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Article PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS. ← Page 7 of 23 →
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Parliamentary Analysis.
Melbourne , to omit the word " Aldermen" in the 6 th clause . Contents , 891 non-contents , 160 . Majority for retaining the clause in its amended form , 71 . The other amendments were then adopted ; the report was agreed to , and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on the following day . 28 ft . —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 . Sept . % nd . —Lord Duncannon moved the second reading of the Voters ( Ireland ) Bill . His Lordship entered into some details which , he said , would tend to assimilate the Irish to the present English system of registration . The Bill was thrown out by a majority of SI against 27 . 3 rd .- —The Music and Dancing Licences Bill , upon the motion of the Marquess of Salisburywas ordered to be read a third time this day three months . —
, Lord Lyndhurst expressed his surprise that Ministers had adopted no further proceedings on the Irish Church Bill . —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 fromthe Commons prayed their Lordships' assent to a conference with the Commons on the subject of certain amendments in the Municipal Reform Bill . —Lord Melbournethe Lord Privy Sealthe President of the CouncilLords 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 . On their return , the reasons for the dissent of the other House were read , and ordered to be printed and taken into consideration on Friday . 7 ft . —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 . 8 ft . —Mr . Bernal , with several Members of the Commons , appeared , and stated that the Commons assented to their Lordships' amendments as above . They also assented to the amendments in the Glass Duties' Bill—The Million Payment Suspension Bill was read a third time . 9 ft . —Lords Denman , Rossyln , and Shaftesbury , sat as his Majesty ' s Commissioners , and gave assent , in the usual form , to the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill , and several other public and private Bills . The Patents Improvement
was returned , the Commons not persisting in their amendments . 10 ft . —The House was but thinly attended . Lord Denman took his seat on the Woolsack as Speaker . —At about twenty minutes past two o'clock the King , accompanied by the chief officers of State , entered the House , and took his seat on the throne . His Majesty was dressed in an Admiral's uniform , and appeared to be in very good health . A large portion of the House was set apart for the accommodation of the Ambassadors , most of whom were present . The attendance of the Ladies was not so great as we have often before observed it . —The Usher of . the Black Rod having summoned the Commons , the Speaker attended by about thirty Members , came to the bar The Speaker then addressed his Majesty as follows : —" May it please your Majesty , we , your Majesty's
faithful Commons , attend you at the close of a session unusually protracted , and of no ordinary importance . Your Majesty , at the opening of the session , was graciously pleased to say , that the estimates which you had directed to be laid before the Commons were dower than within former experience . The estimates now bear the same character—thus evincing a general and sincere desire to advance in steady and progressive reductions of expense , so far as is consistent with the efficiency of the service for which provision must be made . Arrangements consequent upon that general and noble act—the abolition of
slaveryhave rendered it necessary to effect a loan of fifteecn millions for the payment of the compensation to be awarded to the owners of slaves . It is consolatory and gratifying that this loan has been effected under circumstances , and on such terms , as afford fresh proof of the stability of the public credit of the empire .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parliamentary Analysis.
Melbourne , to omit the word " Aldermen" in the 6 th clause . Contents , 891 non-contents , 160 . Majority for retaining the clause in its amended form , 71 . The other amendments were then adopted ; the report was agreed to , and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on the following day . 28 ft . —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 . Sept . % nd . —Lord Duncannon moved the second reading of the Voters ( Ireland ) Bill . His Lordship entered into some details which , he said , would tend to assimilate the Irish to the present English system of registration . The Bill was thrown out by a majority of SI against 27 . 3 rd .- —The Music and Dancing Licences Bill , upon the motion of the Marquess of Salisburywas ordered to be read a third time this day three months . —
, Lord Lyndhurst expressed his surprise that Ministers had adopted no further proceedings on the Irish Church Bill . —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 fromthe Commons prayed their Lordships' assent to a conference with the Commons on the subject of certain amendments in the Municipal Reform Bill . —Lord Melbournethe Lord Privy Sealthe President of the CouncilLords 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 . On their return , the reasons for the dissent of the other House were read , and ordered to be printed and taken into consideration on Friday . 7 ft . —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 . 8 ft . —Mr . Bernal , with several Members of the Commons , appeared , and stated that the Commons assented to their Lordships' amendments as above . They also assented to the amendments in the Glass Duties' Bill—The Million Payment Suspension Bill was read a third time . 9 ft . —Lords Denman , Rossyln , and Shaftesbury , sat as his Majesty ' s Commissioners , and gave assent , in the usual form , to the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill , and several other public and private Bills . The Patents Improvement
was returned , the Commons not persisting in their amendments . 10 ft . —The House was but thinly attended . Lord Denman took his seat on the Woolsack as Speaker . —At about twenty minutes past two o'clock the King , accompanied by the chief officers of State , entered the House , and took his seat on the throne . His Majesty was dressed in an Admiral's uniform , and appeared to be in very good health . A large portion of the House was set apart for the accommodation of the Ambassadors , most of whom were present . The attendance of the Ladies was not so great as we have often before observed it . —The Usher of . the Black Rod having summoned the Commons , the Speaker attended by about thirty Members , came to the bar The Speaker then addressed his Majesty as follows : —" May it please your Majesty , we , your Majesty's
faithful Commons , attend you at the close of a session unusually protracted , and of no ordinary importance . Your Majesty , at the opening of the session , was graciously pleased to say , that the estimates which you had directed to be laid before the Commons were dower than within former experience . The estimates now bear the same character—thus evincing a general and sincere desire to advance in steady and progressive reductions of expense , so far as is consistent with the efficiency of the service for which provision must be made . Arrangements consequent upon that general and noble act—the abolition of
slaveryhave rendered it necessary to effect a loan of fifteecn millions for the payment of the compensation to be awarded to the owners of slaves . It is consolatory and gratifying that this loan has been effected under circumstances , and on such terms , as afford fresh proof of the stability of the public credit of the empire .