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THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1867.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN'

HYPoTHEC AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL

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RAILWAY TRAFFIC PROTECTION RILL

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAT, MARCH 14.
The Loau Caascau.oa took his mat oa the woolsack
at five o'clock.

On the motion of Lunt BELHAVEN, this bill ante
refirred to a select committee.
TRADES UNIONS BILL.

The Earl of DELMORE moved that the house req.:Ave
itself into eottindttee upon this bill pro forma, for the
purpove o' risking certain alterations as to the mode of
conducting the inquiry at Sheffield in the event of the
courutileioners not going down themselves to that town.
It way propoeed that in that case the Secretary of State
should have power to appoint three examiners to conduct
the inquiry at Sheffield, and that they should be either
couttnissionerl or barristers of ten years' standing.
After a few words front Lord Crsnworth, Lord Wham-
eliffe, and Lord St. Leonard's, which were inaudible in the
gallery, the bill was committed, and the amendments in-
traduced.

The bitl was ordered to be recommitted on Thursday
next.

Lord ItEDMDALE moved the second reading of this
bill.

The Duke of RICHMOND was understood to express a
doubt of the expediency of proceeding with the bill while
an inquiry on the subject was pending in the other
house.

jury. In one of the vacs, though the counsel for the next
of kin of the deceased had closed an excited and exciting
speech with demanding the highest verdict of the law,
which Ives ,nly manslaughter. the jury, with a liberai
which the learned gentleman could not have expected,
actually found it " wilful murder." (Laughter.)

that there would be an extension of the Small Debt.A,:t
from 20/. to 50/. He did not propose to interfere with the
present Court of Appeal. With regard to the question
discharge, he proposed that unless the estate of the bank-
rupt yielded 10s. in the pound, it should be in the power
of the court to direct that his future acquired property
should be liable.

Mr. GOSCHHIST thought that the commercial world
would be satisfied with • great many of the points in the
bill ; but be doubted the wisdom of making the future
prop erty of the debtor liable. He was glad that the assets
were to he in the hands of the creditors.

After some criticism from Mr. ryrto n, Mr. Fawcett,
Mr. Moncrieff, Mr. Leak, and Mr. Vance, leave was given
to bring in the bile, and the house adjourned at a quarter
to 1.

?Lab, intelltgente.
EQUITY COURTS.—Mszem 14.
(Before the blaster of the Rolls.)

IN RE THE JOINT STOCK DISCOUNT COMPANT.-KKAD., CARE.
In this matter an application was made to the court for
an order to rectify the list of shareholders in this company
by striking off the name of Mr. Read from the list, in
respect of 45 ahem. Mr. Read had sold Al shares in the
company to a Mr. SmaMoues, and 2.5 to a Mr. Palish.
The ground on which the application was rested was, that
the directors of the company had in both instances been
guilty of " unnecessary delay" (within the meaning of
those words in the Companies Act, 1862) in registering the
transfers of the shares from Mr. Read.
Mr. Southgate, Q.C., and Mr. Batten supported the ap
plication ; Mr. Jesse], Q. C. and Mr. LooockWebb opposed-
it.
Lord Romilly held that 'the name of Mr. Read must be
removed from the list as to the shares sold to Mr. Small-
bones, but retained on it as to those sold to Mr. Pariah ;
there having been unnecessary delay in the registration in
the first instance, but none in the second.