BANKRUPTS,

FROM AUGUST 25, TO SEPTEMBER 25, 1835, INCLUSIVE.

T. TUBERVILLE, draper. J. A. SMITH, Bilston, Staffordshire, grocer. W. HINDELL, Brayton, Yorkshire, victualler.

MONTHLY DIGEST.

GREAT BRITAIN.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.-HOUSE OF LORDS.

Aug. 24.-LORD MELBOURNE moved that their Lordships resolve into Committee on the Irish Church Bill. On clause 10 being put, Lord Ellenborough said that the clause, as it at present stood, opened the composition of the tithe without any limitation. He should move that the clause be omitted.-Lord Melbourne having declined to divide the House, the clause was negatived, and struck out of the Bill.-On clause 40 being proposed, which provides that the average value of corn should be the standard of value for tithes, Lord Ellenborough moved that this clause be also struck out.-The House divided-for the motion, 35; for the amendment, 126; majority for rejecting the clause, 91.-The other clauses were passed without comment, up to clause 60, inclusive.-On clause 61 being put, the Earl of Haddington opposed it, and the remaining clauses of the Billthe sequestration and appropriation clauses.-A long discussion ensued, in the course of which Lord Melbourne deemed it right to declare, that if this motion were agreed to, he should not be the party to send back the Bill to the Commons; it would expose the measure to the rejection of that House. Eventually their Lordships divided, when there appeared, for the clauses as they stood, 41; for their rejection, 138; majority for the rejection, 97.

Aug. 25. On the presentation of several petitions against the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, Lord Brougham suggested that it would be advisable to allow the Bill to be brought in next session in exactly the same state as it was left by the other House. Agreed to.-The Municipal Corporations' Bill was re-committed. On clause 59 being put, Lord Lyndhurst proposed an amendment-that town-clerks should hold their offices during life. After a long discussion, the House divided, when there appeared, for the amendment, 104; against it, 36; majority in favour of the amendment, 68.-On the motion of Lord Lyndhurst, an amendment was agreed to, without a division, to the effect that none but members of the Established Church should be the disposers of the ecclesiastical patronage of corporations. The other clauses of the Bill were then agreed to, after a few verbal corrections, which produced no discussion.

Aug. 26. On the motion for the second reading of the Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill, considerable discussion arose, and the Earl of Roden moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day six months.-Upon a division, the numbers were, for the amendment, 51; for the motion, 39; majority against the second reading, 12.

Aug. 27.-Lord Melbourne, on the presentation of the Report of the Municipal Corporations' Bill, declared his dissent from the amendments adopted in the Committee.-Their Lordships eventually divided on the proposition of Lord Melbourne, to omit the word " aldermen" in the sixth clause. Contents, 80; Non-Contents, 160; majority for retaining the clause in its amended form, 80.-The other amendments were then adopted.

Aug. 28.-Lord Wharncliffe moved that the Great Western Railway Bill be read a third time.-After a short discussion, the Bill was read a third time and passed.-Lord Melbourne moved that the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill be read a third time.-Earl Winchilsea moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a third time that day six months.Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and their Lordships divided; when there appeared-for the third reading, 69; against it, 5; majority, 64.— The Bill was then read a third time and passed.

Aug. 31.-Lord Lyndhurst presented a petition praying their Lordships to pass the Imprisonment for Debt Bill-a measure which his Lordship said required fuller consideration than could be given to it this session.

Sept. 2.-Lord Duncannon moved the second reading of the Voters' (Ireland) Bill. His Lordship entered into some details of the measure, which he said would tend to assimilate the Irish to the present English system of registration.-A long discussion ensued, and, on a division, the Bill was thrown out by a majority of 81 against 27.

Sept. 3.-The Music and Dancing Licenses Bill, upon the motion of the Marquess of Salisbury, was ordered to be read a third time that day three months.-Lord Lyndhurst expressed his surprise that Ministers had adopted no further proceedings on the Irish Church Bill. In not proceeding with it, and returning it to the other House, great calamities would fall on the whole of the Protestant clergy of Ireland, and consequently a heavy responsibility would rest on the Government.-Lord Melbourne admitted the evil that must result to the clergy from the failure of this Bill, but denied that the responsibility rested with the Ministers. Lord Brougham brought in a Bill to consolidate the law of marriage in Scotland, which was read a first time.-A message from the Commons prayed their Lordships assent to a conference with the Commons on the subject of certain amendments in the Municipal Reform Bill.-Lord Melbourne, the Lord Privy Seal, the President of the Council, Lords Shaftesbury, Falmouth, Hatherton, the Duke of Richmond, and others, were appointed managers of the conference, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Lyndhurst declining to attend.

