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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-27 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21.
'The arguments in the case of linnet v. the King of Spain
were conciuded, and the Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision
of the courts below, with costs not exceedug £2OU, in which
decision Lord Plunkett coincided.

The house then adjourned during pleasure.
Their Lordships resumed at Four o'clock, when the Cholera
Prevention Bill was read a second time, went through a com-
mittee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.
Lord AUCKLAND presented a petition from N. I. Denison,
against the Legal Tender Clause in the Bank Bill, so far as
regarded £5 notes.
The Earl of GOSFORD presented a petition from the Rev.
William Henry Peatt, rector of a parish in Clogher, complain-
ing of grievances in the collection of tithes, and praying for
redress.
The Land Revenues (Scotland) Bill, and the Spirit Licences'
Bill, were read a third time and passed.
The report of the committee on the China Trade Bill was
brought up, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow. 'The Enclosure Awards' fitles Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The Lord-Advocate, and others from the Commons. brought
❑p the Irish Tithes Bill, Bank Notes Stamp Duties Composition
Bill, and the Trial of Offences (Ireland) Bill. The two first
were read a first time.
The house then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, Ano. 21.
The Speaker took the chair at a quarter after Twelve o'clock.
At that time there was a considerable attendance of members.
The house proceeded at once to the orders of the day.
The Consolidated Fund (£6,0W,000) Bill was read a second
time : committee to-morrow.
The report on the Chancery Offices' Bill (with the amend-
ments) was presented and agreed to: third reading, to-morrow.
The Bank-notes (stamp duties) Composition Bill was read a
third time, and passed.
The report of the Chancery Ofliers' Regulation Bill was
presented and agreed to: third reading to-morrow.
The report of the Laud Tax Commissioners' Names Bill was
presented, and agreed to: bill to he read a third time to-mor-
row.

IRELAND.
The Trial of Offences Bill was read a third time and passed.
The house went into committee on the Irish Grand Jury Bill,
the report of which was ordered to be received on the following
day.
file Tithe Amu (isieland) Bill was read a third time and
passed.
On the order of the day being real fur the second. reading of
the amendments to the 'I ea Duties Bilk,
Mr. Rio; said he hoped his hon. friend opposite would post-
pone his amendments to the third reading of the bill.
The amendments brought up were then read a second time,
and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.

The Turnpike Roads Account Bill went through committee,
and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned at four o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22.
Mr. S. RICE, and others from the House of Commons, brought
up the Tea Duties Bill, and several other bills. They were read
a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday.
On the motion of the Marquis of LANsnowNE, the Cholera
Prevention Bill was read a third time and passed; as were the
Scotch Burghs Bill, on the motion of the LORD CEIA NCELLOR ;
and the China Trade Bill, on the motion of Lord AUCKLAND.
On the motion of the Earl of RIPON' the Bank Charter Bill
was read a second time, and ordered to be committeed to-
morrow, when the discussion on the principle of the measure is
to take place.
The Roman Catholic Marriage Bill was committed, and some
amendments made iu the committee.—Report on Friday. •
Lord AUCKLAND reported from the select committee on the
Factory Bill, that they had made certain alterations in that bill.
Their amendments were ordered to be printed, and to be re-
ferred to a committee of the whole house on Friday.
Lord STRANopono presented a petition from the stationers
of London against the Stamp Forgery Bill. The petitioners
complained that the bill had been hurried through the other
House of Parliament without giving due time for its discussion.
On the motion of the Bishop of LoNDoN, a return was ordered
of the number of bills filed in the Court of Chancery, and of
actions commenced in the Court of Exchequer for the recovery
of tithes up to the 22d August in the present year. His lord-
ship stated that he was informed that the bills in one court did
not exceed 300, and the actions in the other did not exceed 350.

• MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
The Loan CHANCELLOR rose to state shortly to the house the
outline of a bill which he proposed to bring in upon the above I
subject, and the first reading of which he intended to move this
day. The bill was intended to regulate the municipal affairs of
those boroughs, 30 in number, which, under the provisions of
the Reform Bill, had the privilege of sending members to Par-
liament, but which had not as yet proper municipal constitu-
tions. The whole population of the boroughs which this bill
was to regulate amounted to upwards of 1,200,000, and the
number of persons qualified under the late Reform Act to vote
for the election of members of Parliament was between 58,000
and 60,000. The boroughs themselves were for the most part
situated in parts of the country where the iron and other impor-
tant branches of trade were carried on, such as Birmingham,
Wolverhampton, Stoke-upon-Tient, Halifax, Wakefield, and
there were others in other parts of the country, such as Chel-
tenham, Brighthelmstone, Chelmsford, Frome, Stroud, &e.
The general principle which regulated the bill was, that the
qualification which, under the provisions of the Reform Bill,
gave to an elector the right of voting in the election for the
representative to Parliament, should, under the provisions of
the present bill, confer upon him a right to vote in the elec-
tion of municipal magistrates: and the boundaries under that
act would regulate the franchise under this bill. To the
voters under those provisions would be given the right of
electing the common council in each town, and for facilita-
ting that object, each town would be divided into wards, on the
same principle as regulated such division in the Scotch burghs,
under the -provisions which he (Lord Brougham) had the
honour of submitting to their lordships a short time since. The
next provision of the bill which he thought it necessary to men-
, tiou to the house was, that it was proposed that the common
councilmen, when elected in the manner before stated, should
have the choosing from their own body of the board of alder-
men; and on this he must observe that the practice would be
different from that which obtained in the election of magistrates
for the city of London, where the aldermen NI, re elected by the
votes of the constituency, in the same way as the common
council, instead of being chosen by the latter, as proposed by
this bill. Differently from that mode, that the common coun-
cil would now be first chosen by the electors, and they would
then proceed to choose the board of aldermen. In addition to
this lie would observe that the common council were to be
chosen for three Years while the aldermen would be elected to
hold their offices for life, except in eases where specified dis-
qualifications should occur. 'I he same common council would
also choose the mayor, to hold his office for one year. There
-was one most important officer still remaining, the mode
of appointing whom would differ from that pursued in nomina-
ting the others; this officer (the recorder) would be in the no-
mination of the Crown, and there were many reasons, which
need not be detailed, which had iufluenced him (the Lord
Chancellor) in so providing for the appointment of that officer.
The body of magistrates chosen under the above provisions
would be the municipal authorities of the town, and tney would
have two branches of duty to perform; the one would be the
administration of justice, and the other the regulation of the
police. With respect to the first of these duties, several fegu-
lations were made by the bill, some of which he would refer to.
The quarter sessions would be holden in the same mode and at
the same times as were at present provided, and the magisterial
body would consist of the officers above referred to, with the
addition of the county magistrates, who he (the Lord Chancel-
lor) considered ought to have a concurrent jurisdiction with
the town authorities. The recorder would preside at these ses-
sions, and would, of course, afford the advantage of the learning
and ability which would be the necessary qualifications for his
office; and that officer would, of course, not practise in his pro-
fession, either at the sessions or the assizes. The quarter ses-
sions, instead of being confined to being holden once a quarter,
might, by the authority of his Majesty, be holden oftener, ac-
cording to his pleasure as to time ; and the object of this enact-
ment would be to do away with an inconvenience which now
existed in the awarding of punishment to offenders tried at the
quarter sessions. By the present practice, in consequence of
the long interval between the several holdings of the quarter
sessions, the length of time during which a prisoner was con-
fined previously to trial was subsequently deducted from the
full amount of punishment awarded to him upon his trial.
It had originally been intended that the recorders before men-
tioned should sit as judges in the local courts, according to the
provisions of the bill which he had the honour of submitting to
their lordships' consideration, but which they had subsequently
rejected. lie (the Lord Chancellor), notwithstanding that
rejection, still hoped that their lordships would be prevailed
upon to hear arguments in favour of the bill, and that the event
would be, that tie provision as to the recorders sitting as judges
would be ultimately adopted, by which means the two bills
would in that respect be fitted together, as had at first been in-
tended. Another regulation for the due administration of jus-
tice was, that cases of difficulty were to be adjourned to the
recorder, who would be resident, that the learning and ability
of the latter individual might be made available. There were
also provisions in the bill For the regulation of the 'police of the
boroughs. He had stated the general outline of them, and it
would-be unnecessary for him to go more at large into the de-
tails, but he would conclude by moving that the bill be read a
first time. at the same time thathe wished it to be understood
that he did not mean to press it beyond that stage during the
present session. He could only add that he was quite persuaded
that a snore important measure had seldom been introduced to
the attention of Parliament.
The bill was then read a first time.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, Arc. 22.
The house met at the usual hour.
mit. LIST CHARGES' BILL.
Mr. C. WOOD brought up the report of the committee on the
Civil List Charges' Bill.
The report was received, and the third reading fixed for
Friday.

