Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-25 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P.-UILIAMENT.

novsE OF LORDS.---THURSDAY

JOINT STOCK COMPANIES' WINDING-UP BILL

The Joint Stock Companies' Winding-up Bill passedthrough
eolamittee, after a preliminary discussion, in which the prin-
iple of limited liability, and the commercial results which
t°ll°lved) Were discussed by Earl Grey, the Earl of
b
°n°llgilluore, Lord Overstone, and other Peers.
Several bills were advanced a stage, after which the h:;,use
adjourned at seven o'clock.

ROUSE OF COMMONS.-

fir• Grogan
App gave notice, that on Thursday the 7th of
he should call attention to the case of the Caffe-
'4l'4 Savings Bank,.

- T n U RSDAY

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`lr. James having asked whether acneynrat,ddiintiocnensalegjuudeugeese
were obe appointed to the Divorce
of
the large amount of business now waiting
The Attorney-General said that the natter was, owing to
for 'decision ?
the terms of the act, involved in great '
mile. the result
directed he
to be made, and should
cl•fficulty. He had
Lord of the
tf those inquiries under the notice of the Government.
4114n'Mr. Sergeant Deasy asked the Firstcommunications
liraltY, whether he has received any
interference with the
°s4lPlainiag of any alleged undue
on board her Majesty's
raj. gion of any of the sailors:sailinace
complaints.
811'11 Ajax, at Queenstown, and whether he had caused any.
Inquiry to be made into the truth of such
t there was very
, Sir J. Pakington said that he had directed enquiries to
be Made, and that it did not appear that jtiSt cease for complaint.
ould refuse to
r. Ntitchell, after referriiter, to the alleged declaration
til°f Lord Stenley, that the Gove.rninefnftra
wnchise, asked the
`klifY those principles of uniformity o
the government
ehaneeller of the Exchequer whether .
town and
:°llld persist in maintaining the uniformity of
-011ntY franchise as the principle of its °` the representation of the people ?
that -it was
;21e Chancellor of the Exchequer said
to the at such a time, to
statement
1.0 tbte question which would demand a
give a categorical' answer.
eeth
t
of argument and detail ; but
'aY, that When
.1-
" Majesty's Government introduced.
this he would
that •
hill it was the opinion of himself
'
it comained no • 'on, which might not in committee be
__,_ .
provisi .
the'
• en
her
• If and of his. colleagues
t, equinitted to that calm and impartial co
give, and
" house had pledged itself to her Majesty to
circumstances under
consideration which
vvithout which pledge, considering, the
that bill
which the present llinietr acceded to power; wonid never have been.n't Yd
ed.
The Alaeters and
C.ourts
second
and Registries of Ireland Bill were read
Operativestllll, and the Ecclesiastical
time; as was also the Patents for Inventions of
GOVERNATENT REFORM
Waar Bill.
13ILL.
The adjourned debate on the Government Reform Bill
Was resumed by
ru 5Z Gibson, who
of-the bill were
ho said that the declarations of the
ticho fibers. . Rho had hitherto spoke in defence
not
point out
'eat in. oue great particular—they
What it
Teee
not propose
e s effects would be on parliamentary elections. The Go-
-.Mem pleaded that as Conservatives they could
More '
etoxe,as. e but admitted theforce of the
11°Ieat Measure. He
as
the country. He
did
Lae consequences it would entail upon
it was his duty to consider the measure simply
to not feel the force of the demand which required them
Pass the
for, his present bill rather
quality of
le
" Part he was not disposed to sacrifice .
the Measure
the ques-
than delay
trieform ; but,
0, settling
tioa. to its time. They talked I
dtridannqoutileit„of to take the
wi Ile could not consent to settle the reform question
titulit reform. II rued the House not
He
the couentwrya on this .
subject for apathy. .
bill for operating
• au the bill a reform bill ;it was a
in a call
of the
-- aaa peculiar manner on the constituency
would
eo,ett.ritry, ee
lie wished to know what good the country
count
ti riVe from the operation if the adopted the £lO
there
occupation franchise but 'o
yconditions, that
she
only on two .
that a
aid be no reduction in the borough franchise, and
Porti,
to
the b_
eu of the county constituency should be transferred
let
the erough Before they adopted the £lO
franchise,
If not, it
