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/CAST V. TWYFORD.

This case came before the Court on further directions.
The bill was filed for the administration of the estate and
effects of the late Sir Gilbert Hyde East, who died in 1828,
leaving a very long but somewhat obscure testamentary in-
struction, contained in a number of pages of a book to
which there was appended a card, by way of index, and on
which the various persons designated by the letters K, L,
M, N, and 0, in the body of the will, were explained to be
Lady East, his wife, and the sons of Sir W. Clayton and
his brothers, who were his nephews. Much of the will was
written in pencil, against the use of which, for such a pur-
pose, the testator declares he knew of no prohibition esta-
blished by law. Many legacies were bequeathed to rela-
tives, and seven shillings a-week ordered to be paid for the
support of each of his horses and dogs, to be fed on biscuit
and other nutriment fitting to their condition, with a strict
injunction that on the approach of old age or helplessness
no one should presume to kill them from a mistaken sense
of humanity ; and the parrots living at the time of his death
were also provided with an annuity, and directions given
with respect to their feeding and accommodation. These
and similar bequests, as well as the dispensation of real
prciperty, were not disputed, the question being as to the
disimsal of the personality, which amounts to a very large
sum,

Sir W. FOLLETT on Saturday argued that the bequest
over to L if not to M was void, on the ground of uncer-
tainty, and that Lady East took the whole property abso-
lutely, the character of residuary legatee being clearly given
tier in more than one portion of the will.
:r. TitEsLovE contended that the representatives of
Lady Clayton, Sir Robert Gilbert's sister, and heir-at-law,
must be considered the residuary legatee.
Mr. KNIGHT argued that there was no uncertainty in the
will, as the person to be preferred was clearly L, the son of
Mr. East Clayton East.
The Lord Chancellor rose at two o'clock.

This day Mr. KNIGHT resumed his argument on the part
of the son of Mr. Clayton East, designated in the will of the
testator by the letter L.
Mr. JACOB for M, who is the son of Sir W. Clayton, ar-
gued that he was to be preferred to L.
Mr. WRAY for the Attorney-General, contended that the
whole sum must be applied to that portion of the charitable
intention that could be carried into effect.

Sir W. FOLLET then replied ; but the Learned Gentle-
man being unable to conclude before the rising of the Court,
his Lordship said he would hear bim on Wednesday
morning.

BANKRUPTCY COURT-MONDAY.

STEPHEN LAKEMAN'S BANKRUPTCY.

An adjourned meeting of the creditors under this estate
was held this afternoon for the choice of assignees, and also
to receive the decision of the Learned Commissioner as to
the validity of the claim made for about 5,0001., by Mr.
King, of the Stock Exchange, but which was opposed on
behalf of some of the creditors on the ground that the tran-
sactions the claimant had with Lakeman were of a gambling
character.

The COMMISSIONER would appoint the 22d of April for
the next meeting.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT, BURY Sr. EDMOND'S,MARCH26.
W. Warren, J. C. Hubbard, S. Male, and N. Danse,
were charged with having, on the 30th of November, at
night, entered Wechal Wood, the property of St. Vincent
Wilson, Esq., armed, for the purpose of destroying game.
Mr. GURDON opened the case. On the night in ques-
tion Mr. Wilson's keepers heard a noise, and on going to
the wood saw the prisoners quit.
All Guilty.—Twelve months' imprisonment.

WESTERN CIR C UIT.---EIETIIR, MARCH 26.

The Assizes for the county of Devon closed here to-day.
The commission was to have been opened yesterday in
Cornwall ; but in consequence of the great pressure of
business it has been postponed until to-day. There was
only one case in the city of Exeter, and this has been made
a remanet. Neither of the. Judges (Sir J. Littledale and
Mr. Baron Bolland) are expeditious in the disposal of
business, and it is feared that if business is heavy in Corn-
wall it will be necessary to postpone the Taunton Assizes.

CIVIL COURT..--..DEFAMATION.--.PRIDHAM V. SMITH.