TURNPIKE-ROADS' ACCOUNTS BILL.
The report of the committee on this bill was brought up, and
ordered to read a third time on Friday.
CHANCERY OFFICERS' REGULATION BILL.
On the motion of Mr. Rice, this hill was read a third time,
and the question that it pass reserved until Friday.
SESSIONAL ADDRESSES.
On the motion of Lord Althorp, the house resolved itself into
a committee on the sessional addresses.
Lord ALTHORP said he had two resolutions to propose to the
committee, to which he had no doubt they would unanimously
agree. The first was in favour of the gentleman who had so
ably discharged the duties of chairman of the committees.—
(Cheers.l lie begged to move an address to his Majesty, pray-
ing that he would be graciously pleased to direct that a sum
of £1,200 be issued to Ralph Bernal, Esq., for his services as
chairman of the erminittees of the house during the present
session, assuring his Majesty that the house would make good
the same. The resolution was agreed to ; and also another,
praying his Majesty to direct that there be issued to the
Speaker's secretary, for his services during the present session,
such a sum of money as would,' together with the fees received
on private bills, make up the sum of 1:400.
'1 he house resumed, and the report was ordered to be re-
ceived the next day.
LAND TAX COMMISSIONERS' NAMES BILL.
On the motion of Lord Althorp, this bill was read a third
time and passed.

JURIES (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. C. WOOD brought up the amendments to this bill, which
were agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time
on Friday.

CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL.
Mr. RICE moved that it be an instruction to the committee
on this bill that the committee should have the power to receive
a clause of appropriation.
The house then went into committee.
Sir J. GRAHAM rose to move an amendment to the act rela-
tive to the naval service. By the terms of the Appropriation
Act, as it 'toad at present, all services performed within the

year should be paid between that period. Now, it often hap-
pened
that sailors who were on a foreign station could not he
paid within the year, and in such case the money was paid into
the Bank, and acted as a complete dead weight upon the coun-
try. There was at the present moment not less than a million
or money lying idle in that way. What, therefore, he proposed
by the amendment was, that so much only as had been de-
manded should be
.granted, and the remainder considered at a
future opportunity. The amendment went only to make the
terms of the act conformable to the practice.
The amendment was agreed to without opposition.
The bill as amended was reported to the house, and ordered
to he read a third time to-morrow.
On the motion of the Solicitor-General the Chancery Offices
Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Mull ft A Y postponed the fui they consideration of the report
on the Vrocurators Fiscal (Scotland) Bill.

TITHES STAY OF suns BILL,

On the motion of Mr. Blamire, the house resolved itself into
a committee on the Tithes Stay of Suits Bill.
In the committee the remaining clauses were agreed to, the
report was brought up, and ordered to be taken into further
consideration-on Friday.
On the motion of Mr. Stanley, the Lords' amendments to
the Slavery Abolition Bill were read a second time
INFIRMARIES' (IRELAND) BILL

The house resolved itself into committee on this bill.
The several clauses were agreed to with a few trilling amend-
ments, the house resumed, and the report was ordered to be
received on Friday.
The Lords' amendments to the Fines and Recoveries Bill
were read and agreed to.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL congratulated the house and the
country on this bill being likely to be soon part of the law of
the land. (Cheers.)
The Lords' amendments to the following bills were then read,
and agreed to :—The Customs' Acts Repeal Bill, Separatists'
Affirmation Bill, Apprentices Bill, Borough Magistrates Bill,
and Grand Juries (Ireland) Biil.
At half-past five o'clock the house was counted out.

THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD.