The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-31 00:00:00

LAW OP BANKRUPTCY.

The LORD ditAtidELioiCii.;iiea;iteation to the
lean etbseltruptcy. He would ley a bill on the table founded
ova the report a/ the aosendesion. By this bill debts would
be liquidated under iospectiors, without recourse to official
assignee ; debtor or creditor could go to the mart far that
lPur & P simmer obtsining protection. Noe-traders would
bepecrmeltred to submit themselves to the binbraptey laws;
the estates of deceived Wolves% could be adnitnietired by
the Bankruptcy Court; a firm was to be treated ea we per-
son; certificates would be altogether dimmed with; the
commisaioners would sit in chambers. He would not give
otouoivaloners power to send fraudulent bankrupt@ to the
Howe of Cerreorinn.

Lord CAMPBELL wished to =pram his entire appoval
of the course pursued by his noble and learned Mend. H•
would give him every aaeletance in his power to carry out hie
views. He highly epproved of the LaMothe to wive Mew
heftily to voluntary arrangements; but he wadi eutgest
hie noble and learned friend the propriety si leisayeedag to
seelmilate the bankruptcy laws more cloudy to the mynas
ht force in Scotland. He found that the whale =pen& ed
working a ootandadon and distributing the gew=l 1a theft
coat= amounted only to 7 per cent., whereas to Hushed
it averaged 30 per cent. He thought the diedsction he.
two= tender. and non-tradera ought to be abolished.
Lord CR AN WORTH entirely contorted in the groat=
pert of the proposed chaste', although he entertained wane
doubt es to one or two points. He was not quite clear ea to
Ow propriety of consolidating the bankruptcy and intolerably
Mw. Bankruptcy wee consistent with perfect honesty. bat
• area-trader could not become Insolvent without some want
cif heuesty on hie part.
The bill was then reed a first time.

INSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL.
This bill was reed a third time and passed.
lb following Mlle teen Masai from the Commons, it
befog easounted by the eh& st **table that their lordships'
ameadments had been eine&b:—The Local Government,
the Cornwell Submwthme Whim, the Clerk of Petty Illessices
(Ireland), the Primer Sedan Act Amendment, the
Gomenment of BritlehOehembla, the Art Unless Indemnity
the Refoneatory &Boob (Ireland), the II Local
Managensent AM Amendment, and the New 447 V 8
Bens.
DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT
AKENDNIENT BILL.
This 11111 ma retuned with dame 6, white OW! Lcatiebipe
Toolmal. mob *rook mt.
On Se met: pat, their Lordship ems' to the
Canes

GOVIRNNENT OP INDIA BILL.
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saiwboieb this DM.
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ROUES OP OCIMMONB.—FRIDAT, JULY 30.
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PITITIONS,

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of as combiss Otis her Trakhet of the Poor-kw Board
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NOTICE OF NOTION.
THE SUBALTERNS OP THE ARMY.
00iodel FREEBTUN gave notice that he would early
wilt anion again bring forward the hard ease of the Juba-
tans of the army, by moving that so humble address be pm-
-Sid le her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously
pawed testable inn consideration the unfavourable posidon
of taw the of the army, with a view of affording them
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