Lords Sitting of 21 April 1846

MINUTES.
PETITIONS PRESENTED. From Deacon, Convener, Collector, and other Members of the Trades House of Glasgow, against the Burghs (Scotland) Bill.—From Bellasize, and several other places, against Alteration of the Corn Laws.—From Trustees of two Charitable Institutions, and from Dissenters of East Dereham, against the Charitable Trusts Bill.—From Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Swinden, for Inquiry into the Law of Settlement, and also concerning the Removal of the Poor and the Manner in which the Interests of the Ratepayers and the Welfare of the Poor are affected.—From the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Edinburgh, for the Adoption of a Measure for the Employment and Reformation of Discharged Prisoners.—From Moriah Llansantffraid, and several other places, for the Better Observance of, and for the Prevention of the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on, the Sabbath.—From Physicians and Surgeons connected with the Medical Institutions of County Donegal, for the Better Regulation and more Efficient Support of Medical Charities (Ireland).

RAILWAY LEGISLATION.
The EARL of DALHOUSIEsaid, he had to move that all proceedings on Railway Bills now pending in their Lordships' House, be postponed until Monday next,

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the 27th of April. He believed their Lordships were already aware that it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government to bring in a Bill for the purpose of facilitating the abandonment of railway schemes now before Parliament; and he wished to take this opportunity of giving notice that he would, on Thursday next, submit that Bill to the consideration of their Lordships' House; and that, at the same time, he would draw their Lordships' attention to a new Sessional Order which he intended moving, and which would be applicable to all the Railway Bills that would be now postponed.
Motion agreed to.
House adjourned.