Both the plaintiff and the defendant were surgeons at
Bideford, in this county. The plaintiff was the surgeon to
the parish of Markham, and in that capacity attended the
sick poor. A child of a poor man was ill of fever, and the
plaintiff attended it for some time. It got worse and worse,
and at length he was advised by his neighbours to send for
the defendant. He came ; and on'his first visit examined
some powders which the child had been taking. He tasted
them, and told the father to give the child no more of them,
for they bad or would poison the child, or words to that
effect. The plaintiff being informed of this, refused to at-
tend any more. The child died the day after.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 5/.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

Yesterday the greater part of the morning was consumed
in hearing the cases (forty in number) of disorderly con-
duct, picking pockets, and assaults, which occurred on Sa-
turday night, during the continuance of the fire at the
Bond-street Exchange. Several pickpocket cases were in-
vestigated, and the parties properly dealt with. The only
case possessing any interest was a charge of felony brought
against William Ninintock, a policeman, C division, No. 182.
The prisoner had, with others of the police, been actively
employed in assisting the tradesmen in the Burlington-
arcade to remove their goods, and secure them against
plunderers.
A person named George Wightman was in one of the
rooms in the house of Mr. Simon, hosier, Burlington-
arcade, at the same time as the prisoner, and saw the pri-
soner go to a table and take a paper bag containing some-
thing which he put into his pockets, and then left the house.
Witness gave information of the circumstance to police ser-
geant A. Pritchard, who caused the prisoner to be searched,
and in his great coat a bag of sugar, containing about three
quarters of a pound, was found.
The prisoner was fully committed.

FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—On Wednesday afternoon
a girl, about twelve years of age, belonging to Hibernian pa-
rents, in the fifth regiment, accidentally fell over the cliff,
opposite the Barracks on the Western Heights. Her fall was
broken a short distance from the brink ; but she fell again,
when her death seemed inevitable. Providentially her descent
was again arrested at the depth of about forty feet, by a pro-
jecting hollow in the rock, where there is a self formed re-
ceptacle of a drain from the heights. A number of soldiers of
the Depot witnessed the accident ; but none of them displayed
the gallantry that might have been expected, by going down
the cliff to preserve a comrade's child. At length two by-
standers undertook the difficult task ; and descending, found
the poor girl imbedded in the soil and crying, " Oh murder,
I'm kilt"—a ditty which was heartily chorused by her mother,
as she was borne to the summit. Had she been left a few
minutes longer in the soil she must have perished from suffo-
cation, or by struggling been precipitated to the bottom of the
cliff.—Dover Telegraph.
_ _ _

SitzPwßEcK.—The fine schooner Emerald Isle,
of Wick, 200 tons burthen, (Captain Flett), left the harbour
on Wednesday forenoon ; but remained at anchor in the bay
during the afternoon, for the purpose of taking in the re-,'
mainder of her cargo of herrings, which were conveyed from
the shore in boats, and with which she was bound for Newry.
About six o'clock, there arose a sudden storm and it was
feared that the vessel would not be long able to ride at anchor,
—to regain the harbour was impossible. About nine o'clock,
the crew, seeing that it was their only alternative to make for
sea, commenced to weigh anchor, but they had no sooner re-
moved it from its bed, than the vessel was caught by a sudden
squall, and driven on the rocks at Cairn-duna, about a gun-
shot from the harbour. She commenced instantly to fill with
water, upon which the crew took to their boat ; but before
they could reach the shore, the boat was several times nearly
swamped by the tremendous sea which was breaking over it.
When within a few yards of the shore, the boat struck upon a
rock with such a crash that a young man, brother to the cap-
tain, fell over. One of the crew, who was an excellent swim-
mer, immediately jumped after him ; but owing to the breakers
and the darkness of the night, his exertions to save him were
fruitless, and it was with difficulty that he reached the shore.
The vessel became a total wreck.
ARRIVAL FROM CANTON.—On Thursday the
ship Jane Brown arrived at Greenock, direct from Canton,
after the extraordinary short passrge of four months and one
day. She left Canton on the 23d of November, having per-
formed the voyage from Greenock to Batavia, Singapore, and
Canton, and back, in ten months and twenty days. Shortly
after her arrival, a tug steamer moved alongside, and towed
her up the river to the Broomielaw, where she arrived in the
afternoon. The ship is the first Clyde vessel that ever arrived
in any port of our river with teas direct from China, and she
is the first vessel that has arrived at the Broomielaw with teas
direct from the East. Her cargo, we learn, is the first impor-
tation of the last tea crop, and the sale is looked forward to
with intense interest by the trade, who have been waiting with
patience for this importation,,— Glasgow Courier.

