The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

THE SUN,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS:
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
On the motion of the Earl of LONSDALE, the
Commons Enclosure Bill was road a second time and

ordered to be committed to-morrow.
COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Dol-
gelly and other places in Wales, in favour of County
Courts Extension Bill.
EXTENSION OF COUNTY COURTS JURISDIC-
TION TO BANKRUPTCY CASES.
Lord BROUGHAM said he had a Bill to lay on the
table, to which he besought their Lordships' attention.
They must remember that the County Courts Acts. im-
proved as they had been by successive legislative
enactments, and received with such favour by the
public, applied as yet only to solvent claims,
and that there was, in cases of insolvency, the
same denial of justice which there had been before
in all other eases.—(Hear, hear.) The consequence
was, that in all the districts there were two distinct and
independent local jurisdictions, that of the County
Court and the Bankruptcy Court. How far it was
possible to amalgamate the two jurisdictions, their
Lordships had had an opportunity of consider-
ing last session, when he had brought before
them a Bill to effect this purpose—a Bill which !nide
considerable progress last session, but, owing to the
state of the public business, was not then passed into
law. Tee Bill to which he had now to call their atten-
tion, end for which he had to ask a first reading, was of
the same nature, and had for its purpose to extend the
jurisdiction of County Court judges to bankruptcy cases.
—The Bill was then read a first time.

Lord BROUGHAM mentioned, in reference to the
Bill which he had laid on the table the other night with
regard to the shortening the time between the dissolu-
tion and the assembling of a new Parliament, he had
heard some discontent expressed as to his having named
thirty-five days as the minimum space to elapse between
the two events. It appeared to him that this was the
shortest space in which a new Parliament could be got
together after a dissolution.
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
The Earl of GLENGALL presented a petition from
the South of Tipperary praying that the ELuse would
take means to relieve the present state of distress exist-

ing in Ireland.
The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from
a place in the NorthTHE of Ireland toAVA. the same effect.
WAR IN

The Earl of DERBY rose to ask the Noble Earl op-
posite (Ellenborough) to postpone a question of which
he had given notice with respect to the war in Ave. It
appeared to him that this question was, to say the least
of it, premature, and es it appeared to him incorrect in
its terms, as relating to what the Noble Earl ca'led the
war in Ave. Undoubtedly hostile collisions had taken
place between her Majesty's forces and the Governor
of Rangenn, but no actual war had broken cut, and he
was no; without hope that such a misfortune
might be averted. The first account of what
had taken place had only reached this country
by the last mail, and though accounts of a second colli-
sion had reached this country it had been by the medium
of the Admiralty, and no account had yet reached the
Board of Directors from the Governor-General, conse-
quently the information which the Government possessed
was very imperfect, and they were not iu a state to give
writhing but a very imperfect account of these
transactions. Under these circumstances he should
prepeee that his Noble Friend would postpone
his question until the arrival of the next mail,
which would probably put them in possession of what
the state of affairs was at present, and what opinion the
Governor-General had formed upon them.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said it was impoa-
sible for him to refuse to postpone his question; but he
hoped that ho should be allowed to bring it on before the
departure of the next mail. While he was upon
the subject of this war he would call the
attention of the Noble Duke at the head of the Admi-
ralty to the relations existing between the Governor-
General of India and the Commodore cf the blockading
squadron. The commodore was in the position of the
commando of an allied squadron, and though he might
receive a suggestion from the Gcvernor-General, he was
bound to act according to his instructions. In fact, the
Governor-General might advise,but could given° orders to
the Commodore. This was an anomalous position, and he
hoped that orders would be issued from the Admiralty to
remedy it.
The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND said that Com-
modore Lambert had received instructions from the Go-
vernor-General in Council, and had acted upon them
strictly and carefully.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said ;hat might be,
but it was in the Commodore's option to have neglected
and disobeyed these orders altogether if he had chosen.
That was a position of responsibility in which the Com-
modore ought not to be left.
Lord MINTO said that he apprehended that the corn•
mender on this station was placed in exactly the same
position as all other commanders on foreign station:: he
was obliged to act according to the iostructiuus of the
Admiralty.
Lord BROUGHTON confirmed the statement of the
Noble Earl behind him (Ellenborough). Shortly before
ho had lsft office he had received a letter from the Go-
vernor-General cemplaining of this anomalous position,
and hoping that when the East India Company's Char-
ter again came under the censideration of Parliament
some provision would bn introduced to remedy it.
The Earl of DERBY s±.l(l with reference to this sub-
ject ho had to give notice that on Fric!ay, the 2d of
April, he should move for a Committee to inquire into
the operations of the Act under which the Eat India
Company held their Charter.
AMENDMENT OF LAW OF WILLS BILL.
This Bill passed through Committee.
MR 'ISADVANCES, _ _ _

Lord MONTE AGLE rose to move tor a Select Com-
mittee to which should he referred the Treasury minutes
providing for the dcbta due from counties and unions in
Ireland by the impositien of a consolidated annuity for
a period not exceeding forty years.
(LEFT SPBAKLNG