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produced consistentl y witli the public service ; and explained , with respect to Sir J . Campbell , that he was known to have been an officer in the service of Don Miguel , that he was taken in the endeavour to escape from a place under blockade , and that letters were found on him from the minister of Don Miguel . —After a long debate , the noble marquess said he would take the papers which Earl Grey agreed to give , and would on a future occasion caE for others , if necessary .
7 th . —The Liverpool AVitnesses' Indemnity Bill was read a third time and passed .. Sth . —The Earl of AVinchilsea presented a petition from the Archdeaconry of Sutton , for protection to the church . Lord Plunkett brought in a bill for the better regulation of the Court of Chancery in Ireland . The bill took away the heavy expenses now incurred on motions of course . After some few remarksthe biE was
, read a first time , ancl ordered to be printed . 12 th . —The Lord Chancellor presented a petition from Glasgow , praying for the redress of Dissenters' grievances , and for a dissolution of the connexion between Church and State . His Lordship , in a speech of great length , deprecated the attack made by the Dissenters on the existence ofthe church , and argued , with great power , to show , from the operation of secondary causesthe good effects of an establishment on
, the general interests of religion . —The Archbishop of Canterbury expressed his surprise that the present moment should have been selected by the Dissenters for the destruction of the church . —Earl Fitzivilliam regretted that Dissenters had not been more liberally dealt ivith , especiaEy from the Right Rev . Bench . —After a long discussion , the petition was ordered to lie upon the table .
The AVarwick AVitnesses' Indemnity BE 1 was read a third time , and passed . 13 th . —The Earl of Rosebery ' s bills on the subject of Scotch Entails were read a second time , and referred to a select committee . The House afterwards resumed , and continued , till its rising , the examination of witnesses in support of the AVarwick Borough Disfranchisement BiE . 14 * . —The Bishop of London presented several petitions for the
better observance ofthe Sabbath . The London Bridge Approaches' BiE was read a tMrd time , and passed . Mr . S . Lefevre and others from the Commons brought up the London and Southampton RaU-road BiE , which was read a first time . The remainder of the evening was occupied with the examination of witnesses in of the AVarwick
support Borough BiE . 15 th . —The Lord Chancellor inquired of Lord W ynford whether it was his intention to go on with his Bill for enforcing the better observance of the Sabbath—whether he was serious upon the matter ?—( a laugh . )—His reason for asking if he was serious was , that the Bill , unknown probably to his noble friend , prohibited , under heavy penalties , any person whatsoever in his majesty ' s dominions , of whatsoever station , from doing any work whatsoever , not upon the Sabbath only , but upon any other day in the week . Lord AVynford said he should persist in VOL . i . -
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Parliamentary Analysis.
produced consistentl y witli the public service ; and explained , with respect to Sir J . Campbell , that he was known to have been an officer in the service of Don Miguel , that he was taken in the endeavour to escape from a place under blockade , and that letters were found on him from the minister of Don Miguel . —After a long debate , the noble marquess said he would take the papers which Earl Grey agreed to give , and would on a future occasion caE for others , if necessary .
7 th . —The Liverpool AVitnesses' Indemnity Bill was read a third time and passed .. Sth . —The Earl of AVinchilsea presented a petition from the Archdeaconry of Sutton , for protection to the church . Lord Plunkett brought in a bill for the better regulation of the Court of Chancery in Ireland . The bill took away the heavy expenses now incurred on motions of course . After some few remarksthe biE was
, read a first time , ancl ordered to be printed . 12 th . —The Lord Chancellor presented a petition from Glasgow , praying for the redress of Dissenters' grievances , and for a dissolution of the connexion between Church and State . His Lordship , in a speech of great length , deprecated the attack made by the Dissenters on the existence ofthe church , and argued , with great power , to show , from the operation of secondary causesthe good effects of an establishment on
, the general interests of religion . —The Archbishop of Canterbury expressed his surprise that the present moment should have been selected by the Dissenters for the destruction of the church . —Earl Fitzivilliam regretted that Dissenters had not been more liberally dealt ivith , especiaEy from the Right Rev . Bench . —After a long discussion , the petition was ordered to lie upon the table .
The AVarwick AVitnesses' Indemnity BE 1 was read a third time , and passed . 13 th . —The Earl of Rosebery ' s bills on the subject of Scotch Entails were read a second time , and referred to a select committee . The House afterwards resumed , and continued , till its rising , the examination of witnesses in support of the AVarwick Borough Disfranchisement BiE . 14 * . —The Bishop of London presented several petitions for the
better observance ofthe Sabbath . The London Bridge Approaches' BiE was read a tMrd time , and passed . Mr . S . Lefevre and others from the Commons brought up the London and Southampton RaU-road BiE , which was read a first time . The remainder of the evening was occupied with the examination of witnesses in of the AVarwick
support Borough BiE . 15 th . —The Lord Chancellor inquired of Lord W ynford whether it was his intention to go on with his Bill for enforcing the better observance of the Sabbath—whether he was serious upon the matter ?—( a laugh . )—His reason for asking if he was serious was , that the Bill , unknown probably to his noble friend , prohibited , under heavy penalties , any person whatsoever in his majesty ' s dominions , of whatsoever station , from doing any work whatsoever , not upon the Sabbath only , but upon any other day in the week . Lord AVynford said he should persist in VOL . i . -