The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE or LORD&---hiO;DLT, Jmg 22.

ROYAL ASSENT.
The house amembisd at four o'clock, when the 6011111201111
wise summoned to Mar the royal aernint giveo, by commie
Mu, to the followiag balls :—Dockyard Protection Act
Amendrosot ; Capita balm& ; Isle of Purbeck Railway ;
/lambast& Corporation Water ; London, Tilbury, and
Southend Railway ; Rusthall Manor ; Saithamptoe and
24,415 y Railway ; Pembeoks Township ; Midland Railway
(fictional to Larnaca) ; Raster Gaol ; Central Wales Ez•
lianas Railway; Dahlia Corporation Water; Knighton
mad Central Wales Railway Compaotes ; Mid-Wales Rail-
way (Branches, Rs.); Tramore Embankment ; Mayo
(Gouty) Grand Jar, Gees; Penarth Harbour, Dockyard,
and Railway; Honey Island Reclamation Furness Rad-
way Company sad Barrow Harbour Commissioners For-
mes sad Midland Railway; Flamm, Wentworth, sad
Hollasid Goa ; Bishops Waltham Railway ; Dlin.
Wicklow. and Wexford Railway ; Stockport Distubrict
Water ; Ware, !Wham, and Runtime:id Railway ; and
Sterliog's Estate.
The Lord. Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor.
Nail St. Germans, sad Lord Sydney.
The sitting was thee suspended until five o'clock.
Tb. Loan CaANcitami took his seat on the woolsack at
Ave o'clock.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The followiag Mlle were read a third time and passed :
Northumberland °sated Railway ; Coventry Market-houm ;
Bristol and Portiebeed Pier and Railway' London and South
Western, and Andover and Redbridge Railways; Newport
Papal' Railway; Birkeaheed Improvement ; Trauma»
Dicks, and Oookerinouth, Keswick and Nandi Railway.

BRAZIL AND THE SLAVE TRADE.
Lord BROUGHAM said, seeing his noble friend the
fieentary for Foreign Affairs in his plats, be wished to ask
him if he had any objection to produce • note or despatch
Ikea Senor D'Abrantes to our charge d'affaires at Rao de
Janeiro on the subject of the slave trade ; also, if the note
bad not arrived in this country, whether he bad any objec-
tion to produce the despatch of our minister in reference
to the matter, or any communication which might have
takes place with respect to the liberation of slave. at Rio.
Kiel RUSSELL said there would be no objection to the
production of the pipets is question.
THE OATHS TAKEN BY MEMBERS OF TIIE
LEGISLATURE.
Lord STRATHEDRN then rose, pursuant to notice, to
Oa the attention of the house to the oaths required to be
taken ny the members of the legislature, with • view to
legislation on the subject. Most of their lordships would
remember that year after year for some years bills were
met up to that home to alter the oaths taken by members
of the legislature, the object of these bills being to enable
Jews to wt in parliament, and in 1858 an act
was passed which so altered the oath that
Jews were enabled to take it on a resolution being pawed
permitting that oath to be taken ; subeequestly that
set was modified by another act which enacted that a
Mending order pined at the beginning of the parliament
should be suhetitated for a resolution. Before the bill
which finally became law bills had been introduced
rblesard Lyndhurst and Earl Lucas, and Mr. Thomas Den-
son* a member of the other house, discovered that a Jew
who had ben elected • member might sit in committee of
the house, though he might not have taken the oath then
required. Eventually the bill phased, but it was • fortuitous
result, arising oat of the efforts of • multitude of counsel.
len, with an esuberaece and • rivalry of objects ; and
it was not to be supposed that from such elements
a sound and final system should be established.
She noble lord said that the arrangement of 1858 could not
be eceepted as final end enduing and with the view to
substitute a better one, he would now introduce • bill
whin he inked their lordships to read • first time, the
abject of which was to substitute the oaths of alle-
giance and supremacy, as enacted is an act passed in the
snood session of parlament in the first and second years of
King William sad Queen Mary, imteed of the oaths now
nquired to be taken by her Majesty's subjects other then
Roman catholin
Earl GRAN VILLE said it was no doubt desirable that
oasis should be as Meer as possible, bat until he saw the
noble lord's bill, be meld not pam sin opinion on the mode
is which he dealt with the subject. He would, however,
recommend his noble frised before the second reading to
ascertain what chance there was of obtaining
_a majority
is that house in is favour, because there would be no ad-
wastage gained in moving in respect to theme oaths, unless
these wee some chance of the bill being carried.
The Earl of DERBY understood the noble lord to sae that
be did not intend to proceed with the bill in the present
maim.
Lord STRATHEDIEN—Hear, bear.
The bill was then reed a first time.
THE BDCLESIASTIOAL OOMMDISION.

