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London, England, 1842-07-23 00:00:00

2,:orEvAAi PARI

• HOUSE
Their Lords•.ips URA at Five : o'Cioek, Earl
.tift
Shaftesbury sitting on the 1%. ool.stiek, in the place,ol:,
Lord Chancellor, who was prevented from attending
illness.
A Messenger froin the Commons brought up the Sp
Australia Bill, and other Bills, which were severs ti
rood it first tune.

SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEbLENT.
Lord CAMPBELL gave notice, that on Monday
would move that it be a standing order of' this lion't
that no Counsel be heard for or against any Bill pendii)
in this House, who is a Member of the other House
Parliament.
tithe arquis of CLANRICARDE postponed to Yon:
day second reading of the Sudbury Distranclai3'
meta Bill.

MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL.
Lord SKELMERSDALE gave notice that on ",e /
next stage •of the Mines and Collieries Bill, be shoo
move that women of mature age who had been sal!,
touted to work in mines and collieries should be alloV"
to continue in that employment if they chose.
DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY.
The Earl of 'RADNOR said that as the disti,
of the . country was_ going on at ,an
rate of increase, and threatened to lead to veriirighl
results. He wished to ask the Noble Lord, the F.re;
sident of the Council, what grounds he had for WI
that there was reason to hope that the country Ole
soon right itself, and that the distress would be ahtiie
The Noble Earl concluded by moving for several,rep;
turns relating•to the importation of corn and provisi°
under the new tariff.
ree3 •te
Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that heacould pei,
symptoms of improvement going on in the present Stle
of things, and he believed that if it had nut been for 100,
agitation which was still kept up, the law would b
operated to the advantage of the country. 1/4.
it was seen that the Government had the
ness and the power to resist the demand
on them for a further alteration of the 'll,O
the change _which they had ..already Also
would not have fair play. The agitation preventea
coming fairly into operation, and but for that it o
on
u
have by this time done great good, and he was
vinced that it would do great good. a to
) The Marquis of ULANRICARDE would be gla„ft
know what the Noble Baron (the President 01:, du
Council) meant by saying that the Bill wool do
great good. ,-7. time people thought that a Bill •1•40ni„
good which kept up prices, and other s which would o'si,
them down. He wish. d to know in which send
Noble Baron promised the country that his Bill
do good?—(Hetit, hear, and laughter.) , I
Lord IiAIiNCLIFFE—What I said was, ths:d
thought the Bill would do good, by kteping
steady. —(Chi era, and counter cheering.)
The Earl t,f RADNOR said he co Id not undero,:ir
on what grounds it was pretended that tole
of the Coin-law question prevented the
inel.t measure trout coming into operation.—t
If the law would allow corn to contemi
it would have come in, for there could be no doubt
the people wanted it —(Hear.). -
LXW OF ARREST.
Lord BROUGHAM brought in a Bill for the
of arrest in executiom. The Bill wits 'ranted with a vie''
relax the severity of the present, and at the same tiT"l.,4
give creditors greater facility for obtaining posse' to
of the property of debtors, or rather of their ownp
perty in the hands of their debtors. Another obitb'
the Bill was to protect from oppression honest its,
who made a fair and fell surrender of their pr"l",ici'
Ills Lordship likewise laid on the table a Bill for
wing voluntary arrangements between debtors
creditors. • 00
Lord COTTENHAM hoped that his Noble Fri.efor,
Bill would not prevent theta from eventually ed°PcileV,
the wuler course of abolishing' imprisonment for
altogether.
MESSAGE FRO •11 THE COMMONS. ~ oP
A Messenger ft om the Howse of Commons broug"."o4
th.- Customs Act Amendment Bill, and several Po
THE COUNTY COURTS BILL AND 0--
AS
RUPTCY LAW AMENDMENT BILL. or
These Bills passed through Committee and were
dared to he read a third time on Monday.
MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. foto
Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition
some place in Yorkshire against this Bill. oil
The 'Marquis of NORMANBY took this oprftuol
of explaining his views upon this Bill. lie CO'•
convinced that- the 'Whole of the evidenceA iS
lected by the Commons had been colleen for
a very praiseworthy manner, with very lite'
zeal, and with every attention to correctness 1113,,ti00
'partiality. Great pains had been taken:in.the 5e1,7014
of the Commissioners, and he hoped that the Bill ot,
pass their Lordship's House without any impeflin bio
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY reyea'
opinion that the evidence was not to be relied on. „oh
The Earl of DEVON thought that there w
in the documents before the House to justify theil'onosea
ships in passing the enactments, which he had r
in the Bill which he had supported. ell °l
Lord CAMPBELL said that as the petition Prlt. until
a grant of money, the House could not receive
such grant had the sanction of the Crown. , .000 ditl
Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that the pet'' of the
not directly ask for a grant, but put that P ore 'Ol
prayer hypothetically. The petition said no alit =5lO
that if their Lordships passed the Bill, they °111,,,id be
to provide for compensation to those who w 0"
injured by it.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Several Bills on the table were advanced a Ftaget god
the South Australia Bill was read a second time,
ordered
Houb to e committed on ond.
The se then adjournedM till to-morrow (SaturcW)
at twelve o'clock.

