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LMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, June 30.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The Royal Assent was given to-day by Commission
to the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill, the Abolition
of the Slave Trade (Argentine Confederation) Bill, the
Slave Trade (Hayti) Suppression Bill, the Slave Trade
Suppression (Foreign States) Bill, the Jurisdiction of
Justices Bill, the Agents Bill, the. Stockton and Hartle-
pool Railwcsy Bill, the Thames Haven Dock and Rail-
way Bill, the Sudbur3 Improvement Bill, the Liverpool
Poor Bill, the Burntisland Pier Bill, the Achill and
Castle C olmore Road Bill, the Duke of Argyll's Estate
Bill, Asllton's Divorce Bill, and several Private Bills.
The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the
Duke o f Buccleuch, and the Earl of Shaftesbury.
After the Commission their Lordships adjourned dur-
ing pleasure.
Their Lordships re-assembled, and the Earl of
SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor,
onk his seat upon the Woolsack shortly before Five
'Clock.

THE TARIFF.
Messengers from the Commons brought up certain
Bills, which were respectively read a first time. Among
these was the Customs Duties (Tariff) Bill, which was
ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday next.

CANADA.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL wished to ask the Noble

Duke (Wellington) a question relating to a subject of the
greatest importance to Canada. It appeared that up-
wards of 6,000 emigrants, principally paupers, had ar-
rived in Canada from the United States, principally from
Ohio and Michigan, and in addition to immigration from
the United States upwards of 17,000 persons had arrived
from Great Britain. If these persons could not find
employment the greatest distress would be the conse-
quence, and they could only find employment at the
public works. In 1841 the House of Assembly of Canada
had passed an Act authorising the raising of a loan for
the purpose of carrying on public works. Lord Syden-
ham had at that period informed the Assembly
that the Government would assist them. Of course the

present Government was not bound by that pledge.
Re did not ask for an advance of money, but he asked

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if the Government were prepared to assist the local Go-
vernment at Canada by guaranteeing the loan, for which
ample security was given in Canada, so as to enable the
Canadian Assembly to give employment to their people ?
The Duke of WELLINGTON said he was not un-
prepared to answer the question of the Noble Lord ; but
the Noble Lord had thought proper to make a speech
without making a motion, and he did not purpose to
answer that speech. In answer to the question of the
Noble Lord, he would say that there was no intention on
the part of the present Government of not performing
the promises made by the late Governor-General of
Canada. Her Majesty's Government was now in com-
munication with the Governor-General in Canada, with
a view to ascertain what would be the best mode of
carrying the engagements into execution for the benefit
of the province of Canada.
IRISH CORPORATIONS BILL.

