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BILL.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
ATTORNEYS AN D_SOLICI TORS REGULATION

ACT AMENDMENT BILL.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved that this
Bill be read a second time. The purport of the Bill was to
allow attorneys who should serve in the Queen's Univer-
aity, Ireland, four years only instead of five, and to give
'Certain privileges to persons h.Ading degrees. The Noble
Marquis then went into several details as related to
those colleges. Already the students of those colleges
amounted to 500 and upwards, and he was re-
joiced to find. notwithstanding the opposition made
to these colleges, thrt they were supported by
the middle classes in Ireland of all religions,
for the returns showed that the students of diffrent re-
ligions bore a nearly exact proportion to the number cf
the inhabitants of different re'igions iu Ireland.
Lord MONTEAGLE was rejoiced to bear of the
success of those colleges, and he hoped that nothing
would occur to divert the attention of the people
of Ireland from the boons which these colleges
would confer upon them. Up to a late period
there was a strong feeling on the part of the Ro-
man Catholic laity to support these colleges, not-
withstanding the opposition of the Primate; but in con-
sequence of the introduction of a Bill now before their
Lordships, the remonstrance which the laity had been
prepared to address to Rome had been postponed.
After a few words from the Earl of pow's,
The Marquis ot CLANRICARDE explained the na-
ture of the studies pursued and of the examinations in-
stituted in .the Queen's College. Those examinations
rendered them equal to compere with the students ot any
universities in the civilized world.
The Bil: was then r« ad a second titea•
EXPENSES OF PROSECUTION BILL.

This Bill was read thi7dtitne and passel
The Earl of LONSD ALE made some observations on
the subject of the Bill, to which
Lord CRANWORTEI was replying, when,
Lord CAMPBELL rose to order. Their Lordships
could not discuss a Bill which hod passed. Nuw his
Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack bad dis-
tinctly said that the Bill had passed. It passed like a
certain Bill elsewhere, without the uiajority being aware
of it.
Earl FITZWILLIAM contended that the question
had not been put.
The Earl of POWIS was proceeding to object to the
Bill, when
Lord CAMPBELL said that the remembrance of the
Lord Chancellor b. 11,1 with him. The Bill had passed,
and they could not discuss it.

Lord BEAUMONT objected to the takiug advantage
of a matter of form.
Lord CAMPBELL said that it was not a matter of
form but of fart—tte Bill had passed.
The Earl of HARR° WBY rose to order. There was
no motion before the House.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that certainly
the Noble and I...arned Lord og the woolsack, paying
no attention to the Noble Lord on the cross benches,
who had risen to move an amendment, had put thefques-
tion and passed the Bill.

The LORD CHANCELLOR had put the question,
and had looked round the House to see it any Noble
Lord was about to oppose, and seeing that the Noble
Lord, who moved the Bill, nodded his head, thought that
no one eras about to oppose it, and he had visaed
the Bill. But he would take this opportunity
of requesting their Lordships to pay a little more atten-
tion when questions were put—(Hear, hear)—because it
was impossible for him on some occasions to ascertain
amidst the buzz of conversation whether an opposition
to a Bill was intended or not.—(Hear, hear.)
(LEFT SITTING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to:—
Dee Standard Restoration.
Midland Railway (Purchase of Leeds and Bradford Rail-
way and Increhse of Capital).
The Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coat-
bridge, Potion and GJvan, &c., Railway.)—(Amend-
ment and Continuation, &c.).
The following Bills were considered and agreed to:—

King's College 'ilospital.
Llyavi Valley, and Duffryn Llynvi, and Porthcaw
Railways.
NATIONAL LAND SOCIETY.

Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the order made on
the 6th day of June last, for the third reading of the
National Land Coulney Dissolving Biil, be discharged;
that the Bill be re•co.r,mttted to the former Committee,
and that they have have to ait and proceed, with three
members, on Friday next, at twelve o'clock.—Agreed to.
PETITIONS.

Mr. BROADLEY presented a petition form's place
in Yorkshire sgains, thet attorne3s certificate duty.
Sir GEORGE CLERK presented a petition to the
1111336 Orem from Dover.
Similar petitions were presented by other Hon.
Member...
Mr. MILLINGS presented a petition from the In-
corporated Law SoetPty of England and Wales against
the County Courts Extensicn
COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL.