Sept. 4.-Lord Brougham called the attention of the House to some returns which had been laid on the table relating to the Court of Chancery; and gave notice that, early next session, he should call the attention of the House to the great exertions and valuable reports made by the Common Law Commissioners.

Sept. 6. The Report of the Committee for drawing up the reasons to be assigned to the Commons as those on which their Lordships differed with the Commons, on a portion of their amendments to the Corporation Reform Bill, was brought up, read, and ordered to be printed.

Sept. 7.-The following Peers were named to manage the conference with the House of Commons on the amendments in the Corporation Reform Bill:-The Earl of Devon, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Bishop of Bristol, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Haddington, and Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci.

Sept. 9.-Lords Denman, Rosslyn, and Shaftesbury sat as his Majesty's Commissioners, and gave assent, in the usual form, to the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill, and several other Bills.

Sept. 10.-The King, surrounded by his great officers of state, having entered the House of Lords, and taken his seat upon the Throne, the Members of the House of Commons were summoned to appear at the bar by the Usher of the Black Rod. They arrived accordingly in considerable numbers, headed by the Speaker, who addressed his Majesty briefly on the labours of the session; and the Royal Assent having been given formally to the remaining Bills of the session, his Majesty proceeded to read the following gracious Speech to both Houses, proroguing Parliament:

"My Lords and Gentlemen, I find, with great satisfaction, that the state of public business enables me to relieve you from further attendance, and from the pressure of those duties which you have performed with so much zeal and assiduity.

"I receive from all Foreign Powers satisfactory assurances of their desire to maintain with me the most friendly understanding, and I look forward with confi

dence to the preservation of the general peace, which has been, and will be, the object of my constant solicitude.

"I lament that the civil contest in the northern provinces of Spain has not yet been brought to a termination; but, taking a deep interest in the welfare of the Spanish monarchy, I shall continue to direct to that quarter my most anxious attention, in concert with the three Powers with whom I concluded the treaty of quadruple alliance; and I have, in furtherance of the object of that treaty, exercised the power vested in me by the Legislature, and have granted permission to my subjects to engage in the service of the Queen of Spain.

"I have concluded with Denmark, Sardinia, and Sweden, fresh conventions, calculated to prevent the traffic in African slaves: I hope soon to receive the ratification of a similar treaty which has been signed with Spain. I am engaged in negotiation with other Powers in Europe and in South America for the same purpose; and I trust that ere long the united efforts of all civilized nations will suppress and extinguish this traffic.

"I perceive with entire approbation that you have directed your attention to the regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, and I have cheerfully given my assent to the Bill which you have passed for that purpose. I cordially concur in this important measure, which is calculated to allay discontent, to promote peace and union, and to procure for those communities the advantages of responsible government.

I greatly rejoice that the internal condition of Ireland has been such as to have permitted you to substitute for the necessary severity of the law which has been suffered to expire, enactments of a milder character. No part of my duty is more grateful to my feelings than the mitigation of a penal statute in any case in which it can be effected consistently with the maintenance of order and tranquillity.

"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,-I thank you for the readiness with which you have voted the supplies. You have provided not only for the expenses of the year, and for the interest upon the large sum awarded to the owners of slaves in my colonial possessions, but also for several unexpected and peculiar claims upon the justice and liberality of the nation. It is most gratifying to observe, that not only have these demands been met without any additional taxation, but that you have made some further progress in reducing the burdens of my people. "I am enabled to congratulate you that the terms upon which the loan for the compensation to the proprietors of slaves has been obtained afford conclusive evidence of the flourishing state of public credit, and of that general confidence which is the result of a determination to fulfil the national engagements, and to maintain inviolate the public faith.

