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( formerly Mr . W . Courtenay ) as Clerk Assistant in their Lordships' House . — The Execution of Wills' Bill was read a first time , and referred to a select Committee . 24 ft . Lord Melbourne , after some eulogistic observations , moved , that in the opinion of the House , it was right to record the just sense which it entertained of the zeal , ability , diligence , and integrity , with which the Earl of Devon performed the arduous duties of Assistant Clerk . The Duke of Wellington , Lord Lyndhurst , Lord Brougham , Lord Shaftesbury ,
and Lord Abinger , gave their testimony in corroboration of the opinions of the Premier , and the motion was carried unanimously . 25 ft . —The Earl of Devon took the oaths and his seat . 29 M . —Lord Melbourne said that he hoped to be able to submit a measure regarding Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) in the course of the present Session . —The Marquess of Londonderry moved for a copy of the Order in Council suspending the Foreign Enlistment Prevention Act , and for copies of papers connected therewith . — -The Earl of Devon ' s answer to the expression of
their Lordships' satisfaction at his performance of the duties of Clerk Assistant was ordered to be entered in the Journals of the House . 30 ft The Building Committee was re-appointed , and the statement of Sir R . Smirke referred to them Lord Brougham's resolutions on education were withdrawn , after an opinion expressed to that effect by Lord Melbourne . July Ind Lord Melbourne , in reply to the Marquess of Londonderry respecting the warfare in the north of Spain , said that he believed the decree , purporting to be signed bDon Carlosexcepting from the benefit of the
cony , vention of Lord Eliot all foreigners who were engaged in arms against him to be a forgery On the motion of the Archbishop of Canterbury , a Bill for the better regulation of Ecclesiastical Benefices having no cure of souls was read a first time . 6 ft . —Lord Ripon presented a petition from the inhabitants of Quebec , complaining of the House of Assembly .
10 //; . —The Duke of Richmond gave notice that on Monday lie should move the third reading of the Prison Discipline Bill . \ ilh The Earl of Radnor moved the second reading of the 39 Articles Bill , the object of which was " to repeal the law which required subscription to the 39 Articles on matriculation , and on taking the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts , if those degrees were taken before the age of 23 . " His Lordship supported , and the Archbishop of Canterbury opposed the Bill . He moved , as an amendment , that the Bill be deferred till that day three months . After an
extended discussion , the House divided . The numbers were—For the Bill , 57 ; against it , 163 ; Majority against it , 106 . 17 ft . —Sir L . Shadwell , Vice-Chancellor , took his seat on the Woolsack for the first time , under the Commission appointing him Speaker of the House of Lords in tfie absence of Lord Denman . —Lord Brougham , in alluding to a motion which had been passed last night in the Commons , deprecated in very strong terms , the introduction of ladies to the Houses of Lords and Commons . There was no person more devoted to the fair sex than himself , nor no person more desirous of seeing them in their proper places ; but if no other Noble Lord did
so , be would feci it Ins duty to move , that they be excluded from the House ot Lords during their Lordships' deliberations . —The Marquess of Lansdowne said he had not seen any arrangement in the report of the Building Committee for the accommodation of ladies , and could give no information on the subject . 27 /// . —Petitions presented on the Aberdeen Universities , and the Municipal Corporations Bills . A discussion took place between the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Brougham respecting the latter measure . . His Grace complained that it interfered with Die King ' s prerogativeand that the Commission , promoting
, what was called tho inquiry , was not legal . The noble Lord maintained that it was framed on the principle of all previous Commissions . 28 ft . —Petition from Coventry , praying to be heard by Counsel against the Municipal Corporations . Lords Brougham and Plunket suggested that there might be two Counsel heard for all the Corporations , parties now in town from
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Parliamentary Analysis.
( formerly Mr . W . Courtenay ) as Clerk Assistant in their Lordships' House . — The Execution of Wills' Bill was read a first time , and referred to a select Committee . 24 ft . Lord Melbourne , after some eulogistic observations , moved , that in the opinion of the House , it was right to record the just sense which it entertained of the zeal , ability , diligence , and integrity , with which the Earl of Devon performed the arduous duties of Assistant Clerk . The Duke of Wellington , Lord Lyndhurst , Lord Brougham , Lord Shaftesbury ,
and Lord Abinger , gave their testimony in corroboration of the opinions of the Premier , and the motion was carried unanimously . 25 ft . —The Earl of Devon took the oaths and his seat . 29 M . —Lord Melbourne said that he hoped to be able to submit a measure regarding Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) in the course of the present Session . —The Marquess of Londonderry moved for a copy of the Order in Council suspending the Foreign Enlistment Prevention Act , and for copies of papers connected therewith . — -The Earl of Devon ' s answer to the expression of
their Lordships' satisfaction at his performance of the duties of Clerk Assistant was ordered to be entered in the Journals of the House . 30 ft The Building Committee was re-appointed , and the statement of Sir R . Smirke referred to them Lord Brougham's resolutions on education were withdrawn , after an opinion expressed to that effect by Lord Melbourne . July Ind Lord Melbourne , in reply to the Marquess of Londonderry respecting the warfare in the north of Spain , said that he believed the decree , purporting to be signed bDon Carlosexcepting from the benefit of the
cony , vention of Lord Eliot all foreigners who were engaged in arms against him to be a forgery On the motion of the Archbishop of Canterbury , a Bill for the better regulation of Ecclesiastical Benefices having no cure of souls was read a first time . 6 ft . —Lord Ripon presented a petition from the inhabitants of Quebec , complaining of the House of Assembly .
10 //; . —The Duke of Richmond gave notice that on Monday lie should move the third reading of the Prison Discipline Bill . \ ilh The Earl of Radnor moved the second reading of the 39 Articles Bill , the object of which was " to repeal the law which required subscription to the 39 Articles on matriculation , and on taking the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts , if those degrees were taken before the age of 23 . " His Lordship supported , and the Archbishop of Canterbury opposed the Bill . He moved , as an amendment , that the Bill be deferred till that day three months . After an
extended discussion , the House divided . The numbers were—For the Bill , 57 ; against it , 163 ; Majority against it , 106 . 17 ft . —Sir L . Shadwell , Vice-Chancellor , took his seat on the Woolsack for the first time , under the Commission appointing him Speaker of the House of Lords in tfie absence of Lord Denman . —Lord Brougham , in alluding to a motion which had been passed last night in the Commons , deprecated in very strong terms , the introduction of ladies to the Houses of Lords and Commons . There was no person more devoted to the fair sex than himself , nor no person more desirous of seeing them in their proper places ; but if no other Noble Lord did
so , be would feci it Ins duty to move , that they be excluded from the House ot Lords during their Lordships' deliberations . —The Marquess of Lansdowne said he had not seen any arrangement in the report of the Building Committee for the accommodation of ladies , and could give no information on the subject . 27 /// . —Petitions presented on the Aberdeen Universities , and the Municipal Corporations Bills . A discussion took place between the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Brougham respecting the latter measure . . His Grace complained that it interfered with Die King ' s prerogativeand that the Commission , promoting
, what was called tho inquiry , was not legal . The noble Lord maintained that it was framed on the principle of all previous Commissions . 28 ft . —Petition from Coventry , praying to be heard by Counsel against the Municipal Corporations . Lords Brougham and Plunket suggested that there might be two Counsel heard for all the Corporations , parties now in town from