Mr. FI I'Z BOY complained that the Attorney-General
was not in his place to fix a day b-r takieg this Bill,
which was fixed tor this morning, but which he under-
stood was to be postponed.
Mr. C. LEWIS said the Chancellor of the Exchequer
distinctly stated last night that, in conseqeence of the
indisposition of Sir George Grey, the Bill would not he
proceeded with this mornie. Ile telieved, however, that
it would be put on the orders of the day for Thurs-
day next.
After a short discussion the subject dropped,
it having been -greed that the Bill shoulA be fixed as an
order for five o'elock this evening, in order to enable
the Government to fie a definite day for going into
Committe.. upon it.
CIVIL BILLS. &c. (IRELAND) BILL.
The ll,;tees then west into Committee upon this Bill;
Mr. BERNAL in the chair.
On sccrier 73 being proposed,
Mr. M'CULLAGH moved the omission in line 15,
page 37, of the woris " or under a tenantcy from year
to year." He complained that the whole policy of the
G,vernment in Ireland had been an anti-tenant policy,
and the evil results of the course they had pursued was
exhibited in the census returns which had lately been
laid before the public. The House had now before it
the damagicg and horrible fact that two millions of their
fellow-creatures had either been starved to death or
transported for life to distant lands. If the
amendment were not agreed to a greater stimulus would
be given to ejectments in Ireland, and consequently ad-
ditional burdens would be thrown on this country, as well
as a greater number of the Irish peasantry be compelled
to emigrate to America and the colonies. There bad
been no less than a decrease of 406,000 persons in the
population of Ulster as compared with the returns of the
former census, yet this province eas comparatively free
from famine and fever, and what could they attribute
this unfortunate circumstance to, hut our vicious system
of legislation? He implore.d the House, in the name of
the Almighty, not to give a further stimulus to that
species of cruel extermination whose fearful effects were
now vi•dhlo throughout Ireland,
HATCHELL said the Hon. Member had totally
miquken the import and meaning of the clause, in
statin that it would enable the landlord to clear estates,
g
eject tenants. and drive them to leave the country. The
clause weuld only give power to the landlord in the
eat(' of tenants
from year to year, who neglected or re-
fused to abide by their c intract and pay the rent, to
proceedings for the purpose of get-
tingttve recourse to law l•
his land. He was disposed to think
that possession 0i
this clause was more in favour of the tenant than
the landlord
Mr' WIIITE thouet that the Bill was open to
the objection o the Hon. Member for Dundalk; it was
a
Piece Of P.M w,,rk legislation. There never had been
more nnportn t for legislating satisfactorily
on this object momen
the present, yet her Ma-
jesty,d Government
than at_
awed
The evidence tek"t had allowed
it to slip away,
yet had been acted upon. übefore the Devons Commission never
went. In the reign or
of Parliament had bee:io ge tar as legislation
question in Ireland, qaPr:sl::::rsvt.realAarilens;lthoaluth6lo4 Acts
sutject of distress slosh,ahich 30 related
th
lawyer had to grope Through
The landlord and tenant in Ireland te.tah these the
c land,m P I
eand t the thegreatest
boonon
th
e t h aft I it
bonfigeo of r)
oppressed
tenureconferred tenure
r :hole;
Ireland would be to simplify the cenu,:d
should not oppose the introduction (lett of laws.
i
Bill, although he very much regretted thlraeha,)ert'ije..
ment bad not intreducod an entire measure On
Mr. REYNOLDS said that in the CommitGhteeeensutslsbjheicet
had revised tri. Bill the lion, and Learned
who had just sat down had spoke and sera
against this clan-e, and he must say that-
this was one of the moat extraordinary conversions
which he hid heard t.f. He elan expressed
his astoniffirut.-nr at tr,e speech which they hal juht
heard from thr• Attorney -G, neral for Itlatl. Iu tits
year 1847 the population of Ireland alsn to
8.700.000 beiore the famine broke out, en,' now, four
years aPer, it hal been decreased by 1,500,000, which
was to be attrieut. d mainly t the legtetatioa f this
House on this subject. And nowhadtbHeyouLasking the Queen's
Attorney, General getting up in the
Wbether they would defraud the landlords of their
• S 'AP E tie. a speech which was
_ cheeredTthoetheßeilclhowbaysthaenlriasth.
—lndlords in the House,
next session, and unless
4,a,"ut to patch. up a subject which must be die-
• 7:c 411 elau early in
!Pr:
sapo se_ weßrei expluhnerdhe should. go all lengths
'e the .
r. WaITESIDE explained that be bad Toted
.4- the clause in the Select Committee, because it was
;41, itt.f.l f_jufsplaeed in the Bill, but at the same time hi Framed