The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-05 00:00:00

4131PERILAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF WEES.—Trirlasio•Y, MAY 4.
The Line Cease=lin teak lie sett on the woolmsic at
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Thal POWIS preasated two politician from S
spiel the Pa M= SchoolsSchoolsßill, oat from the ir rilisayee
. eurpotaticm and the other has the bergamot of the tows.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
Tim following hills WINO reed • mooed time :—Folkestone
Gee Bill, Bath Gas Bill, Gape= Ow Bill, Winchester I
Water and Ose Bill, Leedom aed South Western Railway
(liwasiagton, Ball. and Bristol Water Bill.
The Peals and Beerameenth Railway Bill was read a third
Stirs., and passe&
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINOOLN.
Visoonat SYDNEY brought up the reply of her Majesty
to the address which bad bees voted by the boom. Her
Majesty's reply wan so follows :—" I entirely participate la
Os sentiment' which yen have expressed to me in year
Mama on the subject of the asmesiastion el the Presided
of the United States, sad I have given directions that my
zalrister at Washington should maks known to the 'overa-
ge.= of that country the feelings which you eatertain in
sommoa with myself sad ay whole people with regard to
this deplorable event.*
Lord RAVENSWORTH wished to ask the noble serf
(Derby) • question remedies the expression which fell
fr the noble earl on the Monday night when the home
b:dtnuoder its 000dderation the address to her Majesty with
respect to the meleacholy event which had thrown the
whole world into ass. The =Weserl wee
to have said, and in fast did say, that if the Conf2:Grfard
ae
were in any way oninected with, or *Neared to have junta-
fled directly or indirectly, the commission of that frightful
admit, they would have committed what was worse than •
erime--• blander. As them words had teen of
prated he withal to state his impression of their
meaning, and to sak the noble earl whether
be attributed to them the true meaning. The
expression was first made use of by
ca
as
the occasion of the fearful murder of the Duo d'Enghieo by
the First Consul of Franca, thereby maniac not that a
blunder was worse thaa • come, but that if • person in the
position of the First Consul sanctioned such an act he would
have committed a political blonder, fraught with worse
easesquences thee • mime. He attributed to the expres-
sion of his noble friend precisely the mote meaning as be
bad put ma the expression used by M. de Talleyouid. The
noble earl intended to that if • party standing in the
position of the Coat government to the Con-
federate States of Americo sanctioeed this sot thrq
would have committed a political blonder, fraught with
more serious coneequeams than if the crime had been com-
mitted by other hands. Therese= why be =attired to oak
the gnostic* was, beam" be had men =stases. in which
expressions had been attributed to political parsons which
they never used in the some 'Ascribed to them. It was im-
idecl to the Duke of Wellington that he said county =ent-
rwine a faros—a phrase which be never used, although
it been frequently revived mein= him. In the same
way it was imputed to Lord Lyodhurst that he said " the
people of Ireland were aliens is blood, aliens in religion, and
aliens in race;" but Lord Lyndhurst never used those words
ia the sense attributed to him. He should have noticed the
expression of the noble earl at the time were it not that the
=canon was too solemn.
The Earl of DERBY said be did ace think any member
of the home could have entertained the slightest doubt as
to the sense in which ho need the words referred to, and
upon which the noble lord put the right construction.
What he did say was, that if the Confederate authorities,
which he did not believe from their former character and
erode= was possible, had given their sanction or approval
to the act, they would have beep guilty, not only of • crone,
bat, using the well-known political aphorism of Talleynind,
they would have committed worse thee a crime--• political
Wonder. They would have sanetinted that which was
not only highly immoral in Heat. but that which could do
nothing but most seriously Were their politiml position ,•
and it was only in that sense that be used the words, and
be could tot have believed that any one weld have pat a
different construction upon them. (Hear, hear.)
The Record of Titles (based) Bill, the Sheep and Cattle
Bill, the Married Womea's Property Bill, the Lead
Drainage Supplemental Bill, sad the Local Government
Bupplemestal (No. 2) Bill were read • sewed time.
The Earl of Clarendon nominated the Select Com-
mittee on the Publics Schools Bill as follows s—The Prises
of Wales, the Lord President, the Duke of Marlboroseb,
the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Devoe, Earl Stanhope, the
Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Carnarvoe, the Earl of
Pow* the Earl of Harrowby, Vision= Stratford de Rad-
cliffe, Viscount Eversley. the Bishop of Looks, had
Lyttelton, end Lord Houghton.
Oo the mottos of the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, the
several petitions of person, alleging that their letereste
would be injoriomily affected by the bill, were ordered to
be referred se this committee, and the petitioners allowed
to appear by counsel sad whiteness.
INCLOSURE BILL.
This bill meld through committee.
HERRING FISHERIES BILL,
This bill pulsed through committee.
METROPOLITAN MAIN-DRAINAGE BILL.
This bill was reed a third time and wend.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SHANNON.
The Marquis et CLANRICARDE, who bad • notice on the
to move that the reports of Mr. Bateman and Mr.
Besrdsoaa upon the River Shannon be referred to • sale=
committee, ad that the committee be instructed to inquire
how far the Shannon and its principal affluents ear be im-
proved, both as regards navigation and drainage, at • reason-
able wet, ciao how far the provisions of the act of 2nd
and 3rd Via.. chap. 61, were complied with by the com-
missioners appoieted nod= that and subeequentacte, said he
would postpone the motion. He said he thought there
ought to be an inquiry by • committee of this house, and
that great discontent was excited la Ireland by the little
attention that was paid to its wants.
Earl GRANVILLE mid that if the noble lord was dis-
satisfied with the decision of the ?reentry with regard to a
gnat of public money for the object in question the in-
quiry he proposed would be more satisfactorily conducted
by the House of Commons, where that department was
represented, than by their lordships.
After a few words from the Marquis of CLANSICAIDI in
reply, the motion was postponed until the 12th instant.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Earl of DERBY asked the Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster when he proposed that the select committee
upon public schools should sit. He observed that some
notice would be necessary, in order that the parties con-
cerned might be enabled to instruct counsel to appear for
them.
The Earl of CLARENDON said that with a view to give
as much time as possible to the parties interested, he pro-
posed that the committee should sit tomorrow, at four
o'clock, for the parse= of determining the order of their
proceeding'.
Their lordships adjourned at 10 minutes after 7 o'clock.

BOOM OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY, MAT 4.
The Birdnisa took the chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. KnINZDY took the oaths mid his mat far Louth, in
Ike room of Mr. Bellew, who hu accepted the Mike of
Poor-lew Commissioner in Ireland.

THIRD READINGS.
The following bills were read a third time sod pawed
' Bury St. Edmuoda and Thetford Railway ; Deal and Dover
Railway ; Gainsborough Water ; Hollis and Eye Railway ;
Northampton and Banbury Junotloo Railway (Deviation,
km) ; Okebasupton Railway (No. 1) ; South Notihumba-
land Railway ; and Surrey sod Susses Junction Railways.