The Duke of WELLINGTON moved the second
reading of this Bill.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not mean to
oppose the second reading of the Bill; on the contrary,
he thought it desirable that it should pass as soon as
possible. He understood, however, that the Bill was
only a retrospective one, and he did think that it ought
to be so modelled as that it should be a prospective as
well as a retrospective measure.
The Bill was then read a second time, and on the
motion that the Standing Orders be suspended, in order
that the Bill might be committed,
Lord CAMPBELL said he did not object to the sus.
pension of the Standing Orders in this case, but
Ile did object to it as a principle. In proof of the
evils which arose from the rapid passing of Bills through
the House, he might refer 1,0 the Justices Jurisdiction
Bill, which had passed in the course of one day,
and had this day received the Royal assent. That
Bill took away the jurisdiction of Magistrates at Quar-
ter Sessions, which were now sitting all over the
kingdom, in a variety of cases. It abolished their
jurisdiction in cases of blasphemy, perjury, incen-
,. cliarism, bigamy, abduction, endeavouring to conceal
the birth of children, bribery, nnlawful combination,
conspiracy, &c. &c. The power of the Justices expired
in these cases at five o'clock to-day ; and Justices sen-
tencinc, a prisoner to transportation, or other punish-
ment for any of those crimes would be liable to an action
from the prisoner. It would be a proceeding coram non
judice.
Messengers from the Commons brought up the Public-
bouses Bill, and the Copyright Bill.
DEBATE ON THE JURISDICTION BILL
RESUMED.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said the proceeding was
perfectly regular. Their Lordships must recollect that
when a Commission was formed, it was the c.:stom that
all Bills which had been passed should be introduced by
the Commission, and this Bill was introduced, and was
then passed. These were the simple facts of the case.
Lord CAMPBELL said the Noble and Learned
Lord had resumed his seat without making the slightest
allusion to the irregularity which he (Lord Campbell)
bad pointed out.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was in the
Court of Chancery at the time, therefore he was inca-
pable of doing so.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said he was in the
House on Tuesday when the Noble and Learned Lord
gave this notice. This was not the first time that the
mistake had happened. He (the Duke of Wellington)
bad attended in the House regularly during the present
session up to the present time.— (Hear.) He hardly
missed a single day when public business was to be
transacted, and they had regularly commenced business
before five o'clock.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said, he had only
received two summonses during the present session.
He thought their Lordships were not summoned suffi-
ciently often.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that any Noble
Lord could move their Lordships being summoned at
anytime.
The Earl of RADNOR said it was always understood
that public business would not come on before five
o'clock, although the House always adjourned to au
earlier hour in order to enable any Lords to
take the oaths before five o'clock. It was
extremely desirable that some understanding should be
come to as to the time when public business was to
commence. A friend of his had been much dis-
appointed by the Noble Lord opposite adjourning the
House before the hour for public business had arrived.
He (the Earl of Radnor) had met his Noble Friend
coming down to the House, to bring forward a motion
of some importance, and he had found that the House
was adjourned.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that the Noble
Earl opposite was the last person who ought to complain
of the House having been adjourned on the occasion
referred to, because he (the Earl of Radnor) had
thereby had another day for his friends to sign his protest.
Lord REDESDALE said that their Lordships could
meet at whatever hour they thought proper, and could
transact any public business, or adjourn the House, if
they saw fit.
Lord CAMPBELL thought, that after what had fallen
from the Noble Lord who had just sat down, it was ne-
cessary that their Lordships should come to some under-
standing on the subject of the hour at which public
business was to commence. It appeared from what the
Noble Lord had said, that any three of their Lordships might
meet at ten o'clock in the morning, and vote that the
Rouse had no confidence in her Majesty's Government.
The Lt )RD CHANCELLOR—You may do it if you
like.—(A laugh.)
Lord CAMPBELL said that while the House met of
a morning. he (Lord Campbell) and his friends gene-
rally outnumbered the Noble and Learned Lord on the
Woolsack and his friends.—(A laugh.) His Noble
and Learned Friend on the Woolsack had com-
mitted two gross blunders as regarded the Bill,
and he (Lord Campbell) protested against the manner in
which the Bill had been passed, and hoped such a course
of proceeding would not again be adopted.
Lord KENYON considered that the proceedings with
regard to the Bill had been perfectly regular.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought that in all
cases in which the Standing Orders were suspended, the
Bill with regard to which they were so suspended ought
not to be proceeded with, except at the time of public
business.

