The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-23 00:00:00

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t Tito committee on the Consolidated Fund Appropriation
Bill lead to considerable discussion upon the several votes
of supply, after which the bill passed a stage.
The Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill, the Unlaw-
ful 0 stits (Ireland) Bill, the Nufsances Renaoval(Scotland)
Thu, and the Marriage and Registration Act Amendment
Bill, were severally read a third time and pissed.

A considerable number of bills were forwarded a stage,
and their loriships rose shortly after eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY

The SPEAKER took tha chair at ten minutes past twelve.

PRIVATE BUSINES3

The Lords' amendments to the following private bills
were consi lered and agreed to :—Aberdeen and Scotland
Midland Junction Railway Companies' Amalgamation ;
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Exten-
sion of Time. &c.); Severn Navigation Improvement
Commission; Westminster Terminus Railway.
Mr. O?WAY presented a petition from the Native
Association of Madras respecting the infliction of torture
in India, and praying for investigation.

COUNTY COURTS ACTS AMENDMENT BILL

On the order for the third reading of this bill,

Mr. GLADSTONE said he still entertained a strong
feeling as to the precipitancy with which this measure,
involving a charge of £170,000 a year on the revenue, was
urged forward, and asked whether the government was
prepared to institute during the recess an enquiry into the
Courts of Westminster Hall, with a view to ascertain
Whether they were not more than adequate to their duties,
and v hether a reduction might not be made in the number
of judges without interfering with vested rights.
Sir G. GREY said he had made enquiry, and he believed
that no diminution of business had taken place in West-
minster Hall, in consequence of the establishment of
County Courts. Enquiry, however, might be advan-
tageous to ascertain whether by a revision of the circuits
the business might not be so; transacted as to enable a
less number of judges to get through it. He would make
further enquiry into the matter. .
The bill was read a third time.
On the motion that the bill should pass,
Colonel WILSON PATTEN moved the following clause :
"All the provisions of this Act applicable to superior
courts and judges thereof shall apply to the Court of
Common Pleas at Lancaster and Court of Common Pleas
at Durham, and the judges thereof respectively being
judges of one of the Common Law Courts at Westminster,
and all the said provisions applicable to masters of
superior courts, shall apply to the respective prothono-
taries of the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster and
Court of Pleas at Durham, and their respective deputies
acting in the execution of the duties of such officers :
provided, that any writs of certiorari to be issued by the
order of such courts, or of a judge thereof, shall be issued
out of tht Chanceries of the counties palatine of Lan-
caster and Durham respectively, and shall be made
returnable into the said Court of Common Pleas at Lan-
caster and Court of Pleas at Durham respectively, in the
same manner as other writs of certiorari of such counties
palatine respectively."
The clause was agreed to.

Mr. HADFIELD moved the following clause :—" Clerks
articled to attorneys or solicitors may, after serving two
Years under articles, and with consent of their masters,
appear as advocates ; the clerk to any attorney or solicitor
who has already been, or who hereafter shall become
articled to such attorney or solicitor, and who may have
served two years under his articles with such attorney or
solicitor, may appear as advocate on behalf of any party
to any proceedings in the County Court, on producing to
the Registrar of the Court his articles, and also a certifi-
cate from his master that he consents thereto ; and the
attorney to whom such clerk is or may be articled shall
be entitled to the same fees as if he had personally attended
the said Court, provided that the clerk shall be subject to
the same rules and regulations as attorneys now are or
hereafter may be subject to."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the clause, which,
after some discussion, was withdrawn
' Mr

HADFIELD moved the following clause :—" Any
attorney may act for another attorney concerned in any
plaint or action, or in advocating in Court for him in case
of illness, absence from home,dis t ant residence, and other
special grounds or reasons," which, after some further
discussion, was negatived without a division.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the following clause :
"Notwithstanding section three of the Act of the
thirteenth and fourteenth years of the reign of her present
Majesty, chapter sixty-one, a registrar or assistant clerk
appointed since the passing of that act may reside out of
the district of the court or courts for which he shall have
been appointed, if the Lord Chancellor, or, where the
whole of the district is within the Duchy of Lancaster,
the Chancellor of the Duchy, shall, in the exercise of his
discretion, on special grounds, and on such terms as he
shall think fit to impose, grant permission for that pur-
pqse."

Sir. J. GRAHAM said, that in consequence of the great
abuses which he knew to have prevailed, he moved that
clause which was now objected to. In some cases he
knew registrars living one hundred miles away from the
immediate sphere of their operations. Ile was not pre-
pared to delegate such a power to the Lord Chancellor of
allowing registrars to live far away. He would not object
to their living two or three miles :away—at all events,
there should be a limit.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was quite willing to
adopt the suggestion.
Mr. HENLEY said no general inconvenience had been
shown to render a change in the law necessary, and this
clause had obviously been proposed for the benefit of one
or two individuals. He thought it was absolutely neces-
sary that the registrars should reside on the spot.
k Sir E. PERRY opposed the clause.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would not press the
clause, and it was negatived without a division.
After some other ;amendments had been agreed to, the
bill was passed.

