The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-19 00:00:00

THE =NUM SATURDAY .E;

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FIUDAY, Mews 18.

The LOID ciamiciu.oa took his seat upon the woolsack
at 5 o'clock.
The royal sweat was given to the OcoeeMated Feed
(584,6501.) Bill, the Comolidded Feed (4,100,00 W.) Bill,
Sir J. Lawreeoe's Salary Bill, the Linkmen Bill, the Mu.
taw Hill, and the Mario. Mutiny Bill.
The Commissiocers were the Lard Chinosllot, the Earl of
St. Germans, and Viscous t Sydney.
The iiiogstoo-upon-Thames Gan EM was read a wooed
time.

The Drogheda Water Bat, the Swansea Harbour Truat
Bill, and the Commercial Docks and Grand Surrey Docks
and Canal Bill were read a third time and paused.

for me to add anything to what has bed - einted.---
/am sure the whole house will joie with me in regretting
the dismantles which has taken place. (Hew, hear.) lam
certain -that my right boo. friend, like imyself, must regret
that pain should have been given to the hoe. member for
Docile' by statement& arisiag out of the debate. But I
should really hope that sitar the frank and heedemem ex-
i.tiatim tion made by my right boo. friend (sheen and
ter)—the hon. member for Dudley will accept that
az ' and not proceed further in the matter. (Cheers.))
SHERIDAN-1 have been called upon by the right
hoe. gentleman to reply to him. I have been challenged
by the right hon. gentleman to my whether or not in the
course of the debate raised by him I denied certain allega-
tions which he had made. Sir, I never beard any allega-
tions made of the character to which he evidently refers.
But immediately after the speech of the right bon. gentle-
man, from which the present debate has arisen, I did rise in
my place and state that I had acted an auditor of the com-
pany many years age—that I audited two balanceaheets a
peat many pan ego—that its baptisms was mound and pro-
fitable, and that I knew of no transactions in regard to that
company which deserved censure on the part of the right
boo. gentleman. I further stated that I ceased to bold soy
coneezion with the company after 1856, and that I was in
entire ignorance of is. affairs, and not responsible for any
of the conditions which attached to its management, and I
could neither then nor last night endentand why or how
it was that my name was associated with the company.
(Cheers.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The hon
gentleman hes made the declaration to wbiob I relerred—
mr, hear)—and he will forgive me if I have been misled
on a single point. The hon. member states that be quitted
the company in 1856, bat I found 'nig name as auditor in
1859. I can only say that in the statement I made I acted
on the evidence of what appeared to be a published docu-
ment of an existing company. However that may be, ac-
°option the declaration of the bon. gentleman, I can only
my that I must expresso my regret for any pain I may have
occasioned to him by the statement I made on a former
evening. (Cheers.)
Sir J. HAY—Sir, I think, after the very satisfactory ex-
planation which has fallen from the right boo. gentleman
it would be very unfair in me to premed further with my
motion. I have not the honour of the acquaintance of the
boa member for Dudley ; my only object was to obtain for
the first assembly of gentlemen in Europe that which I
think was due to the honour of each of its members.
(Hear, bear.) We all entertain a high respect for the elo-
quence and ability of the right hon. gentleman, but I and
others felt there was something cruel, as it were, after the
explanation of the bon. member for Dudley, that the
right boo. gentleman' did not rise in his plans gird freely
and frankly accept that explanation in the same spirit and
manner in which be has done to-day. (Hear. hear.) I
trust the house will excuse me for having intruded upon it,
but I feel that in the muse I have taken I have dams it a
service. (Cheese.)
ADJOURNMENT FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.
Lard PALILERSTON—Sir, I move that the house on ita
rising do adjourn to Monday fortnight.