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Enipertal Varliament.

HOUSE OF LORDS —Mt AY.
Lord STRADOROKE moved the third reading fir the Bir-
kenhead Dock Bill, when the Mar..:nis BALISBOIZY
moved that the suppressed clause, aghtd upon with the
Shipowners' Associatiott, be inserted. He commented
warmly upon the cOnduct of the party who signed the
agreement on be- h ilf of the promoters of the la.
Lord BROUGHAM and MON'titAGLE (It:fended the party.

Lord Wronow supported the Marquis of Salisbury.
Ultimately the amendment was withArawn and the bill
passed, t!;ere being a rntnifest disposition in the house to
support the committee in their report.
The Bank Charter Bill was read a third time and passed.
Numerous petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels
Bill, and a few in favour of it, having been presented,
The LORD OH AFICELLOR moved that the Commons'
amendments to the bill should be agreed to, and depre-
cated an opposition, which 'he 'understood was to be given
to the measure at a stage when no such opposition ought
tube raised to the pvireciple of the bill. The only ques-
tion for consideration was the propriety of the amend-
ments, and it was urrpreeedented for any noble lord to
seize such an opportunity for discussing the principle.
Such a course would be a slight upon the House of Com-
mons, in which Ira trusted their lordships would not
acquiesce.
The Bishop of LONDON admitted that the course he
was about to ptersue could only be justified by the ex-
treme urgencrof the case. In opposing the tal, in that,
its last stage, he might be deemed pertinacious, hut when
he found that all the arguments in oppos tion to the fun-
damental riviaciples of the b ll were wholly unanswered,
he could not -help feeling that pertinacity became a virtue.
The right''ev. prelate spoke at considerable length against
the bill, and concluded by moving as an amendment, that
the amendments of the Commons should be taken into
consideration that day three months.

The Bishop of DURHAM viewed the measure as one
calculated to do justice to all classes, and had no fear that
any evil effects would result from it.
Lard BROUGHAM said it was admitted by everybody,
that the amendments of the Commons were improvements
to the bill, and he could not, therefore, understand upon
what reasonable grounds they could refuse to agree to
them.
The Bishop of NORWICH supported the bill, which
had his unqualified approbation, in accordance with the
principle of doing to others as be would be done to by
them.
The Earl of RODEN contended that this bill, if it should
pass, would be a blot upon the statute book, which would
be hereafter regarded with regret. He little thought,
some five or six years ago, when he sat upon the opposition
benches, together with the present Lord Chancellor, with
whom he was united in opposing a measure of spoliation,
known to their lordships as the appropriation clause, that
the day would soon arrive when a measure far beyond the
appropriation clause, as a measure of spoliation, would
be brought forward by those who called themselves con
servatives, and with whom he had so lung acted in that
character.

Lord COTTENH AM contended that the measure was
strictly conservative in its principle, for its object was to
preserve to those who had for a long time enjoyed it the
property which they were still in possession of.
After some observations from Lord TEYNHAM, the
Earl of GALLOWAY, and Lord LYTTLETON, the house
divided, and the amendment of the Bishop of London
was negatived by a majority of 202 to 41. The Com-
mons' amendments were then agreed to.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—MONDAY.
On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the house went into
committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill ; Mr. Greene
in the chair. On the 36th clause being read,
Mr. CHRISTOPHER said be thought that relief to the
houseless poor ought to be further extended ; and that
every union workhouse ought to have a vagrants' ward.
He was certain that by so doing, and extending temporary
relief to vagraws, it would not be so expensive to coun.
ties as the present mode of sending beggars to the House
of Correction. He trusted the subject had been consi-
dered by the government. He should not move any
amendment.
Sir J. GRAHAM admitted that the subject alluded to by
the hon. member for Lincolnshire was a most important
one, but at the present mcment it should be recollected
that it was open to the boards of guardians, if they thought
proper, to set apart a portion of the workhouse as a va-
grant ward, though the act was not compulsory. lie
thought the object of the hon. member would be carried
out by the operation of the 51st clause, and therefore the
committee had better postpone discussing it until they
arrived at that clause.
Sir C. NAPIER said he had strong objections to this
clause, the object of which was to establish district va-
grant asylums in the metropolis and five large towns in
England.
Colonel WOOD said the house must bear in mind, when
they were legislating upon this subject, that union work-
houses were not to be considered as prisoni. He hoped
a remedy would be provided by affording a lodging at
police stations. He, therefore, wished for the omission
of the clause.
Mr. B. HAWES took a different view of the clause to
the hon. member for Brecon. He trusted the police and
the poor-law officers would be always kept separate and
distinct.

Sir J. GA/MANI contended that the wretchedness and
misery of the houseless poor rendered it necessary to in-
troduce some such chose as the one under discussion.
it was often in the depth of winter that individuals were
found during the night in the parks or under arches, and
therefore some provision ought to be made. He had the
strongest objection to the proposition of the hon. member
for Brecon to send individuals who had not committed
any offence to a police station for a night's lodging.
After a few words fi orn Colonel Wool), in objection to
the exaction of four hours' labour for one night's lodging,
Mr. B. COCHRANE said he was convinced the house must
be much pleased with the tone of kindness and conside-
ration for the poor expressed in the remarks of the Home
Secretary. He had the greatest objection to the propo-
sition of the hon. member for Brecon ; he considered that
proposition cornplvte moonshine. (Hear, and laughter.)
The clause was agreed to, and further progress was
made in tke
Mr. WYSE moved for " a select committee to inquire,
in accordance with the prayer of the petition presented
on the 17th of June, into the facts connected w th the
formation of the special jury in the case of "The Queen,
at the prosecution of the Attorney-General v. Daniel
O'Connell and others."
On a division the numbers were—
For the m0ti0n...... 73
Against it. . .

Majority against the m0ti0n...... 18
The announcement of the numbers aas received with
much cheering from the opposition benches.
Sir Robert Peel obtained leave to brine in a bill to amend
the Church Endowment Act, and after some routine busi-
ness the house adjourned.