Star. — London, England, 1828-03-26 00:00:00

-I t INN • UN\ •vitallsout delay to en e the Treaty of Intervention, tc.' w it was evident t e Pone would not submit; if boassiskd taken place, could the hopes held out in ors Majesty's Speech at the commencement of the Session be any longer entertained? In that Speech he found it stated. after an allusion to the battle of Nava• rim, that his Majesty still entertained a confident hope that this untoward event would not be followed by further hostilities, and would not impede that amicable adjustment of the existing differences between the Porte and the Greeks, to which )C was so manifestly their common interest to accede.' Nom, he thought that this declaration would not have been made if the British Government had previously received an intima, tion that such measures were in progress on tf e part of Russia as those of which they had lately heard ; and what he asked of the Noble Earl was, whether he was to understand the words he had already Tinted to mean, that since the gracious declaration r.f his Majesty no occurrence had taken place to diminish the hope of peace then held out to the country ? for, according to the plain sense of 'the words, no change had taken Flace," this was the idea they were calculated to convey. Earl DUDLEY—My Lords, I am desirous of giving your Lordships and the Noble Earl all the satistaction upon this important subject which I can, consistently' with my duty; but I hope the Noble Eall will for the present remain satisfied with my stating, that although certain intentions Stave been announced on the part of Russia, which may justify the apprehension that there is no great chance of peace being maintained between that empire and the Ottoman Porte, his Majesty's Go• vernment have yet received no actual information that those intentions have been carried into effect. Certainly, by the tran-actions which have taken place between Russia and the Porte, since the period or the opening of the pie:ent Session of Parliament, when his Ma jesty's Speech was delivered from the Throne, the hope of a permanent peace has been diminished. Of this there can be no doubt; but no accounts have yet reached 'is that that peace has been actually broken. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. DUNDAS presented two Petitions from Edinburgh, in favour of the Repeal of the Test Acts. 4 Similar Petitions were presented from Glasgow and Ayr, by Mr. KEN N EDI and Mr. H. DRUM NION D.—Laid on the table. Mr. PEN DA RVES presented a Petition from Redruth, cont. plaining of the clause of the Liceniing Act, prohibiting the vending of ale on the pr. mists where it it brewed.—Laid on the table. Petitim.s were presented against the Surrey Coal Metage Bill by Mr. Alderman THOM PSON and Mr. C. CA LVERT. - The LORD ADVOCATE presented a Petition from certain individuals against the Scotch Law of Entail Bill.—lteferred to the Committee on the Bill. On the motion of Mr. MANNING, the London Dock Bill Iva read a second time. Sir J. NEWPORT postponed a motion, of which be had given notice, relative to the Admiralty Court of Ireland, until April 22. Sir H. PARNELL gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for Returns relative to the Imports and Exports of Foreign Manufactures. Sir M. W. RIDLEY gave notice that on Thursday, the lit of May, he should move fur a Committee to inquire into the Expense of Printing the Votes of the House. Upon the motion of the Louts Anvocava, the Justiciary Courts (Scotland) Bill was read a second time, and committedprofurtna. EMIGRATION. Mr. wiLmoT.Hoicrom rose to put off his motion' relative to Emigration, which stood for to-day, and in doing so, he would beg shottly to state to the House his regret at finding the Members of the Committee, with whom lie was associated, as well as the sense of House, so much 01-posed to his views on this very im portant subject. It would therefore be considered as a hopeless task for him to attempt to bring the House to his way of thinking; and he must therefore, for the present, give up the idea of success, in which, he con fessed, he had long indulged. He rest cited that he had not, in the first instance, instead - oh calling his plan by the obnoxious title of emigration, given it the name of a system for the relief of the poor; and lie could then have appealed to the feelings of the House, which it appeared it was now difficult to approach. Ile had al o a motion on the same subject standing for Thurs day, and if he then found the disposition of the House so eh-posed to his views, he would withdraw it. Mr. M. FITZGERALD hoped his Him: Friend would persevere with his plane. It wss natural that he should be disgusted by the apathy that had been manifested on the subject, but as it a as one of so much importance to the true interests of the country, it was to be hoped that the Hon. Member would not, on this account, relinquish it. Mr. HUME felt the observations that had been made 'secured somewhat of a reproach to those who had differed from the Hon. Member. He (Mr. Hume) was friendly to some system of emigration, if for it too much money were not requited (torn the public purse. He would advise the lion. Member to go on with his plane, in the hope that, by and bye, if he were right in