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HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY

The house resolved itself into a committee on the Australian
colonies bill, when
Lord MONTEAGLE, in a long speech, advocated the necessity
of a double representation, and concluded by moving the
following amendment That there shall be within each of
the said colonies of New South Wales and Victoria a legisla-
tive council and a representative assembly."
Earl GREY briefly replied that a double representation was
suitable for England, but not for the colonies. He hoped,
therefore, that their lordships would support the government
in carrying out a plain and simple principle, and would not
disturb existing, institutions.
After some words from Lords Abinger, Lyttelton, and
Wodehouse, in faVeur of the amendment, and from the Earl of
St. Germans in opposition, their lordships divided, when the
numbers were—For the amendment, 20; against it, 22; ma-
jority for ministers, 2.
The several clauses of the bill were then agreed to as far as
clause 25, when
Lord LyrrELTosi moved the insertion of a clause empower-
ing the governors of New South Wales, Victoria, Van Die-
man's Land, and South Australia, with the advice and consent
of the legislative councils, to repeal all, or any part of sth and
6th Victoria, relative to the sale of waste lands in those colo-
nies, and any orders issued by her Majesty in council in pur-
suance of such acts or either of them, and to make further or
other provisions for the management of the waste lands, and
the appropriation of the money derived from such sales.
After some discussion, the motion was rejected by a majority
of 28 to 18.
The Bishop o' OXFORD submitted the clause of which he had
given notice with respect to the condition of the Established
Church in the colonies, but eventually withdrew it.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
The House was occupied in a morning sitting in a further
discussion of clauses of the Metropolitan Interments Bill; and
succeeded, after two or three divisions, in getting as far as the
Md. The compensation clauses to clergy, clerks, and sextons,
were opposed by the metropolitan members, but they were left
in small minorities. The last clause that passed, giving powers
to the Board of Health to levy a rate of Id. in the pound, if
necessary, was carried by 93 to 37, when the chairman reported
progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Friday.
In the evening sitting, Government were defeated on a mo-
tion by Lord NAAs. that the house resolve itself into a com-
rnittee to consider the present mode of levying the duty on
home-made spirits in bond. Home-made spirits, the noble
lord observed, paid duty when manufactured; foreign spirits,
when taken out of bond. The former, therefore, were subject
to an unfair disadvantage in being obliged to pay the duty upon
the quantity invariably wasted by leakage, evaporation, &c.,
In store.—Lord .1. STUART seconded the motion, which was
opposed by Mr. WILSON, followed by the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHgQU ER, but carried by a majority of 85 to 53, amidst
vociferous cheering from the Opposition benches. In com-
mittee resolutions in accordance with the motion were passed
unanimously. The remainder of the evening was occupied
With a debate on Indian railways.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
Mr. PUsEY moved the committal of the Landlord and Tenant
Bill.—Col. SIB-Mom. moved as an amendment that the bill be
committed that day six months. He should not only oppose
the bill on that occasion, but upon every future stage of its
progress through the house.—The amendment was rejected by
a majority of 65 to 22, and the house went into committee.—
On clause 1 being proposed, Sir J. Y. BULLER proposed the
omission of the words which gave compensation for money
expended in the purchase of food for cattle.—Mr. PUSEY said
that a farmer who fed cattle for the purpose of manuring his
land never expected to get more for the cattle than what he
paid for them.—After some discussion, the amendment was
carried by a majority of 94 to 65. The bill then passed through
committee without any other alteration.
The Court of Chancery Bill, for attempting some improve-
ments in the proceedings of that court, was read a second time.
The Burgess' Lists Bill, which was a measure to transfer the
duty of revising the burgess' lists of cities and boroughs, from
the mayors and their assessors to the barristers appointed to
revise the lists of parliamentary voters, was thrown out on the
motion for the second reading.
The Small Tenements Rating Bill was read a third time by
a majority of 94 to 15.