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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-10 00:00:00

fNVERNESS•SHfRE ELECTION.

Mr. A. COOPER brought up the report of the select committee
on the Invernessshire election, which was that Mr. A. W.
Chisholm had been duly elected a member to serve in parlia-
tnent fet the county of Inverness; and that the petition against
his return was neither frivolous nor vexatious.
KING'S COUNTY PETITION.
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Mr. N. FiTzsimotv trusted that the house would for one
moment extend to him that indulgence which it was usual to
grant to any member who felt that he was personally aggrieved.
He had been given to understand that the noble lord, the mem-
ber for North Lancashire, had presented a petition from the
high sheriff, grand jury, and some freeholders of the county
which he (M r . Fitzsimon) had the honour to represent. Now,
in his opinion, that noble lord would only have been acting in
conformity with the usual courtesy observed among the mem-
bers of that house, if he had communicated his intention of
presenting such petition to the representatives of the King's
county. He would only remark at the present moment, that
the allegations contained in the petition were, if he had been
correctly informed of their nature, unfounded in fact, and he
trusted that the noble lord would afford him and his honourable
colleague an opportunity of giving them a more precise con-
tradiction.

Mr. J. WEsTENnA expressed his concurrence in the state-
ment made by his honourable colleague rdspectiug the petition
in question.

ABERDEEN UNIVERSITIES BILL.

Mr. BA NNERAJ AN moved the second reading of this bill
the object of which he stated to be to join together the two uni
versities in the city of Aberdeen.

Dr. Bow RING said, that he had a petition intrusted to him,
not directed against the second readingof the bill, but praying
that ample time might be allowed for itaconsideration.
Captain GORDON would not object to the second reading of
the measure; but he trusted that it Would not be hurried through
its future stages:
Sir R. PEEL was friendly to the principle of the bill, but he
joined with the hon. gentleman who had just preceded him in
expressing a hope thatample time would be given for consider-
ing its details, and that endeavours would be made to effect the
object in view with the good will of all parties concerned. He
was glad to understand that the people of Aberdeen were
willing to relinquish the distinction which had long attached to
their city, for he recollected to have read an old history of A ber-
deen, which began in these words—" Aberdeen like England
has two universities." (Laughter.)
After a few words from Mr Hume,
Mr. WARBURTON recommended that the evidence given
before the commission of inquiry on the Scotch Universities
should be printed.
Sir 11. PEXL trusted that no consideration of expense would
prevent the reprinting of the whole of thaVevidence.
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted on the 23d of July.
The other orders of the day being disposed of, the house
adjourned, on the motion of Mr. Brutlierton, at half-past 12
o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY.

The Marquis;f—LANSDOWNE moved on address to his
Majesty, praying that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to
give directions for the erection of a temporary building fur their
lordships' convenience in the next session of parliament.—
Agreed to.
The Marquis of SALISBURr moved that the Islington market
bill be argued at their lordships' bar by one counsel on each side
on Thursday.—Agreed to.
Some petitions were then presented and the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY.
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The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock.
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The house was eu,gaged in committee for some time on this
bill. A division took place on the 11th clause, which provided
that the coroner's court should be an open one.
Mr. Po u LTER moved as an amendment that the court should
be closed at the discretion of the coroner and 4 majority of the
jury.
For the amendment ..44
Against it 37

Majority fur the amendment.... 7
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The bottle then resumed.
The Speaker resumed the chair at fire o'clock.
cotoNst. LINDSAY.

r. Ikon presented two petitions froth the county of rife
praying that the appointment of Colonel Lindsay to the Colouelcy
of the Fifeshirc militia might be cancelled. _

Mr. F. M AULE said the appointment in question, although not
altogether pleasing to ministers, was part of the prerogative of
the crown, as exercised by the Lord-Lieutenant, and could not
without considerable difficulty be disturbed.