The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSK 0/LORD&—TaulanAy, Jinx 17.

ROYAL C'ORMIRWON.
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The following Mlle received the Royal Assent by com-
mission. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of SI. Getman; and Lord Wensleydale :
Artillery Ranger ; Rails Volunteer Grounds Act (1860),
Amendment ; Chows Private Estates ; Education of
Pauper Children; Sala of Spirits ; Discharged Prisoners'
Aid ; Red Son and India Telegraph Company ; Chancery
Regulation ; African Slave Trade Treaty ; West India In-
cumbered &Wee Act Amendment; Chancery Regulation
(Ireland) ; South Yorkshire Railway (Sheffield and Thom);
Berwickshire Railway ; Bishop's Waltham Railway: Crystal
Palace and South London hunttioe Railway ; North-Eutern
and Newcastle-apes-Tye. and Gasify Railway OOMP
pinkie Amalgamation ; North-Eastern Railway ; Topton
and Ashover sod Birkialaae Roads ; Birkenhead
Railway ; Bristol and South Wales Union ; Cheadle
Roads ; Horsham. Dorking, and Leatherbend Rail-
way Metropolitan and Thames Valley Railway LMid
Kent and Addiacciabe Railway ; North Eastern Railway
(Team Valley extension) ; Dublin Cattle Market ; Loadon.
derry and Coleraine Railway ; Mid-Wales Railway (Devia-
tions, ; Riokmansworth, Amersham, and Chatham
Railway ; Manstead and Epsom Downs Railway ; Bristol
Port Railway and Pier; Greenock and Wmays Bay Railway ;
Llanally Railway and Doak ; Llaaidloss and Newtown,
Mid-Wales and Manoheater, end Milford Railway;
London, Chatham, sad Dever Rainy (=tendon to
Waliner and Di • Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation
Improvement North Devoe and Okeberaptos Railway ;
fluanoaks Railway; Swansea Harboar Trust; Wertalid-
land Railway (additional works) ; Glasgow Barony Parochial
Board ; Weston Super-Mare Rood.
The home adjourned during pleasure,
THE NEWSPAPERS, tor, BILL
Ga the motion of Lord STRATIMMIN, for the second
reading of the above bill, the object of which is to put an
end to the necessity of the printers of journals giving secu-
rity for the payment of fines on conviction for blupbemy,
sedition, or libel,
Lord CHRLX37OIID moved its rejection, and Earl GaAs.
TILLS objecting to the form of the bill, suggested its with-
drawal, which was acceded to.
HARBOURS TRANSFER BILL.

This bill paned Aron* ossosnitise.
METROPOLIS LOCAL XANAGEXENT ACTS

saffriarElli BILL

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
The E*rl of SHAFTESBURY presented petitions from
Acton end Chertney preying that the bill might be referred
toe select committee.

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The Marquis of CLANBICARDE presented a petition
from Mr. Leslie, making certain charges apunst the Metro-
politan Board. sad praying that they might be investigated
by a committee.
bill Lord RAVENSWOBTH presented a petition airsimit the

Lord EBURY said that the allegations contained in the
petitions just read to their lordships bad been largely en-
tered into in the House of Commons. This wee a bill mood
in importance to noes which bad eonse up to their lordships'
house, inasmuch as it affected the personal comfort of every
member of the house. It was rather late in the session to
ask their lordships to cocseut to an act of upwards of 100
clauses, but he hoped to be able to convince their lordships
of ire necessity. The delay which had occurred wee not
due to any fault of the promoters, but to the sevens ordeal
which the bill had gone through during the last
three years in the House of Commons. Up to the
year 1848 the municipal government of the city
was in the hands of boards of sewer, to administer which
there were upwards of 100 local actg. In that year these
=a of sewers were consolidated. Then they were told
they had to introduce a great scheme of drainage,
which was at that time before the metropolis ; they bad
to raise Toomey, and to arrange with the corporation of the
City. They accordingly not only ertablished a sew govern-
meet for the metropolis, but they did away with nearly
200 other local acts. This was effected by means of the AU
of 185.5. Their next attempt was to apportion the debt for
these works according to the benefits derived by the various
districts. That attempt, however, only resulted io an U -
'2111090 amount of dissatisfaction, which had notyet subsided.
It was not to be ex that an act with powers so various
should work ' forily without requiring amendment.
In the year 1868 another act was mused, by which autho-
rity was bestowed upon government trifles security for the
loan of 3,000,000 i., which wu to be levied by • rate for*
year upon the inhabitants of the metropolis alone. It.
present bill was merely to extend the pcovt of that
act., The bill bad passed through the Hour of Commons
with remarkable unanimity, and without a single division.
He trusted their lordships would consent to the motion for
the second reading of the bill.
Lord ItAVENSWORTH opposed the bill, and recom-
mended that it should be postponed until next session. It
contained very arbitrary and despotic powers of taxing pro-
pert, for the purposes of drainage, which their lordships
would do well to consider carefully before they sanctioned it.
He moved that the bill be read a second time that day
three months.

Lord LLANOVER suggested that the bill be referred to
• select committee.

Lord RAVENSWORTH withdrew his amendment, and
the bill was ordered to be referred to a select committee.
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACM hr., AMENDMENT

BILL
The report of amendments was received.
SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
This bill was re-committed, mid on the motion of Lord
five/112v, some additional amendments were inserted.

SUMMARY JURISDICTION (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill reseed through committee.
POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL.
The above bill pared through aotomittee.
JURIES BILL.

This bill was reported, with amendments, to the house.
OOPYRIOHT (WORKS OF ART) BILL.
The hill was reported, with amendments, to the house.
SHEEP (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill wee read a third time and pawed.
GUNPOWDER ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
COUNCIL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION BILL.
This bill was read a third time.
IRISH POLICE.
The Earl of Lerma moved for certain returns and cone-
eposclimee connected with the police of Ireland, which was
agreed to.
The house adjourned at 10 minutes to 11.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—nrassDAy, JULY 17.
At tie o'clock the sitting wee resumed.
INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE.

Mr. VANSFPFART irked the Secretary of State for
India el-ether his attention or that of his council bad been
directed to the memorials of her Majesty 'a covenanted
civiliaoa, praying for the redress of certain grievances.
Sir C. WOOD said tint the memorial in question had
attracted the attention of himaelf and of the members of his
council. but questions of emoluments required very consider-
able attention, especially in tbi. OWN where the circum-
stances of the memorialists iu the throe presidencies were dif-
ferent., and their requests different, sod where there were
also certain arrencemeute of a complicated character that
must be gone into. He quite agreed that the cam was 00s
which required action on the part of the government, and be
assured Ms hon. friend that it should receive the most care-
ful coiraideration of the government of India.
THE NORTH-WILST PROVINCES OF INDIA.
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Hr. A. MILLS asked the Secretary of Slate for India
whether any official informatioe bad been received by the
government with rsapectFto the rumoured symptoms of
disaffection in the North-West Proviocm
Sir C. WOOL) had received no official information what-
ever upon the subject. He bad beard from private letters
that there appeared to be a disposition fur some movement
on the part of the Mahomedan population ; but the govern-
ment were aware of what was going en, and they did
not consider that there was the slightest muse for ap-
preheosion.