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London, England, 1860-08-25 00:00:00

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL,

On the motion that this bill be read a third time,
Lord MONTEAGLE moved an amendment, the opera-
tion of which was to declare that the bill should not affect
the law of superstitious uses, and that prayers for the dead
might not be considered superstitious ; consequently, any
bequest for a charity, accompanied by a stipulation that
prayers should be offered up for tlee deceased donor, should
not be considered illegal.
The LORD CHANCELLOR could only repeat that
which he had already said, namely, that the amendment of
the noble lord was quite unnecessary, for there was nothing
in the bill which did, or could, be construed to affect the
law for superstitious uses. He was surprised at
the noble lord introducing this amendment after the
course adopted last night. Such an amendment had been
negatived by this house and the Commons. The noble
lord said the words of his amendment were harmless, but
he denied that useless words in an act of Parliament were
harmless, for instead of removing doubts they created them,
and encouraged rather than decreased litigation. He
should advise their lordships not to agree to the amend-
ment of the noble lord.

The amendment was put from the woolsack, and nega-
ived, after which the bill passed.

CHURCH TEMPORALITIES (IRELAND) ACT

AMENDMENTS BILL.

The Commons' amendments to this bill were agreed to.

DIVORCE COURT BILL.

The Commons' amendments to this bill were agreed to.
TRUSTEES, MORTGAGEES, &c., BILL.
The Commons' amendments to this bill were agreed to.
TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND

(IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion for:the consideration of the Commons' rea-
sons for disagreeing to their lordships' amendments to this
bill,

Lord DESART protested against the hurried manner
in which the alterations had been made to this bill. There
was one amendment which had been made when there was
a very full attendance of Irish peers, of very great import-
ance. That alteration had been reversed by the
Commons, and now the house was asked to agree to such
a proposal when there wore only two Irish peers present.
He thought such a proposal on the part of the Government
highly censurable.
The Earl of LEITRIM thought the Commons' amend-
ments were such as their lordships ought not to agree to.
After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE,
Earl GRANVILLE said it was very desirable, after
the labour that had been bestowed on this bill, that it
should pass during the present session. The effect of dis-
agreeing to amendments would be that the bill would be
lost, and the whole question left open for another long dis-
cussion next year.
Lord REDESDALE hoped that some arrangement
might be come to in order that one or two of the amend-
ments might be retained, especially those relating to the
granting of leases.
Afier some further conversation, the majority of the
amendments were agreed to ; but on the question that one
of them, in effect setting aside the 100 years' lease, should
be disagreed to, their lordships divided, where there ap-
peared—
Contents
Non-contents
Majority —l
The amendment was then agreed to.
MINES REGULATION AND INSPECTION BILL.

Their lordships resolved not to insist on their amend •
ments to this bill, against which the Commons had assigned
their reasons.

LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL.
''heir lordships did not insist in their opposition to this
bill. _

TITLES TO LAND (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The Commons' amendments to this bill were considered
and agreed to.
TRAMWAY (IRELAND) BILL.
Their lordships did not insist on the alterations they had
made to this bill:
Their lordships then adjourned until half-past one o'clock
on Tuesday next.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tins DAT.)

The SPEAKER took the chair at 25 minutes to one o'clock.

THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

Sir F. SMITH gave notice that early next session he
would move for the appointment of a select committee to
inquire into the working of the War-office with a view to
effect an improvement in that department of the public ser-
vice.