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the conference, and the managers on the part of the Lords
left the house.
The Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Salsbury, Via.
count Hood, Lad Milkman's, Lord WhamWe, Lord
Auckland, and the Marquis Clan?lcarde formed the dips-
! talon.

Having held the said conference the Lordstnenogers re.'
turned to the house, and the Duke of itichatand repel,*
that the Lords did not insist on their amentiments. '
The Duke of CU NI BERLAND suggested thst *renal do-
termination of the house might be postponed till tomorrow.
The consideration of the report was comeolocutly poet.
ppoed.
The Special Constables' Bill was reported.
saws Dux.
The report of the game bill was received. the bill ordered
to be read a third tints tomorrow, and the lords summoned
for the third reading.
The Duke of ft ICHBIOND postponed the third marlins
of the beer bill.

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The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he had the honour
to present to their lordship a bill for the first reading,
the contents of which he explained at the early pirt of
last session. It was the third of those measures to be
adopted by the legislature Car amending the practice of
worts of equity, and inoilf particularly for the purpose
of introducing certain reforms in the court of
The object of-the bill, then in his hand, was toCh:ZeZy
she greatest of evils in Chancery--namely, delay; to
abridge the expense of litigation, and improve decisions
in Court. of Equity, beginning with the Court of Chancery.
One of the greatest misfortunes was deloy,el buboes is the
Master's Office. The great bulk of *pow ha hinge
In equity was occasioned by the first Owe of before
the Masters, and it had appeared to See 1118111)1 leveed.
gated the practice of the office, that thollelhelVOlS
found in the measure he had then in binband.__
of the deliberation of those who had conslibnid the sub.]
ject was that the Master should sit during be day and
the evening in a private court, for the accommodation of re.
fessional men, and hear in a public court objettielbleia till
Master's report. The noble and learned lord anticipated
great advantage from this arrangement. All the preliminur
and technical objections would the treated as they ought he
be. The next greet change bad relation not only to the saving
of ti: e and expense, but to the better settlement of earossai
He alluded to viva vow evidence, to be taken in some am;
and whit* would do away with the present practice ef
every feet detailed in written evidence. The noble and letelted
lord expressed a wish, ;that he could introduce the examina-
tion of witnesses on parole as the Courts of law, but they
were prepared in Chancery at that time to go softie. (Hear.)
His hope was, that their lordships would go a step
further, and enable the Court of Chancery to decide in the
same form as the tribunals at law. There were nevoid othse
important amendments which he should not enter epee
then. Suffice it to say, he should propose this bill be
read the first time. He Intended than to take this course t
—to print the bill, and postpone the further consideration of
It for the present. He was aware of the business wide&
would occupy the house, and it would be *Me to look oldie
provisions of the bill during the vacation, (if ever there would
be a vacation,) than proceed at present.
The bill was accordingly read the first time, and ordered
to be printed.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then resumed the bearing
of appeals; and at the usual hour the House adjourned. .
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

'RTI OT ZOOM' BILL..

IN MAGISTRACY.

Mr. WILKS moved for &return of the number of magis.
tram, justices of the peace, in every county, city, and town
in England and Wales, distinguishing clergymen from lay.
men, and those acting under corporate authorities, from
those named by the Lend Chancellor.—.O dared.
Sir OEORGE MURRAY presented a petition from
Heritors and Freeholders of tho County of Rees, complain.
ing of the Scotch Reform Bill depriving them of rights ;
and praying not to be united to Cromarty.—Ordtred to be
printed.
Mr. WILES presented a petition from Mr. St. George
Leicester, complaining of the appointments of clerical ma-
gistrates.
Mr. J. BROWN presented petitions from parishes In
Mayo, praying that the county might have her members.
Ordered to lis en the table.
Mr. PROTHEROE presented petitions from parishes in
Bristol, in favour of the Vestries Bill. Also coe from Bris.
tol, for the removal of the taxes on knowledge, and the re.
deal of the Can Laws.

