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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS, AUGUST 9.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo
saek at the usual hour.

CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL.

This Bill went through Committee, and the report was
ordered to be received to-morrow.

VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill also went through Committee.
EXCISE DUTIES BILL.

This Bill was read a second time.
The Game Duties Bill was read a second time.
COMMON FIELDS ENCLOSURE BILL.

On the motion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH the
House went into Committee on this Bill.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that the object of the
Bill was to afford facilities for the enclosure of com-
mon, arable, and meadow land, and not for the en-
closure of waste lands. If the Bill did not suffi-
ciently provide for this object, he was ready to ac-
cept of any amendments whatever that would accom-
plish that object, without the slightest possibility of doubt.
The Bill had not for its object the enclosure of waste land
—it was confined entirely to land that was cultivated. He
was desirous to be permitted to put in various amendments,
and have them printed, and then they might consider the Bill
on Thursday or any other day that would be more suitable.
He would shortly state what amendments he was going to
put in. First of all, he did not think it just or expedient
that persons who possessed lands to the extent of two-
thirds of the value should have the power to force all the
proprietors, however numerous or preponderating in num-
ber, to change the position of their lands, and come into
their plans. He proposed that this only should be done
by two-thirds in number as well as value. The Noble
Lord referred to some other amendments, respecting the ap-
pointment of an umpire, and the retaining of the present maps,
valuations, &c., and concluded by moving that the amend-
ments be printed.

Lord HOLLAND had been much pressed to submit an
amendment, which would secure an open' space near large
towns, or all towns containing over 5,000 inhabitants.

There were some parts of the Bill which were in his opinion
very objectionable, and he confessed that it took him com-
pletely by surprise.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, under the Bill as it
at present stood no waste could be enclosed. If such an
amendment as that suggested by the Noble Lord were pro-
posed, it would be better not to pass the Bill at all.
After a few words from Lords LYNDHURST and HOLLAND,
The Duke of RICHMOND suggested that, after the
amendments were printed, it would be better to refer the
Bill to a Select Committee. The Bill was a most impor-
tant one.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH complained of the incon-
venience of having such important Bills sent up at so late
a period of the Session.
The Bill was then reported, and the amendments ordered
to be printed.
SECULAR JURISDICTION (YORK AND ELY).
The Secular Jurisdiction (York and Ely) Bill was read
a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow.
MEDICAL WITNESSES.

Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the second reading o:
the Medical Witnesses Bill.

After a few words from the Duke of RICHMOND.
the Bill was read a second time.

SCOTCH COURT OF SESSION BILL.
The LORD-CHANCELLOR moved the second read-
ing of this Bill, which he said was founded upon the Re-
ports of two Royal Commissions of 1834 and 1835. The
Bill was to effect a saving of great expense to suitors in the
fees payable by them, which it was calculated would
amount to from 15,0001. to 19,000/., being one-fourth
of all the fees now payable by them. Their Lord-
ships would, therefore, be most anxious to pass
such a Bill, for otherwise it would be impossible for the
savings to commence for another year. The Bill was one
of mere detail, for the purpose of reducing salaries and
abolishing unnecessary offices. There was, however, one
provision in the Bill for the purpose of altering the busi-
ness of the Court. Heretofore the most important
business had been left to the decision of the Junior Judge—
the Bill proposed that that business should be henceforth
transacted in full Court, and that tile Junior Judge should
take his place in that Court. It provided also that in place
of 4 principal clerks of Session and 4 of Issue, that four
should do all the business, and that in place of 8 clerks
assistants there should be only four. It also reduced some
minor offices, which it was unnecessary for him to men-
tion. These were the principal objects of the Bill, and as
it had been introduced in the House of Commons before
the time fixed the other night for Scotch Bills, he hoped
their Lordships would give the Bill a second reading.

