The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-03 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY.

• The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, in moving for returns
relating to the numbers of electors, declaimed against
the Reform Bill of
,the government as a pure mockery.
He quoted a series of population returns in. Irish
counties and boroughs to show the utter confusion in
which the representation was left by the bill.
The Duke of. NEWCASTLE admitted that the bill was
a mild one, but he should be prepared to defend it at
the proper time.
Lord MONTEAGLE objected to the clause giving lush
peers the right to sit for Irish constituencies.
• The Income-tax Bill and the Stamp Duties Bill were
severally read a second time.
The House adjourned at a quarter to six.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY.

The Speaker took his seat at four o'clock.
The O'Conor 'Den took his seat for Roscommon,
introduced by Colonel French.

Lord J. RUSRELL, on laying upon the table papers
referring to the late affairs in Italy, said that the cor-
respondence closed with the despatch of M. Thouvenel and
a brief reply from the Government, in which they
declared that they should keep the question of the
neutralisation of the proVinces of Savoy distinct from
the general question of annexation. Four papers were
included from Switzerland, wherein that country appealed
to the Great Powers of Europe, who had made them-
selves the guarantees of the neutrality of Switzerland,
to hold a Conference on the subject. The Government
had replied that, if this was considered the best mode of
dealing with the difficulty, they should offer no objection.
The papers were also included having reference to the
Treaty-of Turin, in the second article of which it was
declared that it would be for the French Emperor to
come to some understanding with the other Powers as to
the neutralised districts of Savoy. The Government,
therefore, entertained a confident hope that that impor-
tant qUestion would be seriously examined, so as to lead
to a result alike satisfactory to the Swiss Federation and
to the other Powers of Europe.—Lord J. Russell then
Proposed that, after the re-assembling of the House,
Government orders of the day should have precedence
on Thursdays.
Several protests were made against this proposition by
Colonel W. Patten, Mr. Disraeli, Sir J. Pakington,
Lord Stanley, and others, who declared that it was a
serious infringetnent of the rights of private members,
and that there was no adequate reason for any such
demand. They urged the Government,. instead of-thue-
trenching on the rights of the House, to take some steps
to improve the mode of conducting the business of the
House.—On the other hand, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer,. Lord Palmerston, and Lord John
Russell, urged that there was most important business
to be transacted; that serious inroads were made on the
time allotted to Government business; and that the
House compelled Government itself to undertake all
important questions.
Mr. WALPOLE admitted the difficulty of the case, but
called upon the Government, immediately after the
recess, to bring forward a plan for improving on fixed
principles the future management of public business.
Sir M. FARQUHAR. proposed to Lord J. Russell, as
the best mode of expediting liminess, to throw his little
bill under the table, and • there would then be time
enough for the Government to transact their affairs.
Sir G. GREY, after adverting to the time taken up on
Fridays by the notices on adjournment, proposed to add
words to the motion, whereby Thursday instead of
Friday should be a Government night, and Friday given
to private members, and moved an amendment to that
effect.

Mr. S. EncounT proposed that the whole subject
should, after Easter, be referred to a select committee.
The House divided on the amendment, which was
agreed to by 150 to. 126.
The question was then put with the additional }words,
to- the -effect that on Thursdays • Government orders
of the day should have precedence, and notices, of motion
should have preference on Fridays.
The House divided, when the motion was carried by
142 to 117. • '

Mr. DISRAELI asked, after the decision which the
House had arrived at, what would be "donci pith the
important measures which were now fixed for Govern-
ment days.
Lord PALNE4sTos, said ,that the second reading of
the Reform Bill would be taken on Monday, the 23rd.
Mr. HENNESSY asked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs whether the Government had advised
her Majesty to recognise the annexation ,of Bologna,
Tuscany, Modena, and Parma to the kingdom of Sardinia;
and, if so, whether he is prepared to state the reasons
which have induced the Government to tender such
advice to her Majesty.
Lord J. Rtissria. said that the Government had felt
no hesitation, in recommending her Majesty to consider
these annexed provinces as parts of the kingdom of
Sardinia. The former sovereigns had run away, and
the people had spontaneously adopted the new order of
affairs.
The house then went into committee on the Customs

Act. •
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER moved his
amended resolution, complaining that the alteration
would cause a loss of £lOO,OOO on the £300,060 which
he had originally calculated from the new imports.
On the resolution imposing 4 charge on the ware.
housing and removal of goods from bonded warehouses,
' Mr. Dt...l.QT.is# moved an amendment that the charge
be not levied upon removal. _

Mr. J. C. VVART seconded the amendment.
The amendment was negatived lig 61 to 60.
Mr. Vance, Calms, Mr. T. Baring, and
others protested against the inconvenience and vexation
which these,pharges would 'entail; and urged the Chan-
gellor of the ExChequer not to insist upon the charge
for removals.

The CHANCELLCR of the ExcHrotiErt defended the
charge not for parposes of revenue, but to prevent the