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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY.
The house met at four o'clock.
Mr. Black took the oaths and his seat for Edinburgh.
Mr. GIBSON gave notice that, on Friday next, he should
move a committee of the whole house, to obtain leave to
bring in a bill to repeal the Oath of Abjuration.
In reply to Mr. LusurNaToN, Mr. LOWE said a bill would
shortly be brought into the House of Lords to establish a
system of Agricultural Statistics.
Mr. PEEL, in answer to Mr. LAYARD, stated that General
Simpson had not recommended any list of officers for pro-
motion for distinguished services in the attack on the Redan ;
and that the brevet rank granted for that service had been
selected by the Commander-in-Chief from the list sent home
by General Simpson, of officers who had been returned by the
staff as having been engaged in that attack.
COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of the Court of
Chancery (Ireland) Bill, which proposes to abolish the Encum-
bered Estates Court, and transfer its jurisdiction to the
Courts of Chancery, Mr. SEYMOUR FITZGERALD, in a long
speech, moved that the bill be read a second time this day six
months, strongly objecting to any attempt to place, at one
stroke, no fewer than 6,000 families in the Court of Chancery
against their will.
Mr. POLLARD URQUIIART seconded the amendment.
Mr. DEASY supported the bill.
Mr. McCANN expressed his intention to vote for the
amendment.
Mr. ELLICE hoped the house would watch the progress of
this measure with jealousy.
Mr. WHITESIDE declared that it was impracticable for
the Court of Chancery, either reformed or unreformed, to fulfil
the duties imposed upon it by this bill, and he further op-
posed it as a gross job.
Mr. SERJEANT O'BRIEN was decidedly in favour of the
bill, because the Court of Chancery could give a parliamentary
title to unencumbered as well as encumbered estates.
Mr. GEORGE spoke in favour of the Encumbered Estates
Court being continued until it had disposed of the business
and petitions now before it, and of all new petitions after
July next being addressed to the Court of Chancery, but he
suggested that all the bills before the house relating to this
subject should be referred to a select committee.
Colonel DONNE opposed the bill.
Mr. BLAND approved of the bill.
Mr. FERENciI had not heard any reason sufficiently strong
to induce him to vote against the second reading.
Mr. M`MAnoN opposed the measure.
Mr. MALINS approved of portions of the bill, but dis-
approved of other parts of it. He urged that the bill before
the house and the bill introduced by Mr. Whiteside should be
referred to a select committee. Otherwise he would vote
against the second reading.
Mr. H. HERBERT supported the second reading. •
Mr. CAIRNS, as one of the persons on whose report the bill
was founded, defended their recommendation, and would
therefore vote for its second reading, because it proposed to
carry out those recommendations. There were, however,
some of the details of the bill which were at variance with the
report ; and he trusted that, after the second reading, they
would be referred to a select committee.

Mr. G. BUTT objected to the bill, and particularly to the
provision which empowered the Lord-Lieutenant to appoint
the chief clerks. He trusted the bill would be referred to a
select committee.
Sir E. PERRY expressed his determination to support the bill.
Mr. KENNEDY supported the proposition to send the several
bills connected with the subject to a select committee, other-
wise he must vote against a second reading.
Mr. P. O'BRIEN supported the second reading, and depre-
cated sending the bill to a select committee.
Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD supported the bill, and defended
the provision vesting the appointment of the chief clerks in
the power of thi Lord-Lieutenant. He agreed to refer the
bill to a select committee, but objected to the other bills being
also sent to that committee.
Mr. NAPIER could not support the second reading.
After a few words from Mr. Bunnx, Mr. pintail

urged upon the Solicitor-General for Ireland the propriety of
rgreeing to the proposition to send the bills to a select com-
mittee.
Mr. SEYMOUR, FITZGERALD having made a few remarks,
Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD declined to send the other bills to a
select committee.
The amendment was withdrawn, and the bill referred to
a select committee.
The Drairaze Advances Act Amendment Bill, the Turn-
pike Trusts Bills, and Common Enclosure Bill, was read the
second time.
Report on supply received. Charitable Uses Bill passed
through committee.
On the motion of Sir G. GREY, a select committed was ap-
pointed to enquire in the present constitution of the Ecclesi-
astical Commission for England. Into the operation of the•.
acts referring to it, and into the expediency of continuing the
act for the Improvement of Episcopal and Capitular Estates
in England, and of Consolidating the Church Building Com—
mission with the Ecclesiastical Commission. Select com-
mittees were appointed on the Formation of Parishes Bill, and,
the Public Prosecutors' Bill.
The house adjourned at 12.30 a.m.