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London, England, 1852-03-26 00:00:00

CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL.

►n the motfon---ofilieEarl of LONSDALE this Bill
tees read a seem d time. _ .

The Law of Wills Amendment Bill was reported to
the House.PROCLAAATION FOR ASSEMBLING PARLIA-

MENT.
On tipi motion of Lord BROUGHAM this Bill was
rtexl a second tinie.

ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT.
The karl of WICKLOW put a question to the Noble
Eari at the head of the Government whether it was Ms
intention to introduce a measure to prolong the En-
cumbered Estates Act for another year, and also, if it
was his intention, at the expiration of that period, to
Five a mure settled and permanent position to this
Court.
The Earl of DERBY said that the object of the Go.
"T"leut was precisely the same as those of the Noble
Sari opp".itt —63 prevent the inconvenience which
wvu:d result itt Ireland from the sudden ter-
attention business iu the Encutabered Estates Court.
As the Act stood at present, it would expire in the
eourse of 00
present sepsion, end to avoid the conse-
,
qtleC • „f eudakil tumination, it had been thought
!1 1-
• `troduce a Bill to pro- it,--ng existence for
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In the tiles ntiva,
.e the Lord Chancellor of
Ireland wild dirk.r.,
attention to en-
deavour to ascarta:n whethi r it would be
prienet,ble, to B'.l33PlifY the Mc-edings in the
CeCrum cf Chilncery irf Irehsnd, so as to allow the
bll6lll°Aa 'et' the Enetim bered
Court to be trans-
ferred to brehin('` ryat theesipiration of the
jr.triuci for -it 4iii6kfoite *lfs "*" nought. This
week) not be intended to diminish the goo .1 effects
which 1‘4,1 smut had prQduecd in Ireland, but

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merely to return from the present extraoitlinary
course of proceeding to the ordinary tribunals
of the country. If, however, her Majesty's Govern-
ware prevented from effecting those reforms in the Court
of Chancery which they iniended to propose, they did
not feel precluded from securing a continuance of the
benefits produced by this Court, by introducing s mea-
' sure for the still further prolongation of its existence.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE quite agreed with
the Noble Earl, that the sadden termination of this
sours would be attended by great iaconvenience, and
by an entire cessation of those beneficial results which
they had produced in Ireland. He was very glad to
hear, too, that Ile Noble Earl would not feel precluded
from continuing the operation of this court, supposing
that he were not able to carry the improvements in the
Court of Chancery which he proposed.
After a few words from the Earls of GLENGALL and
DONOUGHNONE, the matter then dropped.
Lord REDESDALE then rose to move a series of
resolutions respecting the progress of private business
through the House, and was
(LEFT SPEARING.)

lIOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes to Four.

NEW MEMBERS.
Lord Naas and Mr. lima took the oaths and their
seats, the former for Coleraine, and the latter for Dun-
gannon.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Liverpool Museum and Library Bill was read a
third time.
The following Bills were read a second time :
Kells and Cavan Railway.
London Gas Light Company (Amendments of Acts, &o.)
(No. 2,)
PETITIONS.
Colanel VERNER presented a petition from Armagh
against any grant to Maynooth.
Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition from
some places in Lancashire and Essex against the Bill for the
compulsory enfranchisement of copyholds.
Mr. A. HASTIE presented a petition from 62,459 of the
male inhabitants of Glasgow above fourteen years of age,.
praying the House to withdraw from the Papal College of
Maynooth all national encouragement and support ; to repeal;
the Act of Parliament endowing the same; to place all con-
vents, nunneries, and other similar institutions of
,the Roman
Catholic Church under regular public inspection; to amend
the law of mortmain; and to vindicate the rights.of all to
religious freedom at home and .abroad.
_ Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from the grand,
jury of the county ef Roscommon, praying :that rate-payers
should not be called upon to pay rates for public works which'
had never been executed. ,
~ Mr.- WILLCOX presented a petition from. Southarepton
against the grant to Maynooth.
Lord J. MANNERS presented a petition from the Liver-
pool Church of Englund luatitutio4LQ.o3? game effelgt„.....
Mr. H. WiTLYAiIdS. presented, a petition 'from7ruro in,
favour of the Pharmacy Bill.
Mr. AGLIONBY presented several petitions from Man-'
chester and other places in favour of the immediate and
compulsory enfranchiseinent of copyholds.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Salford
against the. Charitable Trusts Bill.
Mr. MONCRIEFF presented petitions froni Edinburgh,
Kinross. and Perth against the university teats.
Mr. STAFFORD presented * petition from-Northampton
against calling out the militia.
The MASTER of the ROLLS presented a petition from
an officer in the Bankruptcy Court, praying for compensa-
tion far loss of fees occasioned by the Act of 1849.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from the
Lincolnshire Law Society,:in favour' of the Suitors' Chan-
cery Bill ; also a petition from Bridewell Hospital, against
being included in the' Charitable Trusts Bill:
Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petitions from Torquay
against the grant to Mayncotb.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented petitions from Down,
Londonderry, and Aiitrini in favour of tenant right.
Mr. SCULLY presented several petitions to the same effect
, from different places in Ireland..
Mr. E. T. YORKE presented' a petition ftoin Wisbeach
against the post-horse duty.
Mr. CHARLES LUSHINGTON presented a petition from
the ticket porters of the House, praying fin payment by sa-
.
lary.
Lord CASTLEREAGH. ,
presented petitions fr sin places in
Ireland in favour of Mr. S. Crawford% motion. ' '
Sir E. N. BUXTON presented-a petition from the London
Hospital against the Charitable Trusts BBL
Mr. MOORS presenteda petitionTrom Mayo praying for an
alteration of the law for the relief of the poor ; also a petition
from Galway for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act ;
and another praying for an inquiry into the Protestant
I Church of Ireland.
Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from an individual
against taxes oa knowledge. • .
. "RETURNS.
The Marquis of BLANDFORD moved for particulars of
all information which has been obtained by her Majesty's
Commissioners appointed "to inquire into the practicability
and mode of pub-dividing parishes," respecting:the immediate
want, as reported by them, for six hundred new churches ;
specifying each place in which such additionalp church accom-
modation is required, the number Of the population of such
place, and the amount of church rooni, with the proportion
of free aittiiigs,now„pfavided therein.—Agreed to.
JOINT-STOCK CaSIPANIES.
Mr. MACGREGOR wishe to ask the President of the Board
of Trade, whetherjhe inter d bfinging forward this session
any measure for modifying a liability of share and stock •
holders in joint-stock companies.
Mr. HENRIES said, in reply to the question of the Hon.
Member, he had to state that it was not the intention of her
Majesty's Government in the present session of Parliament
to attempt to deal with the very difficult and complicated
subject to which the question referred.—(Hear, hear)