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Parliamentary Analysis.
of the Ipswich election , were brought up and discharged . The release of Mr . O'Malley was postponed until the evidence of the medical attendant of the prison be obtained . —Mr . Gisborne moved that the Attorney-General be directed to prosecute all the persons guilty of bribery at the Ipswich election . Agreed to . —Lord J . Russell , in reply to some observations of Sir R . Peel , acknowledged the fair course the Right Hon . Baronet and those who acted with him had pursued relative to the Municipal Corporation Bill .
July 1 st . —Lord J . Russell brought up the report of the evidence taken b y Sir F . Roe at Wolverhampton , and bore testimony to the commendable forbearance and correct judgment of the military on that occasion . —After hearing evidence as to the state of health of Mr . O'Malley , confined in Newgate on account of the Ipswich election , the House ordered him to be discharged . 2 nd . —Mr . Shaw presented a petition from Meath , complaining of intimidation on the part of the Irish Popish Priests . —Mr . Hume obtained leave to brini * in a Bill to Tepeal so much of 25 Geo . II . as restrains the amusements of music and dancing .
6 rd . —Mr . H . li . Bulvver presented a petition from New South Wales , signed by 6 , 000 of the free inhabitants of that colony , praying for the establishment of a Legislative Assembly there . —On the motion of Lord J . Russell , the order forthe attendanceof Mr . Bignold and Mr . Booth , theNorwich magistrates , to-morrow , was discharged , and a Select Committee appointed to inquire into the subject . —The House then resolved itself into Committee upon the Municipal Corporation Bill . July 6 ft . —Mr . Cooper presented the report of the Inverness-shire Election Committee , which declared the sitting member duly elected , and neither the frivolous vexatious
petition or opposition or . 7 / A . —A discussion took place on petitions from Fifeshire , complaining of the appointment of Col . Lyndsay as Colonel of the Fifeshire Militia . Lord John Russell said that the Secretary of State had no power over the appointment , and it would only have been his duty to advise his Majesty not to sanction it if the individual was disqualified upon proper grounds ; but he did not think a difference of political opinions was a sufficient ground of disqualification . Sir R . Peel concurred in that view of the subject Lord Morpeth brought the Bill for the
up regulation of the Ecclesiastical Revenues in Ireland , to " be read a second time on Monday next . 8 ft . —Mr . O'Brien moved ' the second reading of the Irish Poor Law Bill , which was opposed by Lord Morpeth , acceded to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and eventually carried—On the motion of Capt . G . Fergusson , that the report of the Entailed Estates ( Scotland ) Bill be taken into consideration , the Lord Advocate moved as an amendment that it be taken into further consideration that day three months , when the House decided in favour of the amendment bv a majority of 70 .
9 ft . —lhe report of the Committee on the Penrhyn Election was brought up , and Sir Robert Rolfe , the sitting member , declared duly elected . —The ^ House resolved itself into Committee on the Municipal Corporation Bill . Lord John Russell moved that the Bill be reported to the House , and that the report be received immediately . He made this motion for the purpose of havin ° - the Bill now re-commiltcd pro forma , in order that when the report was brought up and received he might move that the Bill be printed . The consequence " of this motion would be that the Bill would be printed and delivered to HonMembers
. by Sunday morning , so that they would be better prepared for the consideratonof the report on Tuesday next . The motions were agreed to in the order proposed—The Assizes ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time The Glasgow Universities Bill was read a first time . —An address to his Majrsty , to confirm the Treasury Minute for the retiring pension of Mr . Seymour , the Serjeant-at-Arms , was carried .
