House Of Lords, Friday, A...
weveral private hiDs were brought from the Commons. The Irish 4 per cents. bill was read a third time a nd passed ; and severat other bills on the table were forwarded in their stages. The Earl of ROSE BERY presented a petition from the county of Elgin, relative to the proposed inquiry into the state of the salmon fishery. The Earl of LIMfERICK presented a petition from a place in Ireland, (the name of which we did not hear), against the extension eftheact aga1nstsecretsocieCiesto Freemasons. The petition, the noble lord observed, camefrom persons who deserved the consideration of the huse. The act, he thought, ought not to be applied in the way it had been. The lodges of Freemasons were composed both of Catholics and Protestants, who united together for benevolent and social purposes. The loyalty of these persons had never been questioned. The Earl of LIVERPOOL would not opposa the motion for laying the petition on the table; but as the attention of the house was called totheact which had passed last seex ion, he thought it right to say that he wouild not give his Cbnsent to any alteration, of the kind prayed for, being made. Wllhen the bill v'az before their lorduhips, a calase to except the Freemasons was proposeti y a -noble duike (1,einster) ; but he had thought it his duty to object to that clause, and saw no reason to change his opinion. the lad no doubt of the loyalty of the Freemnohons of Ireland, but the Govern- ment of thnt country considered it their duty. to put down secret societies of every taescription, and all those processions which had so often tended to disturb the. pubba pece. Thie information he had latel received on thh e subject of the societies and processions wout have induced bint to agree in the propriety of this cond ifGt head not been his opinion before that the sup, prOn stn rion o h Lghly proper. t be was convince e that any excep. tion, however ennoecnt the objectofte i escepte igh be, would be hiighlv miscivu. it was bea-th a gistrates could say to ihose who were kiown to be loyal, as well as to thoe whtom they mnigt suspect, that no secret asociatiom, no processionq were to be permitted, that the Impartial execution of the law wa c to bp expecte. On th hio s. ouAd, it appeared to him de- sirable that every description of secret meeting sho,aldlbe prohiibit. el in Ireland. The Earl of LIMIERICK had been long acqutainted withi Ire-, land, Iand bail been on several secret committees appointed to inquire inito its statceyet he lhad never hieard aniy doubt expressed of the boy. silty of the Freemasons. The Mal-rquis of LANSDOWN, conicurred with the noble eafi opoite In the proorietv Qrmiaking no exception with regard to secret societies. XWelLdisposed as hebelieve(ithe Freemasons to be, it was not too niucli,t6 suppose that they would wvillingly sacrifice a little of their owTn convenience to the general interest of the country. He heard with: great satisfaction from- the 'noble earl that it was thougt expedjeht, to'use the influzence of the Glovernment in Putting dontoe mieetings and processions whIch had been thu sourbe of !a mutch dliscord, particularly in the northern parts of Ireland. The Earl of DARNLEY alsoapproved of the refuisal to, make any -exeoptions in thea application of the act; and as; the noble earl a .. proved of the putting down of processions, he hoped he- would amend the act, so asi to render it more effectual in that respect. Lord STOWELL presented' a petition fromn a body called the Protestant Union, against the Irish burial bill. Lord KING observed, that the petition at least proved, that those 'Who objected to the bill wore not exclusively Catholics. On tile motion of Lord LWvEIKPOOL, the bill was read a third time; and, after a conversatiore lietween Lord DAItNLE Y and Lord, AR4uowity, somne amendments weremade, for the purposeof ren. ilering the intention of the leislature to grant easemient of burial to all description of persons, whatever their religious rites might be, moecIea and expiicit.-..The bill was then Passed. Earl IIATRRST presente.4a bill for the administration ofjus. tice in Newfoundland, which was read a first time, lie then gave asotice` that on movinig the second reading on Tuiesday next, lie .would explain the object of the mneasure. The Earl of DARNLEY sugigested that it wouild be better to ,delay the second reading-until- aftr the holydays. , Earl BAT EURST- wished the bill tp be read a second time on Tuesay:butintmate tht h woildpostpone the commnittee until The Maquis f L&NDOWN,in consequence of under.. stasdingthatt wuld e inonvnien forthenoble earl oppoite to atted, ostone futhe prceeing entheUnitarian Dissenters' marrageactuntl atertheholday-...Adoured to Mlonday. HOUSE (R r.nzn nV -.DT-. - A