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London, England, 1857-03-11 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at 5 o'clock. _

The Duke of ARGYLL presented several petitions
from different parts of Scotland for the rtipeal, or altera-
tion, of the Forbes Mackenzie Act, and also petitions
against the grant to Maynooth.
THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE.
Earl STANHOPE called the attention of the house to
the report of the select committee on the minutes and
journals of this house, and moved that the resolutions of
the committee be agreed to by the house, and be made
standing orders ; and that the standing order No. 25,
directing that upon divisions in this house the " con-
tenta" shall go below the bar and the " not-cot-tents"
stay within the house, be vacated. The noble lord
said that when he last addressed the house on that sub-
ject there appeared such unanimity that he would not
detain their lordships at any length. He then explained
the mode in which the divisions of the house would be
taken for the future, and said if the recommendations of
the committee were agreed to a great improvement
would be made in the mode of conducting the business
of the house.

The Earl of EGLINTON moved certain amendments
to the resolutions of the committee, and said on the tak-
ing the numbers in a division the same rule as was ob-
served in the other house should be followed by their
lordships, and that for the future strangers be not re-
quired to leave the galleries of the house unless specially
ordered.

Lord REDESDALE also made a few observations.
After a few words from Earl GRANVILLE, and the
LORD CHANCELLOR, the resolutions, as amended, were
agreed to.
COMMONS ENCLOSURE BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
THE IRISH MAGISTRACY.
Viscount DUNGANNON moved for return of a copy
of the memorial addressed by the members of the Dublin
Protestant Association to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
relative to the conduct of Edmund Smith wick and Thos.
Hart, Esquires, justices of the peace for Kilkenny, in a
case of alleged assault, in which Michael Casten and
Mathew Spellacy, two persons in the employ of the So-
ciety for Irish Church Missions, were plaintiffs, and
James Ryan, defendant, at the petty sessions held in
the City of Kilkenny, on Monday, the 19th of January,
1857 ; together with the reply from the Ca,tle of Dub-
lin, bearing date the 13th of February, 1357.
, After a few words from the Earl of DESART,
Lord GRANVILLE assented to the motion, which
was agreed to.
Moak lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsimpey.)

The SITAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The Cornwall Ititil way Bill was read a third time and
pasilsd.
The following private bills were considered and ordered
to be read a third time :—Scottish Central Railway Bill,
and the South Devon Railway Bid.
The Birkenhead District Gas and Water Bill was read
a second time and ordered to be committed.
Tito Bagecals-town and Wexford Rail way Bill wa3
withdrawn.
BELFAST IMPROVENIENT BILL.
Pie second reading of he Belfajt Improvement Bill,
after a lengthened disca3sion, W3l agreed to without a
divi iion.
LIVERPOOL DOCKS COUNIITTEE AND BIR-
KENHEAD DOCKS BILL.
The order for the second reading of this bill was read
and discharged.

TURNPIKE TOLLS.
Sir J. DUKE presented a petition praying for the
removal of the turnpike bars of the metropolis within a
radius of six miles of Cnaring•cro,F.

MAYNOOTH.
/Ir. SPOONER presented 15 petitions from places in
England, Ireland, and Scotland, against the continu-
ance of the Maynooth grant. The hoe. gentleman gave
notice that if be had a seat in thie new Parliament be
should take the earliest opportunity of renewing his mo-
tion for the repeal of the grant to Maynooth. (Laughter.)
WAR DECORATIONS.
Captain L. VERNON asked the Under Secretary for
War whether the list published of the names of the re-
cipients of the Victoria Cross was final, and whether it
coutained all the Crimean recommendations deemed
worthy of decoration ; and whether, in such case, there'
would be any objection to publishing the names of the
officers and privates who had been recommended and
rej cted, with the details of the services for' which they
were recommended.
Mr. F. PEEL said that the list was final as regarded
the home regiments, and that the list did not contain
the names of all who were recommended. There were
some recommended whose cases did net come within the
scope of the warrant, and it would be ot;j,ctionable to
give a Fat of their names. (Hear. hear.)
ARMY ESTIMATES.
Mr. F. PEEL gave notice thlt he should move the
army estimates on Thursday next, in supply.
VOTE OF TELANkS TO TRE SPE ..k.KER.

