The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Wildmore Fen and East and West Fens High-
ways Bill was read a third time and passed.
The following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time : Barnsley Waterworks (No. 2);
Copper Miners in England Company • Manchester and
Bury-road ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton
Railway (Extension of Time, &c.) ; Whitechapel Im-
provement ; Wimbledon and Croydon Railway.
Pelham Clinton's Estate Bill was read a second time
and ordered to be committed.
PETITIONS.

Mr. I. BUTT presented a petition from a building
society, against the Registration of Assurances Bill.
Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from the
bankers of Staffordshire to the same effect ; also, a petition
from the Roman Catholics of Bilston, against the Inspec-
tion of Nunneries Bill. . .

Sir E. FILMER presented a petition from Rochester,
praying for medical reform.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE presented a number of petitions
from different places in Ireland, against the bill for the
inspection of nunneries.
Mr. L. HEY WORTH presented a petition from
Derby, against the Registration of Assurances Bill.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented several petitions from
mechanics' institutes, praying for the total repeal of the
advertisement duty.
Lord MONCK presented a petition from a place in
Scotland, praying the house to take steps to prevent
the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays.
NOTICE OF MOTION. _ _ _

Mr. KEATING gave notice that on Monday, July the
sth, he should bring the report of the Dockyard Com-
mittee under the attention of the house.
The dropped notices were re-appointed.
PETERBOROUGH ELECTION.

Mr. K. SEYMER brought up the report of the
Peterborough Election Committee, declaring Mr.
Whalley to be unseated, on the ground that his agent
bad been guilty of treating
On the motion that the evidence taken before the
committee be printed,
Mr. GEACH called the attention of the house to the
circumstances of the case. Grave charges of bribery and
treating were made against Mr. Whalley and his agents,
but the charges were rot proved or attempted to be
proved. On the contrary, it was shown that the elec-

iion was fought upon pure and straightforward prin-
ciples ; but after the election a dinner was given to Mr.
Whalley by the electors, each elector paying ss. for
his dinner, and at this dinner it would seem that
Mr. Whalley then agreed to pay for the wine. It did
not appear, however, that this was done with a corrupt
motive, but nevertheless the committee had unseated
Mr. Whalley on the ground of treating. It seemed to
him that the house was running mad upon the question
of purity of elections ; but in its desire to correct these
abuses the house should take care that it did not do in-
justice in cases like this. (Hear, hear.)
Sir ,G-. GREY deprecated discussion at this stage of
the proceedings, and suggested that any remarks which
hon. members might wish to make should be post-
poned until the evidence should have been printed.
This course was taken, and the subject dropped.
THE " NO HOUSE."

Mr. COBDEN took the opportunity of this motion
to direct attention to the conduct of one of the door-
keeper's yesterday on the occasion of the " no house."
He with several other hon. members were waiting
in the lobby before four o'clock waiting until the
Chaplan made his exit, but the door-keeper kept the
door closed until the house was counted, and the conse-
quence was, he and others were unable to get admission
in time to make up the number of 40. He complained
also that several members of the Government; exerted

themselves, and even canvassed some of his own friends
to prevent a house being ma le, which he considered was
highly improper. (Hear, lie.z.)
Mr. LEWIS did not think that any blame was at-
tributable to the door-keeper, because he distinctly
heard that functionary throw the doors open and say,
" Prayers are over, gentlemen." (Hear, hear.)

Lora D. STUART said the " no house" was caused
by a shabby trick of the Government, and the sooner
such manoeuvres were put a stop to the better. The
noble lord the member for Scarborough persuaded seve-
ral members, in his hearing, not to enter the house,
be-
cause it would be inconvenient to the Government,
and that was the reason there was no house. The
fact was the whipper-in of the Government yes-
terday acted as whipper-out. No doubt the
leader of the House of Commons would disavow
these proceedings of his subordinates in the same
way that the Premier had disavowed the sentiments of
the noble lord. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. AGLIONBY said they were making too much of
this matter, and for his part he thought honourable
members themselves were to blame for allowing any one
to whip them out. (A. laugh.)
Mr. BROTHERTON denied that any blame attached
to the door-keeper. The fact was, his hon. friend the
member for the West Riding and his friends were loiter-
ing about the lobby when they should have been in
their seats.

