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Lord. Enemas mowed, dist the _ _______ __ _
lie on the table.
The Earl of LatteltatiAtn did net wish fist his
silence rhould be interpreted hits oespeiesciteeit nisi
the Petition, or soy odmieiiisa of whit it . tie
facts. He could not conceive by whet ri 'lie
City could pretend to knew that the SIB • 440'
i:fesl
1 fisted ita, the Secret Committee., as the Petitioners
bed asserted., He was upon that Cematittite clod
had heard nothing while in it of the Bill. He had
understood that the Bill origiesied with Minister,.
DIAN whine respousibility it was passing through
the House : but 'teemed that the City were bet- •
ter acquainted with the proceedings of the House
then their Lordships. He regretted the ueceassty,
but he thought it nen:awry to oppose the reception
el the Petition. •
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The Duke a HAMI clog, 90.0 Dmilinei iota)
the merits of the Petition, tisseglik‘lkitellosid be
ungracious to refuse to receive .-Aiihrz after
herring received so gouty 4WD 1111' NNW g, in
I,elitels, as it app oored. to him, then bad bass AWN-
-111 4WD and expressions equaltt ehjectiestsble. He
thought it would he a mark of disrespect to the
City little deserved (rum the House.
' The LOAD Cuauceeeot protested against the
tronclusimi that lie mesnt any disrespect to the CiV.
But there could he isis more right is that corpora.
Lion than any other to interfere with the proceed.
lugs of that House, and if their Lordships att.
muted of such interference with their judicial pre.
ceedings, they had better newer proceed judicially
at all. In what he said he had only attempted to
protect those forms of the Howse which had existed
for ages. and so far from being disrespectful to the
City thereiu. he had &hewn that he was the beet
friend to every mass in the City by what he had
done.
The Duke of H•nt vim' explained : be thought
it impossible to torture what he bed said into a pen-
sons( sflo.ion to the Noble and Learned Lord.
• Lord REDEIDALA thought the Petition objet.
tioisable, because it arraigned Secret Committees
and Bilis of Pains and Penalties, except such ea
might he agreeable to the City.
Lord HOLLAND eck,rieledged, that in his opi-
niou the Potties might not to be received; hut
not because, as the Noble and Learned Lord said.
it arraigned Bill. of Paine and Penalties. and Secret
Committees ; he was tint aware that the Prunus
(hi ie, but if such were the fact. he did not know
that it was toot the right a the subject to state oh.
jectiens to those modes of proceeding, even at the
bar of the House. His objection to the Petition
was Olt iii.l3itillt of its guiug one step further.
The Petitiouers took II On themselves to say aka
were the conieuts of sealed bags of papers. which
had gulp been opened' its a Secret Committee.
which coalents it was not in the oature of things
they could know any thing shoot. No Petitiouer
could letter a tight to assert what had passed in a
Secret Committee, except so far as he might be
sequainted with it from public notoriety, or froic.
the Journals of the House. To receive the Pen.
lion would be to acknowledge that the contents of
the green hag, which had been referred to a Secret
Committee, were confiiied to one particular sub-
ject sod character of evidence, which, whether
true or false (he himself knew not), could not be
known to the Petitioner.. He could not concur is:
the motion of his Nulsle and Learned Friend.
Lord EasNINE maintained. that enough reason
had beets ',hewn brut to convince him that he could
not have dune right by refusing to present the
Petition.
The Petition was rejected.
MARRIAGE ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
The House iewilved itself into Committee on the.
Marriage Acts Amendment Bill.
Lord REDESDALE of jected to the Bill. which.
siuce it had been sent hack from their Lordships, it
had been so altered by amendments that tiotlitog
of the urigitial remained. He would give aide in.
stance cif these alterations. In the original Act
were prosixions for rendering marriages, solensuizeil
wider pintos:Mar circumstances, 44 gull Dud void
to all intents and purposes." The original Bill foe
amending this Act recited these terms fairly ; the
amended Bill poly used the word .s voidable,"
and assumed that the old Act required suit :cs
be instituted, whereas such marriages were i.y
that Act in themselves good fur nothing. The
emended Bill declared, that all such marriages as
those which b., the old Act were " null and vutd,'•
should be good and lawful marriages. .• if III) sn.t
shall he commenced, and uo proceedings earner
Tutu effect for rescinding marriages so solentuized,
that is to say, contrary to the provisions of this re-
cited Act," sic. The porticular kinds of marrirge
were recited in the old Act, all which thsttuctith.s
were laid aside iu the amended Bill. and a whit
repeal of the former Act, in effect at least, was the
consequence ; so that suarrtoges solewtitzril io a
prison,leven its the Fleet, which was particulrily
mrtstioued its the original Act, were all to be greet
marriages, except they were rescinded by a suit in-
stituted under stated cooditioue. Theo came bl
very curious provision. that the suit could not be
instituted by the parties, but could old) be effec is .1
by the guardians or parent. ; so that those who
had neither guardians nor parents were in all cases
left without a remedy. His Lordship then res.
suued ou the effects which the Bill was likely to
!rave ou descents either of property or dignities.
soil concluded by moving that the Bill Avoid be
read that dry six mouths.
The Loan CHANCIILLoit stated the rt..sons of
state cod public burioesa which had prevented Line
from giving his consideratiou to the Bill sooner.
He remarked on the state of entire aiieriiiiou in
which the Bill now appeared. He thought their
Lordships ought to take MON time before they
proceeded to such an important measure of legiala-
lion. He could not pretend to be any thing like
so well skilled in civil law as the Geutlrmais who
had, prepared the Bill, but be must take the li-
berty to say, that it was almost impossible to din
play greater ignorance of the common law than
win manifested in the preparation of the Bill ; its

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