Lords Sitting of 2 April 1841

MINUTES.
Bills. Read a first time:—Titles Recovery.—Read a second time;—Population Acts Amendment.
Petitions presented. By the Bishop of Chichester, from Chichester, for a Lower Qualification for the Guardians of the Poor.—By Lord Sondes, from East Dercham, against the College of Maynooth.—By the Marquess of Normanby, from Beverley, Liverpool, and Feversham, in favour of the Jews Declaration Bill; and from Bermondsey, and two other places, in favour of the Drainage Bill.—By the Marquess of Conynghanm and the Earl of Minto, from a Presbyterian Congregation at Ballyshannon, and from Melrose, for the Abolition of Church Patronage in Scotland.—By Lord Redesdale, from Malmesbury, against the Assessment of Tithes; and from the Board of Guardians of St. Thomas's Union in Devon, for Alterations of 'In' Poor-law Act.

DRAINAGE OF TOWNS.
The Marquess of Normanby,in moving that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the Drainage of Tow us and Villages Bill, slated, that he had framed a measure, which should be introduced at the proper time, for extending the provisions of the bill to Scotland.
Bill went through Committee.—To be reported on April 23d.

BUILDINGS REGULATIONS.
The Marquess of Normanby The Marquess of Normanby moved, that the House go into Committee on the Buildings Regulation Bill. The noble Marquess observed, that, in the original bill, from which this bill was separated, there were certain clauses relative to fires. The operation of these clauses was, however, confined to the city of London; and it had been deemed advisable in the present measure to make them general.
Bill then went through Committee.—To be reported on April 23d.

POOR-LAWS (IRELAND.)
The Duke of Wellingtonsaid, he had some time ago moved for certain papers respecting the manner in which the Poor-law was administered in Ireland. Those papers were not yet before the House, and he wished to know when there was any chance of their being produced. He was particularly anxious to have the correspondence between the guardians of the Naas Union and the Poor-law Commissioners, because

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he understood that the returning officer for the Naas Union had been tried and convicted of an offence. He would not name what that offence was, because he was not in possession of the trial; but he was desirous that there should be laid before the House the record of the trial of Bartholomew Carney, which took place at the assizes held in Green-street, Dublin, on the 17th of January, 1839, before Chief Justice Doherty and Mr. Justice Johnson.
The Marques of Normanbysaid, the Poor-law Commissioners had been applied to for the papers moved for, which were, he supposed, in the course of preparation. As to the case to which the noble Duke adverted, of the facts connected with which he was not aware, there could be no objection to the production of the documents required.
Subject at an end. Adjourned.