principle, he would bring the House to entertain similar views with himself. He ought by no means to give it up, because he could int now bring the House to think with him. Mr. WILMOT-HOItTON protested against the idea ' that his mo,ion was calculated to draw on the public si sources. His object today would have been to prove that by it the country could not lose a single farthing. As his motion of Thursday would involve the question, le would then trouble the House « ith some remarks. The motion was then postponed sine die. The Bills of Faebange(lrelaud)Bill was postponed till Thursday. Mr.. HOBHOUSR presented . a Petition from the Officers and Members of the Good Samaritan Benefit Society, praying that the House would not pass the Friendly Societies Bill into a law. The Him. Member oiniervel, that since the lion. Gentleman I , ppmite kaJ given notice of his Intention to bring in this Bill, the greatest alarm had heels caused among Benefit Societies throughout the ainntry. They did not wish any change, and thought that any *urge would be injurious. Mr. I.ITTLETON said, that the Bill proposed no alteration in esisting Societies. It was itstiroly prospective in its operations. Mr. Alderman WAIYHM A N presented a Petition'to the same effect from the Meets and Members of several Benefit Societies. ....Laid on the table. s • Mr. HUME presented a i'lotition front the seve' Incorporated Trades of Arbroath, prayiug,for the repeal of the duties on Receipt Stamps under 501.--Ort*idfe lie laid on the table. 'Winos IT BALLOT. ILUME gave notice df his intention, when the Bill for re placing Election fops went into Committee, to propose that the Committee be instructed to introduce a clause that all Elections shall be made by ballot. • On the motion of Mr. W. Sastre, the Bill to enable the Thames Tunnel Company to raise further supplies was read a second time. Mr. HU bIE moved for Returns of the number of Persons ar rested upon recognizance* to appear to prosecute red give evi dence ; also, of the number of Persons arrested in consequence of the non-appearance of parties to take their trials or to receive their sentences, in the county of Middlesex, during the last three years ; olio (or other Returns connected with the same subject.—Ordered. WA? arrroao ZLNCTI , M.VIIII. LILDBETTRIII. The Order of the DAy for calling William Ledbetter to the Bar was then read. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN then moved, " That William Ledbet'er be nriw called in, 'reprimanded,. and discharged." The Honourable Alderman said he had been induced to take that course in consideration of the low situation in life of the prisoner, his poverty, and on account particularly of his having a large family; con. aidtrauons which, he ttustei, would also have weight with the House, and induce it tirezercue • its hop:lanky in adoptinglris anotioe. • Mr. TENNISON seconded. and warmly concurred in the motion Of the Hon. Alderman.—The question was then ptit,end agreed to. William Ledbetter was accordingly ordered to be called in, and laving appeared at the Bar, The SPEAKER addressed hint in the following words—" Wil liam Ledbetter, you have been now brought to the Bar of this House for the purpose--first of being reprimanded, and then dis charged. The offence for which, by the Order of this House, you have been committed a prisoner to his Majesty's gaol of Newgate was, for attempting by gross falsehood to obstruct, and if possible defeat en examination in which this House was engaged—an at tempt as futile and as disgraceful in itself as insulting to this House, and subversive of its privileges. In your petition you express a hope that your confinement in Newgate shall be considered as an expiation of your offence. I know not on what such an expecta tion can be founded. This House, however, has considered your petition—and in pity to your wife and children, discharge you; but the expiation of your offence must be found in your future good conduct. It is only by a course of industry, honesty, and integrity, that you can wipe from your character that stain which you your. self have affixed upon it, and make you for the future the support and the credit of your family. rather than its burden and its dis grace. I have now to acquaint you that you are discharged." Ledbetter having retired, the dignified and impressive address of the Speaker was acknowledged by loud cheering from aU parts of the House. INSURANCE DUTIES. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON rose, to present a Pe tit on from several of the Fire insurance Companies, praying that a reduction may be made in the Duty payable upon Insurances. The Honourable Member made a statement of the revenue derived from the duty, to show that it had not increased in proportion to the increase of property. From the amount of in su: ances effected, it appeared that only trae‘fourth or one third of the property of the country liable to be de stroyed by. fire was insured. It was therefore fair to pi , sume that a reduction of one-half of the duty would induce persons to insure to a greater extent, and the revenue would cons qu:ntly suffer little or nothing from the change. It was no less necessar y that the ittenti in of the Government should be given to the subject of Marine Insurances. The consequences of the high rate of insurance occasioned by the duties, had been the establishment of Insurance Companies over Europe and in America, which must take away the insurance transactions from this county. Upon an in surance of 251. the duty was IW. 10s. so That if parties wanted to insure upon bullion, which was the chief ar ticle of commerce between this city and Calais, the insurance could be effected in Calais for 2 51. whilst here it would cost 371. 