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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

SOUSE OF LORDS, July 28.

Their Lordships; met shortly after Five o'clock.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (SCOTLAND)

BILL.

Lord CAMPBELL moved the second rea.dirg of the
Administration of Justics (Scottyld) Bill.--Agreed to.

PETITIONS.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from some
individual, praying for the introduction of some mea-
sure fur the „better administration of the empire.—(A
CLARENCE AND LEEDS AND THIRSK AMAL-
GAMATION RAILWAY BILL.

Lord REDESDALE presented a petition trom certain
shareholders in the Lceds and Thirsk Company, praying
to be heard by counsel against this Bill, and moved that
the Bill be recommitted, in order that they might be
heard against it.
The Earl of MORLEY opposed the motion.
Lord BROUGHAM expressed his surprise that the
Court of Chancery should. have interiered, as he under-
stood that one of the Vice-Chancellors had interfered,
to issue an injunction restraining these parties from
prosecuting this petition before l';trliament. If they had
contracted not to present such
.petition it might he a
good cause or action for damages; but no court had a
right to restrain persons from petitioning Parliament.
After a few words irons the LORD CUANCBLLuIt and
Lord CAMPBELL,
Lord ,NiONTEAGLE denounced this proceeding as
ono of the grossest Pariinmentary tricks that had Ever
been attempted to he practised. He entirely acquvted
the Noble Lord .of all participation in this unworthy
proceeding.
The motion was negatived without a division.
DECLARATORY SUITS BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of the
Declaratory Suits Bill. The object of the Bill was to
import into England the Scotch Declaratory Act. At
present, if the title to estate was bad, the owner of the
estate could not proceed to clear himself. He must wait
until his title was questioned before he could do so. So
in the cases of marriage. The. title in such a case could
not be established unless questioned. The object of this
Bill was to enable parties to prove their titles in the
case of marriage, without waiting until the titles were
questioned.
The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed to the import-
ance of the Bill, but thought that it had better not be
pressed through this session.
The Bill was then read a second time.
On the motion of the Earl of FORTESCUE, the
EceleSiastical Patronage Suits Compromise (Ireland)
Bill was read a third time.

EVICTED DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND) BILL.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE in moving that
the consideration of the Commons' amendment to this
Bill be adjourned till Monday next, which he did, be
said, at the request of Lord Stanley, who was absent
from town, begged to state that he could not consent to
any further postponement of measures relating to Ireland,
and, therefore, these amendments would be brought
before their Lordships on Monday, and that too without
prejudice to the consideration of the Commons' amend-
ments to the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, which
would come en on Monday next. He would take the
liberty of impressing on their Lordships in the most
earnest manner the necessity of passing those measures
relative to Ireland, which were before their Lordships'
House, and which were of the greatest importance as re-
garded the interests of that country.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE also urged the im-
portance of their Lordships at once carrying into a law
the measures referred to by his Noble Friend. He
wished it to be clearly understood that no further delay,
as regarded those measures, would be sanctioned by the
Government. He also hoped they would be able to pass
the Charitable Trusts Bill this session.
Lord REDESDALE said they had only had notice
of the nature of the amendments made by the Commons
to the Incumbered Estates Bill. He thought two days
too few to consider these amendments.
The Earl of GLENGALL concurred in this view of

the matter.
After a few words from the Marquis of CLANRI-
CARDE, who again urged the necessity of proceeding
with the Incumbered Estates Bill immediately,
Lord MONTEAGLE said he considered the ntoice
given of the Commons' amendments too short to discuss
them effectively on Monday
The Earl of GLENGALL said that this Bill should
not be passed in the absence of so many Irish Members.
Lord CAMPBELL denied this was a different Bill
from that first introduced.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL objected to the pas-
sing of the Bill at so short a notice.
The LORD CHANCELLOR explained, and the con-
sideration of the amendments was postponed to Monday
next.
The Highland Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Bill went
through Committee, and their Lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 2S.
The SP.EAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to:—
Dundee and Arbroath Railway (Dundee Junction) Bill.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Glasgow, Air-
drie, and Munklands Junction Railway (Amendment
of Acts) Bill.
London end North• Western Railway (Branches and Ex-
tensions from LeaminKton, Stc.) Bill.
THIRD READING.

The Huddersfield Improvement (No. 2) Bill was read
a third time and passted.
REPORT.

The report on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
and Edinburgh and Bathguto Railway Aalgatuatiou
Bill wus considered and agreed to.
SECOND READINGS.

The time, and
ordered to be committed:—

The Duke of Bridgewater's Estate.
Greeulaw's (or Woolwich Glebe Lands) Estate.

Nicholson's Divorce.
Ratosden's Estate.
Waterhouse's Charities Estate.
CITY SMALL DEBTS BILL.

On the motion of Mr. MASTER MAN, it was ordered
that this Bill be read a second time, notwithstanding
that three clear days have not elapsed since the first
reading of the said Bill, provided that the breviate shall
be laid upon the table nut later than the day previous to
such second reading.