The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-26 00:00:00

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and intimated that the commissioners, upon whose
reports
the bill was founded, had not sufficiently investigated the
documentary evidence given.
Mr. TOLLEMACHR believed that it was not necessary. to
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
I legislate on this subject for the protection of trade,- and
shortly after five o'clock.

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY

would record his vote against the measure.
THE JUDICIAL BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. COLLIER supported the measure, on the ground that
Lord LYNDHURST gave notice, that on Friday he should it was contrary to the principles, of free trade, and had
call attention to the present arrangements for transacting for its object the abolition of• the iniquitous principle
judicial business in the House of Lords, for the purpose of that one class should be taxed for the benefit of
effecting an improvement.
• THE WENSLEYDALE PEERAGE. another. The grants were, he said, given by the crown
On the bringing up of the report of the committee of for making harbours and other maritime purposes, and as
privileges, the dues was now applied to local purposes, he held that
- EIJI GRANVILLE said there was no intention on the part the right of the corporations were not entitled to compen-
of the Government to offer any opposition to the receiving sation. Passing tolls, between which and town dues he
of the report of the committee of privileges, and added
that Lord Wensleydale would submit to the decision of could see no difference, were to be at once abolished, but
their Lordships, and would refrain from endeavouring to town dues were ' e retained for a while, because valid
take his seat till further time had been giVen for the con-
sideration of the question. The noble Earl expressed a etec
hope that in all future discussions on the subject, party ca,
feeling would be set aside. I col
Lord CAMPBELL expressed a similar hope. 't hio
The Earl of DERBY also concurred, and offered some
remarks upon the general question, observing that on
political questions the introduction of life peerage would
be extremely injurious, and with regard to the assistance
that it was urged would be given to that house in its legal
capacity, he believed the remedy would be found worse
than the disease.

The discussion was continued by Lord Dungarvon, the
Earl of Malmesbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl
of Harrowbt, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Carnarvon,
Earl Grey, and other Peers.

Lord REDESDALE groutided his support of the report of
the committee of privileges upon the power giVen to their
lordships by their standing orders, when there sas a dif-
ference in regard to a writ of summons to inquire how it
came to pass.
The report was then received.
Their Lordships adjourned a few minutes before seven

o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. —MONDAY,
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

were respected

Mr. litLYann had carefully considered both sides of
this question, and had come to conclusion that it would
not be consistent with his duty, as a member of Parks'
went, to vote for this measure, which did not respect the

rights of property

Mr. RICE opposed the measure. He denied that the
local dues were in all cases granted for maritime purposes,
and stated, in reference to Dover, that they were levied
for paving and lighting the town. He advocated the abo-
lition of passing tolls, and remarked that the Government
acted inconsiderately in this measure, for paying the debts
of the passing tolls out of the Consolidated Fund, the
vested interests in local dues were neglected.

Mr. DEEDES commented upon the speech of the Vice-
President of the Board of Trade, who, he said, had
broached strange doctrines with regard to rights of pro.
perty, which were not calculated to give strength to the
Government.

Mr. J. EWART considered the bill as most unjust to cer:

PETITIONS.
Mr. Alderman Kennedy and Mr. Alderman Ross, the
Sheriffs of the City of London, appeared at the bar and
presented a petition from the Lord Mayor and Corpora-
tion in opposition to the Local Dues ou Shipping Bill.
A. vast number of other petitions on the same subject were
presented.

tain corporations.
Mr. H. LIDDELL believed the measure contained much
that was good as well as much that was bad, but they
were so closely mixed, that nothing remained for the
House but to reject the measure altogether.
Mr. INGHAM supported the motion for the second
reading.

Mr. CAIRNS opposed the motion.
Mr. M. T. BAINES supported the measure.
Sir F. KELLY opposed the measure.
Mr. W. S. LINDSAY moved the adjournment of the

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