The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-10 00:00:00

LAW ItED'oRNI--COUN ry COURTS BILL.

Lord iiitUUGHAM said that many obj;Ctionecia(l been
made to the Bill tor extending the jurisdiction of count)
courts to bankruptcy cases. Our of those objections
was thaViit merle the operation of the clause enforcing
residence on the judgte, and det;arriog them from prac-
tice, prospective. He thought there was fosse . thi
objection, sn..l wi when 6, again proposed the Bill,
make it retrospective;
but he ilia nut 'wend to proceeded
further with the
Bill during the present session. With
regard to the other Bill fur extending equitable
jurisdiction to the county courts, he felt cu.n-
sinned that some such measure was requisite
to render convenient or at all tolerable and bearable t
the country the jurisciiclion of the Court of Chancery,
and he was therefore extremely sorry that he did not
feel that ho ftaa in a positron t-ipripttse to their Lord-
ships to proceed further with this Bull during the present
session,
BURGESSES AND FREEMEN PARLIAMEN-
TARY FRANCHISE BILL.
Lord BEAUXION•I2 moved the second reading of this
Bill. The Small Tenements Rating Act had incidentally
disfranchise t.a largo number of persons, to whom it was
the obj. et of the present Bill to restore the franchise.
The Dflarquis of SALISBURY objected to the Bill
because it conferred on the owner practically the right:
of conferring the franchise on his tenant, or of with-
drawing it from him. He hoped this error would be
corrected in Committee, but he would not oppose the
second reading of the Bill.

L)rd PORTMAN supported the Bill.
Llrd BEAUMONT would be happy to consider the
subject in Committee, and if tho words of the clause
gave to the owner the power of conferring the franchise
or depriving a tenant of he would consent to any alte-
raticn in the clause which should guard against such an
occurrence.

The Bill was then read a second time.
(LEFT SITTING.)

ITOUSE OF COMMONS.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND BILL
(Continued from uur Afternoon Edition.)

After a short discussion, is which Lord J. kannerß,
Mr. `Yawn, Sir G. halell, Mr. Forster, Mr. Duncan,
mad other Hon. Members took part, she clause was
withdrawn.

The Chairman was then ordered to report progress
and ask leave to sit agsin, and the House hating re-
sume d he did so accordingly.
LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION (IRE-

LAND) BILL.

The House then went into Committee on this Bill.
Several clauses were agreed to, and the Chairman re
ported progress and obtained leave to sit again.
The House then adjourned until Five o'clock.

The House resumed at Fiv# o'clock.
PETITIONS.

Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a petition from the
Agricultural Society of the Island ot St. Christopher
complaining of distress in the West Indies, and praying
that British subjects might be protected against unfair
competition with the foreigner.
M r. SOTH E RON presented n petition from the county
of Wilts, in favour of the repeal ot the attorneys' certi-
ficate die'',

Mr. HUME presented a petiti‘n from Bostcn, com-
plaining of the conduct of Sir J. Brooke in Borneo.
Mr. J. STUART preserved a petition from the Isle
of Skye, comt•laintug of nistieis in thrit iOund, and
praying Out a:vancf•a mighr be turtle by the Govern-
ment tor the purpose of relieving the debtitution of the
people.