After a short conversation the Bill went through Com-
mittee, was read a third time, and passed.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE gave notice that on Thurs-
day next he sh;,uld present a petition from the pupils
who had been studying at Exeter Hall under the sanction
of the Privy Council, for instruction in certain methods
of elementary education.
PUBLIC DISTRESS.
Lord BROUGHAM rose for the purpose of present-
ing a petition (as his Lordship stated) from a deputation
of respectable and humane individuals connected with
the manufacturing districts of the West Riding of York-
shire. These individuals consisted of manufacturers
much engaged in commerce, of merchants, and of men of
all religious persuasions—men who, from their respecta-
bility and long experience in various lines of business,
who from their character and education were eminently
qualified to_form an opinion upon the matter of this peti-
tion, and fo have the apprehension and alarm under
which they approached their Lordships, shared in by
their Lordships. He (Lord Brougham) felt the greatest
pain and anxiety in presenting their statement. He had
long known many of the petitioners, and he had long
been acquainted with the district whence the petition
came ; and he knew as they were all of different sects of
religion, and of different parties in politics, that the re-
presentations they made on this question were wholly
devoid of every party consideration and interested
:motives. He believed the petitioners to be only impelled
by a sense of duty of what they owed to themselves, but
more than to themselves, of what they owed to their
neighbours, and the numberless persons in their em-
-0107, dependent on them, to take an opportunity,
wnnst as they thought they were not yet too late,
pf. soliciting the attention of their Lordships to the
rrightful distress which now prevailed in these ex-
tensive and important districts. He had long re-
fused to bring this matter before the House, otherwise
Than by a petition. He had, however, at length pro-
4aised, on a future occasion, to bring the matter more
fully before their Lordships.—(Hear, hear.) The peti-
tion was signed by the Chair aand'
l stated that great
fibtress prevailed throughout The'mtning districts of the
*oath of England. If his Noble Friend persisted in his
*lotion, he (Lord Brougham) should
postpone his ; but,
If not, he would give his notice to-morrow.
COLLIERIES.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti-
tion from a largelbody of coal-owners in Yorkshire, on
the same subject. He hoped that no legislation would'
be had upon the subject, until full examination had been
made. The petitioners slated that ten. Years, it& pro-
posed, was too old, as they thought that eight years was
p
old enough. The petitioners prayed that the Bill before

the other House might be postponed for six months. He
(the Marquis of Londonderry) should, when the Bill
came up, take the sense of the House upon various
clauses of it, to which he gave his decided opposition.
Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from the
coal-owners of South Staffordshire, praying their Lord-
ships not to consent to any measure prohibiting the em-
ployment of boys in coal mines. The measure which had
been proposed elsewhere had not been properly dis-
cussed, and it was a measure or great importance. In
Staffordshire there were 70 boys employed to every
.100
men, and it would be impolitic to carry the provisions
of the intended measure into effect in those districts.
Nothing could be more monstrous than the manner in
which the Bill proposed to interfere with apprentices,
and the Government ought not to have suffered the
measure to progress to the stage it had done without in-
terfering. The Commissioners stated that all the col-
liers in South Staffordshire were in the best physical con-
dition. There was not a more well conducted class of
men than the colliers. Many labourers were desirous of
having their sons apprenticed to colliers, but there was
never a collier who desired that his son should be a day-
labourer. It might be a proper subject for regulation,
but it was improper that persons, however humane, with-
out practical knowledge, should be allowed to interfere.
Lord KENYON asked if females were employed in
the mines of Staffordshire ?

Lord HATHERTON said they were not, and that the
coal'-owners of that district considered it unnecessary and
improper that females should be employed in mines.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would withdraw
his petition until the Bill should be before the House.
He entirely agreed with what had fallen from the Noble
Lord opposite, but he thought the Government was not
called upon to interfere as a Government.
DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.

Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from Paisley,
complaining of the manner in which the charitable relief
had been distributed in that place by the Government
Commissioner, Mr. Twisleton. These persons had been
reduced to a state of distress by their Lordships' legisla-
tion. The Government had passed a measure for the
purpose of keeping up the rents of the landlords,
and it was that measure which had reduced
these poor people to the present state of distress.
The Relief Committee gave the operatives tickets for
Is. 2d. a day (as we understood). The operatives peti-
tioned for a. larger amount, and the Relief Committee
was considering the petition, when Mr. Commissioner
Twisleton gave notice that unless the operatives were
supplied with meal, bread, and potatoes alone, the money
which her Majesty had granted should not be distributed
at all. He at length consented to allow one-fourth of
the weekly sum, which- he had reduced to 65., to be
given in money, whilst the remainder was made up in
meal, bread, and potatoes. The Relief Committee at
length determined to take the matter into their own
hands. Since the Commissioner had been down, the ex-
penses amounted to 6181. a week, and before his arrival
it was only 5001., though there were then 900 more re-
ceiving the relief than at the time when Mr. Twisleton
was there. There was another charge against Mr.
Twisleton, to the effect that he had said they must not
allow the operatives to be too comfortable, so that they
might go and locate themselves elsewhere. He (Lord
Kinnaird) did not like to mention a. charge of this sort
till he inquired into the truth of it. He wrote there-
fore with that intention to the Relief Committee,
and he received answers from no less than

