The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-24 00:00:00

DIVOR.bt COURT BILL.

On the motio;lertheadjourned (Libel' on the second
rat::of this NU,
PALMEBSTON amid he wished to call the attention
of the house to the observations which the Speaker made on
the subject of this bill on Monday lest. The bane he was
sure must be obliged to the Speaker far his vigilant atten-
tion on all °combos to the forms of the house. (Hear.)
The sth claw of this bill was • violation of the rights and
privileges of the boar, and the Speaker had shown in his
calm and delthente statement that a practice had bean
' growing ap of late years by which the rights and privileges
of that house were infringed by the House of Lords, and
thee Le felt it to be hie duty to call the attention of the
Home of Lori to this eireamstaace. He had shown
that in bills which were sent down from the
House of Lords provisions relating to mosey were
Introduced in • manner which made them enactments,
whetters they ought to be in the form of suggestions of the
other house. In consequence of that communication of the
Speaker, that practice had been discontinued, and Sneer
that tbne no bills had been sent to the House of Commons
which were inconsistent with its rights and privileges.
Under these circumstances, considering the nature of the
bill before the home, and its importance, he thought it better
to adopt the recommendation which had been suggested by
the Speaker in hie clear and able observations. (Hear,
hear.) He blared, therefore, to move, that the bill, not-
withdanding it contained the informality which had been I
referred to, ben read a second time, on the understanding
that a notice should be entered on the journals of the bones,
showing the grounds on which it bad been adopted. (Hear.)
Sir J. GRAHAM said that as en old member of the
house anxious to defend its right. sad privileges be con-
fessed he wan at first disposed to think that the older for
this bill should be discharged sad a sew mesimre introduced
and advanced at cum to the stage of the t bill. INS,
cm farther rieUen, and knowing the which had
been shown at all thus by the Speaker in guarding the
rigida and privileges of the house, be was led to the same
conclusion u his noble friend. (Hear, beer.) Ha considered
that the onus recommended by his noble friend was the
nut dignified ass. lie believed that the House of Lora
was not so much to blame in the matter. They had rather
to blame their own negligence and inadvertence
in permitting this practice to grow up. The right bon.
gentlemen having shown how the practice pew up, said the
time bad arrived when a decided check ought to be put to
it. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. JAMES believed that the course recommended by
the noble lord and supported by the right hon. baronet '
would be sufficient to guard the rights and privileges of the
borne on that occasion.

Bol.TißßllceTtid it was impossible not to approve
the course proposed by the noble lord. But be believed the
proof:los al the House of Lords bed its origin in the pubilo
oesivesienee. He only lamented that the coarse taken by
the House of Lords on a more important subject had mimed
up Bile esoidderation of the privileges of the Ocontooes in
other re eel.. wed °bilged them to insist on a minute ob-
servance of *No privileges eves to the inconvenienced the
public. (Hear, boar.)
Mr. WEALLIT sad Mr. WHIT! expressed their opinion
that the bill abould be laid aside.

Mr. Haar, iir7Laeke, mad Ir. Coningluun thought this
sa oaths( merlon, whes me umgreerion had been meant
by the Lomb, for the house to show their courage.
Ir. HENNESSEY, whose motion it was that the " bill
be Bid aside," sigailled his intention of withdrawing it, sod
it was withdrawn scoordragly.
On the motion that the bill be reed a tooted time,
Mr. MALINB objected totitiveriacepie of committing
of the power divoroe toe &male ' lf, aside the pm-
mot smangersente, it was
seeded by the easimes of the common law judges, three
perm
anent judos should
be appointed. He mowed its re-
Birift. BOWYER second the motion.
After debate, on a division the meta raiding we, car.
ried by 43 to 11.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL appealed to the here to
be allowed to go into committee on the bill, which wee
acceded to, sad the house went into committee accordingly.
The clams having been gone through,
Mr. HALM moved a !clause providing that the act
should ea ly be in fares Ina July 31, 1881.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would mast to
making the date 31st July, 1862.
This ins assented to, sad the clause agreed to, and the
house rommd. _ _

The Treihese, Maripseas, ke., Bill phased through eon.
mittee.

The Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill
was read a third time and passed.
The Union of Benefices Bill was read a third time and
pared.
The Lords' unenderots to several bills were caosidered.

FORTIPICATIONS, ko.
Sir DE L. EVANS moved that an humble address
should be presented to her Majesty, praying that she
would be graciously pplowed to direct to be carried ate
effect the recommnadationa of the royal commission on the
national defences, in jiaritgraphs 156 and 158 of the report
to her Majesty, for the °Destruction of • fortified work on
Shooter's-MD, adonkted for a garrison of 1,500 men, to
mist in the protection of Woolwich dockyard sad snarl,
•nd as an importasit 'dement bathe miens of defeneefee the me-
tropolis ; alio preying that her Majesty would be graciously
planed to direct that • royal communion should be ap-
pointed to examine and report to her Majesty on the lines
of march available to an invading army advancing against
London ; on the obstacles or positions which might be oc-
cupied or prepared to obstruct or defeat an enemy on
these lines of advance ; and on the pointa-crappui or rap-
port of the national foram in their operations or UAW
count, is the vicinity, and for the defence of the metro-
polio of the empire. His opinions with regard to these for-
tification entimly concurred with thine of the royal cow-
raississees.
An Hon. Mims= here moved that the house be counted.
There being only 16 members present the house adjourned
at 8 o'clock.