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

course of which

Sir GBO. GREY promised that the reports of such estab-
lishments should be hid before Parliament. He would not
pledge the government as to any alteration in a law which
had only existed two years, but the subject should receive
his serious consideration.

THE ADDRESS,

On bringing up the report on the address, in reply to the
speech from the throne,
Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to call attention to one
omissio❑ out of several that were noticeable in the Royal
Speech. Her Majesty had referred to internal improvements,
but no reference was made to th t most important question
of National Education. The noble lord the member for
the city of London had promised last session, while he was
a member of the government, that he intended to introduce
a measure on the snbject of national education to
the consideration of Parliament at the earliest
opportunity, and he (S;r J. Pakingtou) had hoped
that the present Prime Minister would consider himself
bound by that pledge. He (Sir J. Pakington) was willing
to lend his assistance to Lord John Russell in any measure
that the noble lord might introduce on that subject. But
he was surprised when he heard, on the previous day, that
the noble lord only intended to move, in the month of
March, resolutions on the subject. Resolutions, he was
afraid, would not educate the people.
Sir G. Gnat said, the reason that no mention has been
made of national education in her Majesty's speech was,
that the government had no comprehensive measure to
propose on the subject, and they were unwilling to raise
expectations which could only lead to disappointment. The
President of the Council would introduce a measure in the
other house which, though he hoped that it would extend
the means of national education in England, was not of
sufficient importance to warrant the ministers in introducing
a reference to it in the Royal speech.
Mr. BENTINCY referred to the debate of last night, and
commented upon Mr. Roebuck's speech. He admitted the
bravery of the French, but declared that England alone was
able to cope with Russia. Should . the war continue, he
hoped that the power of search would be revived, so that
Russian trade through neutral assistance might be effectually
prevented.
In reply to Sir JOHN PAKINGTON,
Sir G. GREY said it was not contemplated to create a
minister'of education.
Lord 3. RUSSELL, returning to the subject of the war,
expressed his approval of the course proposed by the gov-
ernment, and which the house seemed willing to adopt,
namely, to avoid discussion while the negotiations continued,
but at the same time not to suspend any of the preparations
for continuing the war. He hoped that an early opportu-
nity would be taken of giving 'the thanks of parliament to
the army for the siege and capture of Sebastopol, showing
to the men that the country appreciated their noble
devotion.
Mr. ROEBUCK, in reference to the speech of Mr. Bentinck,
denied that he had stated that England was not able alone
to cope with Russia. His observations on the subject were
of quite a contrary tendency.
The report on the address was then agreed to

LAW OF PARTNERSHIP.

Mr. LOWE moved for leave to introduce a bill for the
ncorporation and regulation of joint stock companies and
other a;sociations. The hon. member explained that the
object of the bill was to repeal both the old joint stock act
and the limited liability act of last session. In
reference to the latter, he observed that it was
unjust, in legislating upon the subject, to 'fix the
amount of capital, or the amount of shares, of
companies claiming the benefit of the act. In the act
last session limited liability was allowed as a privilege, but
by his bill it was to be held as a right. His measure was
both compulsory and permissive. The compulsory part of
it applied to associations for gain or profit, of more than
twenty members, which would be compelled to beincorpo-
rated for the benefit of the public; the permissive part
applied to associations for gain or profit, of above six, and
under twenty members, who would be allowed to incorpo-
rate if they thought proper. Any other associations, con-
sisting of more than six members, would be able to adopt
incorporation. He proposed to make some alterations in the
registry of shareholders. and in the accounts, which he
mentioned in detail—the object being to make them more
open to the public. The bill also gave companies the
advantage of having their affairs inspected and reported
upon by the Board of trade at their own expense. He
proposed that the winding up of companies should take
place at the wish of three-fourths of the shareholders, or
when the debt of a company remained unpaid three weeks
after application.
Mr. COLLIER generally approved of the measure.
Mr. MALINS agreed with most of what had fallen from
Mr. Lowe.
After some rer ants f 1 c rom Viscount GODERICII, Mr. J. C.
PRILLI3I7RE, and Mr. CARDWELL, who also approved of
Mr. Lowe's propositions, leave was given to bring in
the bill.
The house adjourned at twenty minutes to nine o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES
In addition to the notices given in the House of
ei on Thursday, and mentioned in our Parliamv_ata,OMMooB
ry report
of that day's proceedings, we have to m:‘,,lti„ the fel_
lowing :

CITY op LONDON.—By Sir George. tin, for a bill for