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London, England, 1851-05-27 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1851

The House of Lords sat last evening,
The two Bills introduced by Lord CAMPBELL for the
improvement of the administration of criminal justice
were reported, and ordered to be reprinted with amend.

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The Earl of ELLEmnortorrca then moved for certain
returns relating to the distribution of the Lahore prize
money, a portion of which, after speeches from Lord
BROUGHTON, the LORD CHANCELLOR, and the Duke of
WELLINGTON, were ordered.
In the Commons,
Mr. MORE O'FEItRAL took the oaths and his scat.
The House having resolved itself into Committee on
the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill,
Mr. 31•CtILLAGt3 moved an amendment declaring the
bull void, but not unlawful. This was opposed by the
►SOLICITOR•GENERAL, and supported by Mr. GRAT TAN
and Mr. F. PEEL. On a division, it was negatived by
179 to 43.

Mr. KEOGH moved that the cperation of tho Bill
should be confined to England. This was opposed by
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and on a division negatived by 84
to 39.

Mr. KEOGH then moved an amendment, to the effect
that riming contained in the Act should interfere with
the ecclesiastical or spiritual functions of the Roman
Catholic archbishops or bishops in the United Kingdom.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL resisted the amendment, as
ungrounded, the Bill not interfering with the exercise of
functions properly ecclesiastical or spiritual.
After a lengthened discussion, in which Mr. A. B,
'Hope, the Earl of Arundel and urrey, Mr. Anstey, Mr.
Napier,.Air. Gibson, Sir H. 1W Barron, Captain Taylor,
Reynolds, and Mr. Moore trio's part, the Committee
divided, and the amendment was negatived by 344 to 59.
Mr. SADLEIR. moved another amendment, embodying
the same principle in oth r words, which, after discus-
sion, was' negatived by 278 to 47.
Mr. Knocur moved .a.proviso to the effect that no in-
dictment or other criminal proceeding should lie under
the first c!atisc. . .
Mr. REYNOLDS moved that the .Chairman report
progress:. ..• • .
Lord JOHN RUSSELL would not divide against the
motion, but would leave it to public opinion to decide as
to the propriety of the course pursued by the opponents
of the measure.
The House then resumed, and having disposed of the
other orders .of the day, adjourned at a Quarter-past
Two o'clock.

Another night has been wasted in the disc ussion
discussion—GoD save the mark !) of the Ecclesiaati-
-1 cal Titles Assumption Ell!, and nothing—literally
notbing—ha been ( fleeted. The public disgust has
reached the highest pitch at beholding the temporary
success of the factious opposition. It is clearly per-
ceived that the forms of the House must be altered.
It is too absurd to find the Chairman night after
night reporting progress, when no progress has been
made. It can no longer be tolerated that
the entire business of the country should be sus-
pended—that our most venerated institutions
should be made the subject of ridicule to our nu-
merous visitors. The rules, which if judiciously and
temperati•ly resorted to, would be of a very beneficial
character, have been perverted from their original
purposes. The power, which has been taken from
the majority, lest by a- possibility it might be
abused, has been band Lel over to a tyrant minority,
who exhibit a mischievous ingenuity in pushing it to
an extent that had never been contemplated by the
framers of these regulations. Thirty or forty per-
sons, or even the tithe of the number, can beard
the House and display their antics with
impunity. Lord Joax RUSSELL has, at
leogtb—albeit at the eleventh hour, discovered that
it is Vain to resist the party. He declared that
"such a course was against all notion of making pro-
' greas in Committee," and accordingly yielded to the
motion "that the Chairman now report progress."
The Member for Dublin, with brazen front and un-
blushing countenance, hadp y put that point
previously
beyond the possibility of dispute. He adverted to
throw the significant fact that " they had not yet got
gh a clause
of four lines in four
months." • A —stronger representation could not
have been made. It places in
the clearest light
rately
the conduct of those who bive Wilfully and delibe
obstructed the progress ofall •
-
legislation,
even of that which would be most beneficial to their'
unhappy country. What xeasonable expectation,
then, could Lord Joint RUSSELL have entertained
that those who had already acted in a manner eo uu.
dignified—Out for our respect for the Reuse of
which they arc Members wesiorol-
esni-ghLuldha been
tempted to use a stronger exprve
at
the

eleventh hour, chap their tact!cF, acci resort to a

Imore legitimate course ? Wha.tadtvinaoiita?gelovahnapt flosesitely
arise from giving time for rt flec
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can the voice of public opinion have upon those who
have deliberately stopped their ears, who
"11:18e,ii;f;t„the voice of the charmer, charm he never so
The Noble Lord should adopt a more manly and
straightforward policy. He sees the nature and
extent of the evil, end he should boldly grapple with
it. He may derive a salutary lesson from the fable.
As neither "honeyed words or sods of grass can
produce any effect, let him try what virtue
there may be in atones.' 112 Rill be supported in