at see if they were satisfied with the conditions. ,
t a prov-
Zi. be useless to g•cl on with the project withoe.
resolution,P
he
le_
.14 all cases the mode of proceeding by
of Lord
i'oasiildtteed that in the present case, the resolution
to
Russell exactly met the case. He then
e3alleet at 1
proceeded
from
the
co length
the transfer of the borough voters
voter
sho, ieellties, de• that not a single independent . _
`IN be so Ni• '
that the main
teeeiice
_. wthdravrn He considered
borough. con-
stitticoo:l_ the distinctive character of the borough
the constitution,
approv%.`'.as an important element in
electoral districts.
lick I,oe it as superior to the system of
class of
ttoefta. er thought that the establishment of alarge
boroughs-
.tiZ reeideat voters would be injurious to
the
of creating
ActitilloWer thus placed in the hands of the club,
the ee,ris l'ete9, might be put to the worst use. He reprobated
be
the Nap in favour of the middle class ;he would
any
reea:silltavocate of no class, and protested against.,
A. bill
for
rtfre which 'should exclude the working classes.o i
aspect
of ti,c°lll Mast be considered as a whole in the f
for
4441,711041 e, and he protested against the
proposal
and
Nariz with it in committee, as a course most
pueriledemanded
trek Cliacatary. lle denied that it ought to be
at
that tiltit t 0 state his own plans; it was their businesshem
....
the Lettl, e t° confine themselves to the subject before t
et, and ~ t
At ttie resolation.
,h • Aelderl '
principles in
e•esti„ii eY said that there were two
franchise
bY 4,,,,' (Me of which was the extension of thecii.of
thesc '.UerS, and the other that of property ; i
1711
John
litaktrilleiPles was, he asked, that adopted by Lord
oft he Let those who advocated the claims of the massthem
before Pe°Ple bware. The noble lord had deceived them
Itcitv 'toEttleci he
d deceive them again.
He
appearedwould
throw
th be sailing, in the same boat, but he
complained
that j.,04111 Over when the occasion arose. He
h.asif
theY Are,„ 4114 Russell objected to details of the 1
1 to
the
."'e its prin. • -•' I M. Gibson objected
cordDrlncipici p eiPles, while 11 r. -
The noble
~,otti 0... the bill as if •they were details.
4 6-
en a n 0 and
46 frear.h.all the difference of degree between
was
only
olie '''se wprinciple, while it w
°f det .1 -ere a matter of
elehe 41. it
at length against the
pro -48 or tb, ..03 proceeded to argue
those. of
,Perte acid equality, as compared with..
s of the
Dill , ' Et4a edacatio He 'defended the provision
eli;tin°4te°4ing that t the
nhe ould add fifty per cent to
ebje t-ob coastituencies they
fwthe kingdom. It had
beenthe
e'eat• ci
t° the detail bill, that they furthered
, eel
0, , s of the
be produced
1 eoteri t fad ails
votes, but this result would
de4,ee ng the f,... . .
still
encnise of £6 pver to a 0
wreater
darter Nit ee
to
' ".Leadla, • •
government with 41 dewed the right of the g
Bill, by
11(leri. the people as to the pride 'of the Reform .
te afe it only • .. • • •
impossible
h it was
,1 keept Y upon conditions which .
settled
44riee. /le had hoped to have seen the question .
e the
` had failed
tq b . Present Session ; but as the govenmene
ring. fo
had no
'altar wand a satisfactory measure, the house
It 4tiVe hilt, t •
• ' upon the subject.
e weiii(l 0 declare its own views.
a hostile
,41)1rit if 41,110 t act towards the government 1.. n
f the
'ill, 4 , `4eY would at once abandon the principles o
te
ewit: iatroduce another ; but it was necessary
themforßench,
444 therde that
they were not juggled by the Treasur y
Pro • euate, so 1 •''''
had satisfied him of the
pritt.
0,, ar as it went,
the noble lord.
Iteverti,' 1 the resolution proposed by
deeiat_ Nto the clause affecting the borough franchise, he
in the
cel,4ti'a that the influence of the borough freeholders
itit e 4 had 1
good effect. The
req4 . always been used to
b , (4011 of 4.1_
into the
,°•eueseb, he non-resident • voters
the
"qtrti-et. was a still greater evil than
the
eatitio3l°ll of the borough's influence upon the
dan-
ereiti
~,, This principle would have the me
hli, e"ect upen the small boroughs. On the other
mould
Neei, he asked, what were the advantages w
int, e 1.11 return f th . 'fi He they
reretted the
°'lecei or "e sacri advantages
regretted
country I
. °4 of this bill, whieh had placed the eereat
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