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The thiid reading was fixed for Monday (last night).

HOUSE OF •CONIMONS.--TOESDAY.
The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill was read a
second time.

Mr. LAWSON moved that the rel ort on the Leeds and
Thirar Rp.ilvvay Bill be reconsidered, as far as relates to
the Harrogate and Ripon Junction Railway Bill, which
was agreed to. . _

Sir U. GREY moved that the evidence on the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill, and the
Oxford and Rugby Railway Bill, be communicated to the
house. The right hon. baronet observed, that the parti-
cular circumstances of this case, involving as it did the
important que,tion of the wide and narrow gauge, justi-
fied him in asking the house to depart from its usual cus-
tom of having the evidence taken before a committee on
a private bill printed at the expense of the party moving
for it. On this occasion he would move that the evidence
be printed at the public expense.—Agreed to.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice, that on Tuesday, July
Bth, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to repeal
the rating clauses in the Reform Bill.
Mr. VILLIERS once again brought the corn-laws under
the consideration of the house. The hon. member, in a
long speech, re-stated all the usual arguments against
protection, with which the public must be, by this time,
sufficiently familiar, and Concluded by moving resolu-
tions, the substance of which was, that all restrictions on
corn be aboli,hed.
Mr. °swam) seconded the resolutions.

Sir JAMES GRAFIANt was willing to admit that the
questions should be discussed with reference to the inte-
rests of all classes of the community, and would, never-
theless, contend that a sudden change in the corn-laws
wonld prove very injurious to the country. He was
convinced that a free importation of corn would bring
the price down permanently to 355., a price which would
render it necessary to throw much land out of cultivation,
and the injury thus inflicted on large districts of England,
and on the whole of Ireland, would be so great as not to
be compensated for by any benefit likely to accrue from a
free trade in corn.

Lord J. Russzu, would vote for going into committee
with a view to see in what way the law should be relaxed.
The noble lord then contended for the necessity of a re-
vision of the existing law, which added to the incomes of
the legislators, while those legislators failed in proving
that it was beneficial t 3 the rest of the community.
Sir R. PEEL said he had last year opposed a similar
motion, and which was also opposed on that occasion by
the noble lord, who now, it appeared, was prepared to
support it. He could not follow the noble lord in this
course; but, while voting against the motion, he could
not agree in all the arguments adduced against it. Ile
could not agree that a high price of corn necessarily im-
plied high wages ; nor could be agree with those who
contended that the condition of the people was much de-
teriorated, as compared with what it was some few months
back. The right hon. baronet then explained that his
object was to reconcile a gradual approach to sound prin-
ciples, with a cautious attention to the interests which
had grown up under a different system. lle would not
attempt to defend the corn-law upon the ground of its
being beneficial to one class of the community ; but he
could not agree to the motion of the hon. member for
Wolverhampton, because, though positively injurious to
the owners of the soil, it would prove still more injurious
to the labouring classes, whose welfare depended on the
prosperity of the landowner.
Mr. VILLIERS replied, and his motion was negatived
by a majority of 25-1 to 122.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
The first business transacted was the passing the Sta-
tute Labour (Scotland) Bill through a committee.
The following bills were severally read a third time and
passed :—The Bridgewater Navigation and Railway, the
Newcastle and Berwick Railway, and the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne Coal Turn Bill.
The committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill was
postponed by Mr. Watson to the 25th instant.
Mr. Lin DELL having moved the second reading of the
Dog-stealing Bill, a long conversation ensued. Mr.
Home opposed, anti Captain Berkeley and Major Beres-

ford supportg the bill, as also did Air J. Graham. Mr.
Warburton, Mr. Watson, Mr. Ri rdo, Sir G. Strick-
land, and Mr. B. Escott, opposed it; and Mr. Liddell's
reply only called forth another chorus of opposition from
Mr. Forster, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Hawes. On a divi-
sion, however, the second reading was carried.
Sir J. Y. BULLER then moved the second reading of
the County Rates Bill. Mr. M. Gibson opposed, and
Lord Ebrington supported it ; and after a short conver-
sation, in which Mr. Darby, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Hen-
ley, Mr. Hume, and Sir J. Graham took part, the bill
was read a second time.

The Smoke Prohibition Bill went into a committee ;
but in the course of a short discussion on the first clause,
the house was counted out.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY.

The Caledonian Railway Bill, the Dundee and Perth
Railway Bill, and the Clydesdale Junction Railway Bill,
were severally read a third time and passed.
A new writ was moved for the county of Edinburgh in
the room of Mr. Ramsey, who has accepted the Chiltern
Hundreds.

The Banking (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and
passed.
In reply to a question from Mr. C. WOOD,
Sir J. GRAHAM said that he would on Friday move
the money vote for the Colleges (Ireland) Bill in a com-
mittee of the whole house, preparatory to the committee
on the hill, which he would move on Monday.
The Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Bill was read a
second time, and the committee was fixed for the 23d inst.

The Banking (Ireland) Bill was brought up, agreed to,
and ordered to be read a third time on Monday.

HOUSE OF LORES.-FRIDAY.

On the presentment of a petition respecting the dis-
turbed state of the county of Leitrim,
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE reviewed the policy of
the present Government in Ireland, which he contended
was an entire failure. In illustration of his argument, he
adverted to the meetings now taking place in that coun-
try—the processions, speeches, and language-of the news-
papers. A portion of this effect had been produced by
the reversal of the judgment of the Court of Queen's
Bench in Ireland, in the case of the State Trials—a rever-
sal which took place not on technicalities but on the ac-
tual merits. The noble marquis concluded by asking if
the Government intended to renew the Party Processions
Act ?

Lord BROUGHAM denied, most emphatically, that the
judgment had been reversed upon the merits. There
were seven good counts and four bad ones, and bad judg-
ment been given severally on the counts, there would
have been no reversal. In fact, since the decision in that
house the judges had adopted the rule laid down for their
guidance.
Lord DENMAN and Lord CAMPBELL contended-that
the decision had been upon the merits ; while the Lord
Chancellor contended that it had taken place purely on
technicalities.

Lord Fausznam hoped the Party Procession Act would
not be renewed.

Lord STANLEY deprecated the course pursued by the
Marqdis of Clanricarde, in not having given a sufficient
notice of a specific motion before entering into statements
as to the condition of Ireland, which, if correct, must
enhance the difficulties of gt)verning it. He denied, how-
ever, the prevalence of dissatisfaction in Ireland, and said
it was not the intention of the Government to renew the
Party Processions Act.
Atter some further discussion, in which the Earl of
Wicxt.ow, the Marquis of WESTMEATH, and the Earl
of ST. GERMANS took part, the matter dropped.