The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY, Juin 25.
The sew met, at 6 o'clock.
Tbs Brun Duties on bletrimilatioet sad Degrees (Oxford)
Bill misread a third tits, sod passed.
The Charitable Trusts Bill was read • third Brno and
passed.
The Orents of Lands Bill, the roblie Libraries and Ms.
MI MS (Ireland) Bill, the Consolidated Fend (10,000,000 t)
Bill, and the Spirit of W Mil Bill, mum severally read • third
Was and passed.
The Spirits (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill we. read a
wand time.
The basso adjoined it balflast 5.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, JUNE 25.
Tb. Sizeitis tu-b the chair at t. wishes Were lost
t'oi•wa.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' anteadratata to the Colonial Life Assurance
Company's Bill, aid the Internationd Life All
Bill, were &wad to.
The Dondelk Harbour and Port Bill, and the Gateshead
and Helium Ruse Bid, were nod • third time and panted.
The esasideratios of poo
lßirkenhead and Liveepool Docks
Bill. sad of the Liverpoo Docks Bid, was postponed till
neat day.
Tee Liverpool Improvement Bill was ordered to be reed
• third time on Wedeesday. The Royal Conical Flour
Mill Conroy's Bill, sad the Westreiester Improvement
Bill, were ordered to be read a third time.
The W estadaster Terminal Railway (Clapham to Nor-
wood)
Bill was read • third time.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
THE OUTRAGE AT IIANGO.
Contain BUNCOMBE asked
the right hos. baronet, the
FM: Lord of the Admiralty, whether be had seen any fur-
ther despatches about the Llano massacre, and what step
lad been takes by Admiral Diandu to bring that strait
tinder the notice of the Russian inthoeities ?
8:r C. WOOD replied that he had great pleasure in I
sating, that the Admiralty bad received that very morning I
desplebes from Admiral Dosdas, announiag the steps.
which be bad taken ; and also giving the most woken* is-
Jellison* that many of the persons whom we sup-
posed to have been hided, from the account given
by the only survivor who was rescued, were.
although wounded, urn
stn killed, and that some of them
were not even wounded. Admiral Dundee sent a letter to
the Governor of lieleingfore, stating what had taken place,
and semonatrating m ,at properly upon the subject, pointing
oat whit an atrocious act it was to fire upon the boat's
crew under the eircematences detailed in those despatches
which he (Sir Coarlea Wood) read the other night, and Ad-
mint Dundee received an answer from the governor of
Melsiegfora, excusing and justifying, to • certain extent,
what had taken place, and declaring that the officer and the
soldiats said that they saw no flag of truce, and that they
had been tricked by our vessels, upon some tensions,
hoisting the Russian flag, and, as reported in the news-
viten, under cobalt of • flag of trues, taking sound-
lege elsewhere. The house would remember that the Tus-
tin' was asked of him (Sir Charles Wood) a little
while ago, whether he had any reason to believe that such
• thing had taken place ; and the answer which he then
game was, that so far as any report which had maned the
Admiralty was coseerned, no such transudes lad takes
place. That mondial; (yesterday) he had the satisfaction of
'Meg the officer who commanded the gunboat, in which the
flag of truce was hoisted in the bay of Kertch, when that
transaction was reported by the newspapers to have taken
place ; and that officer assured him, most distinctly and
most unequivocally, that nothing of the kind was ever
done—(cheers)—tbat the cartage, which was restored to
the Ru:siast officer, was taken ashore by • Rusin
but, under charge of a Russian officer, accom-
panied by one of the Driver's boats, under the eye of the
Russian officer, and that nothing of the kind had taken
place—that it was overly unnecessary that it should
have been done, for there was not the slightest dial-
coley is their taking soundings at the spot in question
by night or by day; and that the place where the 'ge
was to be landed wee pointed out by the Russian officer,
and the carriage taken on shore by him; therefore, there
could act be the slightest doubt that the story, such as it
was, was totally and utterly destitute of foundation. (Cheers.)
DISABILITIES OF MEMBERS.
Mr. T. DUNUON:BE asked the Attorney-General whe-
ther, under the provisions of the Act 22nd George 111.,
chapter 4i, • sew writ ought not to be issued for the City
of Landoll, in the room of Baron Rothschild, who had since
his election entered into a contract for the public
service, a copy of which had been laid before the house ?
He referred to the contract which Baron It atbschild bad en-
teted into with the Lords Contursaioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, for a loin of 16 million. sterling. He said that
the house mast be a ware that in 178'2 there was en act
pasted to disable all contractors with the Crows or the go-
vernment of the day from sitting or voting in that house.
