House Of Lords, Monday, J...
?A .ETAYITL ..Lr -.. !ll2LI.r.oENTAR2 IN7BLLrGBENCE.S. Mr. BROG:DEN anti others tr(rom tne arilmons uruu"g-1 ,I',- East IndLia trade bill, snd slveral private bills, which were rc4d'afirst lime, The Duke of ATIIOli prscnted a petition from tlie County of Peth, a,zainst the Scotch judicature bill; and Lord :.ML'TJLLE p!-wentell a petition againost the same bill, from the Wfriters to the Signet of Scotland. The Earl of DERBY presanted a petition from Liverpool,against ecrtain prnvisi.vis of the bill relative to masters and workmen. Lorui TORRINGTON presenited a petition, signed bv 558 'weavers of Spitalfields, in favour of the equitable lart bill;'and arother from certain traders of the city of London, in favour of the same bill. Th.e Duke of LEINSTER moved that the petition in favour of the api4ication of .Ir. Owen's plan to Ireland be referred to a com- xnittee. L-ird TORRINGTOLq expressed a favourable opinion of Mfr. Owen's nblaP, and supported the motion. The Earl of LAUDERDALE s:%id. that the newspapers had for years past been filled withl details of Mllr. Owen's plan. Eyer7 man wlio could read had had an opportunity to judge of it. Thleir lordships must be convinced of its absurdity; and instead of sending it to a committee, outght to treat it with contempt. The rrotiol was then put, and negatived. T71he four Scotch pterage-restoration bills Ywere read a third time, and Passed. Lord MIELVILLEtook that opporttnityof alluding to adisere. 7=cy between the state of the liw in England and Scotland with regard to certain oaths. 'According to the act of King Wuliama no person coul:l be rcstored,-o a peerage or obtnin naturizatioO it he did not, within one month from the introduction of the bill, take the sacrament, and also the oaths or allegiance and supremacy at the bar. Now as this iniplIe4 arn acknowledggment of the Church of :Englasid, it was obvious th.at -o such test could be administered in Scotland. A great law authority had,however, latey given an opi- nion that the act of King Witi-irt did extend to Scotland, and on Itfat account he should next Fession caaU their lordships' atteattion to the state of the law on this subject. The Earl of DARNLEY gave notice, that to-morrow he would :resent a petition from the Romar. Catholics of thecounty of Alonag- htn. The petitioners hiad ft to his discretfon whether to propose anv measure or not on the subject of the petition. The Dake of RUTLAND presented a. petition tom. the pawn. b-okersof Leice_rer, against the cquitable loan bill. Lord COLCEESTER gave notice, that to.morrow, he wouild move the third reading- of the appellant jurisdiction bill. The Earl of LtAUDERDALE gave notice, that unless some ether noble lord chose to take up the subject, lie would move that the Dublin packet bill be read a second time this day three maonths. LTrd CALTIIORPE Postponed to Thursday, his motion for re- ferring the slave trade population bill to a committce. The public worl;s Exchequer bills' bill, the British end Irish dsheries bill, theAustralasian loan WU, and otberbils, passed through rormmittees. On the report o' the weights and measures bill being brought up, Lord LAUDERDA LE stated that he had considerablcobjectionsto this measure. If their lordslaips loo'ked at what had been done in France, they would see the folly of attempting to make any altera- tion. In spite of al the pains that had been taken there to intro- duce a unitorm system, the ancient pactice had always eot the bet- *er of every regulation. This measure had not been called for by the petitions of any traders: no commercial body had rmade any ^o.nplamnt of the present state of the weights and measures. lie seriusly deprecated the practice Or crowding the statute-book with aces of thisn1escristion. tescn ftecot Lord REDl.Si AL,Emovrd the second reading of the county cours bill. He explained the main object of the bill to be to facili- tase the recovery of debts at a small expense, the expense beingpro- rortiored to the amount ef the debt. loird E11I.ENBOROUGEH opposed the bill; the clauses of which be rc.arded as altogether absird. If any thing was to be done, he thought it should be a general revision of all the courts. Tne LORD CHANCELLOR thou0ht that the bil ought to r.ave morc consideration than could be given to it this session, and that if it passed, it ought to be accompanied by a measure of com- penaation to those who would sustain loss is consequence of its enactment. Lord REDESDAI,E, after what lie had heard, would not press ihe bill at piesent. Lord ELLENBOROL'GII moved that ihebill be read a second time this clay six months, which was agreed to. On the motion of Lord KEyoN, their lordslhips resolved into a committee on tile WVelsh great sessions bill, which, after receiving severzl amendments, was ordered to be reported.-Adjourned. HOUME OF LORDS, Mo10DAY, JUS U .';, i