three of the gentlemen of that Committee, stating
that such had been the words of Mr. Twisleton. Now,
such language was not justified towards men like these
they were not idle, dissolute characters, but they had
actnally petitioned both Houses of Parliament, praying
that their goods might be allowed to go abroad, and to
get food in return. But their precious Corn-law pre-
vented that. He felt the state of the country was such
as not to be trifled with. What had they done for the
relief of that distress ? why, passed a Bill which his
Noble and Learned Friend called a monstrum horrendum,
although the latter part of the quotation did not apply
to the Bill, for it had an eye that was most searching.
—(A laugh.) He should conclude by moving tbat the
petition be laid upon the table. It was signed by up-
wards
of 6,000 persons.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said the object of the
petitioners seemed to be that relief should be afforded in
money and not in kind. A gentleman had been sent
down to Paisley to inquire into the distress existing
there and to distribute relief. That gentleman had since
been removed, and the relief afforded was under the
direction of a Relief Committee in London, and he
believed that the relief had been afforded in the most
satisfactory manner.
Lord BROUGHAM then gave notice that he should
bring the subject of the distress of the country under
the consideration of their Lordships on Monday week,
as that would suit the convenience of the House better
than to-morrow, but he also gave further notice that he
should accede to no proposition for postponing the sub-
ject after that day.
THE TARIFF.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to ask the
Noble Duke (Wellington) when the Tariff and Customs
Bill would be read a second time ?
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that his Noble
Friend the President of the Board of Trade had stated
that evening that,it would be on Tuesday next.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said the Bill would
not be in the hands of Noble Lords till Monday, and they
would have no opportunity of considering the Bill with
that attention which was requisite before the second
reading of the Bill.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said the Bill would be
in the hands of Noble Lords by Saturday morning. It
was of the utmost importance the Bill should pass, and
he thought Tuesday would not be too early. A Noble
Lord opposite had agreed to that proposal.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said if the Bill was
printed by Saturday evening, then Tuesday would not
be too early.
Messengers from the Commons brought up the Muni-
cipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 30.

The SPEA.KER. took the Chair at Ten minutes before
Four o'Clock. _ _ .

Mr. Lumley, from the Poor-law Commissioners, pre-
sented papers.
Mr. Crafer presented papers from the Treasury.
LONDON-BRIDGE APPROACHES.

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On the motion of Sir M. WOOD, the London-bridge
Approaches Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented petitions from
different parts of Ireland against the system of National
Education in that country.
GENERAL DISTRESS.

Mr. R. YORKE presented a petition from a Rational
Society, stating that they have found out the causes and
remedy for the distress of the country, and praying for
inquiry,
LEEDS BURIAL GROUND BILL.

On the motion of Mr. ALDAM, this Bill was read a
third time and passed.
TOXTETH PARK PAVING AND SEWERAGE

BILL.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. DARBY presented a petition from a Poor-law
Union in Sussex, praying that the rates of small tene-
ments may be paid by the owners instead of the occupiers.
MECHANICS' INSTITUTIONS.

Mr. C. BULL ER presented a petition praying that
Mechanics' Institutions may be relieved from the payment
of rates and taxes.

ROYAL COMMISSION.

The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the table,
and summoned the Speaker ansl the House to the bar
of the House of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given,
by Commission, to several Bills (for which, see Lords'
Report).