Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-08 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY

The Lord Chancellor moved the first reading of a Bill
for the amendment of the law respecting Bankruptcy
and Insolvency. He explained, at considerable length,
the details of the bill, one of the principles of which is
the abolition of distinctions between bankruptcy and
insolvency.

Lord liroughatn, Lord Campbell, and Lord Cranworth
made some observations, chiefly complimentary, but in
some respects objecting that the bill did n

enough

The bill was then read a first time

'ter which the

house adjourned at seven o'clocl

HOUSE .OF COMMONS

The Queen's reply to the address was brought up lYy

Colonel Forst(

1 for the Un

A. new writ was orde

in place of Mr. Gladstone, who had accept
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian 181
Mr. T. Duncombe, after referring to the
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Thurs
was the intention of the government to
Reform Bill during the present month ?
The Chancellor of the Exchecoier rep]

ration of

askel if it

troduce the

important measures, respecting the state of
and other matters, would have to be discusse
Reform Bill could be introduced. lie couh
fore, fix the precise day, but he expressed 1)
pectation that the bill would not only be brow
but that the second reading. might take pla,

dian finance
I before the

,nd even

3?. in committee befOre Easter. •
d upon the Government to na

progress Ma
Mr. Bright ur,

day for the fir

given for its consideration between that at
reading.

lied, that he

The- Chancellor of the Exchequer
could only repeat his farmer answer.
In reply to Mr. 11. Sheridan, who asked whether the
farther punishment of the bankers, Sir J. D. Paul and
Mr. Strahan, would be remitted?
Mr. Walpole remarked on the enormity of the delin-
quencies committed by those bankers, and the difficult
position in which he was placed by the passing of the
Fraudulent Trustees Act, -which was in contradiction to
the present law with repealing it. Under those circum-
stances it would be necessary for him
past offences, to lay down some rule
cases, which he trusted to be able to do
The passage in the Queen's speech r(
of the navy having been received, and a notice for supply
having been made, the House agreed to resolve itself
into committee for that purpose to-day (Tuesday)
Mr. Walpole; in moving the second readin
Bill for the Repeal of .the Occasional S

) the state

Prayer Book, said that the service fot
quired to be added to the list to be expunged, vi

er day re-
the

23rd October

Mr. Hadfield remarked that o
should be made in the nook of CI
much that was offensive to a great pa
should be expunged. He wished to knol
intentions of the Government were res
present measure or not, and, that there
he_moved to postpone the second reading fo
_ _

r impro.

a', and

Mr. NewdegaCe • said that tim,

Mould b

)rnmunity

ether the
I to the

consideration
Mr. Roebuck could not see why the Ilou§,
want a week for the simple act of common sons
Mr. Gregson suggested other alterations than thos
provided by the Bill.
Mr. Walpole said that the bill did not touch the law
respecting the Book of Common Prayer. These special
services were only authorised by warrant. The object of
the bill was to remove the anomalies of the existing laN
by which its stationary compulsion was - -
persons to attend church on certain days.
Mr. Hadfield withdrew his amendment, and the bill Iv
read a second tim

Son all

The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved for leave to
introduce a bill to amend the law concerning superannua-
tion and other allowances to persons that have held civ:!
offices in the public service. The bill simply
the recommendation of the comini

had sat on the
be enti
would be corn

~bodir d

the age of s

N-Ir. J. A

the provinces

London

at, w inch w

e aeman

led tha

tninision wh ►

any person wo'

lose of

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

TrATI

:YEARLY MEETING

r - .
The .half-yearly -Meeting Of the memb-ers of t.lie
chamber of Commerce waCheld in the offices, Exchange-
buildings, at One ecloca yesterday. The chair was taken
)), Christopher Bushell, .Esq., and among the gentle Men
resent were -Messrs. John Torr, R. A.• Macfie, J. T.
ltobertson, Robert ,Hutchison, Charles
Hall, T. Forwood, F. A. Clint, C. E.
rd Sheil, J. C. Corbally, Tomlinson,

Tyrer, Brebner, Reid, Di
thry, M

'ronson,

rth, &c., &c

report, which

iairman said Gentleman .in accordance with
I m

.rly 'meeting

n- the chairmen o

littees'to tke comments upon any of
,pon I report, which they may
Jr more 6,_ i • and therefore needing
farther elucidation than can be given to them in our
of report. You are aware that at our last half-yearly
leetinm in September, it was arranged that the annual
report °shouli, in future, be made at the summer meetings,
instead of at these in February, as formerly, and, there-
fore. in submitting the present report, it is only relating,
to what has pas>ed since the last meetinz, and as itdicat-
ing the action of the council upon the subjects.which will
be trong,ht forward during the approaching session of
Pa liamen`. lam sure you have all of you been gratified,
as I have Leen, to see, that in her Majesty's speech, some
subjects of the deepest importance in which the council
interest, and in relation to which they
action in the way of memorial and otherwise,
nude the theme•of allusion, indicating that
Ls which we sought to accomplish have in a very
ble degree been accomplished, inasmuch as. they
taken up by the Government of the country.
Among these, you are aware, that one
the French emigration
lawe all felt the deepest. interest. We
hat scheme, when proposed by the French
really and truly a re-enacting of

ken a g

have b
the objc

1 interes

t importance
_was,

aclienie, in Ivnic

govern

ut wfm

e satisfu

think, ti

conseq

Lieut. memorialised our -own
Ist it, and I am sure you will all

at which I do not mean to say

all ever

we may take to ou

helped to bring► abou

le with regard to the v

iffered by. Britishiesidents in Mexico,

Government, . and we received,

)eat Official document it 'has ever been my let
tter from Lord Malmesbury, sheaving that he

in . Mexico

I his intention to put a stop to
and to do justice to the 'British
We also learn by her Majesty's

have been entered into wit

These are mat

Je to a commercial community such
,are we all heartily rejoice at the steps
. taken, and which give us reason to hope
ess in our commercial relations with those
Ar other subject, also, which has been con-
& ant 4 before this chamber, is the question of the
nankluptcy Laws. You are aware that we have never
~..ngpa to tnritate that question, and we are about, I trust,

counir

tocli arc

realise nil the results which we anticipate
*rough the bill which is to be introduced by the Lord
Chancell‘,- ' T am palectly persuaded that. we shall
I,v the agitation.which has taken
• and that we shall have

y futva

ile it gives

T. of pre-

with the Trines lies at
rhich is beneficial in t

1 of the

,ukrupt

s been Ilic
Tines, and

.0f

ring the

of it

assets of

th(
winch

increascu
shall hay(

if it has not found

has found utterar
'itanley—that it .