A numerous party of the friends and supporters of this
undertaking, in the borough of Great Yarmouth, assembled
at the Star Hotel there, on Monday last, to meet the De-
putation from the London Directors, who were in Norwich
last week. After an excellent dinner (which did great
credit to the culinary skill of Mr. Bird's establishmant),
and the customary toasts in honour of the Heads of the
State, the Chairman, Mr. J. C. Robertson, Secretary to
the Railway, gave the health of " Mr. Alderman Dowson,
and prosperity to the Borough of Great Yarmouth."
Mr. Alderman DowsoN, in acknowledging the toast,
expressed his regret that the unavoidable absence of their
worthy Mayor, Mr. Barth, at the Bury Assizes, had pre-
vented his being present to meet the gentlemen of the
Railway deputation, and had caused the duty to devolve on
him (Alderman D.) of returning thanks for the very cor-
dial manner in which the sentiment of prosperity to the
Borough of Yarmouth had been received by the company.
The Mayor was not only a warm friend to the Eastern
Counties Railway, but a considerable subscriber to it. He
(Alderman D.) had also taken shares in it, and conceiving
it to be an undertaking eminently calculated to promote
the prosperity of the Borough, he was determined to give
it all the support in his power.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Captain
Manby. He looked upon Captain M. as being not only
an honour to the town of Yarmouth, but an honour to hu-
manity, to which he had rendered, by his several ingenious
inventions for the saving of life from fire and flood, incal-
culable service.—(Much cheering.)
Captain MANBY returned thanks. He felt much grati-
fied by the very handsome manner in which the Chairman
and the company had been pleased to notice his humble
labours in the cause of humanity. His life had been de-
voted to that cause, and would continue to the last to be
so. From his long residence in Yarmouth and professional
pursuits, he was necessarily intimately acquainted with its
natural capabilities, both as a fishing station and as a sea
port ; and he fully agreed With Mr. Alderman Dowson,
that nothing could tend more to derelope those capabili-
ties, than the formation of the proposed Railway commu-
nication between it and the metropolis. It would not only
increase amazingly the quantity of fish which the fishermen
of Yarmouth could supply to London and other great
markets in the West and North of England, but would
to a certainty make Yarmouth the great packet station for
all the North of Europe.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN next gave the health of S. P. Edwards,
Esq., the Collector of the Customs, and may his labours be
doubled by the establishment of the Railway.
Mr. EDWARDS replied in a speech of great force and elo-
quence. His official situation, he said, caused the mari-
time importance of the town of Yarmouth to come more
constantly under his notice than that of perhaps any other
individual in the town ; and he had observed, not without
deep regret, that though the port could not be said to have
retrograded, it had by no means advanced in the same ratio
with other ports not half so well situated in point of natural
advantages. He attributed this stationary sort of things to
the defectiveness of the communications which Yarmouth
possessed with the interior, and especially in the direction
of London, and felt confident that were the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway but once established, the wish with which the
Chairman had so obligingly coupled his name, would be
more than realized. He need scarcely say, however, that
whether his labours were to be doubled or trebled or quad-
rupled, by the establishment of the Railway, there was
no increase of duty which he would not cheerfully un-
dergo to promote the interests of the town of Yarmouth.—
(Great applause.) It was only necessary to look at the
geographical position of Yarmouth, to be satisfied that, on
the accomplishment of the intended Railway, Yarmouth
must become a port of the greatest importance in very many
respects, and more especially as a watering place and a sta-
tion for packets between this country and Germany, as well
as Holland and other States. In addition to this it would,
unquestionably, become the entrepot for goods, the produce
of those countries—and of which goods large importations
are now constantly made.—These were not speculative but
certain results which would ensure to Yarmouth, advan-
tages never hitherto enjoyed ; and which, when established
could not be taken from her—while at the same time they
would contribute largely to' an increase of the shareholders
in the Railway, And as these benefits could not be fol-
lowed by any injurious effects, as touching the shipping in-
terest, coastwise, he heartily wished the undertaking all
possible success.—(Great applause.)
CHRISTOPHER SAYERS, Esq., who officiated as Croupier,
next proposed the health of John Braithwaite, Esq., the
Engineer of the Eastern Counties Railway.
Mr. BRAITHWAITE said that he should not be doing justice

