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in trial. Varitaintitt.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, seeing the noble and learned
lord (Lyndhurst) in his place, wished to ask him the course
he meant to pursue to-morrow with reference to the Irish
Municipal Corporation Bill. He wished to know whether
the noble and learned lord meant to proceed with the bill,
or to propose amendments, or to adopt a course which had
been taken on former occasions, to propose the amendments
pro forma", and move that they should be printed for the
information of the house.
Lord LYNDHURST said, it was not his intention to oppose
going into committee, hut to propose a number of amend-
ments similar to those which he had proposed last year. He
should therefore propose that they should go into committee
pro forma, when he would move that the amendments be
printed.
A long conversation ensued, in which several noble lords
took part ; but the noble and learned lord (Lyndhurst) did
not intimate that he should adopt any other course.
The Bishop of EXETER. gave notice, that he should to-
morrow move for a copy of the royal instructions given to
Mr. P. Thomson when he went out to Canada.
The bills on the table of the house were then forwarded a
stage, and the house adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TLIURSDAY.
The Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway
Bill was read a third time and passed.
Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from the Leeds and
Manchester Railway Company, praying the house not to
adopt the clause in the bill proposed by the noble lord,
making it imperative upon the railroad companies to pass
their accounts in a particular manner.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
Sir J. GRAHAM rose and said, that it had been asserted in
the Morning Chronicle of yesterday, that on Tuesday last he
(Sir J. Graham) had stationed himself in the lobby, and
into
the endeavoured to prevent the members from coming
the house, for the purpose of making a house. It was well
known that after prayers and before four o'clock, the speaker
sent a messenger to all of the committees, giving them notice
to attend in the house for the purpose of making a house ;
and he (Sir J. Graham) conceived that any member disobey-
ing that order, and endeavouring to obstruct members from
entering the house acted in a manner altogether unparlia-
mentary. (Hear.) As related to his own case, it so hap-
pened that on the day in question he was in attendance on
the committee of the bank commission. He had not imme-
diately obeyed the summons of the speaker, but at four
o'clock he was proceeding from the,committee to the house,
when he was informed that the house had been counted out,
and that the speaker had not consequently taken the chair,
and he then instantly returned to the room which he left.
That was the entire history of the case; and he should not
have noticed the subject if the Morning Chronicle of to-day
had not made a statement which he conceived to be an aggra-
vation of its first assertion. It was said that it was true he
(Sir J. Graham) was not in the lobby on the day in question,
when the house proceeded to prayers, but that there was an
equivocation in that denial, inasmuch as he had previously
taken means for preventing a house being formed. He need
not say, that such conduct on his part had been highly un-
becoming, and in the most positive manner he should be per-
mitted to deny—(hear, hear, hear)—that either directly or
indirectly he had prevented any member from attending the
house.--(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WARBURTON said, that, as a member of the commit-
tee, he could confirm the statement of his right hon. friend.
Sir CHARLES BURRELL thought that the repetition of the
charge should not be passed over by the house without some
animadversion.

CANADA GOVERNMENT BILL.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL, having moved the third reading of
this bill, said, he had considered the proposals made, and he
had resolved to adopt the recommendation of the right hon.
baronet the member for Tamworth, that the debts contracted
by the province should not form a charge upon the consoli-
dated revenue before the civil charges. He would not adopt
the right honourable baronet's advice to the representative
body. Then his right honourable friend, the member for
Coventry; had advised the omission of all the clauses as to
district councils. Upon the whole, as there were so many
objections, he proposed to leave out the clauses giving
extensive powers to the councils. He was most anxious that
the bill should pass with every possible unanimity. (Hear,
hear.) If anything should be lost by the omission of the
clauses in point of advantage to the provinces, he thought
infinitely more would be gained by the general agreement of
the house to the bill in the shape he now proposed it.
Mr; H vmE was sorry to have heard the speech of the noble
lord, because much that was good in the bill was now, it ap-
peared, to be taken out, and the people were to he altogether
deprived of the self-government of their own resources. The
noble lord would find that he would not carry the opinions
6f the people of Canada with him. He knew how useless it
was to offer any opposition to a proposition from the govern-
ment connected with the colonies, whatever it might be ; but
he must enter his protest against the course pursued by the
noble lord, because it would leave the Canadas without those
district and local courts to manage their affairs until the
assembly should have time to make some arrangement. He
begged to enter his protest against the partial destruction of
the little that was useful in the bill. (A. laugh.) He thought
a general amnesty should be passed before the bill of the
noble lord was adopted by the house. He wished to ask the
noble lord whether the habeas corpus were still suspended in
Canada ?

Lord J. RUSSELL said, he believed that according to the
last accounts, suspension continued still.
Sir C. Grey hoped the honourable member for Kilkenny
would not press his objections to the establishment of coun-
cils.

Sir R. PEEL said, that he approved of the main provisions
of the bill of the noble lord. He thought that the establish-
ment of the civil list was one of the best provisions of the
measure. He gave his assent without hesitation to the pas-
sing of this bill.. He could not conclude the part he had taken
on this measure without expressing his cordial prayer that
the measure which had received the countenance of that house
might promote the interests of the two provinces, which
were as dear to the imperial legislature as to any of their fel-
low-subjects, and that it might lay the foundation for the
prosperous, glorious, and permanent connection between the
two Canadas and this country. (Hear, hear.)
Sir T. COCHRANE had great fears that this bill would be
the virtual declaration of the independence of Canada.
Some discussion took place between Mr. Hume and Lord
J. Russell, on the subject of district councils, which termi-
nated by Mr. liumE declaring that if his lordship, in the
despatch accompanying the bill, would recommend
to the
local legislature to take the subject of district councils into
their consideration, he should not divide the house.
The bill was then read a third time, and passed.
COUNTY CONSTABULARY BILL.

On the order of the day for the further consideration of.
the County Constabulary Bill,
Sir E. KNATCHBULL moved that the bill be referred to a
select committee. He admitted the defectiveness of the old
system of police, but one great objection to the new measure
was the immense expense which it entailed on the country.
A discussion ensued, in the course of which
Mr. Fox MAULE said, the amendment, if carried, would
exclude the measure from passing during the present session.
Though the system might on the face of it appear to be some-
what expensive, he was sure that in the long run the counties
themselves would approve of it. He would reserve the con-
sideration of the details until the house went into committee
on the bill.

On a division, the motion for going into committee was
carried by a majority of 105 to 39.
The clauses up to 17 were agreed to, after which the Chair-
man reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on
Monday next.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a
bill to exempt stock in trade and other personal property
from being rated to the relief of the poor.
The house adjourned at a quarter-past one o'clock.