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trusted of succeeding in convincing the House of Lords that
the amendments they had made required further considera-
tion.. (Hear.)
Sir R. PEEL said, the noble lord, too, bad indulged in
needless, unjustifiable, and, he thought, very unwise sarcasms
(cheers) upon the authors of these amendments. (Hear.)
The noble lord began his speech by a sarcasm upon their
lordships for having changed their opinions respecting Irish
corporations. When he recollected the discussions which
had taken place upon the question of the Irish church, and
reflected upon the course, the wise course he would say,
which the noble lord had taken, in receding from the opi-
nions he had maintained upon that question—the noble lord
was, he conceived, the last quarter from' which he ought to
have expected to hear sarcasms directed against those who,
for the sake of peace, were ready to sacrifice their feelings.
(Cheers.) The right hon. baronet proceeded to defend the
amendments of the Lords, who, he contended, so far from
having devised crafty measures for sinister purposes, had
followed the analogies of already approved enactments—
enactments some of them the offspring of the noble lord
himself, Whose avowed jealousy, however, now prevented his
recognising even his own bantlings.
The question that the house do consider the Lords' amend-
ments was then put and agreed to.
Au amendment was proposed by Mr. BALL, and agreed to
without a division, to the effect that persons seeking to be
placed upon the roll as freemen, should establish their claim
before a person appointed by the lord lieutenant for that
purpose.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed an amendment for em-
powering the Lord Lieutenant to make alterations in the
limits of boroughs.
Sir IL PEEL objected, as the clauses were framed on the
recommendation of the government commissioners. After
some discussion the house divided—For the amendment, 111 ;
Against it, 103; Majority, 8.
On the 13th clause
Lord J. RUSSELL proposed an amendment for estimating
the franchise by the rated
.value, with the addition of one-
fourth, as explained in his speech.
Sir It. PEEL opposed the amendment, and a discussion Of
some length ensued. The house divided, when the numbers
were—For the Lords' amendment, 154; Against it, 169;
Majority against the amendment, 15.
The words proposed to be substituted by Lord J. RUSSELL
were then ordered to be inserted in the bill.
On the question that the words " or other local cases" be
omitted,
• The house diVided, when there appeared—For rejecting the
words inserted by the Lords, 162 ;—Against their rejection
144; Majority, IS.
On the question that the house do agree to tile amendment
of the lords, whereby that proviso was struck out which
directed that all tax-collectors should open accounts with the
Bank of Ireland, in order to admit of electors paying their
:axes there at any time within the prescribed period which
might prove convenient.
The house divided—Ayes, .157 ; Noes, 137 ; Majority in
favour of rejecting the Lards' amendment, 20.
The Lord's amendments, up to clause 49, were agreed to
with some verbal alt?rat ions.
Several amendments to the clause referring to compensa-
tion of officers, town clerks, &c., were agreed to.
On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the further considera-
tion of the Lord's amendments was postponed until the fol-
lowing day.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned at a quarter past one.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY
IRISH TITHES BILL.
After the presentation of a few petitions, Lord MEL -
B 0 URN E moved that the 'lithe (Ireland) Bill should be com-
mitted. His lordship's speech was short and unimportant.
He was answered by Lord BROUGHAM, who objected to the
measure, in a very long and elaborate speech. "It seemed,"
said his, lordship, "as if they had been obliged to throw the
appropriation principle overboard to lighten the bill, in order
to effect its passage through the house. It was like some
animal; when pressed by the hunters in the chase, emascu-
lated itself—(laughter)—for the purpose of effecting its
escape, and threw in the face of its pursuers that in wich
its whole vigour consisted, for the purpose of stopping them;
and thus being allowed to escape. So the pursuers opposite
—(laughter)—in this chase of the bill—when they would be
satisfied with nothing short of the emasculation of the bill—
when nothing could satisfy them except that the appropria-
tion principle should be ruinously and ruthlessly cut out,
compelled the noble Viscount to have recourse to that opera-
tion—(great laughter)—he meant on his measures—(conti-
nued laughter)—and it was now reduced to so woeful a
plight, and presented to his contemplation so wretched a
figure, that he would infinitely rather that the measure had
expired altogether; for he would rather that it should have
died by their lordship's natural hands than by the less natu-
ral hands of its parents. Their lordships had been perfectly
consistent throughout the whole business; but the consist-
ency of those who hill deprived the measure of its whole vi-
gour was that which lie had scarcely expected."
Lord FITZGERALD, in a well-digested and perspicuous
speech, explained the real character of the bill; he did not
oppose it generally, but. recommended its adoption with the
exclusion of the clauses relating to the opening of composi-
tions already made under the faith of an act of parliament;
in lieu of which clauses he afterwards moved the insertion of
"the clauses which had been on two former occasions pro-
posed in place of the clauses to which he had referred as
having before been expunged by their lordships."
After furtherspeechesfrom Lords Wicm.ow, MatisFiELD,
the Bishop of DERRY, Lord LANSDOWNE, and Lord MEL-
BOURNE, the house went into committee, when Lord FITZ-
GERALD moved and carried the omission of clauses 13 to '25
inclusive.' The majority was very considerable, being 77
to 38.
Lord FITZGERALD then moved the substitution of a clause
"allowing the period of six weeks for the appeal." On the
suggestion of Lord MELBOURNE, the period for allowing the
appeal was extended tq the Ist of October. The clause was
then inserted.
Lord FITZGERALD next moved the insertion of a second
clause, empowering parties complaining of tithe commuta-
tion to apply to the Lord Lieutenant in Council for the ap-
pointment of one or two persons to revise it. The clause
slightly amended at the suggestion of the Marquis of DOWN-
SHIRE, was agreed to.
The remaining clauses of the bill, with the preamble and
title, have been agreed to, the House resumed, and the report
was ordered to be received to-morrow, it being understood
that the amendments should
,be discussed on the third
reading.
_ Several bills on the table were advanced a stage, and their
ElousE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
On the order of the day being read for the Committee on
the Pensions Bill,
Sir R. PEEL brought under the -notice of the house the
meritorious conduct of the commissioners of police, to which
ample testimony was rendered from Lord John Russell, and
every part of the house. •
Mr- H CAM then moved that the bill be taken into con-
sideration that day three months.
After some, expression of surprise from Mr. Rice, and a
long speech front Mr, Harvey, the House went into Com-
mittee on the bill.
On the first clause granting £136,000 for the annual pay-
ment of pensions,
Mr. HUME asked whether the pensions granted during the
reign of the Queen would be binding on the present Sovereign
only.

Mr-. RICE said, that the civil list of her Majesty had been
Wholly apart and distinct from the list of pensions. That was
the recommendation of the Civil List Committee, and that
was the principle on which the late committee had proceeded.
In respect of pensions granted by her Majesty, he could tell
the H on. Member, that in case of a certain melancholy event,
to which he would not more particularly allude, they would
again come under consideration, But those pensions to which
the present bill referred had no connexion with the life of her
Majesty in any possible respect
The several clauses of the bill were agreed to, the house
resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on
Monday.