to his feelings did he not assure them that he considered it
a proud moment of his life to be received as he had been in
connection with the Eastern Counties Railway by so
many gentlemen of talent, influence, and wealth, as he then
saw around him. The purpose of the visit to Norfolk of
the Deputation from the Eastern Counties Railway Com-
mittee he would now take the opportunity of briefly ex-
plaining. The original instructions of the London Com-
mittee to him were to consult everywhere as much as pos-
sible the wishes of the individuals through whose lands the
Railway was to pass ; and this he had done to the utmost
of his power, as far as the great extent of the line, and the
shortness of the time within which it had to be surveyed,
would allow. But when he informed them that the Parlia-

mentary Plans of the 120 miles of Railway had all been

completed within less than five weeks, it would not seem to
them extraordinary that some few properties had been un-
intentionally interfered with in a manner obnoxious: to
the feelings of the owners and occupiers. In the same con-
ciliatory spirit, therefore, which had actuated the Committee
from the first, they had sent this deputation into the coun-
try for the purpose of visitini, personally the different
dissentients, giving a patient hearing to their objections,
and doing their best to obviate them. He was glad to say
that they had been met everywhere with so perfect recipro-
city of feeling that the number of dissentients was already
diminished by more than one-half. Many slight deviations
had been made to please, particular parties, but none which
materially affected the working capabilities of the line,
which, as they were no doubt all aware, were of the very
best description. He would willingly have entered into a
discussion of the merits of the Eastern Counties Railway as
compared with other lines into Norfolk; but he did not think
that in the absence of the promoters of these rival lines it
would be consistent with good taste or feeling to do so.—
(Hear, hear.) Neither, under any circumstances, would it
be his wish to say one word calculated to detract from the
fair fame of Mr. Walker, the engineer of the Northern and
Eastern line, which addressed itself then particularly to
the notice of the people of Yarmouth, as it was the only one
of the northern lines from which it had been proposed to throw
out a branch to Yarmouth, in rivalry with the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway. Mr. Walker was a gentleman whose talents, in-
dustry, and experience most fully entitled him to the highest
respect, and to the continuance of whatever share he pos-
sessed of the confidence and friendship of the people of
Yarmouth. Mr. Braithwaite then entered into a variety
of most interesting details respecting the gradients of the
Railway, and the probable time in which it would be exe-
cuted. He expressed his perfect confidence of being able
to complete the part of the line between Yarmouth and
Norwich within two years from the obtaining of the Act,
and the whole of the line from end to end before the close
of the year 1840. Mr. B. was heard throughout with much
attention, and sat down amidst long and continued applause.
Captain Love, Mr, Butcher, Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Bales,
and several other gentlemen subsequently addressed the
company in favour of the undertaking ; after which the
Deputation took their leave apparently much gratified with
the warm and cordial reception which they have experi-
enced from the inhabitants of Yarmouth.

LORD BROUGHAM.—We were last week led into
an error in stating that Lord Brougham had been sent for ex-
press to London. His Lordship is still at Brougham Hall.
Lord Brougham entertained both the Judges to dinner on
Wednesday, and they remained at Brougham Hall all night.-...