VICE-PRESIDENT OP COMMITTEE OP COTJNCIL ON EDUCATION
BILL.
On the order of the day for the third reading of this
bill,

Mr. HENLEY moved that it be read a third time that day
six months.
The amendment was supported by Mr. Vernon, Mr.
Gladstone, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Hadfield, and
opposed by Sir George Grey, Mr. Vernon Smith, and Mr.
Heywood.
Mr. NAPIER expressed himself as being favourable to
the appointment of a Minister of Education, but objected
to the, present bill, as calculated to widen the breach
between England and Ireland.
After a discussion, a division took place, when the
numbers appeared,
For the bill Against it

Majority 42
The Proctors (LiFclesiastical Courts) Bill, introduced
on a former evening by Mr. Hadfield, was withdrawn.
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House then aourned until six o'clock.
In the evening sitting,
Mr.
should H. B
ea gave notice that early next session he
mak motion on the subject of voting by ballot,
in the election of members of Parliament.

AMNESTY TO POLITICAL OF FENDERS:
In reply to Mr. T. DuNcomnE,
ext
Sir Gend the Amnesty granted to Political Offenders, to
the ten prisoners who were convicted in September, 1820,
at the York assizes of high treason, and instructions
would be sent to the Colonial Office, for the Purpose of
proclaiming the Royal pardon to such as, still
living.

In rMILITIA STAFF' IN SCOTLAND.
mr.7.Y to Sir A. AGNEW.
land w RE/. said the permanent Staff of Militia in Scot-
toul
hat the), mightery I.* db t • res would be taken
mite . u measu
not be billeted on the inhabitants.

THE CAPE OP GOOD HOPE MAILS.
said ten-
Mr. WILSON, ill answer to Mr. H. BEREELEY• -
Ts had been received for the conveyance of Mails to the
tpe of Good Hope. They were now under considera-
on, and he anticipated that a decision would be arrived
to-morrow (Wednesday The report of the committee on the Parochial Schools
lcotlandj Bill was brought up and agreed to. 1.:

SUCCESSOR TO MR, CRAMPTON.
Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to Mr. Gibson, said
her
Majesty's Government had not yet come..to any decision

THE

with regard to the appointment, as successor to Mr,
Crampton at Washington.

REVISION OF THE SCRIPTURES.
iiiMr.DErwoon moved an address to the Crown, pray-
ing for the appointment of a commission of competent
men, to consider the revision of the authorised version
of the Bible, to receive suggestions and to report there-
upon.

After a few remarks from Sir George Grey, the motion
was withdrawn.

LIMITATION OF SPEECHES

Mr. WnarxsoN moved the follos;inue solution :—That
except upon the introduction of a measure to the House,
no member do speak more than half an hour at a time
upon the same question, or upon any occasion for more
than one hour.

The motion was opposed by Lord PALMERSTON and
negatived on a divisimn by a majority of 27.

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SPANISH CLAIMS.
Sir Jou FITZGERALD submitted the claims of certain
members of her Majesty's eubjects on the Spanish govern-
ment for an honourable settlement of the Spanish com-
mittee certificate of coupon not funded.
Lord PALMERSTON admitted that the course pursued
by the Spanish government was at variance with both
justice and good faith, but it was considered inexpedient
to make such questions national questions, and the
British government had, therzfore, contented themselves
with remonstrating with the Spanish government upon
the course which they had pursued.
The subject then dropped.

SECRET MILITARY TRIBUNALS.
Mr. ROEBUCK moved the following resolution—" That the
Under Secretary of War having admitted that upon
anonymous information a secret enquiry had been ordered
into the conduct of a general officer, this House feels itself
bound to express its reprobation of such a proceeding."
Mr. PEEL defended the Government, and stated that
General Shirley was the informant against General Bate-
son.

Mr. I. BUTT supported the motion.
Lord PALMERSTON vindicated tne conduct of the Govern-
ment, and defended Generals Shirley and Vivian, stating
his opinion, that both those officers had performed their
duty. He urged the House not to come to a decision till
the War Office was in possession of further information on
the subject.

After a debate the House divided, when there appeared,
For the motion 93
Against it

Majority 48
The motion was consequently lost.
THE INDIAN BUDGET.
The report on the Indian budget, as submitted by Mr,
V.. Smith last night, was then brought up and agreed to.

LEASES AND SETTLED ESTATE 6 BILL.
This bill, which has undergone some discussion, was
read a third time and passed.

THE SEES OF LONDON AND DURHAM BILL.
Lord PALMERSTON moved the second reading of the
Bishops of London and Durham Bill, but was immediately
adjourned, the bill not having been printed.
The House adjourned at half-past ten o'clock.