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London, England, 1829-05-16 00:00:00

EAST INDIA OFFICERS BILL.

Mr. BARING moved the second reading of the
above Bill.
Mr. HUME desired the enactments of the Bill
to be more general. He thought that not only persons
holding offices in the East Indies, but persons hold-
ing offices under the Crown, which prevented them
from executing the duties of Members of that House,
should be prevented from sitting.
Colonel LUSHINGTON observed, that by the
enactments of the Bill, officers in the Company's
service, who proceeded to India, were declared to
be no longer Members of the House, whilst no such
regulation applied to officers in the King's service.
He thought the two services should be put on an
equal footing.
The Bill was then read a second time.
On the motion of Mr. PLANTA, the Speaker was
ordered to issue a new writ for a Member to serve
in Parliament for Aldeburgh, in the room of Mr.
Joshua Walker, who had accepted the Stewardbhip
of the Chiltern Hundreds.
On the motion of Lord LEVESON GOWER, the
Irish Fisheries Bill was committed, and some amend-
ments having been agreed to, the report was ordered
to be received on Monday.
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' BILL.

Mr. PORTltilai moved that this Bill be recom-
mitted for further consideration; and the SPEAKER
having left the chair, the House went into the
Committee.
After a few words from Mr. HOULDSWORTH,
which were not heard in the gallery,
Mr. T. P. COURTENAY, adverting to the Bill
which he had introduced on this subject, observed,
that his object had been greatly misunderstood, and
much prejudice excited against him in consequence.
It wi.s imagined that what he did went against the
freedom of individuals to act in their own concerns
as they pleased. Nothing could be more unfounded.
Mr. PORTMAN admitted that there had existed
a great dealof unfounded prejudice against the Right
klon. Gentleman on this subject.
After a few words from Mr. B. COOPER, the first
clause was agreed to without amendment.
Mr. T. P. COURTENAY proposed an amend-
ment to the second clause, to the effect that no
rules for friendly or benefit societies should be
allowed by Magistrates in Quarter Session, unless
it should be made appear that the tables were
founded on calculations which might be adopted
with safety to all parties.
Mr, ►,ORTMAN said that the two clauses which
he bad introduced into this Bill would, he thought,be
quite sufficient, withqot the amendment of his Right
Hon. Friend. One was, that every society should
present annuAy an account of the state of its funds
to the Members, who would thus have an opportu-
nity of judging of the situation in which they stood.
The next was, that quinquer►npally there should be
presented from each society an account of the mor-
tality and sickness amongst its members. By this
means we should in time arrive at that which even
Mr. Finlayson and others admitted we had no correct

data for at present—the state of mortality among the.
working classes.
Mr. T. P. COURTENAY said, that by this
means they might, it was true, obtain in some 40 or
50 years hence some correct data to go upon in cal-
culation for such societies, but what would become
of them in the interim if Magistrates bad not the
power to refuse (and that was all he contended for)
tables which they had reason to know were erro-
neous ?

After a few words from a MEMBER, whose name
we did not learn, the clause was agreed to. The
Bill then went through the Committee.
The House resumed, when the Report was
brought up, and ordered to be received on Monday.