Carlisle Journal.
BRITISH BORN JEWS.—In reference to a public
meeting, held yesterday at Portsea, for the purpose of peti-
tioning the Legislature to remove the Civil disabilities which
affect the Jews, the Independent of that place puts forward
some remarks, among which as e the following : —" Portsmouth
may now boast that its inhabitants are unanimous in the wish
of doing justice to the most persecuted, most insulted of the
human race. Portsmouth has, indeed, afforded a lesson to
every other town in the kingdom, which we trust will follow
the example which it has set, and demand of Parliament the
total repeal of these odious and degrading statutes. The good
people of Portsmouth, where the Jews are numerous, and
who have.the best opportunities of judging of them as citizens,
and, as tradesmen, declare them worthy of the rights they so
justly claim. But we will :take higher and better grounds
whether the continuance of those statutes be in accordance
with the British Constitution, or justified by the laws of nature
and the rights of man. 'We defy the most bigotted of our op-
ponents to answer in the affirmative. The House of Lords
may, for a season or two, deny justice to the descendants of
Abraham ; but as surely as his descendants once inherited the
Promised Land will they be received as free-born Britons,
and be no longer stigmatized as " strangers and sojourners."

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London, I4th March, 1836.
Sold 61 Wedders at 38s. each £ll5 18 0

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£2 0 8
Commission on selling Be-,c

Keep, &c. (the steamer having ar-
rived on Friday 11th, and the sale
being made on Monday) 1 0 4
Freight at 3s. 6d. each
Wharfage
Net sum received
£ll5 18 0
Another gentleman, Mr. Sutherland, of Aldourie, shippeci.
tsn stots, which brought from 3/. to 3/. 10s. more than they
would have produced here if they had been kept till the end
of April. These favourable sales have stirred up a desire
among our Northern agriculturists to rear fat stock on an
extensive scalc,_and we have no doubt that the trade will
go on prosperously. One immediate effect will be a rise in
the price of beef and mutton in our local markets, but this
will only be temporary, and will be more than compensated
by the increased spirit and advantage which the trade will
confer on the agriculture of the whole North of Scotland.
The Duchess is again off to London with a goodly cargo,
amongst which are 13 fine cattle from Mr. Sutherland, of
Aldourie, 11 from Mr. Winchester, Elgin, eight from Mr.
Brodie, of Lethen, 42 'sheep from Captain Macpherson,
Drummond, four beautiful poneys, reared by Mr. Brown,
of Linkwood, with divers carcases of mutton, boxes of sal-
mon, eggs, &c.—lnverness Courier.

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE
THIS EVENING.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
JOHN FRANCES, innkeeper, Leeds.
WILLIAM EDWARD WITHAM, grocer, New Windsor,

Berks.
PETER GREEN, agent, Newton-terrace, Kennington.
CHARLES MARTIN and BENJAMIN WARE, wholesale
cheesemongers, Tower-street.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
MARTHA CADDICK and ANGELINA MARY CAD-
DICK, bearding-house-keepers, Manor-hall, Little Chelsea, from
April 1, to April 16, at twelve,
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
DAVID PRICE, cattle-dealer, Llanwrthwl, Brecon.
BANKRUPTS.
r WILLIAM CARTER LEE, grocer' Hastings, Sussex.
CHARLES KINDER, coach-make, Little James's-street,
Gray's Inn-lane.
CHARLES FORBES, victualler, High-street, Shoreditch.
JOHN JONES, linen-draper, Shoreditch.
THOMAS PATERSON, tailor, Lower John-street, Golden-
square.
WILLIAM SMITH, merchant, Circus, America-square, ?di-
'nories. and JAMES CRES.
EDWARD LAWRENCE IRELAND
WICK BLYTH, factors, Birmingham.
MARY TARRANT, lodging-housekeeper, Cheltenham.
WILLIAM SMITH, butcher, Liverpool.
WILLIAM WESTON, auctioneer, Bishops Waltham, South.
amptonshire.
JOHN CLEWS JACKSON, earthenware-manufacturer, Burs.
lem, Staffordshire.

