-
Articles/Ads
Article PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS. ← Page 5 of 23 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parliamentary Analysis.
the several Corporations agreeing as to the Counsel . This was eventually agreed to , and the Bill read a second time . 30 ft . —Lord Brougham denied that he was exposed to the charge of delaying the Bill because he had sanctioned the hearing of counsel The Marquess of Londonderry gave notice , that he should bring forward the conduct of Don Carlos in ordering certain marines to be shot . —In pursuance of the arrangement previously made , counsel was then called to the bar , to be heard against the
Corporations Bill on behalf of sundry Corporations . Sir C . Wetherall addressed their Lordships at great length , condemning the Bill as altogether democratic , republican , and radical in its principles . He proceeded till near 10 o'clock , when lie retired on account of the extreme heat ; and he afterwards , through Lord Kenyon , begged the indulgence of their Lordships till the next day , as he was too exhausted to proceed . 31 */ . —After the presentation of several petitions against the Municipal Corporations Bill , Sir C . Wetherall renewed his address against the provisions of
the Bill . Aug . \ sl . —Council on the Municipal Corporations Bill . Mr . Knight resumed his address against the general principles of the Bill . At the conclusion of his speech Sir C . Wetherall made a claim to have witnesses heard at the bar , to which Lurd Brougham objected . The Duke of Newcastle said this Bill was soatrocious , as far as regarded the liberty of the country , that he had no hesitation in saying that the Ministers of the King were liable to impeachment , and if no , other Noble Lord would undertake that task he would do so .
3 rd . —Lord Melbourne rose to move the order of the day for resolving into Committee on the Municipal Corporations Bill . Several Lords rose at the same time , ! and a scene of confusion took place which lasted for some lime-, the object of each party being to gain precedence of the other . Lord Melbourne , however , proceeded to address the House , having first proclaimed himself tired of the political differences which had prevailed during the last five
years . He alluded to the manner in which the present Bill had been passed by the Commons , without any change or amendment of the least importance in anv of its provisions ; but he did not anticipate that their Lordships would be as ready to agree either in the existence of the evil or the justice of the remedy . The Noble Lord then entered into a description of the principle upon which the Bill was founded , and concluded by moving that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill , 'the Earl of Carnarvon moved as an amendment , " That evidence be taken at the bar of this House in support of the allegations
of the several petitions , praying to be heard against the Bill , before the House be put into a Committee . " The Earl of Winchilsea contended that the Noble Viscount at the head of the Government should lay before the House every tittle of evidence given to the Commissioners . He was a friend to municipal reform , but this measure was a violation of the right of property . Lord Brougham spoke strongly in favour of the measure , and Lord Lyndhurst against it . A long debate ensued , after which a division took place , —for the original motion , 54 ; for the amendment to hear evidence , 124 . Proxies were not called .
4 ft . —Witnesses were examined regarding the Corporations of Coventry , Oxford , Grantham , & c . Lord Mefbourne ( in consequence of some inquiry as to what he should do with a particular petition ) repealed his protest against the present proceeding on principle—stating that he had bowed to the majority—that he had submitted—but that he had been coerced into the proceeding . Tih . —After the presentation of several petitions for and against the Municipal Corporations Bill , the examination of witnesses was again resumed . 8 ft . —Witnesses examined respecting the Corporations of
ShrewsburyHere-, ford , Bedford , Alnwick , and Liverpool . lift . —The Earl of Clanricarde moved the second reading of the Catholic Marriages Bill . The House divided—for the Bill 16 , against it 42 . The Bill is consequently lost . 13 ft Their Lordships resolved into Committee on the Municipal Corporations Bill . Lord Lyndhurst moved as an ameudmen the preservation of the inchoate rights of freemen . Their Lordships eventua . ly divided on it . The
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parliamentary Analysis.
the several Corporations agreeing as to the Counsel . This was eventually agreed to , and the Bill read a second time . 30 ft . —Lord Brougham denied that he was exposed to the charge of delaying the Bill because he had sanctioned the hearing of counsel The Marquess of Londonderry gave notice , that he should bring forward the conduct of Don Carlos in ordering certain marines to be shot . —In pursuance of the arrangement previously made , counsel was then called to the bar , to be heard against the
Corporations Bill on behalf of sundry Corporations . Sir C . Wetherall addressed their Lordships at great length , condemning the Bill as altogether democratic , republican , and radical in its principles . He proceeded till near 10 o'clock , when lie retired on account of the extreme heat ; and he afterwards , through Lord Kenyon , begged the indulgence of their Lordships till the next day , as he was too exhausted to proceed . 31 */ . —After the presentation of several petitions against the Municipal Corporations Bill , Sir C . Wetherall renewed his address against the provisions of
the Bill . Aug . \ sl . —Council on the Municipal Corporations Bill . Mr . Knight resumed his address against the general principles of the Bill . At the conclusion of his speech Sir C . Wetherall made a claim to have witnesses heard at the bar , to which Lurd Brougham objected . The Duke of Newcastle said this Bill was soatrocious , as far as regarded the liberty of the country , that he had no hesitation in saying that the Ministers of the King were liable to impeachment , and if no , other Noble Lord would undertake that task he would do so .
3 rd . —Lord Melbourne rose to move the order of the day for resolving into Committee on the Municipal Corporations Bill . Several Lords rose at the same time , ! and a scene of confusion took place which lasted for some lime-, the object of each party being to gain precedence of the other . Lord Melbourne , however , proceeded to address the House , having first proclaimed himself tired of the political differences which had prevailed during the last five
years . He alluded to the manner in which the present Bill had been passed by the Commons , without any change or amendment of the least importance in anv of its provisions ; but he did not anticipate that their Lordships would be as ready to agree either in the existence of the evil or the justice of the remedy . The Noble Lord then entered into a description of the principle upon which the Bill was founded , and concluded by moving that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill , 'the Earl of Carnarvon moved as an amendment , " That evidence be taken at the bar of this House in support of the allegations
of the several petitions , praying to be heard against the Bill , before the House be put into a Committee . " The Earl of Winchilsea contended that the Noble Viscount at the head of the Government should lay before the House every tittle of evidence given to the Commissioners . He was a friend to municipal reform , but this measure was a violation of the right of property . Lord Brougham spoke strongly in favour of the measure , and Lord Lyndhurst against it . A long debate ensued , after which a division took place , —for the original motion , 54 ; for the amendment to hear evidence , 124 . Proxies were not called .
4 ft . —Witnesses were examined regarding the Corporations of Coventry , Oxford , Grantham , & c . Lord Mefbourne ( in consequence of some inquiry as to what he should do with a particular petition ) repealed his protest against the present proceeding on principle—stating that he had bowed to the majority—that he had submitted—but that he had been coerced into the proceeding . Tih . —After the presentation of several petitions for and against the Municipal Corporations Bill , the examination of witnesses was again resumed . 8 ft . —Witnesses examined respecting the Corporations of
ShrewsburyHere-, ford , Bedford , Alnwick , and Liverpool . lift . —The Earl of Clanricarde moved the second reading of the Catholic Marriages Bill . The House divided—for the Bill 16 , against it 42 . The Bill is consequently lost . 13 ft Their Lordships resolved into Committee on the Municipal Corporations Bill . Lord Lyndhurst moved as an ameudmen the preservation of the inchoate rights of freemen . Their Lordships eventua . ly divided on it . The