HOUSE OF CO.II3IOIVS, July 22.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clockei.ediol
Dr. BO vi RING presented a petition from the el
prectitioners of Bolton, praying that no new chartertip
be granted to the College of Physicians till the
_
question was hr night before the House. 4
..eat
Mr. PARKER presented a petition, praying ee 01V
metropolitan bridges might be opened to the pub.lic,',
bf
free.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition, el
1,000 of the electors of Nottingham, praying tillsgio
writ might be issued for the election of a burr',"
that town. -
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented p!...),4
praying that the metropolitan bridges might be .°l7'
to the public toll-free. • 8
Mr. S. FRENCH presented a petition Crewe"
electors of Athlone preying for leave, to defend lea 10
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, agr%et
at a public meeting in Sheffield, held on the 13th 1701
The petitioners complained that they were into{ 4to'
with while hie/ling a public meeting, and that eig °lt
dividui.Cs'were areested and confineil in &afore pi,
which they consider io be a tyrannical invasion 0 fte
constitutional right to petition, and they prsteed. ,
inquiry.
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME ELECTION' tef
Lori ASHLEY reported that the. Committee Oeneeel
petition complaining of an undue return for the WT4
of Newcastle-under-Lyme, had coma to the folbep
resolution :—" That J. Q. Harris, Esq., was not 40(
elected to serve as a burgess at the last
electien
Newcastle-under-Lyme, and ought not to have 3,11
returned ; and that J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., Wes
elected, and ought to have been returned."
REPEAL OF THE UNION. '
s
Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Ingle
numerously signed, praying for a repeal of the ler,
tive Union. ..
NOTICES •OF MOTION—NOTTING4.IO
ELECTION.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that he shonlae''cl
Thursday next, move, in pursuance of a petition W-01,1
he had presented from a number of electors, that*:
writ do forthwith issue for Nottingham. 1141'
JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANIES /3_40
On the motion of Sir G. CLERK, this Bill was Irw'r
second time, and ordered to be committed to-n:0 111 i
Sir J. GRAHAM moved the first reading' Of * egg
which bad just come from the Lords, but we did not
its title.
Mr. C. BULLER wished to know whether it
intention of the Government to proceed in that_.l,ltbe
with all these Bills which were coming down fraMeeel
Lords. Some of those Bills, the County Courts Pme-,ieff
the Bankruptcy Bill more particularly, were oveeght
great importance. He wished :o know of the Ireet.
Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home' DepetiV
whether it was intended to proceed with Pleb ;eel,
as those at a time like the present, when eeeees
Members were absent., and almost all the Me
the legal profession were out of town.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the Honourable
,e3i
ll
her must be aware that the County Coettee.
It
had Veen discussed in various sessions of Parnell/en' ets
was the intention of Government to submit the releef
referred to to :he House this present session ; and eer
objection should arise, which he did not anticips!'
haps, then they Would not proceed with them. pet
Mr. W. PATTEN said he should be glad to
o hen the County Courts Bill would come on ? , 'pa
Mr. V. SMITH wished to know why these
not come down betere ? 0111
Sir J. GRAHAM said they had not come down
the Lords. •.
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL of
Sir J. GRA: IAM proposed the third reading
'his Bill. of
r. FIELDEN.was not aware of the content' awl
proposed Poor-law Bill. He trusted, therefore,„eeei
would not preeeed miller with the meaeure ibis e%.jeel
Mr. R. YOK RE was su-prised at the course tin tee
ieen purseed by the Go% ernment. He trusted tn*t
ee proceeded with further. le lase
M r. DUNCYMBE believed that all the bed. e-
-1 ill the Bib were retained. , fr
th- Mr. BROTHER TON, gin,
,on r.
till the
her coneideretien of the Bill wes postpenee
iipetied °eters root the Day were dispoied of.
Be LEERY BILL. the
Mr. C. Bli LLER wished to know whether it Yi'*eie
inn Ii II o • th.
Ge
13:eber ovrnment to proceed le,lt_lith.
Sir ROB .RT PEEL did not so e any reason *.Pe
~.
d .
cu5..,,,,s Act Anti. ialli.ent Bill was read a tis'l
thee and passed.
EXCHEQUER BILL. , _
s & 'teed
The Exchequer hills Preparation Bill was emu "
time I
and a,sed. of
Sir R. N-WAS wished to ask the Right Hon. ort o
tleman when they might expect to receive the It,vr
the Exchequer bills Commissioners. R **id he
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE e the
expeeteu that the Report would be on the table o'
,Heueein the course of next week..itiptiefi
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