10s. We were in the same situation with regard to Holland and America, where° her Coin. patties were establi lied, and it w• old be impossible to compete with tl'em under the present high duty. If that wete a true maxim which said, that whenever a tax was c .tried so high as to injure the consumption of an ar.icle, or the revenue derived from it, it on e .ht to be in part or in a hole repealed, then this was a ease in which it ..ught to be applied, a d he hoped that hi, Right Hon Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, would give the subject his most serious consider. tion. Mr. C. SMITH supported the Petition. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he agreed with his Hon. Friend as to the importance which brlonged to this suhject, and could assure him and the House that he had already tak. n the prelimirar y steps for bringing the quettiiin under the consideration of the Government, v:ith a view to ascertain whether any reduction could be made in the insurance duty, without material irjury to the Revenue—(Hear, hear I; I Nothing could he more painful to the person holding, the situation he had the honour to fill, than, when Gen• tlemen made applications of this nature for the redoc• tion of a particular tax, to be obliged to refuse. But it was a most important part of hi duty to discourage, rather than to encourage, any proposals which might go to endanger the produce of im i rortant source, of revenue. It must be borne in mind that this duty pro duced upwards of a Million of revenue, an J that if that source were cut off, or injured, it would be difficult to supply the deficiency. The Right Hon. Gentleman then observed upon the calculations of the Hon. Alderman, and contended that the duty on the Fire Insurances had shown a regular it crease, if the comparison were carried, over a fair period of time, and all the circumstances of the war fairly taken into consideration. In the Marine Insurances he admitted there wai aot the same regular improvement ; but r co: such a difference is to warrant the supposition that the rate of duty prevented par ties from insuring. He had no doubt of the facts that insurances might be effected at a cheaper rate in other countries ; but Le thought that the character of our merchants, and the superior facilities of recovering which our laws al. forded, would ensure such a general preference for this country as would leave little to be feared from com petition. He would, however, repeat. that it was his intention to have a full examination into the subject, and he assured his Honourable Friend that his sugges• citrus should be attended to—(Hear). Mr. WARBURTON maintained that the inere tie of duty paid on fire insurances bore no proportion to the in crease of property in ti e country. He thought this was an example of the impolicy of keeping up high duties. Mr. SYKES expressed his hope that the attention of Ore Government to the subject would be followed at least by some alteration respecting marine insurances. . Mr. BARING held this tax to be hibhly impolitic, as a che. k upon the exertions of the most industrious portions of the community. He thotight tie principal question for the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ex chequer to consider was, whether some redaction of the duty would not benefit the situation of the insured will out much injury to the revenue? The effect of keeping up the high duties upon marine insurances must be to cause the establishment of English Companies at Os tend, or some place 'icon the opposite coast; and w hen once the business had gone to them, it would be ex tremely difficult to get it back. He thought it advisable that the experiment of reduction should be tried. The Petition was then ordered to be printed. A Message from the Lords announced that their Lordships had agreed to the Pensions Duties /3ill, and various Private Bills. Mr. D. HARVEY presented a Petition from Colchester, pray ing the repealof the Tcst and Corporation Acts.— Laid on the table. Mr. D. HARVEY moved for returns respecting informations and convictions under she Excise Laws, and of the sums of money levied as fines and penalties, with an account of their application. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER presented the Estimates of the Civil cor.tingetscies —Ordered to be printed. STATE OP PROPILIITT IN INDIA. Mr. FERGUSON said, he had a Petition to present from the inhabitants of Calcutta, respecting the state of real proptrty in that country. The law in that country was, that real property should descend to heirs, as in this country, but subject to the payment of simple contract debts. ne tition stated, that in a case which lately came before the Judges, the Chief Justice gave hic opinion, that real property des. cended to the heir, as in England, without being sub ject to the payment of simple contract debts.. 