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The LORD-ADVOCATE said he would consider the
clause.

The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the house re-
sumed.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill as amended was ordered to be read a third time.
SALE OF GAS BILL.
Mr. SHERIDAN said that he had given notice of cer-
tain amendments in this bill, which he wished to see made
a continuance bill. The hon. member concluded by moving
that October be substituted for July.
Mr. CRAUFURD objected to the amendment.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said if a bill of this kind were not
passed, the magistrates might inflict penalties which the
party upon whom they might be imposed would after-
wards come to the Home-office to remit. He therefore
hoped the house would pass the bill in the form in which
it was now presented ; and for his part he should vote that
the word July be retained, and that October be not substi-
tuted for it.

The committee divided, when there were—

Ayes
Noes
Majority —s
Mr. SPOONER, after some observations by Mr. Sheri•
dan, moved that the chairman report progress.
The motion was agreed to, and the house resumed.
PLEA ON INDICTMENTS BILL.

On the motion that the house go into committee,
Mr. HENNESSY objected to the construction of cer-
tain clauses, and moved that the debate be now adjourned.
Sir G. C. LEWIS considered the bill of importance, and
hoped the house would proceed with it.
Mr, ED WIN JAMES hoped the house would not pro-
ceed with the bill, which was nothing but mere fragmen-
tary legislation. He should therefore support the motion
for adjournment.
Some discussion ensued upon the question usually put to
prisoners, " Are you guilty or not guilty ?"—a question
which not unfrequently proved embarrassing to the con-
sciences of prisoners.
After some remarks by Mr. MELLOR,
Mr. G. DENMAN said the bill consisted of one clause,
and the object of it was to provide that, instead of putting
the usual question of guilty or not guilty, the judge
should put the question, " Do you wish to be put upon your
trial ?"
Mr. LYGON moved that the bill be further proceeded
with on that day three months.
The house divided, and the numbers were—
For the motion .. 98
Against it
Majority against
The bill was consequently Yost.
FELONY AND MISDEMEANOUR BILL.

On the motion that the Lords' amendments to this bill
be considered and agreed to,
Mr. EDWIN JAMES moved that those amendments
be disagreed to. The object of the bill was to secure to the
prisoner's counsel the power of summing up the evidence
for him. The question was a most important one, and it
should not be left to the caprice of a judge to say whether
the prisoner's counsel might er might not sum up the evi-
dence on behalf of the accused. Ho therefore begged to
move, that the Lords' amendments be disagreed to.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he had some share
in the framing of this bill, but looking at the nature of the
Lords' amendments, he should prefer seeing the bill lost to
seeing it pass with such amendments.
The question was put, and Mr. James's amendment was
agreed to.
Mr. Mellor and Mr. G. Denman were then appointed a
deputation to hold conference with the Lords on the subject.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL.

On the motion for resuming the adjourned debate on the
amendment to clause 1 of this bill,
Sir GEORGE BOWYER moved as an amendment that
the clause be left out of the bill.
Mr. NEWDEGATE said, if the clause be omitted, it
would be in consequence of an arrangement made out of the
house ; and he trusted, if omitted, that the bill would not
be enrolled upon the statute-book.
Sir G. C. LEWIS did not think it likely that the house
would come to a conclusion to-night on this question, and
ho begged, therefore, to move that the debate be now ad-
journed.
The debate was accordingly adjourned, and the other
orders having been disposed of,
The house adjourned at a quarter-past two o'clock.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.