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Juagment of the house wound acquit him or in.
improperly in this matter.
Lord MALMESBITILY had known Count Pahlen for n...
Years, and could not see how the welfare of the nal_ s
could have been prejudiced by his short stay to settle his
affairs. He would take this opportunity lordships' attention to the graceful attention shown by
of calling their
Countess Osten-Sacken "to the prisoners who had r€.
fallen into the hands of the Russians at Odessa.
The Marquis of LItiSDOWNR, Lord BuounTrA.m, and
'the Earl of CAansta.agreed in bearing their testi—
'to the worth and merit of Count Pahlen,
'lightened and distinguished I ter made him a ver
proper exception to the rules colaraeo ly laid down for tht
treatment of the subjects ofc nlinhonstile
Campbell, Ellesmere, and Aberdeaen followed in the same
power. Lords
strain, tile latter protesting that, after the unanimous
expression of feeling in the house with respect to Count
Pahlen, he hoped it would not be supposed that tea*
nobleman had
mission to him. returned to this country "

clause :—" The -
Oe Commissioners shall not authorise the ex
of any work 'whereby any dwelling-house or
..,,sed park, garden, or pleasure-ground, or ornamental
caters adjoining thereto, would be taken or interfered
with, nor shall it be lawful to construct any open drain
within 100 feet of any dwelling-house, except with the
consent, in writing, of the owners of such dwelling-house,
park, garden, pleasure-ground, or ornamental waters re-
spectively," which was agreed to.—Upon clause 59, Mr.
HORSFALL moved the omission of the word " injuriously."
The clause secured'eertain rights, but the retention of this
word would give rise to litigation, as to whether works
sanctioned by the commissioners were injurious to existing
interests or not.---'Mr. HENLEY and Lord PALMERSTON
opposed the amendment ; but, upon a division, it was car-
ried by 59 to 57.—Mr. HORSFALL then proposed, in the
same clause, the insertion of the words, "or any waters,
or any rivers, streams, springs, dams, weirs, drains, cuts,
ti secret or feeders supplying the same, or connected therewith."—
Mr. H. T. LIDITELL supported the amendment; but it
was negatived without a division, and the bill passed.—
The Convict Prisons (Ireland) Bill passed through corn-
' • end the Criminal Procedure was committed pro

MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL.
Lord STANLEY (of Alderley) moved the second reading nn,„
of the bill, and, in doing so, stated generally the improve- forma':
Ments it was contemplated to effect.
BLOCKADES J. THE BLACK SEA.—In answer to a
Lord CAIIPBELI, concurred in the general objects of this question, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that an effective blockade
bill, Which he thought would be attended with beneficial of the months of the Danube had been established, add
results. With regard to the liability of shipowners in that, with regard to all the ports in the -Black Sea and-the
case of accidents, he was in favour of limitation to the Sea of Azoff, the admirals commanding the fleets had
value of the ship; but would reserve his consideration of ed upon n proposition which was transmitted to the
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the mode proposed till they got into committee.
stantin,,,a- ___. •
Lord CoLoniasrEn was highly favourable to the ,_ •
ciple of consolidating the laws affecting our mercantile w,,_
marine, and was glad that the whole sntject had been Instruct
brought before them in this bill. There were one or two of the go
points on which he thought amendments might be made, TIE IN
and-these he would submit to their lordships when the furth,--
bill went inte,f:ommittee.
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