Lord PALMERSTON (whose rising was t'ie
signal for breathless silence) said—Sir, it was
my duty yesterday, to be the organ of the regrets of
this house at-the communication which you then
thought it your duty to make, and of their concern
that the next Parliament were not to have the be-
nefit of your assistance in conducting their delibe-
,rations. I have to-day a task to perform of a rature
more agreeable to myself, and one which, I am sure,
wi'l be more acceptable to the house. (Cheer.) I
have to propose to this house to return, by their
unanimous vote, their thanks to you, sir: for ybur
able and distinguished service in the chair for the
long period of 18 years during which you have occu-
pied it. That man must have been a very superfi-
opserver of the proceedings in Parliament who
has not remembered in how essential a degree the
usefulness, and respectability, and influence of this
house must depend up6n the manner in which the
person who fills that chair performs' the duties
which he bas to discharge. (Cheers.) In a great
assembly like this, composed of so many persons
come from all parts of the country, it is obvious
th:,t unless the pers)n who regulates the proceed-
ings inspires among the members of this house that
temper and forbearance and equanimity which he
himself possesses, this house might be led by the
warmth of discussion, and, by the agitation of pub-
lic questions, to depart from that order and mode-
ration, and regularity of proceeding which are so
essential to maintain in public opinion that respect
which is due to this branch of the Legislature. It is
needle7s, I am sure, to say in how eminent a degree
you have performed that duty. It iseteedles to re-
mind those who have watched your proceedings
how you have cAnliued promptitude of decision,
justness ofjudgment, firmness of purpose, with the
most conciliatory manner, and how that dignity,
that natural dignity, which belongs to yourself,
which is most striking when accompanied by simpli
city of mind, and the absence of all artific'al affccta-
tio-a—how that natural dignity which alorn4 you:-
self has been communicated, through your direc-
tion, to the general proceedings of the Commons'
House of Parliament. (Cheers.) Not only have
you performed is this exemplary and useful man-
ner your duties in the chair, but there are other
duties—l will not say less import tut, but n:mtly as
important—which the Speaker of this house has to
perform out of that chair. lem sure I shall meet
with the concurrence of every g(ntleman who hears
me when I say that no one ever approached you for
the purpose of obtaining that information with re-
spect to our proceedings, either public or; private,
which it was his de-sire to receive, without expe-
riencing from you not only te most c Jur te ens re-
ception—not only the mlst ready hearing—but
the most accurate information, in regard to Vie
matter in respect to which it was his desire and h'e
duty to consult you. (Cheers.) There is another
mater, also, in which you have been eminently c m-
ducive to the interests of this house. Our forms of
proceeding are founsled upon ancient us Lge ; many
ofour forms Were no doubt the result of accidea t, and
perhaps of dezigli,at periods when those forms were
more essential than at present to maintain the prin-
ciples upon which they are founded. You ha,d, sir,
b riucieclinical
n l •
the judgment t odiscrituinat
ebetwcenose.4
which ought ever to ba Maint.tined, n
n,..1 t-,
forms which m'ght Le varied
tuned Without
public inconvenience;
and you have, by situg stions
front time to time, contributed much to the dispatch
of Fusiness in this houw, to the aivantarse of the
public, and the convenience of members of .
this
house. (Cheers.) lam sure that, in what I have
been saying, I have been not only expressing that
which is passing throueh the mind of every mem-
ber of this house—but that, in moving the address
which I propose to submit to the house, I shall
only be embodying the sentiments nafnrally arising
in th 6 mind of every one present. (Cheers.)
therefore move—

"That the thanks of this home be given to
Mr. Speaker, for his eminent and distinguished
services during the period of nearly eighteen
years for which he has filled the chair of this house;
that-he be assured that this house fully appreciates
the zeal and abJI4 with which he ha 3 dischared
the duties of Speaker and :r circumstlnces requiring
unprejeden'ed ILOcour and exertion ; andthan this
heute has the strongest sense of the lirathEZS r:nd
diguity with which he has -maintained its ptivi-