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London, England, 1850-08-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, August 12.
SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS (IRELAND) BILL.

(Continued from our Third Edition.)
The Earl of LUCAN said he could not allow the Bill
to pass without giving the House yet another opportu-
nity of doing simple justice to the landed proprietors of
Ireland. It was solely owing to the defective state of
the law that the system of evictions and the pulling-
down of houses prevailed to so unfortunate an extent in
that country, and which he could assure their Lordships
was quite contrary to the wishes of the proprietors. The
31st clause of this Bill invested the justices with juris-
diction over the occupiers of houses and parts of houses,
provided these houses were situated in a city, town, or
village; and he contended that if it were good to invest
the justices with this jurisdiction in regard to houses in
towns, it was equally good to extend it to houses and
lands in every part of the country. By doing this the
law in Ireland would also, to a certain extent, be assimi-
lated to the law of England. The Noble Earl then pro-
posed an amendment with this object in view, and said
that if the Noble Marquis opposite chose to reject the
amendment, upon him would rest the responsibility of all
the ejectments and pulling down of houses that might
occur during the approaching recess.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE opposed the amend-
ment, which was thereupon negatived without a division.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid upon the table a
report from the Committee of Council upon Education,
an account of the proceedings of the Commissioners un-
der the Irish Encumbered Estates Act, and other papers,
by command of her Majesty.
CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the first
reading of this Bill, which he stated had just been
brought up from the House of Commons. The Nob!e
Marquis explained that the Bill was, in substance, the
same as that which had already received their Lordships'
assent; but on its going down to the other House it was
discovered there that one of its clauses interfered with
the privileges of that House. In consequence, that Bill
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to move that the Bill be read a first time, and to give
notice that to-morrow be should move the suspension of
the standing orders, for the purpose of passing the Bill
without further delay.
The Bill was then read a first time.
The Commons' amendments on the Small Tenants
Rating Bill were agreed to.
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL

Lord BEAU3IONf moved the second reading of this
Bill, which, he said, bad undergone considerable discus-
sion in the other House of Parliament, and which, as a
measure of necessity, it was of vital importance should
be passed in the present session.
Lord REDESDALE said that the Bill had not come
up from the Commons until Friday last, and that, there-
fore, it was almost impossible that their Lordships could
have given its provisions the necessary consideration.
But independent of that circumstance, he objected to the
measure itself, ai introducing a new principle with re-
ference to these societies, the effect of which would be to
legalize institutions which, though assuming to be pro-
vident in their charac{er, might again become secret
societies, and prove most dangerous to the community.
He did nut object to the second reading of the Bill, but
he recommended the Noble Lord to strike out all those
words that make a difference between registered socie-
ties and certificated societies.
Lord lIONTEAGLE supported the measure, and was
glad to perceive that it dealt so effectually with the evils
of burial societies.
Lord REDESDALE suggested that the Bill should
be so worded as to oblige those scciati.,es to give up their
secret signs.
Tha Bill was then read a second lime.
The Poor Relief Bill was read a third time and passed.