Lords Sitting of 9 July 1849

MINUTES.
PUBLIC BILLS.—1a Consolidated Fund.
2a Inclosure Act (Extension of Powers).
Reported.—Silver Coinage; Mutiny and Desertion (India).
3a Loan Societies; Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Soap Duty Allowances; Assaults (Ireland).
PETITIONS PRESENTED. From Norwich, Bradford, and other Places, that no Exception may be made respecting Grants in Aid of Education (Ireland).—By Lord Wharncliffe and Earl Nelson, from Yeovil and Eccleshall, against the Granting of any New Licenses to Beer Shops; and from Durham and Northumberland, that Measures may be adopted for the Prevention of Explosions in Coal Mines.—From Blandford, that Boards of Guardians may be Empowered to grant Superannuation Allowances to Poor Law Officers.—From Thetford, for Extending the Jurisdiction of County Courts.

PRISON DISCIPLINE.
LORD BROUGHAMbegged to call the attention of his noble Friend (the Marquess of Lansdowne) to two additional Resolutions on the subject of prison discipline which he desired to lay before the House. The object of the first of these resolutions was to prevent contamination amongst untried prisoners, by having recourse to separate confinement; and the next was, to have more frequent gaol deliveries.
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The last-named object might, he considered, be effected by extending the jurisdiction of the county courts now established, by means whereof criminal justice might be there administered. He would then merely lay the Resolutions on the table, and, on a future occasion, he would call the attention of their Lordships to them.
House adjourned till To-morrow.