The Earl of ROSSCYN complained, and thought he
had just reason to complain, that a Bill of so much impor-
tance as this should be introduced into that House at a
period when they could not have a fair opportunity for its
examination. This Bill involved changes of the highest and
greatest importance in the Supreme Court of Judicature in
Scotland, and considering the importance of the measure,
and the great doubts that rested upon it, he confessed that
lie did not think they were acting fairly by that House, by
the Court of Session, or by the people of Scotland, in bring-
ing forward this measure at this late period of the Session.
It had been stated that the effect of the Bill would be to
equalize the duties of the Lords Ordinary ; but as it gave a
power to the suitors to apply to whichever of the Lords'
Ordinary they pleased, it would overload any one of them
who happened to be popular with business to the exclusion
of the others. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that
the Bill be read a second time that day three months.
The LORD CHANCELLOR explained.
Lord WYNFORD complained of the late period of
the Session at which a Bill of so much importance was in-
troduced. Whether the Bill was a good or a bad one,
they ought to have time to consider it.
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House
divided, when the numbers were—
For the second reading 27
Against it
Majority against the second reading —lo
STANNAIES COURTS BILL.
The Earl of FALMOUTH rose to move the second
reading of the above Bill, 'and opposed the proposition
which it appeared had been made by some other Noble
Lord for its postponement.
After a few words from Lord WYNFORD, we under-
stood the Bill to be postponed.
The County Elections Bill went through Committee.
The Report of the Stamp Duties on Newspapers Bill
was received, and the third reading appointed for to-morrow.
The Foreign Lotteries Bill, the Gold and Silver Plate
(Scotland) Bill, the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspension
Bill, and the Western Australia Bill were read a second
time.

Messengers from the Commons brought up their Lord-
ships' amendments to the Lighthouses Bill, which the
House of Commons had agreed to with amendments. The
amendments of the House of Commons having been agreed
to, the House adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Auousr 9.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
Mr. BRADSHAW brought up the Report on the Ber-
wick Small Debts' Court Bill.
The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition, signed
by the Moderator of the Synod of the Secession Church of
Scotland, against the Scotch Universities' Bill as it had been
altered in the House of Lords.
Mr. WILKS had been asked to second this petition,
which he did with much pleasure. The respected Clergy-
men of the Secession Church in Scotland were anxious to
extend religious liberty in the Universities rather than to
circumscribe them as the Bill would now do. He was glad
that the Bill had been left over till another Session.
SCOTCH MUNICIPAL BILL.
Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Newton,
.Ayr, against the Scotch Municipal Bill, by which their
borough was to be joined to another. He was glad that
the Bill had been postponed, and hoped it would receive
more attention.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition signed by
500 inhabitants of Manchester, praying that the House
would restore to his country the patriot Arthur O'Connor,
who had been banished for thirty years for endeavouring to
promote the freedom of his country. They prayed that the
House, when doing justice to Ireland, would show mercy
to this respected individual.
Mr. E WART presented a petition from a literary so-
ciety in Wales, praying that no bishops might be appointed
in that country who were not acquainted with its language.
Mr. M'KINNON brought up the Report on the Co-
mmittee on Turnpike Roads.
NAVY ACT.

Mr. C. WOOD begged leave to call the attention of
the House for one moment to a mistake that had been
made in a Morning newspaper, respecting some observa-
tions he had made yesterday evening. He had stated dis-
tinctly and he was happy to see that three out of the four
Morning newspapers had correctly given his words—that
some officers had been removed from the list in conse-
quence of their having conducted themselves in such a man-
ner as officers and gentlemen should not conduct themselves,
but that these words were not intended to apply to a large
number of officers who had been removed in consequence
of the rules of the service. A mistake had been made in
one of the Morning newspapers, which stated that the
words attributed to him were intended to apply to those
officers who had retired from the service for a breach of
duty rather than stand a court martial. He hoped that
those who saw the mistake would have an opportunity of
seeing it corrected in the same paper.
POST OFFICE.
Lord SA ND ON presented a petition from an individual,
wh nitik4ittizliktd had the misfortune to be dismissed from
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