Debates anti iiingetbings in 'parliament.
PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
Both Houses met on Monday. In the Upper House, Lord Corrmewasi, the new Chancellor, took his seat on the woolsack; and the benches changed their occupants. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, the Marquis of Clanricaide, Earl Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, and Lord Campbell, took their seats on the Treasury side; Lord Stanley, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham, the Duke of Buckingham, and the Duke of Richmond, occupied the front Opposition bench. The Duke of Wellington was not present. Lord LYNDHURST was the first to congratulate Lord Cottenham on his return to office. Some amusement was afforded by the difficulty obviously felt by some Peers to determine on which side of the House to take their seats.
On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, it was agreed that no public business should proceed till the return of Members to the seats vacated in the Lower House; but that their Lordships should sit daily for the transaction of private business. On Thursday, Lord BROUGHAM put a question to Lord Campbell; not connected with his office certainly, still he might be able to give an answer—
Was it true that two regiments of horse were sent to Ireland on Wednesday morning?
EL.L—" This question does not at all relate to the Dutchy or Lancaster; and it is utterly impossible for me to give the U7 any information on the subject."
Cl n 11•1 Lord BROUGHAM—" As the embarkation took place at Liverpool, which is both in the Dutchy and County Palatine, my noble and learned friend, if he had differed from Lis colleagues, might have -restrained 'them by injunction. But the report mustile dtterly false, otherwise du noble and learned friend must have heatihof it."
.the House of Commons, on Monday, Mir. TNUFNELL moved the fol- lowing new writs— For Chester, in the room of Mr. Jervis, appointed Solicitor-General; South Staffordshire, in the room of Mr. G. Anson, appointed Clerk of the Ordnance; Tower Hamlets, in the room of Colonel Fox, appointed Surveyor of Ordnance; Greenwich, in the room of Admiral D. Dundas, appointed a Lord of the Admi- ralty; Gloucester, in the room of Captain F. H. Berkeley, appointed a Lord of the Admiralty; Hertford, in the room of Mr. W. F. Cowper, appointed a Lord of the Admiralty; Evesham, in the room of Lord M. Hill, appointed Comptroller of the Household; County of Roscommon, in the room of the O'Connor Don, appointed a Lord of the Treasury; Richmond, in the room of Mr. Rich, appointed a Lord of the Treasury; Smith Lancashire, in the room of Lord F. Egerton, called to the House of PeersManchester, in the room of Mr. M. Gibson,,appointed Vice- President. of the Board of Trade.
Like the Lords, the Commons resolved to abstain from public business till after the elections; but agreed to meet on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, at noon, for the forwarding of private bills.
More new writs were ordered on Tuesday and Thursday—
For Liskeard, in the room of Mr. Charles Boller, appointed Judge-Advocate- General ; Edinburgh, in the room of Mr. W. Gibson Craig, appointed a Lord of the Treasury; Lichfield, in the room of Lord Alfred Paget, appointed Clerk Marshal and Chief Equerry to the:Queen.
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