car•
tain persons to carry on and complete the Grand Canal,"
1. and other subsequent Acts, amending and extending the
provisions of the said recited Act, nor to authorise
or enable the said Commissioners to interfere with
the works or lessen the supply of water to any canal
or navigation in Ireland, made and maintained by the
authority of Parliament."
Lord ELIOT objected, to the clause. He
thought the original clause was sufficient.
Mr. SHAW trusted that under the circumstances, the
Right lion. Gentleman would not persist in moving the
clause.
After a few observations from Lord ELIOT and Mr.
MORE OTE R BALL,
Mr. O'CONNELL said be would withdraw his amend-
ment. .

The other dames were then agreed to, and the House
resumed. The Report was ordered. to be received to-

morrow.