Mr. A. PELLATT was one of those who happened
to be in the house when it was counted, and the diffi-
culty that he felt at the time was not being able to get
out to tell hon. members in the lobby what was.going on
The forms of the house, he believed, would not allow a
member to quit the house, when once in, until after it
was counted.

The SPEAKER said it was the duty of the door-
keeper to keep the door closed while prayers were on,
but after that the doors were thrown open and kept
so until the close of the proceedings. It appeared in
this instance, that the doors were closed during prayers,
but opened immediately afterwards.
The subject then dropped, and the motion for printing
the evidence in the Peterborough election case was
agreed to.
COURT OF COMMON LAW (PLEADING) BILL.
The house then went committee on this bill.

Clauses up to 10 were agreed to.
Mr. FITGERALD moved the omission of clause 10,
which provides that the cause of action shall be stated
in the writ of summons issued in the first instance, and
dispenses with the necessity of a declaration ; but after
a protracted discussion, of a technical character, the
amendment was withdrawn, and the clause was
agreed to.
Clause 11, which provides that a plaintiff shall be
compelled to deliver a bill of the particulars of his claim,
with the writ, was objected to by Mr. GROGAN, on the
ground that it would lead to unnecessary expense. He
wished, therefore, to move the omission of the
clause, and to insert in its place the following :
"And in all cases where the plaintiff's demand shall be
a liquidated or money demand, the balance claimed by
the plaintiff, after deducting all credits to which the de-
fendant may be entitled, shall be endorsed on the sum-
mons and plaint, and on the copies thereof for service ;
and the plaintiff shall before the said summons and plaint
shall be filed, as hereinafter provided, cause the particu-
lars of his demand, and of all credits to which the defen-
dant may be entitled, and of the balance claimed, to be
ingrossed on parchment, and to be annexed to the said
summons and plaint, and such endorsement annexed
shall be considered as particulars of demand, and no
further or other particulars need be delivered,
unless ordered by the court or a judge." -Ulti-
mately, however, the hon. member consented not to
press the amendment, upon the understanding that an
alteration in the original clause should be proposed to
meet his views on the bringing up of the report.
The clause was then agreed to, as were also the suc-
ceeding clauses up to 37.
On clause 38, which provides that a plaintiff or a de-
fendant should be required to verify upon oath the truth
of his plea or declaration,
. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the clause,
because it would press unjustly upon sensitive minds,
and tend to defeat the ends of justice.
Mr. WHITESIDE defended the clause. Formerly a
man was liable to imprisonment who put in a false plea
or filed a false declaration ; but in the course of time,
with the abuses of l
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special pleading, crept in the practice
of putting false
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object to the clause.
Mr. FITZGERALD moved an amendinent in the
clause, for the purpose of substituting a declaration for
an oath.
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with the progress of time a change had come over the
spirit of the scene, and he was glad to see now many
honourable and learned members vieing with each other
to promote legal reforms.
Lord MONCK said there was a good dea. of morbid
sentimentality abroad upon this question o taking an
oath, and he for one should oppose the amendment.
Mr. CROWDER agreed with the amen 'ment, as it
was highly inexpedient to increase the occasions for
taking an oath.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said if they were to
try the experiment which the clause proposed, he cer-
tainly
must insist upon them adhering to the oath.
After a few words from Mr. V. SCULLY, the amend-
ment was withdrawn and the clause was agreed to ; as
was also clauses 39 up to 49 inclusive.
On clause 50, which provides that there shall be no
replication in a case, except with leave of a judge,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the clause,
as uncalled for.
Mr. WHITESIDE defended the clause.
After some further discussion, it was agreed that the
clause should be postponed.
Clauses up to 62 were agreed to.
Mr. FITZGERALD moved the omission of clause 63,
which provides that where an action is brought against
a justice of the peace for an act done in his official capa-
city, the defendent should have the protection of having
the caused tried in his own country.
Mr. 'WHITESIDE said the clause only perpetuated
the law as it now stood.

The SOLICITOR GENERAL for Ireland supported
the amendment, as he believed great injustice was done
under the law as it now stood.

After some further discussion, the committee divided,
when there appeared—

For the clause
Against it

. 70

Majority 39
The clause was accordingly struck out.
EXPENSES OF ELECTION BILL.

This bill passed through committee pro forma, and
was ordered to be printed.

GLANDERS PREVENTION BILL.
This bill was read a second time and ordered to be
reported.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES BILL.
This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed.