announces the determination of the Government to abandon the Measure
-Distress in Ireland occasioned by the recurring failure of the Potato
Crop Lord John Russell proposes a measure for the employment of
the population in Public Works-Explanation of the Ministerial Scheme
in detail Remarks of Mr. D. Browne, Mr. Williams, Mr. Labouchere,
the Earl of Lincoln, and other Members -The Public Works Bill passes
the Commons, and is introduced in the House of Lords by the Marquis
of Lansdowne-Speeches of Lord Monteagle, the Earl of Wicklow, and
other Peers-Declaration of Lord Lansdowne respecting out-door relief-
Further discussions in Parliament respecting the impending scarcity in
Ireland-Speeches of the Earls of Roden and Clarendon, and of Mr. Dillon
Browne and Mr. Labouchere-Flogging in the Army and Military Reform
-Tendency of public opinion on this subject-Captain Layard moves an
Address to the Crown praying for an Inquiry, with a view to limiting the
period of enlistment - His Speech on moving the Address - Speeches
of Mr. Fox Maule and other Members-The Motion is postponed-An
order is issued from the Commander-in-Chief limiting the Sentences of
Courts Martial to fifty lashes - Lord John Russell makes a statement
upon the subject Dr. Bowring moves a Resolution in favour of the
total abolition of flogging-Speeches of Captain Layard, Mr. B. Osborne,
Colonel Peel, Colonel Reid, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Fox Maule, and other Mem-
bers-Dr. Bowring's Motion is rejected by a large majority-Statement of
the Duke of Wellington in the House of Lords on the subject of the recent
order-Occupation of Cracow by the Austrian Government-Lord Beau-
mont moves for papers relating thereto Speeches of the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Lord Kinnaird, and the Duke of Wellington-Mr. Hume makes a
similar Motion in the House of Commons-Speeches of Mr. Milnes and
of Lord Palmerston-Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor-Earl Powis brings
in a Bill to rescind the proposed union-Debate on the Second Reading
-Earl Grey and the Marquis of Lansdowne oppose the Bill, which is sup-
ported by the Bishops of Bangor and Oxford, and other Peers-The Bill
is carried, but withdrawn in the House of Commons by Lord Clive, upon
a statement of the intention of Government Debates on Poor Law
topics-Law of Settlement altered-The New Local Courts Bill-Parlia-
ment is prorogued by Commission on the 28th of August-The Royal
Speech-Reflections on the Session of 1846.