"My Lords and Gentlemen,-I know that I may securely rely upon your loyalty and patriotism; and I feel confident that, in returning to your respective counties, and in resuming those functions which you discharge with so much advantage to the community, you will recommend to all classes of your countrymen obedience to the law, attachment to the constitution, and a spirit of temperate amendment, which, under Divine Providence, are the surest means of preserving the tranquillity and increasing the prosperity which this country enjoys."

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Aug. 25.-The Lectures Publication Limitation Bill was considered in Committee, Lord J. Russell declaring that he could not consent to the Bill, except it provided that lectures might be subject to extracts or comment, as was the case in reviewing books.-The Bill ultimately passed through Committee, with an amendment permitting notices of lectures.Mr. Wilks announced that, on the third reading of the Bill, he should propose a clause, extending to "sermons" protection similar to that given by this Bill to lectures.-Counsel were heard at the bar on the part of the East India Company against Mr. Buckingham's Compensation Bill.Further consideration of the Bill was deferred, in order that the arguments of Counsel might be duly deliberated upon.

Aug. 27.-Mr. Wilks deferred his motion regarding the practical griev ances of the Dissenters till the next session.

Aug. 28.-Sir S. Whalley presented a petition from the parish of St. Pancras, praying the House to withhold the Supplies until the Corporation Bill was passed into a law in the same state as when it left the Commons.

Aug. 29.-Mr. Ewart moved the appointment of a Select Committee to inspect the Lords' Journals as regarded any proceedings on the Prisoners' Counsel Bill and the Capital Punishments Bill, which had been sent to the Lords some time ago.-The motion was agreed to, and a Committee appointed.

Aug. 31.-After the presentation of several petitions on the subject of the Municipal Corporations' Bill, Lord J. Russell rose to explain the course which Ministers intended to pursue in reference to that measure. His Lordship declared his intention to acquiesce in all the amendments their Lordships had introduced, with one or two exceptions. To the election of aldermen and town-clerks for life he could not consent, although he had no objection to having them elected for six years. The same thing he might say with respect to the Corporation justices, whom the amendments of the other House would convert into justices for life. He should recommend, also, that the boroughs to be divided into wards should be those that had 9000 instead of 6000 inhabitants. He would also reject the amendment which gave the nomination of justices to the Crown instead of the town-councils. The division of boroughs into wards, and the settling of boundaries, he should entrust to the Revising Barristers, subject to the approbation of the Privy Council. He could not accede to the qualification for town councillors introduced in the motion of Lord Lyndhurst, but submitted to that of the Earl of Devon; neither could he concur in the amendment by which it was proposed that none of the governing body of Municipal Corporations, who were not members of the Established Church, should present to livings belonging to that Church.-Sir R. Peel expressed his intention to support the Noble Lord in some of his objections to the amendments of the Lords, and urged the House not to lose the opportunity of obtaining an amicable settlement of so important a measure.—After a long discussion, the Lords' amendments were read from the Chair. The words "for life" were then left out of the clause, and words substituted, the effect of which is to continue aldermen in office for six years, half to be elected every three years. The amendment of the Lords, which made aldermen members of the council for life, was rejected, on the motion of Lord J. Russell. Several verbal amendments were then agreed to in the 24th and several following clauses, in order to carry out the principle of the amendment agreed upon in respect to the duration of the aldermen's office. The further proceedings were eventually adjourned.

Sept. 1.-The House resumed the consideration of the Corporations Bill. The first amendment embraced the question of "qualification." There was a good deal of discussion on the subject.--Lord J. Russell adhered to his disapproval of the change.-Sir R. Peel suggested that for town councillors, &c., there should be added the qualification on rating-namely, in large towns, where there are four or more wards, being rated at 30%., in the smaller towns at 15%. This addition to the Lords' qualification was adopted, Lord J. Russell preferring, as there was to be a qualification, to adhere to Sir R. Peel's terms.-On the clause regarding" town clerks," Lord J. Russell moved, as an amendment on the Lords' amendment, that those officers be appointed during pleasure," which was eventually adopted. His Lordship then proposed to reject the Lords' clause providing that members of the Church only exercise the patronage of Corporations regarding benefices, &c. After some discussion, Lord J. Russell suggested the postponement of the clause, that it might be considered more deliberately. His Lordship then moved that the amendment respecting the ap

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