10 ft—Mr . T . Duncombe presented a petition from Col . Bradley , complaining of the conduct of Major Arthur in removing him from the army . Lord Howick and Sir H . Hardinge , after some discussion , defended the conduct of Major Arthur . Mr . T . Duncombe gave notice that he should , on the 21 st inst ., move / or a committee to inquire into the allegations made by Col . Bradley . The
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Parliamentary Analysis.
of the Ipswich election , were brought up and discharged . The release of Mr . O'Malley was postponed until the evidence of the medical attendant of the prison be obtained . —Mr . Gisborne moved that the Attorney-General be directed to prosecute all the persons guilty of bribery at the Ipswich election . Agreed to . —Lord J . Russell , in reply to some observations of Sir R . Peel , acknowledged the fair course the Right Hon . Baronet and those who acted with him had pursued relative to the Municipal Corporation Bill .
July 1 st . —Lord J . Russell brought up the report of the evidence taken b y Sir F . Roe at Wolverhampton , and bore testimony to the commendable forbearance and correct judgment of the military on that occasion . —After hearing evidence as to the state of health of Mr . O'Malley , confined in Newgate on account of the Ipswich election , the House ordered him to be discharged . 2 nd . —Mr . Shaw presented a petition from Meath , complaining of intimidation on the part of the Irish Popish Priests . —Mr . Hume obtained leave to brini * in a Bill to Tepeal so much of 25 Geo . II . as restrains the amusements of music and dancing .
6 rd . —Mr . H . li . Bulvver presented a petition from New South Wales , signed by 6 , 000 of the free inhabitants of that colony , praying for the establishment of a Legislative Assembly there . —On the motion of Lord J . Russell , the order forthe attendanceof Mr . Bignold and Mr . Booth , theNorwich magistrates , to-morrow , was discharged , and a Select Committee appointed to inquire into the subject . —The House then resolved itself into Committee upon the Municipal Corporation Bill . July 6 ft . —Mr . Cooper presented the report of the Inverness-shire Election Committee , which declared the sitting member duly elected , and neither the frivolous vexatious
petition or opposition or . 7 / A . —A discussion took place on petitions from Fifeshire , complaining of the appointment of Col . Lyndsay as Colonel of the Fifeshire Militia . Lord John Russell said that the Secretary of State had no power over the appointment , and it would only have been his duty to advise his Majesty not to sanction it if the individual was disqualified upon proper grounds ; but he did not think a difference of political opinions was a sufficient ground of disqualification . Sir R . Peel concurred in that view of the subject Lord Morpeth brought the Bill for the
up regulation of the Ecclesiastical Revenues in Ireland , to " be read a second time on Monday next . 8 ft . —Mr . O'Brien moved ' the second reading of the Irish Poor Law Bill , which was opposed by Lord Morpeth , acceded to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and eventually carried—On the motion of Capt . G . Fergusson , that the report of the Entailed Estates ( Scotland ) Bill be taken into consideration , the Lord Advocate moved as an amendment that it be taken into further consideration that day three months , when the House decided in favour of the amendment bv a majority of 70 .
9 ft . —lhe report of the Committee on the Penrhyn Election was brought up , and Sir Robert Rolfe , the sitting member , declared duly elected . —The ^ House resolved itself into Committee on the Municipal Corporation Bill . Lord John Russell moved that the Bill be reported to the House , and that the report be received immediately . He made this motion for the purpose of havin ° - the Bill now re-commiltcd pro forma , in order that when the report was brought up and received he might move that the Bill be printed . The consequence " of this motion would be that the Bill would be printed and delivered to HonMembers
. by Sunday morning , so that they would be better prepared for the consideratonof the report on Tuesday next . The motions were agreed to in the order proposed—The Assizes ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time The Glasgow Universities Bill was read a first time . —An address to his Majrsty , to confirm the Treasury Minute for the retiring pension of Mr . Seymour , the Serjeant-at-Arms , was carried .
10 ft—Mr . T . Duncombe presented a petition from Col . Bradley , complaining of the conduct of Major Arthur in removing him from the army . Lord Howick and Sir H . Hardinge , after some discussion , defended the conduct of Major Arthur . Mr . T . Duncombe gave notice that he should , on the 21 st inst ., move / or a committee to inquire into the allegations made by Col . Bradley . The