'rids opinion, coupled with a decision that real property was subject to the dower of the widow, had elicited so much alarm, that every title in Calcutta was shaken by it, and land became unsaleable. He thought the House coyld not fail to come to the conclusion, (bat land and houses should be assets for the payment of debts, as it would be during the lifc.time of the debtor. His intenil tion was to ask leave to bring in a Bill 'to remove dr doubt which had heel' started by th. chia.Jostice, Sit Charles Gray, and which, during seventeen years he had practised in India. he had never once heard que►tioned. He also thought that a considerable part of the Bank. ►upt Laws ot this country should be introduced into India, though at present he should not make it part of his Bill. The Petition was brought up, and ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME said, India must be greatly indebted to the Honourable Gentleman tor the Bill he intended to ititroduce and his general attention to that country ; and he hoped the Honourable Gentleman would proceed in the work he had undertaken. India had been greatly neg'ected in this country. We had a Board ot Controul which cost between 30,0001. and 40,0001. a year, and which appeared to be kept up merely for the purpose of bringing placemen into that House. It was scarcely credible, that Englishmen should consent to have the capital which they were sending to every pat t of the world f r ernplot menu excluded frnm India. Mr. FERGUSON said, he had on all occa►i- , nc found the B' and of Controul anxious to promote the interests of India. Mr. TRANT thought the affairs of India should be more frequently discussed in that House. Mr. COURTENAY declared, that the affairs of In dia always occupied the hest attention of the Board of Controul. The Charter of India was a compact between the State and the East India Camp my. which must be preserved inviolate during its cont.nuance, but would soon come under the discussion of the House. Mr. W. WYNN said he was in correspondence with the Government of India on the laws between debteir and creditor, and the state of real property, for some time before he left the Board of Controul. After a few winds from Lord ASIIURST and Mr. FERGUSON. in explanation, the latter Honourable Member obtained leave to bring in the Bill. Mr. LA MB then moved for leave to bring in a Bill relative to the offences of Larceny in Ireland.—Agreed to. The Honourable Member then moved for leave to bring In a Bill for the regulation of the Linen and Hempen Manufactories in I relabiL—Leave given. the lion. Member alm moved for leave to bring in a Rill to make provision for Lighting, Watching, and Improving Market Towns in Ireland, in certain cases. After a few words from Sir J. NEWPORT and Mr. SPRING Rica, leave was giten to bring in the Bill. The CH ANbF.I.I.OR of the RXCIIRQUF.R moved the Order of the Day to receive a Report of the Committee of Ways and Means. The Report was then brought up and read, when the Re solutions were agreed to. The CH ANCEI.I.OR of the RkCIIEQUER moved the Order of the Day to receive the Report tin the Stamp Duties' Blll.—Further consideration on Monday next. LIFE AN'UITIFS ittriltAT, BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of the above Bill. Lord ALTHORP ished to say afe v words on this occasion, because, in the discussion which took place on this measure last night, he though' that Mr. Fin laison was hardly dealt with. In his opinion, that Gen tleman% case had been put in a way which, in justice to him, ought not to have been adopted. When he (Lord Altlin,p) represented to the House that the system of life annuities which had been for son e time acted on, had c( st the country about 8,0001. a week, he was told that this statement was certainly exaggerated, and he now wished to explain the principle on which Mr. Fin. laison foundeJ that assertion. Mr. F. taking the year ending the .sth of Jan. 1827. in comparison with that ending the sth of January, 1822,-found, by calculation, that dice was a loss of 8,0001. a week. He assumed that the contract might exist for 60 years—that was to say, that the last life, in all probability, would exist for 60 e .rs, and consequently that this financial operation would be in being 60 years hence. He then assumed the mean average ref lives to be seven years, and calcu lated the intete:t at four per cent. and taking these dela, he art ived at the conclusion, that a sum 'f 32,000,0001. less would be redeemed Er' m the national debt, by adopting the plan of life annuities, than if the stock given for diesel had been allowed to accumulate during that time. An Hon. Friend of his (Mr. Bating) had stated, that Mr. Finlaison, in showing this loss, had omitted to charge the interest which would acci ne on the consideration paid for these annuities. This, however, was a mistake; for Mr. Finlaison certainly did takeinto his calculation the whole of the accumulation of interest on the consideration so paid. Mr. HUDSON GURNEY thought that the cal culation had assumed something that did not exist, and proceeding on a false foundation, his results were neces sarily erroneous. Mr. Secretary HUSKISSON was of the same