COURSE OF EXCHA.
Amsterdam. ............... C.F 12 7
Ditto, at sight
Rotttrdain 0 U l2 7
.Antwerp l2 6
Hamburg M.B. 1314%
Altona l3 14!4
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65
Ditto ..• .... .............. 2 Us 25 90
Marseilles.
25 90
Frankfort tua Maine, Ett.lsl. 154
Petersbuigh, ruble 3 Us. 10 0
Berlin
Vienna, effective 6......2 M lO 12
Trieste ditto lO 12
Madrid ;7
Cadiz 37
Bilhoa
Barcelona 164 i
Scville '3641
Gibraltar

.NGE.-(THIS DAY.)_

- • -- _
Leghorn 17%
Genoa 25 90
IMilan 3l
Venice 47
Naples 4014
Palermo per oz. 122.4
Lisbon 56
Oporto 50i
Rio Janeiro 36
Bahia 26
Buenos Ayres
Dublin, 21 days' sight 1
Cork

PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Portugal Gold, coin... ....£0 0 0
Foreign Gold, in bar. ....• 311 9
New Doubloons
New Dollars ...........
Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at
the usual time.
MUNICIPAL REFORM (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. Bernal, attended by Mr. O'Connell, Lord Morpeth,
Mr. O'Loghlen, and several other Members of the Commons,
brought in this Bill, which was laid on the table.
IRISH BANKRUPTCY. COURT BILL.
Lord PLUNKETT brought up the report of the Com-
mittee on this Bill.
THIRD READINGS.
The Abolition of Slavery (Spain) Bill, the Annual Indem-
nity Bill, and the School Sites Conveyance Bill, were seve-
rally read a third time.
OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S DAY.
The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from St.
Mary Maldon, in Essex, praying for the better observance of
the Lord's Day.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a petition
from the superintendaents of the Sunday Schools of Brad-
ford, praying for some alteration in the law relating to them.
STAMP DUTIES.

