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London, England, 1834-04-29 00:00:00

authority. I have no authority ; but I am here and willing
to undertake any---( Great laughter, in which the close of
the sentence was lost.)

The LORD CITA --I ask, are there any
here in support of the h:11?
Mr. Harrison—l al:1 ready here to undertake that duty
if any one authorises me. ( Laughter. )
Earl GREY—I don't apprehend, my lords, that any
counsel could be retained till we had decided on the course
we would pursue.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND—The best way will be
to appoint another day for the second reading of the bill,
and then to call counsel in when the order of the day shall
be moved.

The LORD CHANCELLOR—Depend upon it, if you
appoint Thursday, you'll have all Westminster Hall here
—all of the many learned gentlemen who have nothing to
do there will be cruising this way on the look out for any-
thing that can be got. Amore absurd course I cannot
conceive. We should take our first step at once—the
sooner the better—for if we express ourselves ready to
hear any learned counsel, we may have any one learned
gentleman, or any one score of learned gentlemen who
may happen to have nothing better to do, trooping to this
house, and professing to be employed on behalf of one
party or the other.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND—It is hardly fair in
us, who are to be the judges, to nominate those who should
be of counsel.
The Earl of DURHAM would put an end to the ques-
tion by moving that Mr. Harrison, Mr. Sergeant Heath,
and Mr. Whitcomb do attend at the bar of their lordships'
house on Thursday next.
Counsel were then called in ; and Mr. Harrison and Mr.
Sergeant Heath appeared at the bar in support of the
bill, and Mr. Sergeant Merewether and others against it.
In answer to questions from the Lord Chancellor, Mr.
Harrison stated that he was not prepared to proceed, but
that he should be ready by Monday next. On the sugges-
tion of the Lord Chancellor, however, the learned gentle-
man fixed Friday, subject to further delay if required.
Counsel having withdrawn, the further proceeding of the
bill was fixed for Frida.
LIVERPOOL DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL.

On the motion of the Earl of RADNOR, the order of
the day for the second reading of the Liverpool Disfran-
chisement Bill was read for the purpose of postponing
it. After a brief conversation, in which Lord Wharn-
eliffe' the Earl of Radnor, the Earl of Wicklow, and the
Lord Chancellor participated, the second reading was fixed
for Thursday.
Several bills on the table were then forwarded in their
respective stages, and at twenty minutes past nine o'clock
their lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 28.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter past five
o'clock ; but, in consequence of a conference with the
House of Lords, several members left the house, during
whose absence business was suspended.
On the motion of Mr. W. TOOKE, the Bermondsey
Enclosure Bill was read a second time ; also, the Dart Na-
vigation Improvement Bill, on the motion of Mr. BUL-
TEEL.

DUNGARVAN ELECTION.
Mr. GISBORNE, chairman of the Dungarvan election
committee, announced to the house, that, by the decision
of the committee, the election of Ebenezer Jacob, Esq.,
was declared null and void ; further, that the petition
against the return of the said Ebenezer Jacob was not vex-
atious nor frivolous.