opinion. For instance, be had calculated the duration of life, as applicable to the Government tables, at sixty years for the annuitant, when, by law, no person could become an annuitant before he was 35 years of age. Lord ALTHORP said, he found that some of those who had purchased annuities in 1809 were now alive, and not above fifty•four years of age. Mr. HERRIES had never intended to deny the ex pertness of Ma. Fmlaison in his avocation. That Gent. was extremely ingenious, and persevered in his theory with great abil ty. There was one fact connected with the subject which had not, he believed, stiuck the House. Since the Government adopted the tables pro posed to be repealed, a material alteration had taken place in the average duraticin of human life in this coon try. It was a subject for real and heartfelt congratulation, that during the last thirty or forty yeats, a considerable decrease in the mortality of the people of this country had taken place. Previous to the period he had men tioned, it was in the ratio of one in forty, while since that pet iod it had been in a ratio of one in fifty-six— (Hear). • Than such a fact nothing could be more gratifying to the statesman and the philosopl:er, who really wished for the happiness of his country. After an uninteresting and unimportant debate, in which Mr. Hosts, Sir .16111/1 biIIiWPOILT, Mr. Monett, and Mr. V. FITSGSBALD took part, the motion was agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. rdhumiores REGULATION RILL. On Mr. Secretary Hussman moving that the Report on the Passengers' Regulation Bill should be brought up, Mr. HUME objected to the chute which compelled a matter of a •ersel to enter into a security of £i,ooo that his ship was sea worthy. What was considered at sea-worthy la one country might ' not be considered so in another. Mr. Secretary HGSKISSON said, that the Hon. Member must surely be aware that that consideratioh could not affect the question, for it could be tried only in this country. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that although he bad been opposed to the introduction of the measure, he felt bound, after having given it bis must arrious attention. to say that it had bis cordial support. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that although he was opposed to legislating upon the subject, be was in duty bound to state, that the regulations were not thought harsh or inappropri4te by such of his constituents who, as owners of vessels, were likely to be affected by them. After a few words from Mr. WARBUF/011, the Report was agreed to—the as amended was ordered to be engrumed, and to be read a third time to-nwrrow. NRESHOLDIRS REGISTRATION RILL. The Order of the Day having been Lord A Unit-M.l' moved the ',mend rc.ulivs of ibeFreelseldres' Registration kr. SMITH said, that As the Ill.esst re VI A: ElPt only vas ;miscreant, but also very complicated in its details, and the Howe was very thin. he put it to the N ble Lord, whether it would not be better to pottpone *he second reading until rome future period, when sh e merits of the Bill might be fully and fairly discussed? Colonel WOOD concurred entirely with the sugg es . bons shown out. For his own part, he thought that the Bill Wa, in many respects extremely objectiouable, aid h.r hoped that the N,,ble Lord would not At that mon elle press its second reading. Lord ALTHORP said, that he had had too much el. perience lie such matters not to know t hat it i t, e Bill were not read a second time before the holiday; ...wild have but little hope of carrying it that Session.-- He was certainly most desirous for his own sake that the principle of the Bill should be tufty discus,ed be foie the details were investigated in Committee. But there was another stage at which VIA discussion wo u ld take place, and therefore he felt it . nece,sary to pr ess hi s motion. The principle of the 13ill could he discussed od .he motion that the Speaker leave the Clair. Mr. HUSKISSON said, th.tt the proposition of the Noble Lord appeared to him to be satisfactory und er the circumstances. He had not himself had time to give the MB much consideration, but trnm the cursory vie* ite had taken of it, he was satisfied that in many re. speets it would fail in accomplishing the wishes of the Noble Lird. But with the understanding that by the econd reading no one would be pledged to the prin. ciple of the Bill, and that the discussi in upon ii should take place on the question that the Speaker leave the Chair, he should not object to the rnoticts of the Noble Lord. Sir JOHN NEWPORT was favourable to the regis• tration of Freeholders; without it, it would be almost impossible for any person to stand a county election in Ireland. Lord LOWTHER was sorry that his Hon. Friends had applied to the Noble Lord to postpone the second reading of the Bill. The sooner the House and the country became acquainted with the provisions of the 1311 the better. He should certainly oppose the Bill whenever the discussion came on. He was convinced that instead of saving expense, and litigation, and diffi culty, that it would increase them to a most serious xtent. And he was certainly astonished at some of the language which had been put into the mouths of the witnesses who gave evidence before the Committee. He found that one Solicitor was represented to have said —and no one would be more surprised at the state ment than the Solicitor himself was—that one-third of the electors at a • county election were referred to the A• sessor to try the validity of their votes. Such an as• sertion was monstrous. It was altogether untrue. Not even one tenth of the-voters at any county election had been sent before the Assessor. His own election, an elec. tidn at which all vexatious means had been had recourse to, was the one which most nearly approximates to the latter proportion, for there one•twelfth o: the Electors had been referred to the Assessor.