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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-07 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY.

Mr. Hutchings, the member for Lymington, took the oaths
and his seat.

Lord R. GROSVENOR moved the resumption of the adjourned
debate upon his motion in February last, for leave to bring in
a bill to repeal the annual duty on attornies' and so!icitors'
certificates.

Sir F. THESIGER supported the motion, and contended that
the abolition of the tax was only a matter of justice. He re-
minded the house that attornies were, in addition to the annual
certificates duty, liable to heavy stamp duty upon their articles
and admission.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that as many
taxes had already been taken off as the state of the revenue
would permit, and he should, therefore, oppose the introdac-
tion of the bill. Many licenses to trades knight be found fault
with, and if some were abolished, the whole must follow. The
tax• produced £1,000,000 annually, and he could not afford to
give up that amount.

Lora R. GROSVENOR replied, and, after a few words from
Mr. O'GORMAN MA HON, the house divided.

The numbers were —For the motion, 155 ; against it, 136.
Majority, 19.

The G'orernment was consequently defeated. Leave was
given to bring in the bill. ,

On the motion for going into committee on the County Court
Extension Bill,

Mr. KEOGH moved it he an instruction to the committee to
extend the bill to Ireland, but, it being opposed by Sir G. GREY,
he withdrew the motion, and the house went into committee
upon the bill.

-Sir G. GREY announced, on the part of the Government,
that he had no intention of offering further opposition to the
feeling of the house in favour of extending jurisdiction of
county courts to ; several clauses were agreed to.
Considerable discussion ensued upon an amendment of the
Attorney-General, by which several clauses were struck out of
the bill, and others substituted, enacting a lower scale of fees
upon claims above x'2o; providing for the payment, by sala-
ries, of the judges and other officers ; declaring that the deputy
judges should not practise, and the clerk should reside, within
the limits of their-respective districts ; and in some other ways
facilitating and cheapening the pursuit of justice by the suitors.
After some discussion it was agreed that the Attorney-
General's proposition should be adopted.

After a most desultory and extended discussion,
Lord ASHLEY postponed the second reading of the Factory
Bill till Wednesday.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.

The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a petition from a
board of guardians in Ireland, complaining of arbitrary con-
duct on the part of the Poor-law Commissioners, who had com-
pelled the hoard against its will to increase the salary of the
Roman Catholic chaplain to their workhouse. He moved that
the correspondence between this board of guardians and the
Poor-law Commissioners should be laid on the table, and after-
wards printed.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had no objection to the pro-
duction of the correspondence.
On the motion of Earl GREY. the Pirates Head Money Bill
MS read a third time and passed, and
On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, the Indemnity Bill was
read a second time.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
Lord ASHLEY, referring to a report that her Majesty's go-
vernment had some intention of proposing a scheme of their
own respecting the factory question, inquired of Sir G. Grey
whether there was such intention, and, if so, whether he had
any objection to give, in general terms, an outline of the
scheme.

Sir G. Gaily replied that, after the acknowledgment made by
Lord Ashley that he had experienced unexpected difficulties
which had obliged him to abandon the intention heoriginally
entertained, and to propose a new scheme, he (Sir George) had
thought it to be his duty to lay before the house a plan- on the
part of the government, prepared after full consideration, which
he thought consistent with the spirit of the existing act, and
which would carry out the object of Lord Ashley, and be satis.
factory to the great body of operatives. He proposed, instead
of the existing restrictions, that the hours of labour should be
between six in the morning and six in the evening on five days
in the week, or ten hours and a half a.day (deducting an hour
and a half for meals,) and from six in the morning until two
in the afternoon on Saturdays. This would give 52i hours,
instead of 50 for five days, and on Saturday half an hour less
than at present.
The house then proceeded to the consideration of the Dis-
tressed Unions Advances and Repayment of Advances (Ireland)
Bill, as amended in committee.

ll:further amendment, moved by Mr. CLEMENTS, of a pro-
viso to be added to the third clause (which provided that the
liabilities of districts shall be charged on the town lands by
vray of anuity for forty years,) that the annuity shall not exceed
6d. in the pound of the then net annual value of the rateable
property, unless the debt would not thereby be paid off in forty
years, led to some discussion. Upan a division, the amend-
ment was negatived.
The house next proceeded to the consideration of the Irish
Franchise Bill, as amended in committee.
Other amendments (some of which had been moved and
rejected in the committee) were moved by Mr. Anstey, Mr.
Fitzpatrick, and Colonel Chatterton, and rejected,
The house then resolved itself into committeeupon the Court
of Chancery (Ireland) Bill, the details of which occupied the rest
Of the evening.