That act was Paned to MOOTS the freedom and independence
of parliament. Now, Lost the requests and repunsentations
Which had been made to him (Hr. Buncombe), and from
the legal opinions which be had received, he thought he
'haul& be justified at once in moving for • new writ for
the City of London, in the room of Baron Rothschild, who
had entered into this contrac.. But not ending to do
anything which might seem harsh or disimartents to
an honourable member of that house, he thought it
right to pat this questios int to the Attorney-General;
and he should be satisfied if, in the boo. and learned gen-
tlesn's °plain, he could state that Baron Rethschild's
seat was affected by his having enured into this loan con-
trite with the government (Hear hear.)
'Abe ATTORNEY GENERAL—It appeals to me shat
the queens Is cue which it is for the house to answer, sad
not far the Attorney-Oeneral. If the question should....
before the house in a practical shape, it will be my duty, so
doubt, coseidering the office I fill, to state my opisiou ; but
1 do not Oink I (sight to newer inn • speculative wage
involving the right of an honourable member to a seat
in this h mot. If, for his own guidance, my hon. frlead
wishes for my 'vision, he knows that there b a certain mode
by which it can be obtained. (A laugh.)
Mr. MALINS observed that after the din riles ups
administrative reform, when the hon. sembee Ave ?pea
wont had made his statement, the hoses venal semember
that until times in the speech of the FPI Lend ef the
Admiralty, the right boo. gentleman did, set be reedy,
bat ems might say almost directly, charge the bes. somber
forTyannoutk with being interested in gove raiment 'entracte.
Now, he (Mr. Millar) thought when any menhir of the
house, and particularly *minister of the mess, nee in his
place and cheesed another member of that bone with an
infr.ngement of such an act of parliament as that which
had just been referred to, and which was posed to preserve
the purity and iadepen lentos of parliament, that was a cir-
Cenlatalith which ought not to be pseud over by the house
entirely is silence, and therefore he would now put the ques-
tion to the right hon. gent:onion whether he had any reason
for making • statement amounting certainly to the belief on
his part that the hon. gentleman was interested in govern-
ment contracts ?
Sir C WOOD—The statement I made was this, that,
with infernos to a putteular vessel, she had been trans-
ferred to Mr. Gladstone by the bon. Needleman before she
was taken up by the government. What I did state was
this, that, so far as I knew, the interest of the hon. gen-
tleman bad been transferred ; but I said that he interfered
so much in the management of these vessels that I had every
reason to believe he mast be perfectly cognisant of all that'
took place about them.
Mr T. S. BUNCOMBE then said be should next day
(Tuesday), at the eveniog meeting of the house, endeavour
to obtain the elision of the Attorney-General, without a
fee—(a laugh)—by moving that the Speedier should cause to
be issued a new writ for the City of LLoonnd
on.
Mr. MALINS asked whether the subject was a question
of privilege? If it wire so, he should give notice to the hoe.
member for Tynemouth of his Intention to bring it before
tha house.
Tte SPEAKER replied that anything affecting; the Nat
of a member of the house was a question of privilege.
Mr. MALINS gave notice that, under these einem-
stances, he should bring forward the motion this day (Tuw
day), at the evening sitting.
POSTAGE OF FOREIGN LETTERS.
Mr. HiLDYARD asked whether it was the practice el
the Post-office, when a letter bad been posted in this cons-
try addressed to Franca with an insufficient number id
stun?, upon it, to deface the stamps, so that their vales
could not be deducted from the double postage, which wand
in suz.la case be demanded?
Mr. WILSON answered that it was impossible to Is
otherwise consistently with the Post-office mantes
the obliteration took place before the letter late the
bands of the authorities in France, who as gegenging
whether the stamps were sufficient or net; but
were entitled in such a case to receive upon 'pp=
the Tithe of the stamps.
SONS OF SOLDIERS.
Colonel NORTH sekcd whether an undertaking was sell
given by the late Secretary at War, on behalf of the gown*.
meat, that 120 soldiers* sons should he admitted into the
asylum at Chelsea, and whether only 50 soldiers' sons ba.
been admitted, and what was the cause of the delay, and
tB
whoa the blame of it was to rest ?
Mr. BOUVERIE said that it was stated by the right hes.l
gentleman the late Secretary at War, that part of the
building was occupied by students in training for regimental
schoolmasters, and there was not now room for the full
number of children. There was a building in the vicinity,
which was begun early this spring; the roof would be on in
another fortnight, and It would be completed in three
months.
BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.

Idr. SPOONER asked whether it was intended to go int*
committee of supply that night ?
A reply having been given from the ministerial bench, in
the nrgstive,
Lord PALMERSTON said—lt may be now the meet
convenient opportunity fur me to redeem the poetise whisk
I nude on Friday, that I would state, se fee as I was ski',

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Colonel NORI
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