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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-31 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY.

A number of bills were forwarded a stage.
Lord BROUGHAM bore testimony to the complete success o
the County Courts.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
The order of the day for the adjourned debate upon the state
of Ireland was discharged, Mr. HORSMAN intimating that he
should renew the motion next session.

The Bankrupt and Insolvent Members Bill was withdrawn,
and the Smoke Prohibition Bill experienced in effect the same
fate.

The Nuisances Removal and Diszases Prevention Bill, on the
third reading, underwent some nmendnients.

Amongst the bills read a third time and passed were the
Clergy Relief Bill and tile Protection to Women Bill, the latter
not without renewed opposition and a division.

The house then went into committee upon the Bankrupt Law
Consolidation Bill, Mr. STUART and Sir J. GRAHAM bearing
testimony to the labour and attention which had been bestowed
upon this important measure by the Attorney-General and the
other members of the Select Committee.

The consideration of the details of this bill occupied nearly
all the remainder of the day.
Mr. Mt LNES brought in a bill for the Reformation of Juve-
nile Offenders.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TfIIIRSDAY.
Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition agreed to at the
ub 1i 0 mooting held nt the City- or LoLiauli Tavern, praying the
Government to take steps for securing the recognition of the
de-facto Government in Hungary.
Earl GRANVILLE then moved the third reading of the Joint-
Stock Companies Act Amendment Bill.
Earl EGLINTON moved that the bill be read a third time that
day six months.

After a long discussion as to the expediency of passing the
measure, Earl EGLINTON consented to withdraw his amend-
ment on the understanding that Government would state on
Saturday whether they would proceed with the bill.
Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the Pilotage
Bill, which was opposed by the Duke of WELLINGTON and
Lord STANLEY. The bill was, however, read a second time, on
a division, by a majority of five.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY.
Upon the third reading of the Consolidated Fund (Appro-
priation) Bill, a question of Mr. }lmeE gave rise to a conversa-
tion of some length respecting tidal harbours, and the esta-
blishment of harbours of refuge.
The second reading of the Compound Householders Bill was
moved by Sir W. CLAY, who explained the grievance which it
was intended to remedy, compound householders—or owners
of houses compounding with the parish officers for rates—being,
under the present construction of the law, virtually disfran-
chised. •

Lord J. RUSSELL was prepared to rote for the second read.
ing of the bill, because this was a case requiring a remedy
but the bill would require alterations in the committee.
Mr. ROEBUCK, Sir J. GRAHAM, and other members, ob-
jected to the further progress of the billin these circumstances;
and it was withdrawn.' _

Several bills were read a third time and passed, and others
were forwarded a stage.
The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill, as amended, under-
went a very foil consideration, but the discussion was of too
miscellaneous a character to be presented in a concentrated
form. The report was agreed to, and the bill was, after the
other orders of the day, read a third time and passed.
Mr. REYNOLDS moved for copies of correspondence between
the Government of Ireland and the authorities of the county of
Down, relating to processions and meetings on the 12th of July
last, prefacing his motion with a speech full of excitable matter.
Sir G. GREY said that it would be inexpedient to produce in-
formation that would be partial and perhaps incorrect, and de-
precated discussion upon this topic, repeating that the Lord-
lieutenant had directed a thorough and searching inquiry into
all the circumstances of this lamentable occurrence.
After a prolonged conversation, the motion was withdrawn.

HOUSE OF LORDS-FIUDAY.
•
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked to whom the jewels taken
at Lahore belonged.
, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to state that
no details respecting the subject had as yet been received from
India.

Lord BROUGHAM complained of certain alterations which
had been introduced in the Lower House into the Bankruptcy
Digest and Consolidation Bill, and proposed additional amend-
ments.

After some discussion, it was agreed that a message should
be sent to the House of Commons on the subject.
The Pilotage Bill and the Municipal Corporations (Ireland)
Bill then passed through committee.
Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and their lord-
slips adjourned.