Mr. LEADER presented a petition from Kilkenny, for
the completion of the works that WIPE contemplated and
commenced under the Irish puliament. He the ne-
cessity of adopting some measures to relieve the daim.of
Ireland, where jix or seven counties were expalendag so
-much misery ; it would not satisfy that country to take its
affairs into consideration at two o'clock in the morning.—
Ordered to be printed.
A petition was presented from Forfar, spinet the &Mg
reform bill.

Mr. R. GORDON presented the report of the select
committee appointed to draw up reasons why the house dies.
approved of the Lords' amendments to the lunatic as lams
regulation bill. It mentioned that some of the
were contrary to existing and useful laws; and that other
amendments were deemed to be Inexpedient. The committee
at present declined entering into further reasons.
Ilr. A. SANDFOHD presented a petition signed by
every resident in Sontersetshire. against the beer
act. Also a petit en from great tythe payers, of a hundred
in Somersetshin, against the present tythe system—Seve-
rally ordered to be printed.
Blr. H. ORATTAN presented a petition from Nana;
in the county of Meath, in favour of the vote by ballot.—
Also one from the Catholics of the same parish, against the
suppott of the Protestant Church. Also one from Dunshaug-
hen, praying for Inquiry into the C.astleponard affair.—Seve.
rally ordered to be printed.
Mr. BERNAL presented the report of the Committee of
Supply, containing the resolution for the grant of 8,9001. for
the College of Maynooth.—Agreed to.
A message from the Lords announced that their lordships
Iltad agreed to the London Coal Bill, with amendments.

TEL lIV. XL TATLOI4

Mr. JAMES presented petitions from the Finsbury &ti-
bia: of the Nuke's! Union, Re. against persecutions for reli-
gious opinions, and praying that the ease of Rev. Mr. Taylor
might be considered. He wished to ask whether this very
severe case was likely to be considered by government ? He
begged to say. that he had nothing whatever to do with the
religious opinims of Mr. Taylor.
Lord ALTHORP replied, that the case was nqt likely
to be further brought under the consideration of the Go.
vernment ; that was not, he believed, deemed requisite by
Lord Melbourne. . _ _

Mr. JAMES regretted this result ; he still hoped it would
be brought under the consideration of the Government. Be
repeated, he had nothing whatever to do with the send..
meats of Mr. Taylor—in the estimation of every true believer
he (Mr. T.) was lost for ever, for the eternity of all ma.,
Of that there was no questkin : why, then, embitter the
small portion of time I,bat man waspermitted to remain on
this terrestrial globe, by imprisoning Mr. Taylor for two
years in Horsemonger.lane gaol ? AU knew that for the
gentleman's unbelief he was doomed to remain for ever and
ever in a place that it was unnecessary for him more parti-
cularly to mention In that house.—t Much laughter.)
Petition ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. JAMES then presented a petition from Bethnal-1
green division of the Political Union, for the repeal of this
game laws.—Ordered to lie on the table.
On the motion of Mr. R. GORDON, a Committee were
appointed to manage a conference appointed by the Lords
respecting their Lordship' amendments to the Lunatic
Asylums Regulation Bill, which had been negatived by
the Commons.
_The Committee were absent about a quarter
of an hour.

NM BANKRUPTCY COURT.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the first read-
ing of the Bankrup_tcy Court Bill.
Sir C. WETHERELL hoped time would be slowed
for its consideration : there was scarcely a clause of it which
he should not oppose.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was tolerably ob-
vious that the learned gentleman had well considered all the
details ache Bill ; the second reading might therefore be
on Fsiday, as the Scotch Reform Bill stood foe Monday.
and would afterwards occupy several days.
Mr. O'CONNRLL observed that the bankruptcy laws
of Ireland required extensive revision.
Mr. GOULBURN thought if they wanted to know the
damns they ought not to depart from the usual came, that of
having the bill pissed previously to the second reading.
The ATTORNEYZENERAL moved that the second
reading be on Friday.
Sir C. W IMBUES LL proposed Tuesday.
The Marquis of CHANDOS seconded Use amendment.