— If the Bill before the House became a law, there would be a continual contest going on for electioneering pur. poses. twice every year the registration might be dit. puled ; a fee of a guinea was always to be paid to the tegistrar, and the result would be the annihilation of the independent 40s. freeholders, whenever they had to contend against wealth. The expense of an electi s would be greatly increased instead of diminished. lie did n'.t knout that that Was a ground which ought en induce him to be personally opposed to the measure; but he did know, that if it was put in operation its effect would be to make the Most wealthy successful. to 'h over whelming of the little voters. Great :tress had bees laid upon the inconvenience of the land tax being mat the test of a person's qualification to vote, but he war satisfied that the inconvenience had been greatly over. rated. But it might be said that the noble Lord had precedent for his measure in a Bill whith was introduced in 1788. It was true that a similar measure had introduced at that period, but it was also true that it w; found to be so complicated, speculative, and incons nient, that it was abandoned, and he thought the Noble Lord would do well to follow the exmple to the last. The instance of Ireland proved that no great advantage was derived from the principle of registration. The Noble Lord concluded by moving-44 That the 8.11 De read a second time that day six months." Sir J. GRAHAM supported the Bill. With respect to the solicitor alluded to by the Noble Lord, he himself heard that individual say, that one-third of the votes were disputed upon the occasion mentioned by the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord objected to the machinery of the Bill as too complicated ; it was, however, less complicated than the machinery of the Land Tax Bill. It was the opinion of Mr. Sergeant Heywood, that mote disputation was occasioned by the Land Tax Bill than by all the rest of the law applicable to electors. BY this Bill the voter had ample notice, which he had not under the other. The great principle upon which it proceeded was to lessen the expense of elections. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he felt it his duty to give the Bill a decided negatise. The operation of it would be to expose the constituency to greater ev pence and litigation. After putting the voter through tedious and harassing train of inquiry, the ultimate de •I titian on his vote was, after all, left td that Huts e. In anc ther part of the Bill it was ovided that no person wou'd be at liberty to vote, unless he placed his name on the re gister. Why oblige the voter v go through such a tedious course of preparation ? It would be utterly useless %gime no contest was expected. The utility of the measure might admit of some argument, if a Com st could br anticipated in every county. He objected also to ILe soft of judicial machinery which it went to establish, aoJ proceeded to observe upon the unnecessary expense ark trouble caused by the mode of judicial decisibn vested in Overseers and Under-sheriffs, as well as upon the iv ' crease of both by the double appeal; and would oppcie the Bill.on the ground that it was an infringement of the Constitutional principle of giving constituents the or portunity of making au easy and unexpensive choice. Lord ALTHORP, in reply, contended that the ef• ense both to candidates and electors, would be gtrarl diminished by the provisions of the Bill; and that, to effect that object, was his principal design in bringing in the Bill; because, from the enormous expenses under the existing system, freeholders were frequently pro' vented from making any choice at all. Colonel WOOD said, that he thought the machinery pr.posed by the present 811 would have an effect tl.e reverse of that anticipated by the Noble Lord, and Or the expenses would be only increased. He thought the Bill would lead to great litigation and delay without diminishing expense. After a few observation, from Mr. Mumma*, m r . MMAasaar• and Mr. Hommuss, the House divided, when there appeared, the Bill 32, against it 17.—Its consmitmcnt was appointed for 25th April. The Lunatics Regulation Bill Was committed, and the Amt.!: meats were agreed to. The Report was brought up and ferric' and ordered to be further considered on Thursday treat. The Friendly Societies Bill, on t►e motion of Mr. COU RD' NAY, was read a second time, and [rimed to a Select Carnotite' The Innkeepers Bill was read a third time and passed.--1 H.suse adjoutned at a 9,IIASTSS SAO Rivas. 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