Lord EBURT, in &Inc the attention of the house to
the diriinetios made by the Foolmiesticel Communion/as is
the distribution of the 41111110100 fund notarise& bonnier is
pablie end is private patronage, moved to resolve that, in
the opinion of the home, the necessity of the am, and not
the incidents of patroeage, should be the main considers-
bon, as laid down by the directing statute.
Lord CHICHLSTFIt showed that the distribution of the
Menmon fund bad bee& in acoordanee with the acts of per-
Bennet controlling tie Foolcsiastical Commierionera, that
their administrittion of the feed had not been much at
variance with the suggestion of Lord Ebury, and defended
the proceedings of the Focksiastical Commiasioo.
Lord PORTMAN passed some severe oommenta on the
enormous nest of the Ecclesiastical Commianoo, and
thought it would be advisable that parliament should re-
cousider the coostitatica of that body, with a view to
apply more of the foods to spirituel purposes end Ism to
keeping op the large staff and orpnisation now employed.
Lord HARROWBY replied to the strictures of Lord
Perinea is regard to the costliness of the eommiesiou, and
Mabel that the ewe of pubis patronage were summons
enough to theca all the reeoureee- of the eommiesioo4lll.
Beek being the or, there was no mod for them at the
present time to raise the point of private patronage.
After a few wools from Lord EBUBY in reply, the
million was withdrawn.
THAMES EMBANKMENT (NORTH SIDE) BILL
This bill, with amendment", pawed throegh committee.
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE TREATY BILL.
Thy bill was read a second time.
PRISON MINISTERS BILL.
The Duke of SOMERSET moved the third reading of
this bill.
Some amendments were inserted, and after a short discos-
-aka the bill was read a third time and paned.
BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS ACT •
AMENDMENT BILL.
nit bill was read a third time and pared.
VOLUNTEERS BILL
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Era' DE GREY, is moving the second reading of this
ME, explained that its object was mainly the re-enactment
of the existing law ; as, bane, sow more than 160,000 men
aradied, it was felt that it would not have beta expedient
is make any important change in their condition of acme.
The Tilike of RICHMOND said be did not rise to nuke
sty objections to the wood reading of the bill, but he
thought that the 35th clause of the bill pee most *Ai-
leen powers to the lords-lieutenant of counties, inasmuch
fp it ambled the corps to take laud for rifle ranges on the
certificate of the Iced lieutenant. Parks were excepted,
but there was so definition of what • park was.
Lord HARDINGE expressed his approval of the clause
by which the number of days for drill was to be fixed by
in order in council, and not by the act itself. He also ap-
proved of the clause giving the commanding officer power
of dismissal, without which power he thought discipline
erenkl not be maintained. It bad been suggested that courts
ef iequiry should be substituted, but it most be bores is
mind that courts of inquiry were not judicial tribunals,
witnesses could not be sworn on oath by them, and it
would be most iejudieiorts to give to volunteer officers, who
were generally unacquainted with military law, the power
of settling these questions by courts of inquiry.
Lord MELVILLE complained of the arbitrary powergiven
to the lords-lieutenant of counties of taking land for rifle
ranges spinet the will of the owner.
Lmvl TRURO said there were one or two of the provisions
of the bill to which be objected, but on the whole bethought
the bill would give satisfaction to the volunteers. The
noble earl said the sergeant instructors were to be pined
under the mutiny set. He was afraid the result of that
would be that they would lose the services of a great num-
ber of valuable men. As regarded the power of dismisaal
given to commanding officers, up to this time there had
been no extraordinary or undue rigour on the part of the
eornmauding officers, and they might safely rely on it they
were not likely to traessress three rules of moderation and
discretion which the public would approve of, and their
own judgment would Mice them to exercim
The bill was then reed • wood time.
REGIME-VIAL DEBTS. kc., BILL.
MOINE was read • sewed time.
LONDON COAL AND WINE DUTIES CONTINUA NCE

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The report col soteedateal•4thiebill was brought up sad
aimed la.
LOCAL. GOVERNMENT BUPPLEME.NTAL BILL.
The bill was road a third Mese and paned.
Their lordelcips adjourned at tan miaatos to 8 o'clock.

HOUSE OF 0011310N13.—MONDAT, Joss 22.
The Select' took the chair at 4 o'clock.
ROYAL ASSENT.

Th. home Wil inianacietri to attend at the bar d the
WNW ►een So hear the royal anent given to certain bills.