House Of Lords, Thursday,...
The LoRn CHANCELLOR, the Earl of SHSAFTESBaUsRY. and Ir.rd MELVILLE. sat as coimmissioners, end notified the Royal ascent to the customs duties' bill, the assessed taxes' composition bill, the 4 per cents. repavment bilt, the stock transfer bill, the bread assize bill, the wool rtudics bill, and several private bills. The Eari of LI;ERIC.I presented a petition from the Free- masons of King's County, Ireland, against thc operation of the secret sotActies bill. Lord COLCIJlESTER presented the report of the committee on the appellant JUindictino of the house, and afterwarcls brought in a bill, whilch w: s readt sfirst timc, fbr reguilating that j;tisdiction. T he Barl of LIVERPOOL nmiovcd the second reading of the exdse officers' oaths hiill The Earl oF CARNARVON expressed his surprise that the b:lls brought in by his noble friend, the lMearquis of Lansdowvn, should have been rejected hy those wvho found this bill necessary. It ap- pe-red, that in various parts of Eng!anl, persons who were Cathelics had acted as ina-istrates, reiyilng on tilc act of indemnity. This being thc case, anl there being no dithr:ence in principle between the bills of the noble matrquis and the present measure, he should be lad! to know -hy those bills had been opposed ? They had been re- jected by a grcat majority, while not a single voice was raised against the presentbills. it ould surely be of greatlvancage to the busi- ness of the house, if those wno al-ays Noted with the noble lord oposire were rightly informed what he approved and disap- proved. For his owin part, he gave his cotdial approbation to every wor'i of th)e yresent bil. tas hc would to evory otl;er wvhich tende:i to remnove unjust disabihi:ies. The IEarl of LIVESRPOO L remnindedI the noble earl that he had voted tor both the bills brought in by the noble marquis. The ma- jority of the liouse, lho-vever, tlid nrot approve of the gen ral applica- tion of the principle on which the bills were founded. Btt the sent- ment wtich almost universally prevailed iR the course of the discus- sion was, that if bills should he brought it to -meet particular cases, they ought to be adopted. The present bill was one of that descrip- tion. Ater a few words from Lo)rd CtFDFsN, the bill was re_J a se- cond time. The Earl of LIVERPOOL moe ed the second rcadingof the lrish insuricestiOn act. Lord CLIFDEN lamented the continuance of that system which gave occs,tsion to bills like the prescin5. Year after year bilis of tli8 description wvere bro!,ghtt itt, and the efflct of their opetation was to lay the fountdation of an et2rtial hestJity in the minds ot the peo- ple to the system which oppressed them. The magistrates were alamled,?na the gxeat numbers taken tip under the ilsurrec ion act and discHarged, was a cause of irritation whiilc incited to insurree- *ion. WVheiever this cointry should again be involveLd in war, he wss afraid the people of ireland wvould seek assistance from France, and enldeaLvour to tear the islands asunder. The Earl of Ll:IMERWI(K derendeti the conduct of the rnagistrates of Ireland, and the manner in whichi the iitsurrection aCt had been executed. He regretted the renewal of the act, but the measure was necessary; for all1 persons of re3pectability ard property would think themselves abandoned if tnis bill were not I passed. The Earl of KINGSTON was also sorry that there was a neces- sity for this bill ; but, as it was necessary, he thought it his duty to support it. The bill was then read a second time. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a petition from an in- dividual named Snith, a pawnbroker, in the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, agaitist the equitable loan bill. I Tle fifteen millions Exchequer bills bill, tlie hides and skins bilL and the Scotch distiltery bill, were cotusmitted and reported. Ardiourned. lHOUSE OF LORDS. TtruRSDAY. JUNE 3.