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HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY.

The Lord Chancellor laid upon the table a bill to renew
the Act for the Suppression of Illegal Societies in Ireland,
with a special clause inserted relating directly to clubs.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY.

The SPEAKER intimated to the house that he had re-
ceived a communication from the Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land, to the effect that Mr. W. S. O'Brien, a member of
their honourable house, had been arrested for high trea-
son, and was now in Kilmainhamgaol.

Mr. 11. BERKELEY then moved a resolution to the ef-
fect that it was expedient in the election of members to
serve in Parliament that the votes of the electors should
be taken by way of ballot.
After some observations from Mr. Fagan, Mr. P.
Howard, Colonel Sibthorp, Lord D. Stuart, Mr. Urqu-
hart,.and Mr. Tancred,
Lord J. ltussam. stated the reasons which would induce
him to give his vote against the motion of the hon. gent.
After a protracted discussion the house divided—for
the resolution, 86 ; against it, 81; majority, 5.
. _

The announcement of the numbers was received with
loud cheers.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY.

Mr. GROGAN inquired, considerine the state of Ireland,
and the expressed opinion of several statesmen that there
was no difference between the repeal of the Union and
civil war, what was the opinion of the Government with
respect to the proceedings of those who advocated the
repeal of the Union ?

Lord J. RUSSELL said, an association for the purpose
of effecting the repeal of the Union by other than consti-
tutional -means was undoubtedly illegal; but if it was an
association strictly confined to asking the house for a re-
peal of the Act of Union by petitioning Parliament, there
was nothing illegal in associating for the purpose of peti-
tioning the house for a repeal of the Union.

,
Watliffiroie-tiirleitie Criiig in a bill to cause
the votes of electors for members to serve in Parliament
to be taken by way of ballot. The annunciation of Mr.
H. Berkeley's intention to postpone following up his unex-
pected victory of Tuesday night for six months excited
considerable laughter in the house.

• The house was occupied in committee of supply upon
the Army and Navy Estimates for the remainder of the
sitting..

HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY.

Certain Lords were appointed commissioners for con-
ducting a conference with the Commons respecting some
alterations in the Health of Towns Bill.

Earl GREY laid further papers on the table. having
reference to Australian emigration, and in a speech of
considerable length gave a sketch of the rapid rise anu
present prosperous condition of the Australian colonies,
the state of which alone was a convincing proof, if any
were wanted, that Great Britain had not lost the art of
colonization. The noble lord then explained the mea-
sures which had been adopted by the government for
increasing and assisting emigration to Australia, and
regretted that the expenses of the voyage were so great
as to render it necessary that they should be defrayed to
a very great extent by the colonies which would be bene-
fitted by the labour of the emigrants.
Lord MONTEAGLE said that he had listened with dis-
may to the statement of the noble earl,- for there was
nothing in it to shuw that he had considered the question
with any reference to that great principle of systematic
and continuous colonization of which the people of Eng.
land'had heard so much, nor was there anything in it to
induce them to cherish the slightest expectation that,
through the agency of the noble lord in the colonies, any
possible relief would be afforded.
Earl GREY replied, and the papers were laid on the
table.

The Unliwful Oaths Act (Ireland) Bill was read a
second time, and ordered to be committed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY.

Mr. LABOUCHERE obtained leave to bring in abill next
session on the subject of the Navigation Laws, the Go-
vernment having been compelled to withdraw the mea-
sure already introduced on the subject, Mr. GLADSTONE
expressing a hope that the measure would be the first one
introduced next session.

A discussion of some length took place on the proposal
of inserting the city of Lincoln in the bribery bill. In the
course of it Mr. ANSTEY, in his own particular manner.
asked Lord J. Russell whether he had any objection to.
include in it the city of London ? He stated that £32.000
had been paid in corruption and bribery by the Whig
candidates at the last election for that city, and observed
that he had been promised by an hon. member not then
present (Mr. F. O'Connor we believe) that he (Mr. An-
stey) should be provided with the names of the persons
bribed, and the amount of the bribes received, when he
brought this charge forward. Unfortunately the docu-
ment which he expected had not yet reached his hands,
but he ventured, from his knowledge of the hon. mem-
ber, to make this charge on his responsibility.
Lord J. RUSSELL could not understand that because
he had introduced this bill into parliament at the request
of the house, he was bound to put London into its sche-
dule, in order to gratify either the curiosity or the malig-
nity of those who wished to attack him as the author of
the measure. The ground for inserting the name of any
borough in the schedule was either the report of the
Election Committee or some documentary authority on
which the house could proceed. He then described the
origin and nature of his connexion with the city of Lan-
don, and assured the house that, instead of paying
£32,000 out of his pocket for his return, he had only paid
the legal expenses. As he had not been guilty of any
illegal practices himself, and had not employed any ma-
nagement to get rid of any petition against his return, he
could not allow London to be inserted in the schedule on
the authority of rumours of which he had heard from
nobody but Mr. Anstey.
In the middle of Lord John's speech, Mr. Anstey
stalked out of the house with unusual pomp and stateli-
ness.
Mr. W. BROWN observed, that as Mr. Anstey had not
waited to hear the reply to be made to his charges against
the city of London, he might perhaps be permitted to
remark that Mr. Anstey was not exactly the person to
bring forward such charges. Ile bad better look at home.
The voters of Youghal were notorious for looking out for
" a fat goose" at every election, and common rumour
gave them credit for always plucking it bare after they
had caught it.
The committee then proceeded to insert in the schedule
the names of all the boroughs selected by the government
for investigation, with the exception of Bodmin, which
was rescued from that fate by the chivalrous exertions of
its two representatives, Mr. Wyld and Mr. Lacy.
The Chairman was then directed to report progress.

The house resumed ; but the bill was ordered io lie re-
committed for the purpose of inserting two new clauses.
Having been recommitted, it was reported pro forme!,
and ordered, with its amendments, to be printed.

HOUSE OF COMNIONS.—FRIDAY.
Several votes in the navy estimates were then agreed to.
In the course of discussioa upon one of them, "a pretty
quarrel" took place between Sir De L. Evans and Mr.
Hume, which was, however, amicably settled at the com-
mencement of the evening sitting by a mutual explana-
tion, in which both parties protested that they meant
nothing personally offensive to the other.
The House proceeded to discuss the Navy. and 4iiscel-
bums Estimates till a late hour in the evening.