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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 19.
MINES AND COLLIERIES.
The Earl of GALLOWAY presented several petitions
from places in Yorkshire and elsewhere, in favour of
Lord Ashley's Bill.
The Duke of HAMILTON presented petitions on the
same subject. These petitions did not come from the
men or from the mine-owners,. but from the women
employed in the Scotch mines. The petitioners de-
nied that the work in which they were employed was
oppressive, and they, prayed the House, rot to deprive
thew and their children of their only means of sub-
sistence ; also a petition to the same effect from the
workers in a coal-mine in the county of Stirling. He
earnestly supported the prayer of the petition.
In answer to a questiod from the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR,

Lord BROUGHAM said 'le should postpone his
motion relative to slavery till MondaYnext, but he should
not consent to a further delay.
Earl CHARLEVILLE presented a, petition praying
that the Canal Company of Ireland might be exempt from
the operation of the Irish Drainage Bill.
The Earl of SCARBOROUGH presented a petition
from the West Riding of Yorkshire, against the Mines
and Collieries Bill;
DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE, in the absence of his
Noble .Friend, the President of the Board of Control,
moved the committal of this Bill.
The Earl of GLENGALL did not wish to throw any
obstacles in the way of the progress of this Bill, but he
thought that separate Bills ought to be introduced. It
was a subject of great importance, and this Bill was too
general in its character. He did not think there was
need of any hurry, nor did he think it necessary to pass
the Bill this session. He objected to placing so large an
amount of property in the hands of Commissioners, and
investing those Commissioners with so much power.
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should. therefore, move that the Bill be referred to a
Select Committee.
Lord MONTEAGLE thought the Government were
entitled to very great credit fur bringing in this Bill. If
ever there was a Bill well considered, it was this one—if
ever there was a Bill which came up and was supported
by authority, it was this. It was a subject which had
been exhausted. He did not think that the Noble Lord,
in moving that the Bill should be referred to a Select
Committee, intended to obstruct the Bill, although.his
motion might have that effect. In 1E22 a Committee
was appointed to inquire into the state of Ireland, and
in the Report of that Committee was recommended the
adoption of a General Drainage Bill. Two other Com-
mittees since had also come to the same conclusion ;
after which, the Bill called Mr. O'Ferrall's Bill, was in-
troduced ; therefore there was sufficient authority on the
side of !he Bill. The present Bill had already been
before Parliament two years and a half, and there had
been no petitions against it.
Several NOBLE Loans—Nor any in favour of it.
Lord MONTEAGLE said the Bill recommended
itself.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said it was with great
regret that he differed with the Noble Lord who had just
sat down, but he must say that he had great objections to
this Bill. He thought they ought not to proceed with
this Bill at a time when :30 many Noble Lords connected
with Ireland were absent. He should support the
amendment.
The Earl of WICKLOW thought the Noble Marquis
supported the amendment with a view to defeat the Bill.
He (the Earl of Wicklow) thought if the country was to
be improved by drainage, there ought to be a general
drainage Bill. He considered that the silence of the
Irish landed proprietors upon the subject of the Bill
showed that they had not very great objections to it; as
he wished to see the Bill passed in the present session he
should vote for the motion that the House go into Com-
mittee.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave his cordial
support to the motion before their Lordships. He ad-
mitted that there was a great improvement going on in
Ireland, which he considered an argument in favour of
the Bill rather than against it. Those landlords who
were the most desirous of improvement, and the most
active in promoting improvement, required the assistance
of such a Bill to enable them to go on.
The ' Marquis of LONDONDERRY opposed the
motion. The landlords of Ireland did not need to be
controlled by a Board of Commissioners in the manage-
ment of their estates. He thought with the Noble
Marquis opposite (the Marquis of Clanricarde) that
stringent laws ought not to be passed for the manage-
ment of property in Ireland which would not be tole-
rated in England.
After a few words from the Earl of Charleville, Lord
Cloncurry, Lord Clancarty, Lord Wharncliffe, and the
Duke of Wellington, the House went into Committee
upon the Bill.
Clause 1 was agreed to without discussion.
On, the reading of clause 2, relating to the appointment
of Commissioners,
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved as an amend-
ment that the clause be omitted. If his amendment were
rejected, he would still venture to suggest to the Govern-
ment that they would not appoint Irishmen as Commis-
sioners.—(Hear, and great laughter.) But lie objected
altogether to the system of centralization, by means of
Government Commissioners, which, in Ireland, was of
late years constantly superseding the principles of the
Constitution.—(Hear.)
After a few words from the Earls of WICKLOW and
GLENOALL, their Lordships divided. The numbers were—
' For the clause
For the amendment..
Majority for the Clause —24
Clauses from 3 to 20 (inclusire) were then agreed to.
On the reading of clause 21, and which required the
consent of two-thirds of proprietors throUgh whose lands
drains were to be made,
Lord CLANCARTY proposed an amendment requir-
ing the consent of all the proprietors; which, f a ter a
desultory conversation of considerable length, he with-
drew, and the clause was agreed to.
The other clauses of the Bill were then agreed to, and
the Report was ordered to be brotight up op Monday next.
MINES AND COLLIERIES 13ILL.
On the motion of the Earl of DEVON, the Order of
the Day, for the re-committal of the Mines and Collieries
Bill (Lord Ashley's) was read, and postponed till Mon-
day next.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at Ten o'Clock.

HOUSE OF COMMAS, July 19.
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
On the motion that the Sp( aker .eave the Chair to go
into Committee on this
Mr. FIELDEN rose to move that a " rise of
wages," and " increased content of the labourers and
diminution of crime," were two of the specific effects
which the Report of Commission, dated the 20th day
of February 1834, stated would follow the application of
their principle of administering relief to the indi-
gent by the agency of a Central Board of Control :
that the Minister (the present Earl Spencer) who
brought the Poor-law Amendment Bill into this House,
on asking leave to do so, on the 19th day of April, 1834,
said as follows, namely, "He thought no man could
doubt but that the change in the system would be advan;.
tageoua to the labourers themselves. It 'Fats pus.