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London, England, 1850-08-09 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, August 8.
The LORD CILINCELLOA took his seat on tho Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
GRAND JURY CESS (IRELAND) DILL.
The Marquis of CLA.NRICARDE moved the second
reading of this Bill.
The Earl of LUCAN oppoged the motion, because the
House of Commons Mid rejected the Landlord and Te-
nant (Ireland) Bill. If they refused to give landlords
facilities for enforcing the payment of rent, it was unjust
to call on them to pay cess. He asked the Noble Mar-
quis whether the Landlord and Tenant Bill had been re-
jected by the House of Commons?
The Marquis of CT. ANRICARDE said that the
Landlord and Tenant Bill had, as he understood, not
been rejected, but that the debate had been adjourned.
The Earl of LUCAN said it was well understood that
a compromise had been entered into that if the Outrages
Iceland Bill should be passed, the Landlord and Tenant
Bill should be rejecte 4.
The Earl of WICKLOW said that such an under-
standing W 23 a matter of which he disapproved, but it
appeared that the Secretary for Ireland and the Govern-
ment had Supported the Landlord and Tenant Bill.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that the ex-
istence of the evil fo- which the Landlord and Tenant
Bill was intended to provide a remedy was acknowleged
la both Houses of Parliament.
After a short conversation the motion was agreed to,
sod the Bill was read a second time.

HARTLEPOOL DOCKS BILL.
On the motion of Earl BRUCE this Bill was ordered
to be recommitted.

PETITIONS.
The Earl of MALNIESBURY presented a petition
from a board of guardians in Worcestershire, praying
for a revision of the law of parochial assessment.
SUMMARY JURISDICTION (IRELAND) BILL.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved that this
Bid be read a second time.
Lord MONTEAGLE comtplained that this Bill gave
to a single magistrate the power hitherto exercised by
petty sessions, and would give too much power to a single
stipfndiary magistrate. He hoped that this objection
might be remedied in Committee.
The Earl of WICKLOW was in favour of the Bill,
and thought his Noble Friend who had last spoke had
overstated the objections to it. Under the present law
a single magistrate might act in petty sessions, and it
would be utterly impossible to carry on the magisterial
business of the country it a single magistrate were not
so authorised to act.
The Earl of GLENGALL supported the Bill.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE hoped their Lord-
ships would pass the Bill in its present shape.
The Earl of LUCAN considered this was a most
valuable Bill, and that the Government were entitled to
the thanks cf the people of Ireland for its introduction.
In the part of the country with which he was connected
it would be impossible to hold a petty session at all if it
were not for the presence of the stipendary magistrate.
The Bill was then read a second time.
ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL.—COM-

MONS' AMENDMENTS.
The Marquis of L ANSDOWNE then moved the
order of the day for rho consideration of the Commons'
amendments to the Exlesiastical Commission Bill.
T,he Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved the re-
jection cf the Commons' amendments on the 13th clause:
The Commons, by these amendments, had united toge-
ther the episcopal and the general fund, when the House
-of Lords had separated the funds from each other. He,
therefore, moved the rejection of the Commons' amend-
ments.
• The Marqifis of LANSDOWNE supported the Com-
' mons' amendments.
The Earl of POWIS supported the amendment of the
Archbishop. If the two funds were amalga-
'mated together, it would be annually distributed, it
'would be absorbed in small livings, and when the
--'establishment of a new bishopric was considered de-
sirable they would be told there was no fund for its es-
tablishment, and that would be a just answer. The
Commons' alteration was an invidious attempt to prevent
the establishment of new bishops when required to meet
the wants of the increasing population.
The Bishop of OXFORD remarked, that under the
net, arrangements the fund for bishops would be fare-
stalled. He hoped their Lordships would adhere to their
former decision.
After a few words from Earl GREY and the Bishop of
SALISBURY,
Their Lordships divided, when there appeared—
For the Archbishop of Canterbury's amendment—
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Contents ... ... 22
Non•contents ... 37
Majority for the Government ... —l5
The Commons' amendments were then agreed to.

Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the
Mauritius, very numerously signed, complaining of the
injury that had been done to the petitioners by the Go-
vernment exiposing them to competition with slave-
grown sugar; and they prayed for protection. The
Noble Lord then presented a second petition, which he
said was one of the greatest importance. It was
numerously signed by the magistrates, freeholders, and
other inhabitants of Westmorland, in Canada.. They
referred to a project which had been for some time under
consideration—namely, the extension of a railway com-
munication through Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Canada, to Quebec. They stated that such a railway
would confer the greatest benefits throughout those
-parts, and the happiest results would flow from its
establishment; that it would open up about 4,800,000
acres of waste land, and they asked this country to join
with the colonies in affordiree an equal guarantee for
the whole amount of 120,000/7 a year, and four per cent.
upon the 3,000,0001. of money which the railway would
cost. 'I he! Noble Lord observed that this was not an
application fur a guarantee for 120,000/. or 60,0001.;
but. ivasmuch as 7bo colony had already guaranteed such
an amount as would fall short of the interest, they.
asked this country to join them in a similar guarantee.
In the event of the interest amounting to 4 per cent.,
then neither of the guaranteeing parties would he called
upon for anything. They prayed that this railway might
be carried out, so that the large sums of money that wan
at present p aid fur the transmission of mails to foreign
countries might be saved. The colony proposed to gua-
rantee 60,000/. a) ear, and to reclaim 4,800,000 acres of
land, and they merely asked this country to give a similar
guarantee. Ile (Lord Stanley) took a great interest in
• the success of thin project, and he ventured to recommend

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• it to their Lordships' consideration.
The Fisheries B►ll was read a second time.
t, The Mercantile Marine (Ni. 2) Bill (as we under-
stood) was passed through Committee without any amend-
ment being proposed.
, The Excise Sugar and Licences Bill was read a third
time and passed.
BENEFICES PLURALITIES BILL.

The Co--raiToa-s7-a—mead-m—e-a-t-s-in-il-lis—Bill were agreed

to.
The Securities (Iretand) Act Amendment Bill passed
through Committee.
BOROUGH COURTS OF RECORD (IRELAND)
BILL.
On the motion for the third reading of this Bill,
The Earl of GLENGALL moved as an amendment
that the manor courts be exempted frora the operations
of the Bill.
TheLORD CHANCELLOR opposed the amendment.

Lord REDESDALE was of opin-ion that the question
of the manor courts might be put off for future conside-
ration. _ _

After a short discussion strangers were ordered to
withdraw, bat their Lordships did not divide. The
amendment was negatived without a division.
The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and
their Lordships adjourned.