The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-01 00:00:00

IMPERFECT LEGISLATION.

Mr. ILOBBIR/E;i4i; had ben given to understand
that la the burry of public business a blunder had, until
aser, reaped the Mize of the hawse in the Bankruptcy
(Ireland) Bill ; and that several classes of mother Nieuwe
had been pared upon the faith of their being of quite a dif-
ferent character to what they really were. In the case of a
bill brought la by the hon. and horsed BolieitorGeneral, an-
other till had to be introduced to suspend the operation
ef the foram bill for twelve months ; and that very morning
they had had an instance of matters having been foisted
into a private bill, which w. re of public importance. He
thought, under eiresentanees like these, that a responsible
cam ought to be appointed, where duty should be to look
over and compare all the bills brought before the house for-
fore the same received the sanction of parliament: hon. gen-
trams would then know what they were about, and the legis-
lation of the country would not be what it had been for the
lest month—a perfect disgrace. (Hear, heir.) It was a
direr to an assembly Ike the House of Commons to go
though the scenes which had bees witnessed during that
tire—scenes of which the learned men in the country, and
all who were unlearned as well as learned, would form
their own estimation. (Hear, hear) He ega'a pressed
upon the ministry, who professed to lead the house, and
who ought therefore to be responsible for its misdeeds, to
appoint some competent person to prevent the repetition of
such clerical errors r had occurred in the passing of public
and private meseures.

BANKRUPT LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT.
The AI7ORNEY•OENERAL said, that with referent*
to the Bankrupt Law CorsoEdition Act, two amendments
had only bees made by the House of Lords—one an amend-
ment in the schedule, in whisk a typographical error of no
esieequence was mad•, and the other an amendment autho
rising, very properly, the senior commisaioner to eo•operate
with the other Colllllgriol2llll in framing rules. He stated
that upon this bill some very unfounded objections appeared
to exist in the minds of traders, every one of which would
have beat removed had they attentively studied its provisior s.
The House of Commons committee on it had been composed
of eminent lawyers and merchants; they had examined
Vice-Chancellor Knieht Bruce and the commission, rs ; and
in the end they had arrived at very sound and correct con-
clusions.

Mr. MULLINGS said he had been given to understand
that a noble and learned lend (Lord Brougham) in ennthi r
plane had stated that the committee of the House '.f Com-
mons on the bill in question had been composed of merchants
and traders who knew nothing of the subject.
Now, that was a great mistake, the ennosittee having been
composed of several eminent lawyers and well•informed
merchants.

After a few words from Mr. FORSTER, the amtodments
were armed to.

SUSPBNSTON OF DEFECTS IN LEASES BILL.
The Defeat* is L• use B U, after it passed, having been
found inoperative, the Solicitor-General lair 'dosed this bill,
suspending it vU the beginning attest session, which the
Lords so amended, es to ext .nd the sapeneion till the Ist of
June 1860.

,
Oa it being moved that the Lards' amendments to the bill
be agreed to,

Mr. TENNENT moved that their consideration be post-
peed fora week.

Kr. HUME supported the motion, showing that the pro-
posed suspension would lead to litigation.
Mr. TURNER said it would have exactly the rem.*
effect.

After a conversation the motion was negatived, and the
■aadeenta were agreed to.