The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—Monime. JuLt 12.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his Kat at 5 o'clock.
PUBLIC BUB! N

PETITIONS.—By LotdC...:,•..lr,.fronthe General A...m*ly of
the Pree Much of Scotland, at v our of some measure fon the *a-
dman of their title to the Quo./ rte,a ch..pe:s now claim.' by
the established church of smtland ; and from the Inearporated trades
of Leith, from the corporation of master and amounts of the hint,
Howe, Leith, from the Leith Harbour coransimionere, from the toms
council, of Leith, and from the Chamber of Commerce, in favour of
the Leith Docks and Hatbour Dill.—lad Mom tact/ from the Lent
Mayor of Dublin, on behalf of a public meeting over which he had
presided, in femur of the Fishery, Piers, and Harbours (Ireland) P.l.
SECOND READlNGS.—Drstnage of Land. (Scotland) ; Turnpike
Holds (South Wale.) ; Canada Consolidated Revenue Fund ;
Works ; Shannon Navigation ; Biro.
COMMFITEEFL—Sethetion and Prostitution Suppression;
way. (inland) (No. 2); Fishery Piers and Hartoure (Ireland); Thh.
Commutation ; Holyhead Harbour ; nouns of CaOIIIIOIIII Costs Taxa-
tion ;

MESSAGES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES
OF PARLIAMEET.
Lord BROUGHAM delivered in the report of the select
committee appointed on Friday last to consider the meaner
of receiving messages from the Commons. The report
stated that the committee were of opinion that no alteration
of the standing orders was necessary to carry into effect the
resolutions which the committee had adopted, and which
were to the following effect First, that the Lords were
willing to receive in one message all Commons' Bills when
first brought up, all Lords' bills returned without any
amendment, and all Commons' bills with the Lords' amend-
ments agreed to; a list of such bills, with a statement of the
assent of the Commons to them, to be delivered in with the
bills to be brought up; and, secondly, that as incenvenieace
arose front messages from the Commons being required at
present to be attended by eight members, it should be
communicated to the Commons that the Lords were
ready to receive such messages when brought at.
by five members only. The noble end learned
lord moved the adoption of the resolutions, and that a con-
ference with the house of Commons be desired to communi-
cate the resolutions so adopted and confirmed.
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Lord MONTEAGLE hoped that some means would be
adopted by the other house by which the attendance daily of
two masters la Chancery to carry messages from this home
to the Commons might be put an end to.
Lord BROUGHAM said he had suggested to his right
hon. friend the Speaker of the House of Commons that, in
future, their lordship.' messages might be taken by one
master in Chance 7 and one of the clerks at the table, and,
since he had been to the house this evening, he had received
a communication from the Speaker on the subject. He did
not doubt that the Commons would adopt • satisfactory

arrangement.
The resolutions were then agreed to, and the following
were appointed to manage a conference with the
peen
House
of Commons: The Duke of Richmond, the Earl of
Dartmouth, the Earl of Llienborough, the Bishop of St.
Asaph, Lord Redesdale, Lord Brougham and Lord
Bdonteagle.

On their return,
The Duke of RICHMOND reported that the managers
had met the Commons in conference, which was managed
on the part of the Commons by Lord J. Russell and others,
and that they had left their lordships' resolutions with the
Commons.

LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCKS BILL.
Lord KINNAIRD asked the noble lord the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Campbell' to withdraw the
Leith Harbour and Docks Bill for the present session. The
bill had been hurried through the House of Comment as a
public bill, whereas it was to all intents and poses a
Private bill, and as such ought to have been ini•jectA to the
uavestiga,ion which regulated legislation on private bilis.
Lord CAMPBELL contended that the bill was strictly a
public measure, in which the Treasury had an interest, and
the proceedings on it had been perfectly regular.
The Duke of RICHMOND concurred in the propriety of
the bill being withdrawn for the present session.
Lord REDESDALE did not hesitate to say that this bill
was one of the moat flagrant jobs that ever bad been brought
before parliament. The noble lord then urged the with-
drawal of the bill, characterising it as a government election
job, the Lord Advocate being member for Leith.
Lord CAMPBELL said he had been taken by surprise by
this discussion on the merits of the bill. He had only re-
ceived a letter from his neble friend, stating that he should
withdraw the bill; and now it was sought to go into the
whole merits of the biU. The advance of money was made
before Leith had • member in 1826. The subject then
dropped.