A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from Deptford, praying
for the total repeal of the Stamp Duties upon Newspapers.
MUNICIPAL REFORM ORELAND) BILL.
Lord MELBOURNE, in proposing that this Bill be read
first time, gave notice that on Monday, the 18th of April,
he would move that the Bill be read a second time.—The Bill
wag then read a first time.
Lord LYNDHURST presnted a petition from certain per-
sons who had withheld writs of quo warranto, to set aside the
appointments of certain Magistrates under the Municipal Re-
form Act, begging that House not to proceed to the second
veoline• of the Municipal Reform Acts Amendment Bill.
MUNICIPAL REFORM ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the second
reading of this Bill did not think it necessary to occupy much
of their Lordship's time, but the inconveniences which had arose
from certain discussions in the bill of last year rendered it neces-
sary as must be evident to every Noble Lord that some amend
nient should he male to facilitate the operation of the
provisions of that Act. He would not go into details
of the provisions of the present Bill for the amendment
of the Act of last Session, tut he begged to call their
Lorlship's attention to some oe the most important of them.
The first inconvenience that had arose from the word-
ing of the provisions of the Bill of lest Sessions, and on
the 38th section of it, which provided for the election of the
mayor. In consequence of the time of the clectiob being dif-
ferent in some places froff-tbe ferißrat v-TibiEh they entered"
on their official duties, some inconvenience had arisen, and
the first clause of the present Bill was to set that quesiion at
rest. The Noble and Learned Lord, after referring to the
elections being taken in the presence of the mayor and asses-
sors, end also to the burgess roll, proceeded to state that it
was provided by the Act of last session, that upon
each election the poll should always bn kept open
from nine o'clock till four, in the event of there being An op-
position, but it made no provision in the eventapf there being
no opposition, and the consequence was a great deal of urine-
ce,,ary labour. Under these circumstances the present bill
proposed, that in consequence,of there be no contest the poll
should he left open only one hour.
Another of the difficulties arising ,from the Act of last session,
was in the 31st section, which provided that those councillors
who had the smallest number'•df votes, should first go out of
office ; when the votes were equal, the council decided which
should go out; but where no contests had taken place that
criterion could not exist, and the-present Bill was intended to
remedy that. In the 38th section, the most important of all
difficulties had arisen. That clause extinguished certain
offices, and provided at the same time that the sessions should
still go on as if that Act had not been passed. Now, by the
charter of some of these towns, the mayor and other officers
abolished, were constited part of the quoram to preside at these
sessions, without them the sessions could not be held. This Bill
would remedy that difficulty, there was another inconvenience
arising from the separation of the charity funds from the other
funds of the corporation, as the Bank of England, and some
other public bodies, had in consequence refused to pay dividends
not knowing whether they belonged to the charity or the funds
of the Corporation. After pointing out some other inconve-
niences and defects to be remedied, the Noble and Learned
Lord moved that the Bill be now read a second time.
The Duke of WELLINGTON did not mean to oppose
the proposition of the Noble and Learned Lord, but complained
that after the Bill had been under consideration so long a time
in the other House, it should be brought forward and forced
through that House at a moment when it was impossible that
it could receive that consideration and deliberation from their
Lordships which it required. Many Noble Lords who had
taken an active part in the measure of lest Session were not
then present ; and it was that consideration which induced
him (the Duke of Wellington) to request of the Noble Vis-
count opposite to postpone the measure until those Noble
Lords were in their places. The Noble and Learned Lord
had left unexplained many points in what he considered a very
important measure, and he had omitted to point out that one
important alteration had been made on the last day on which
The Bill had left the other House, without having been pro-
perly explained either there or to their Lordships, There
was another part of the Bill which enabled the burgesses to
elect Aldermen after a certain period, in case the
Town Council had not done so.—
This principle of the Aldermen being elected by the Council
was departed from in the Bill. Undef these circumstances he
thought the House had a right to have a fair opportunity of
discussing the subject upon its principles. He did not by any
means wish to impede the course of the Government ; but he
thought the House had a right to expect to be treated fairly
upon a question of this description ; and ought to have
not only an opportunity of discussing its principles on
going into Committee, but also upon the second reading. He
would not further oppose the motion, but he must enter
his protest against the course taken upon the Bill.
Viscount MELBOURNE had every wish to give every
Noble Lord an opportunity of considering all the Bills
which came before the House.—(Hear, hear.) His Par-
liamentary experience told him that it was impossible
to press forward any Bill against the wish of even a small
minority in that House, letting alone the wish of the Noble
Duke filling the position which he did. He went entirely
upon the notion that there would be no serious objection
to the Bill, and he had most distinctly stated that if
in the mind of any Noble Lord there was the slightest objec:.
tion to it, he would have been most willing to give way and
not proceed with the bill until after the recess. The
Noble Duke had comwlained most loudly that this bill
was brought up at a time when Noble Lords were not present to
take part in its discussion. It must be remembered that for-
merly the complaints were that Bills were never brsught up ro
that House in proper time. That Bill had been brought up at
a much earlier period than Bills formerly used to bn, and it
ought to be borne in mind that iMoble Lords did not attend in
their places,it would be useless to bring upßills at an early period
The House had no right to be called upon to wait for the con-
venience of Noble Lords; it was their duty to attend in their
places when business of such importance was brought on at any
period of the Session, but more especially at this early period.
The Bill was filled with matters of regulations and detail,
which could be considered only in Committee. If Noble Lords
intended that the Bill should gO into Committee, the proper
time for the 2nd reading was now, in order that the Com-
mittee might be had as soon after the recess as possible.
FaLord LYNDHURST said that as the Bill bad occupied
three months in the other House, it would be but fair that
that House should have some time allowed for the considera-
tion of its details and principles.would
He not oppose the
second reading of the Bill, still he was obliged to inform their
Lordships that there were
factonature, which it woulde be his duty to oppose.
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