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London, England, 1844-08-09 00:00:00

TRATION HILL.

Earl DALHOUSIE in moving the third reading or the
Joint-Stock Regulation and Registration Bill, proposed
some verbal anvndments, which were agreed to.

The Bill was then read a third Hal.. and passed.
COUNTY CORONERS' BILL •

Several of their Lordship were then appointed to
manage the conference with the House of Commons on
the County Coroners' Bill.
After a short time, the managers returned, and
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that he had left
their Lordships' reasons for disagreeing with the Com-
mons' amendments with the conference appointed by the
lliuse of Commons.
IRISH FISIIF.RMEN'S BILL.

Lord WHARNCLIFVE proposed the third reading
of this Bill, in which he made certain amene.ments, which
were agreed to.
The Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Irish Arms Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Protection of Purchasers (Ireland) Bill was read
a third time and passed.. • -
ART-UNIONS BILL.

Lord MONTEAGLE thought it would be better
that this Bill should not pass at all than that, it should
pass without the amendments which their Lordships had
agreed to. lie thought it right that all lotteries, as well
as art-unions, should be indemnified with regard to the
past, but he would resist the making of private lotteries
legal in future. He would m sve, that, as far as related
to the proprietors of art-unions, that the indemnity
should continue up to the Ist of October.
The motion was agreed to.
STANDING ORDERS.

Earl DALHOUSIE moved that Nos. 223, 224, 231,
and 232, of the standing orders might be rescinded, in
order that others might be substituted in their place to
enable them to carry out the Railways Bill. The ohj• et
was that railway plans might be first submitted to the
Executive Department of the Board of Trade, which would
make a report upon them before coming to the Commit-
tee. This report of the Executive was not to be conclu-
sive. The alteration would have the t, ffect of limiting
the expenses of those who wished to promote railway
schemes.—The motion was agreed to.
The Commons' amendments to the Roman Catholic
Penal Acts Repeal Bill were agreed to.
A message from the Commons was then brought by
Sir George Clerk and others, that they had ugreed to
their Lordships' amendments to the Insolvent Debtors'
Bill ; also a message that the Commons did not persist
in their disagreement to the amendments made by tht it
Lordships in the County Coroners' Bill.

Their. Lordships then-adjourned until Half-past Three
o'Clock to morrow (this day).

'!OUSE OF COMMONS, August 8.

The House met at Three o'clock.

Mr. MACAULAY presented a petition from Leeds.
very numerously and respectably signed, stating that
Christianity and civilisation were introduced into ota-
heite by English missionaries, and praying the llolve
to adopt measures to prevent French aggression there.
Mr. B. COCIIRANE presented a petition from Lord
I)undonald, stating that he had a few years ago disco-
vered a method for assailing and destroying hostile fleets,
and praying that if any premium were allowed for the
best method of effecting that result he might be allow d
to compete for it.
Mr. IVYSE presented petitions from various places
in Ireland. praying for an inquiry into the Sate trials. •
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he next ses-
sion,"move for an inquiry into the Colonill aecanhts,„
i
with a view of making an mprovement in them.
LORD ELIOT AND THE PROTESTANT

CLERGY.
Mr. SHELL said he would take that opportunity of
correcting a mis-statement which 'ne had fallen int., the
oth.r night in speaking up n the motion made by his
lion. Friend, with :regard to the Mucatio.i Board in
Ireland. He had stated that the Nt.ble Lord, the Secre-
tary for Irel ind, had a few years ago imputed the con-
duct of the Protestant clergy in reference to the system
of national education to factious motives. On looking
to the report of the-Noble Lord's speech in the various
newspapers, he found that he was incorrect. Ile
thought it right, of his own accord, to correct the
error he had fallen into, and he felt much pleasure in
making this reparation to the Noble Lord for the error,
which he regretted he had made.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord ELIOT thanked the Right Hon. Gentleman for
the explanation he had given, lie would take that op
portunity of reading to the House a letter which he had
received in reference to an individual whose conduct was
canvassed in the Wile- debate. (The Noble Lord
then read the letter, . which stated that the writer
saw with surprise, in the Morning Chronicle, the report
of a speech made by Mr. M. J. O'Connel relative to the
Bishop of Cashel, who was stated to have told a Protes-
tant gentleman not to employ Roman Catholics.) Such a
statement was wholly without foundation.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL.

Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT moved that the Lords'
amendments to the Merchant Seamen's Bill be agreed to.
Admiral DUNDAS was opposed to the Bill alto-
gether. It was a most unfair thing to press forward a mea-
sure of this nature at this late period of the session, when
the seaman had had no opportunity of expressing their
opinions on the subject. They would, in the course of
next session, have the table covered with petitions pray-
ing for a repeal of the measure.
Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT said that the Bill had
been well considered, and so far from the m. rchants or
seamen being displeased with the measure, he had re-
ceived several letters expressing their approval of it, and
thanking the Government for having introduced it.
Captain PECHFJ,L, although he admitted that much
misapprehension existed regarding this measure, thought
it was most unreasonable to press it forward at the pre.
sent time. It was impossible to discuss it properly, or
to ascertain the opinions of seamen and shipowners
respecting it. It was very well for Hon. Gentlemen op-
posite to say that the interests of landlords and that of
agricultural labourers were identical—that fallacy had
been pretty well exposed by his Hon. Friend below him;
but the agricultural labourers were now beginning to be
awake, to their own interests, and to discover that their
interests were concerned in having bread cheap.—(Hear,
hear.) So the seamen were well aware that their in-
terests were not identical with the interests of the ship-
owners.
The House of Lords, by one of their amend- '
ment,, had reduced the amount of re:num-ration to be
awarded to seae.en for loss of their provisions from one
shilling to eightpenee, thus depriving the .seamen of
fourpence. This he apprehended was inte, fering with
a money clause, and was an amendment which the Lords •
had no right to introduce. He should wish the Speaker
to t.ettle that point. The hasty manner in which
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